Blackstone Secured Lending Fund · NYSE:BXSL
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund — Investor Presentation (December 2024)
43 slides from Blackstone Secured Lending Fund's investor presentation, December 2024
Slide 1: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL)
Secured EEA, UK and Swiss Notice: Lending For professional/qualified investor use only. Not for distribution to retail/unqualified investors. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) DECEMBER 2024 Note: All data as of September 30, 2024, unless otherwise noted. The sole purpose of this material is to
Slide 2: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Executive Summary
BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING FUND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BXSL is a premier BDC seeking to protect capital and focused on privately originated senior secured loans to U.S. companies ▪ $1.1T+ AUM marking Blackstone as the world’s largest alternative asset manager(1,2) Premier Platform ▪ Wide origination cove
Slide 3: Strength of Blackstone
STRENGTH OF BLACKSTONE World’s largest alternative asset manager with broad capabilities and biggest individual investor platform(1) $1.1T+ $250B AUM individual investor AUM(2) BUSINESS AUM Private Equity $345B World’s largest private equity platform(3) Incumbency $325B (5) Real Estate World’s large
Slide 4: Powerful Credit Platform
POWERFUL CREDIT PLATFORM 25+ years delivering for investors across diversified strategies Private Liquid Infrastructure & Real Corporate Credit(1) Corporate Credit(2) Asset Based Credit(3) Estate Credit(4) Largest Direct Largest CLO Largest Energy Largest Real Estate Lending Fund (5) Manager (6) Tra
Slide 5: Expansive Global Footprint
EXPANSIVE GLOBAL FOOTPRINT Scale and geographic footprint drive our strong origination engine Dublin London Frankfurt San Paris Luxembourg Denver Toronto Francisco Milan Beijing Chicago New York City Madrid Seoul Baltimore Tokyo Los Angeles Tel Aviv Shanghai Houston Miami Abu Dhabi Hong Kong Mumbai
Slide 6: Strong Value Proposition
STRONG VALUE PROPOSITION Global platform provides differentiated capabilities Global Presence Information Advantage Private equity, real estate, infrastructure, Deep sector expertise, proprietary data, and insurance platforms create and 50+ data scientists strengthen connections and deal flow invest
Slide 7: BXCI Value Creation
BXCI VALUE CREATION Portfolio companies have full access to Blackstone’s Value Creation Program 90%+ $5B+ $247M of BXCI portfolio companies total illustrative revenue generated(3) by BXCI introduced actively participate in value created across BXCI portfolio companies the program(1) portfolio compan
Slide 8: Highlights
HIGHLIGHTS ▪ BXSL is designed with the aim to provide powerful earnings while mitigating risk(1) across different market environments with a 98.8%(2) floating rate debt portfolio focused on senior secured debt investments ▪ Portfolio is well positioned with healthy underlying credit fundamentals and
Slide 9: We Believe BXSL Is Positioned As A Premier BDC
WE BELIEVE BXSL IS POSITIONED AS A PREMIER BDC BXSL has led peer BDCs across many key metrics BXSL Rankings Among Traded BDC Peers(8) on Key Metrics Quarterly figures as of September 30, 2024 Category Key Metrics BXSL Traded BDC Peer Rank Interest Income (excl. PIK, dividend, fee and other Earnings
Slide 10: High Degree of Shareholder Alignment
SHAREHOLDER ALIGNMENT High degree of shareholder alignment ▪ 3-year lookback/total return hurdle on incentive fees on income 3-year lookback ▪ Only five other Traded BDC Peers have a lookback(1) ▪ Blackstone Credit & Insurance does not scrape fees for itself from investment fees owed to BXSL(2); 100
Slide 11: BXSL Fundamentals
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Slide 12: Dividend Coverage History
