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accession: "0001193125-25-134914"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSDL"
cik: "0001782524"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2025-06-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T00:06:52.460573+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund elects directors, ratifies auditor at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Bruce D. Frank was re-elected with 18,768,985 votes for; Adam Metz with 17,575,996; both had ~37.3M broker non-votes.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as independent auditor for FY2025 with 64,223,117 for, 866,607 against, 591,621 abstain.
- 65,681,345 shares (74.7% of 87,920,526 outstanding) were present, establishing a quorum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-134914
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSDL
- cik: 0001782524
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2025-06-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000119312525134914/0001193125-25-134914-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000119312525134914/d23491d8k.htm

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