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Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) Investor presentation summary

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Investor presentation summary

2 Mar, 2026

Overview and organization

  • Focuses on specialty lending, providing financing solutions with a $2.1B market cap and $3.4B in total assets as of 12/31/2025.

  • Operates as part of a $125B+ platform with 300+ investment professionals and 78 direct lending specialists.

  • Senior leadership team averages over 250 years of collective experience; recent leadership transition announced.

  • Portfolio is 89% first lien, 96% floating rate, and 79% of debt investments have call protection.

  • 99% of investments are directly originated, with 64% to sponsor businesses and 36% to non-sponsor channels.

Track record

  • Originated $53.3B in investments with a realized average gross unlevered IRR of 17% on fully exited investments.

  • Achieved 13.2% average annual ROE on net income and 164% economic return since IPO, outperforming BDC peers.

  • Maintained stable or increasing base dividends for 49 consecutive quarters, with 125% average coverage over five years.

  • NAV per share has grown from $14.71 to $21.12 (pre-supplemental/special dividends) since inception.

  • Demonstrated lower losses and higher asset selectivity compared to industry peers.

Liquidity and funding profile

  • Total liquidity of $1.1B as of 12/31/2025, with $514M undrawn revolver capacity and $1.6B in unsecured notes.

  • 71% of debt is unsecured, with asset coverage for unsecured notes at 2.3x.

  • Weighted average remaining debt maturity is ~3.4 years; 96.3% of portfolio is floating rate.

  • Strong relationships with 19 banks and over 200 unsecured note investors.

  • Liquidity exceeds unfunded commitments by 5.7x, supporting disciplined capital management.

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