---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001782524-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSDL"
cik: "0001782524"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:26:13.857681+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shareholders elect directors and ratify auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Re-elected David N. Miller and Kevin Shannon as directors for three-year terms with 28.35M votes each.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 (26.94M for, 0.17M against).
- 28.5M shares voted out of 71.0M outstanding, constituting a quorum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001782524-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSDL
- cik: 0001782524
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000018/0001782524-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000018/msdlf-20230601.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shareholders approved To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 2. To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 26,943,326 174,934 1,417,222 –
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000018/0001782524-23-000018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund shareholders approved To elect each of David N. Miller and Kevin Shannon as a director, each to serve for a three-year term and until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal, death or incapacity. at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 1. To elect each of David N. Miller and Kevin Shannon as a director, each to serve for a three-year term and until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal, death or incapacity. Nominees For Withhold Broker Non-Votes 1a. David N. Miller 28,353,399 182,083 – 1b. Kevin Shannon 28,353,399 182,083 –
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000018/0001782524-23-000018-index.htm

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