Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 4, 2023 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Cami VanHorn – Head-Investor Relations

Joshua Easterly – Chief Executive Officer

Bo Stanley – President

Ian Simmonds – Chief Financial Officer

Michael Fishman – Vice President

Conference Call Participants

Finian O’Shea – WFS

Robert Dodd – Raymond James

Ken Lee – RBC Capital Markets

Melissa Wedel – JPMorgan

Mark Hughes – Truist

Ryan Lynch – KBW

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.’s Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. As a reminder, the conference is being recorded on Friday, August 4, 2023.

I will now turn the call over to Ms. Cami VanHorn, Head of Investor Relations.

Cami VanHorn

Thank you. Before we begin today’s call, I would like to remind our listeners that remarks made during the call may contain forward-looking statements. Statements other than statements of historical facts made during this call may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.

Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Yesterday, after the market closed, we issued our earnings press release for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023, and posted a presentation to the Investor Resources section of our website www.sixthstreetspecialtylending.com.

The presentation should be reviewed in conjunction with our Form 10-Q filed yesterday with the SEC. Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.’s earnings release is also available on our website under the Investor Resources section. Unless noted otherwise, all performance figures mentioned in today’s prepared remarks are as of and for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023. As a reminder, this call is being recorded for replay purposes.

I will now turn the call over to Joshua Easterly, Chief Executive Officer of Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.

Joshua Easterly

Thank you, Cami. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. With us today is my partner and our President, Bo Stanley; and our CFO, Ian Simmons. For our call today, I will provide highlights for this quarter’s results and then pass it over to Bo to discuss activity levels in the portfolio. Ian will review our quarterly financial results in detail, and I will conclude with final remarks before opening the call to Q&A.