Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp — Call Transcript 2026

Hello, I am Matt Pendo, President of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation, or the Company. As presiding officer, I hereby call this meeting to order and welcome you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. On behalf of management, I'd like to thank those stockholders who are participating today via this virtual meeting for your attendance and interest. I also want to thank the many stockholders who submitted proxies. After this meeting has been adjourned, members of the company's management team and representatives from Ernst & Young will be available to answer stockholder questions. We encourage you to enter your questions in writing now on the virtual meeting portal in the field provided for stockholders. We will address the questions related to the proposals before voting commences and any additional questions upon the conclusion of the meeting. When submitting your question or comment, we would appreciate it if you could note your name and affiliation. The company has appointed Jim Raitt, representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., to act as the Inspector of Election. A copy of the Inspector's oath of office and affidavit of distribution to stockholders of record as of January 5th, 2026, will be filed with and made a part of the minutes of this meeting. A list of the stockholders of record who are entitled to vote at this meeting, which has been prepared in accordance with Delaware corporate law and the bylaws of the company, may be accessed through the virtual meeting portal, together with copies of the notice of the annual meeting and proxy statement, the letter to stockholders, proxy card, and the 2025 annual report on Form 10-K. These documents are available for inspection or reference during the course of this meeting. Mr. Raitt has informed me that we have a quorum present today for the conduct of business. I now declare this meeting duly convened and properly organized. I will now open the floor to consideration of the two items of business described in the notice of the annual meeting. The first order of business on our agenda is the election of two directors to the Board of Directors, who will each serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies. The persons nominated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the full Board of Directors are Mr. John B. Frank and Mr. Bruce Zimmerman. The second order of business on our agenda is a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2026. At this point, I will pause to answer questions or comments that may have been submitted by our stockholders on these two proposals, which were set forth in the proxy statement. We will address additional stockholder questions after the voting is complete. Since we have no questions, we will now begin the vote. Information regarding the proposals is provided in the proxy statement that was accessible as described in the notice of the annual meeting. Accordingly, I will dispense with any preliminary explanation and declare the polls open for balloting. Stockholders that have not already voted by proxy prior to this meeting or that wish to revoke their proxy and vote on their own behalf at this meeting should vote now using the Vote Here button on the screen. The polls are now closed. This concludes the voting portion of the meeting. We will take a moment while the Inspector of Election counts the ballots and proxies. Please stand by. The Inspector of Election has notified me that the ballots and proxies have been counted. Will the secretary please present the results of the balloting? Thank you, Matt. I report that the results of the balloting, as provided by the inspector of election, are as follows. One. The following individuals have been elected as directors of the company, Mr. John B. Frank and Mr. Bruce Zimmerman. Two. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, 2026, has been ratified. On the basis of the reports provided by the inspector of election and secretary, I declare that all the proposals that have been presented at this time have been approved by the company stockholders. There being no further business, I declare that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders is hereby adjourned. At this point, I will pause to answer additional questions that may have been submitted by our stockholders. Since there appears to be no questions, I would like to conclude by thanking everyone for participating in our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.

