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accession: "0001193125-24-285505"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSDL"
cik: "0001782524"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2024-12-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T23:05:21.191684+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund Appoints Michael Occi as President

## Summary
- Michael Occi, age 40, appointed President of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund effective January 1, 2025.
- Jeffrey S. Levin steps down as President but will continue as CEO of the Company.
- Occi also appointed President for five other business development companies managed by the same adviser.
- Occi previously served as Chief Administrative Officer since January 2023 and will relinquish that role.
- He has been a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management since April 2022 and joined Morgan Stanley in 2006.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-285505
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSDL
- cik: 0001782524
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2024-12-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000119312524285505/0001193125-24-285505-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000119312524285505/d897793d8k.htm

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