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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-407757"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSDL"
cik: "0001782524"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2026-09-29T21:01:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:52:55.150994+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund director Kevin Shannon resigns, effective Sept 26, 2026

## Summary
- Kevin Shannon notified Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund of his intention to resign as a Director, effective September 26, 2026.
- The company states Shannon's resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company; no successor or replacement director was named.
- The 8-K was signed September 29, 2026 by Orit Mizrachi, Co-President and Chief Operating Officer.
- No compensatory arrangement, board size change, or committee reassignment was disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-407757
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSDL
- cik: 0001782524
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T21:01:04+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000119312526407757/0001193125-26-407757-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000119312526407757/d434766d8k.htm

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