---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001544206-26-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGBD"
cik: "0001544206"
company_name: "Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:05:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:14:28.065607+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carlyle Secured Lending annual meeting results: directors elected, auditor ratified

## Summary
- Linda Pace elected Class I director with 19.6M For, 1.6M Withhold, 20.2M broker non-votes.
- William H. Wright II elected Class I director with 14.7M For, 6.4M Withhold, 20.2M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor approved with 40.2M For, 443k Against, 688k Abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001544206-26-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGBD
- cik: 0001544206
- company_name: Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:05:33+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420626000040/0001544206-26-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420626000040/csl-20260609.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. shareholders approved Election of each of Linda Pace and William H. Wright II as Class I directors for a three-year term at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Proposal 1. The election of each of Linda Pace and William H. Wright II, each to serve as a Class I director for a three-year term, in each case until their successor is duly elected and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or removal: Nominees For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Linda Pace 19,608,442 1,551,759 20,179,438 William H. Wright II 14,713,660 6,446,541 20,179,438
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420626000040/0001544206-26-000040-index.htm
- 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, 2026 at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  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, 2026: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 40,207,883 443,413 688,343 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544206/000154420626000040/0001544206-26-000040-index.htm

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