Proxy Results (Form 8-K)

FS Specialty Lending Fund (the "Fund") held its Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Special Meeting") on October 14, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, the record date (the "Record Date") for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting, 75,917,729.87 common shares of beneficial interest were eligible to be voted in person or by proxy. Of the eligible common shares to be voted, 38,576,800 were voted in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting.

Shareholders were asked to consider and act upon the following proposal, which was described in the Fund's joint proxy statement/prospectus in an effective registration statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-286859) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 2, 2025:

Proposal 3 was approved at the Special Meeting. The votes for, votes against and abstentions are set forth below:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT

In connection with approval by shareholders of the Fund of the Reorganization, which occurred at a shareholder meetings held on September 26, 2025 and adjourned to October 14, 2025, the Successor Fund filed with the SEC solicitation materials in the form of a joint proxy statement/prospectus included in an effective registration statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-286859), which joint proxy statement/prospectus was mailed to shareholders of the Fund. Information regarding the identity of potential participants in such solicitation, and their direct or indirect interests in the Fund, by security holdings or otherwise, were set forth in the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and the proxy statement and any other materials filed with the SEC in connection with the Fund's 2024 annual meeting of shareholders. The proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed with the SEC contain important information about the Reorganization, the Fund and the Successor Fund. Free copies of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents are available on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.