---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001782524-23-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSDL"
cik: "0001782524"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund"
filed_at: "2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T02:37:51.279495+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund raises $220.5M via 10.7M share unregistered sale

## Summary
- Issued ~10.7M shares of common stock at ~$20.62 per share (implied) on October 4, 2023.
- Capital drawdown notice sent September 22, 2023; sale closed within eight business days.
- Exempt from SEC registration under Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D; all buyers accredited investors.
- Shares sold under subscription agreements with stockholders' capital commitments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001782524-23-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSDL
- cik: 0001782524
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
- filed_at: 2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000033/0001782524-23-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782524/000178252423000033/msdlf-20231004.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001782524-23-000033.txt

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