Speaker 1: Hello, I am Matt Pendo, President of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation, or the Company. As presiding officer, I hereby call this meeting to order and welcome you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. On behalf of management, I'd like to thank those stockholders who are participating today via this virtual meeting for your attendance and interest. I also want to thank the many stockholders who submitted proxies. After this meeting has been adjourned, members of the company's management team and representatives from Ernst & Young will be available to answer stockholder questions. We encourage you to enter your questions in writing now on the virtual meeting portal in the field provided for stockholders. We will address the questions related to the proposals before voting commences and any additional questions upon the conclusion of the meeting. Hello, I am Matt Pendo, President of Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation, or the Company. hello i am matt pendo president of oaktree specialty lending corporation or the company As presiding officer, I hereby call this meeting to order and welcome you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. as presiding officer i hereby call this meeting to order and welcome you to the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders On behalf of management, I'd like to thank those stockholders who are participating today via this virtual meeting for your attendance and interest. on behalf of management i'd like to thank those stockholders who are participating today via this virtual meeting for your attendance and interest I also want to thank the many stockholders who submitted proxies. i also want to thank the many stockholders who submitted proxies After this meeting has been adjourned, members of the company's management team and representatives from Ernst & Young will be available to answer stockholder questions. after this meeting has been adjourned members of the company's management team and representatives from ernst & young will be available to answer stockholder questions We encourage you to enter your questions in writing now on the virtual meeting portal in the field provided for stockholders. we encourage you to enter your questions in writing now on the virtual meeting portal in the field provided for stockholders We will address the questions related to the proposals before voting commences and any additional questions upon the conclusion of the meeting. we will address the questions related to the proposals before voting commences and any additional questions upon the conclusion of the meeting When submitting your question or comment, we would appreciate it if you could note your name and affiliation. The company has appointed Jim Raitt, representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., to act as the Inspector of Election. A copy of the Inspector's oath of office and affidavit of distribution to stockholders of record as of January 5th, 2026, will be filed with and made a part of the minutes of this meeting. A list of the stockholders of record who are entitled to vote at this meeting, which has been prepared in accordance with Delaware corporate law and the bylaws of the company, may be accessed through the virtual meeting portal, together with copies of the notice of the annual meeting and proxy statement, the letter to stockholders, proxy card, and the 2025 annual report on Form 10-K. When submitting your question or comment, we would appreciate it if you could note your name and affiliation. when submitting your question or comment we would appreciate it if you could note your name and affiliation The company has appointed Jim Raitt, representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., to act as the Inspector of Election. the company has appointed jim raitt representative of broadridge financial solutions inc to act as the inspector of election A copy of the Inspector's oath of office and affidavit of distribution to stockholders of record as of January 5th, 2026, will be filed with and made a part of the minutes of this meeting. a copy of the inspector's oath of office and affidavit of distribution to stockholders of record as of january 5th 2026 will be filed with and made a part of the minutes of this meeting A list of the stockholders of record who are entitled to vote at this meeting, which has been prepared in accordance with Delaware corporate law and the bylaws of the company, may be accessed through the virtual meeting portal, together with copies of the notice of the annual meeting and proxy statement, the letter to stockholders, proxy card, and the 2025 annual report on Form 10-K. a list of the stockholders of record who are entitled to vote at this meeting which has been prepared in accordance with delaware corporate law and the bylaws of the company may be accessed through the virtual meeting portal together with copies of the notice of the annual meeting and proxy statement the letter to stockholders proxy card and the 2025 annual report on form 10-k These documents are available for inspection or reference during the course of this meeting. Mr. Raitt has informed me that we have a quorum present today for the conduct of business. I now declare this meeting duly convened and properly organized. I will now open the floor to consideration of the two items of business described in the notice of the annual meeting. The first order of business on our agenda is the election of two directors to the Board of Directors, who will each serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies. The persons nominated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the full Board of Directors are Mr. John B. Frank and Mr. Bruce Zimmerman. These documents are available for inspection or reference during the course of this meeting. these documents are available for inspection or reference during the course of this meeting Mr. Raitt has informed me that we have a quorum present today for the conduct of business. mr raitt has informed me that we have a quorum present today for the conduct of business I now declare this meeting duly convened and properly organized. i now declare this meeting duly convened and properly organized I will now open the floor to consideration of the two items of business described in the notice of the annual meeting. i will now open the floor to consideration of the two items of business described in the notice of the annual meeting The first order of business on our agenda is the election of two directors to the Board of Directors, who will each serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies. the first order of business on our agenda is the election of two directors to the board of directors who will each serve until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies The persons nominated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the full Board of Directors are Mr. John B. the persons nominated by the nominating and corporate governance committee and the full board of directors are mr john b Frank and Mr. Bruce Zimmerman. frank and mr bruce zimmerman The second order of business on our agenda is a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2026. At this point, I will pause to answer questions or comments that may have been submitted by our stockholders on these two proposals, which were set forth in the proxy statement. We will address additional stockholder questions after the voting is complete. Since we have no questions, we will now begin the vote. Information regarding the proposals is provided in the proxy statement that was accessible as described in the notice of the annual meeting. Accordingly, I will dispense with any preliminary explanation and declare the polls open for balloting. The second order of business on our agenda is a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2026. the second order of business on our agenda is a proposal to ratify the appointment of ernst & young llp as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended september 30 2026 At this point, I will pause to answer questions or comments that may have been submitted by our stockholders on these two proposals, which were set forth in the proxy statement. at this point i will pause to answer questions or comments that may have been submitted by our stockholders on these two proposals which were set forth in the proxy statement We will address additional stockholder questions after the voting is complete. we will address additional stockholder questions after the voting is complete Since we have no questions, we will now begin the vote. since we have no questions we will now begin the vote Information regarding the proposals is provided in the proxy statement that was accessible as described in the notice of the annual meeting. information regarding the proposals is provided in the proxy statement that was accessible as described in the notice of the annual meeting Accordingly, I will dispense with any preliminary explanation and declare the polls open for balloting. accordingly i will dispense with any preliminary explanation and declare the polls open for balloting Stockholders that have not already voted by proxy prior to this meeting or that wish to revoke their proxy and vote on their own behalf at this meeting should vote now using the Vote Here button on the screen. The polls are now closed. This concludes the voting portion of the meeting. We will take a moment while the Inspector of Election counts the ballots and proxies. Please stand by. The Inspector of Election has notified me that the ballots and proxies have been counted. Will the secretary please present the results of the balloting? Stockholders that have not already voted by proxy prior to this meeting or that wish to revoke their proxy and vote on their own behalf at this meeting should vote now using the Vote Here button on the screen. stockholders that have not already voted by proxy prior to this meeting or that wish to revoke their proxy and vote on their own behalf at this meeting should vote now using the vote here button on the screen The polls are now closed. the polls are now closed This concludes the voting portion of the meeting. this concludes the voting portion of the meeting We will take a moment while the Inspector of Election counts the ballots and proxies. we will take a moment while the inspector of election counts the ballots and proxies Please stand by. please stand by The Inspector of Election has notified me that the ballots and proxies have been counted. the inspector of election has notified me that the ballots and proxies have been counted Will the secretary please present the results of the balloting? will the secretary please present the results of the balloting

