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Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund announced plans to share its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025. The company will release these results on Thursday, November 6, 2025, after the market closes. It will then host an earnings conference call on Friday, November 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the quarter in more detail. This update is provided as a Regulation FD disclosure and is accompanied by a press release filed as an exhibit.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) filed an 8-K reporting Amendment No. 6 to a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement dated September 24, 2025. The amendment names DLF LLC as borrower, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund as equityholder and servicer, the lenders party to the agreement, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as collateral agent, and BNP Paribas as administrative agent. The cover page inline XBRL is embedded and the filing bears the signature of David Pessah, Chief Financial Officer dated September 29, 2025. The filing text supplied is limited to the amendment cover information and signatures.
Form 144 notice for proposed sale of common stock. The filing reports an intent to sell 48,599 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC with an aggregate market value of $811,554.70. The filer acquired these shares on 02/05/2020 in a private acquisition from the issuer as payment for services rendered. The issuer has 86,835,012 shares outstanding. The approximate sale date is listed as 09/29/2025, and the securities exchange is the NYSE. The filer indicates there were no securities sold by the person in the past three months and includes the standard representation that they are not aware of undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer.
The registrant completed a $401.2 million term debt securitization (a collateralized loan obligation) through a newly formed issuer, selling a diversified portfolio of senior secured and second‑lien loans to that issuer while retaining all of the Subordinated Notes. BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC agreed to purchase certain notes under a Purchase and Placement Agreement. The issuer may reinvest principal collections to buy replacement collateral under the collateral manager's direction through October 20, 2029, preserving initial leverage. Secured notes and loans mature on October 20, 2037; subordinated notes mature in October 2125. The secured notes are unregistered and subject to transfer restrictions. The company made customary representations and sold ownership interests to the issuer under a Master Loan Sale Agreement.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) Form 4 shows that Kevin Shannon, a director, purchased 5,000 shares of the issuer's common stock on 08/14/2025 at $17.70 per share. After the reported purchase, Mr. Shannon directly beneficially owns 29,079 shares. The filing also discloses indirect holdings: 5,846.8891 shares held by the Kevin F Shannon Irrevocable Trust and 2,359.271 shares held by the Joanne F Shannon Qualified Personal Residence Trust, plus 2,051.54 shares held in a directed IRA. The filing includes standard disclaimers about trust ownership and is signed by Orit Mizrachi by power of attorney on 08/18/2025.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL) reporting person David Pessah, identified as the fund's Chief Financial Officer, acquired 3,400 shares of the issuer's common stock on 08/14/2025 at a price of $17.7218 per share. After the purchase the reporting person beneficially owned 5,400 shares. The Form 4 was signed by a power of attorney on 08/15/2025.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund insider transaction: A Form 4 reports that reporting person Adam S. Metz, identified as a director, acquired 28,248 shares of the fund's common stock at a price of $17.6693 per share on 08/13/2025 under transaction code P (purchase). After the reported purchase, the filing shows Mr. Metz (indirectly) beneficially owns 28,248 shares from this transaction and an additional 48,505.553 shares held indirectly by related accounts, per the footnotes.
The filing discloses that Mr. Metz is a partner of the Metz Investments LP account and is settlor and trustee of the Adam Metz 2006 Trust, which holds the reported securities; he disclaims beneficial ownership of the trust-held shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund director David N. Miller reported an open-market purchase of 10,000 shares of common stock on 2025-08-12 at $17.69 per share. The filing shows these shares are held indirectly through the MSSB C/F David Nathan Miller IRA.
After this transaction, Miller’s indirect holdings reported in the IRA totaled 17,168.239 shares, and his direct ownership totaled 5,000 shares of common stock.
Jeff M. Day, Co‑President and reporting officer of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL), reported an indirect purchase of 5,650 shares of common stock on 08/12/2025 at approximately $17.70 per share. The transaction increased indirect beneficial ownership to 17,818 shares held by The Day Family Trust, and the Form 4 shows transaction code "P" for a purchase. A footnote states Mr. Day is co‑trustee of The Day Family Trust and disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.
This Form 4 was filed by one reporting person and records a routine insider acquisition that modestly increases the officer's indirect stake in MSDL.
Joan A. Binstock, identified as a director of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL), is reported to have purchased 5,659 shares of MSDL common stock on 08/11/2025 at a price of $17.685 per share.
After the transaction, the filing shows 39,251 shares reported as beneficially owned indirectly through the Joan A Binstock Revocable Trust. The footnote states Ms. Binstock is the grantor and trustee of that trust and disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of her pecuniary interest.