Form 8-K
8-K — FS Specialty Lending Fund
Accession: 0001104659-26-100799
Filed: 2026-08-25
Period: 2026-08-25
CIK: 0002065812
Item: Regulation FD Disclosure
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported): August 25, 2026
FS
Specialty Lending Fund
(Exact name
of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
811-24080
(Commission
File
Number)
27-6822130
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
3025
JFK Boulevard, OFC 500
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
(Address
of principal executive offices)
19104
(Zip
Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (215)
495-1150
None
(Former name
or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which
registered
Common shares,
$0.001 par value per share
FSSL
New York
Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
¨
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.
FS Specialty Lending Fund (the “Company”) will make available
within the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s website (https://www.fssl.futurestandard.com/fund-information#investor-relations)
a presentation containing financial and operating information after the market close on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Except as may be required
by federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update or revise the information contained in the presentation.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed
to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain certain forward-looking
statements that are not historical facts, including, without limitation, statements with regard to future events or the future performance
or financial condition of the Company. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,”
“project” and “future” or similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking
statements include these words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties
and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements for any reason, including those factors set forth in the
Company’s filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commisssion. These forward-looking statements are subject to
the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, without
limitation, changes in the economy, geo-political risks, risks associated with possible disruption in the Company’s operations or
the economy generally due to terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics, future changes in laws or regulations and conditions in the Company’s
operating area, and the price at which shares of common stock may trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Some of these factors are enumerated
in the filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company has based the forward-looking statements included
herein on information available to the Company on the date hereof. Except as required by federal securities laws, the Company undertakes
no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
104
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SIGNATURE
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.
FS
Specialty Lending Fund
Date:
August 25, 2026
By:
/s/ Stephen Sypherd
Stephen
Sypherd
General
Counsel
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