Speaker 3: Thank you, Matt. I report that the results of the balloting, as provided by the inspector of election, are as follows. One. The following individuals have been elected as directors of the company, Mr. John B. Frank and Mr. Bruce Zimmerman. Two. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, 2026, has been ratified. Thank you, Matt. thank you matt I report that the results of the balloting, as provided by the inspector of election, are as follows. i report that the results of the balloting as provided by the inspector of election are as follows One. one The following individuals have been elected as directors of the company, Mr. John B. the following individuals have been elected as directors of the company mr john b Frank and Mr. Bruce Zimmerman. frank and mr bruce zimmerman Two. two The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, 2026, has been ratified. the appointment of ernst & young llp as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending september thirtieth 2026 has been ratified

Speaker 1: On the basis of the reports provided by the inspector of election and secretary, I declare that all the proposals that have been presented at this time have been approved by the company stockholders. There being no further business, I declare that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders is hereby adjourned. At this point, I will pause to answer additional questions that may have been submitted by our stockholders. On the basis of the reports provided by the inspector of election and secretary, I declare that all the proposals that have been presented at this time have been approved by the company stockholders. on the basis of the reports provided by the inspector of election and secretary i declare that all the proposals that have been presented at this time have been approved by the company stockholders There being no further business, I declare that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders is hereby adjourned. there being no further business i declare that the annual meeting of stockholders is hereby adjourned At this point, I will pause to answer additional questions that may have been submitted by our stockholders. at this point i will pause to answer additional questions that may have been submitted by our stockholders Since there appears to be no questions, I would like to conclude by thanking everyone for participating in our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Since there appears to be no questions, I would like to conclude by thanking everyone for participating in our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. since there appears to be no questions i would like to conclude by thanking everyone for participating in our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders

Speaker 2: The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect. The conference has now concluded. the conference has now concluded Thank you for attending. thank you for attending You may now disconnect. you may now disconnect