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Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Michael Fishman to the Board of Trustees of the Company
On May 21, 2026, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Sixth Street Lending Partners (the “Company”) appointed Michael Fishman as a trustee. Mr. Fishman’s appointment was effective as of the close of business on May 21, 2026 and brings the total number of trustees to nine, five of whom are not “interested persons” of the Company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Mr. Fishman will serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Also on May 21, 2026, Mr. Fishman was appointed as Chairman of the Board, effective as of the close of business on May 21, 2026.
Michael Fishman is a Vice President of the Company and is a Partner of Sixth Street. He has been an executive in corporate lending for more than 30 years with senior management experience in credit, portfolio management and primary loan originations. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Fishman was the Executive Vice President and National Director of Loan Originations for WFCF, formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill and Foothill Capital Corporation. In this role, Mr. Fishman sat on the senior investment committee and was responsible for primary and secondary lending, loan distribution and syndications, strategic transactions and new lending products. From 2000 to 2007, he built the team that grew WFCF’s assets under management from approximately $2 billion to over $10 billion. Mr. Fishman has also contributed to various industry publications and panel discussions, and has sat on the Board of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Fishman’s extensive experience in the credit markets provides the Board with valuable industry-specific knowledge.
Mr. Fishman (i) was not appointed pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person; (ii) does not have a family relationship with any of the Company’s trustees or other executive officers; (iii) has not engaged, since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, nor propose to engage, in any transaction in which the Company was or is a participant; and (iv) has not entered into, nor expects to enter into, any material plan, contract, arrangement, grant or award in connection with his appointment.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: May 22, 2026 | By: | /s/ Ian Simmonds | ||
| Name: | Ian Simmonds | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||