---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001544206-23-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGBD"
cik: "0001544206"
company_name: "Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:49:44.263067+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle Secured Lending shareholders elect two Class I directors, ratify Ernst & Young as auditor

## Summary
- Linda Pace elected Class I director by preferred stockholders (2,000,000 votes for).
- William H. Wright elected Class I director by common and preferred stockholders (8,606,397 for, 7,332,336 withhold).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY 2023 (33,386,817 for, 226,339 against, 203,971 abstain).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001544206-23-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGBD
- cik: 0001544206
- company_name: Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1544206/000154420623000047/0001544206-23-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420623000047/csl-20230607.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal 2. The ratification of the selection of EY as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (holders of the Company's common stock and the Company's preferred stock, voting together as a single class): For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 33,386,817 226,339 203,971 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420623000047/0001544206-23-000047-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Linda Pace and William H. Wright, II as Class I directors at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal 1. The election of Linda Pace and William H. Wright, II, each to serve as a Class I director for a three-year term and until her or his successor is duly elected and qualified at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or her or his earlier death, resignation or removal: Nominees For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Linda Pace** 2,000,000 — — William H. Wright, II* 8,606,397 7,332,336 17,878,394
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420623000047/0001544206-23-000047-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.