DIVIDEND COVERAGE HISTORY ▪ Regular dividend of $0.77 per share, representing an annualized dividend yield of 11.3%(1) ▪ Our dividend is exceeded by net investment income, with a dividend coverage ratio of 118%(2) Historical Quarterly Dividends Per Share ($)(3) $1.06 $0.95 $0.96 $0.93 $0.91 $0.90 $0
Slide 13: Historical NAV Trend
HISTORICAL NAV TREND Growth in NAV per share since inception and strong quarterly dividend payout ▪ $16.76 per share of value created for investors since inception, representing a 67% unannualized total return (1) Net Asset Value and Cumulative Dividends Per Share Since Inception(2) $41.76 $38.84 $3
Slide 14: Portfolio Characteristics
PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS 98.7% 98.8% $12.0B of investments are first lien, of investments are floating rate debt(1) investments at fair value senior secured debt(1) 46.5% 252 0.2% average loan-to-value portfolio companies non-accrual debt investments(4) (LTV)(2)(3) Portfolio Predominantly Portfolio
Slide 15: Portfolio Construction
PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION ▪ Broad industry representation with largest exposures in software, health care providers & services, professional services and commercial services & supplies ▪ Diversified portfolio across issuers with no single issuer accounting for more than 3% of the portfolio Top Ten Port
Slide 16: Portfolio Company Fundamentals
PORTFOLIO COMPANY FUNDAMENTALS ▪ BXSL portfolio companies have grown in-line with the broader market over the past year while also being more profitable than the average private credit borrower Similar Growth as Market 15%+ More Profitable LTM EBITDA Growth LTM EBITDA Margin (Year-over-Year %) (%) 7
Slide 17: BXSL's Strong Credit Performance
BXSL’S STRONG CREDIT PERFORMANCE BXSL’s defensive positioning continues to deliver strong credit performance Strong Ability to Service Debt vs. Private Low Non-Accruals vs. Peers Credit Market Non-Accruals as a % of Cost % of Portfolio with Interest Coverage Ratio >1.0x 93% 2.6% 83% 0.2% (1) (2) (3)
Slide 18: Funding Profile
FUNDING PROFILE ▪ Well-structured, diversified, efficient capital structure with significant available liquidity ▪ Well positioned for the current environment with 44% of fixed rate unsecured liabilities, at a weighted average coupon of 2.88% (1) and only $1.5 billion of debt maturities within the n
Slide 19: Financial Overview
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Strong financial profile with dividends covered by net investment income (“NII”) and lower expense ratios ▪ NII has exceeded BXSL’s regular dividend for the last History of Strong 20 quarters 118% Dividend Coverage 3Q’24 dividend coverage(2) ▪ Lower management fees, cost of levera
Slide 20: Historical Share Price
HISTORICAL SHARE PRICE BXSL has delivered steady dividends with a stock price currently trading at a premium to NAV(1) ▪ BXSL is one of five BDCs in its traded peer set(2) trading above NAV 6/20/23: 1.17x Price/Book 17.8% Base dividend total annualized 9/7/22: Ratio(6) increased 10%(5) market return
Slide 21: Illustrative Current 2024 Total Value Bridge
ILLUSTRATIVE CURRENT 2024 TOTAL VALUE BRIDGE (1) $2.27 $41.76 $4.50 $14.49 Market price premium to NAV as of December 9, 2024 $25.00 NAV at Cumulative NAV Total Market Price Inception(1) Dividends Paid (2) Appreciation(3) Value (4) Premium to NAV (5) Note: Data is as of September 30, 2024, unless ot
Slide 22: Appendix
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Slide 23: Key Highlights
KEY HIGHLIGHTS BXSL leads across many key metrics Earnings Momentum Capital Protection % First Lien Senior Non-accruals LTM Return(1) ,(2) Dividend Yield(2), (3) Secured(2), (4) (at cost)(2), (5) 14.1% 11.3% 98.7% 0.2% vs. 9.7% vs. 10.2% vs. 73.7% vs. 2.6% Traded BDC Peers Traded BDC Peers Traded BD
Slide 24: Detailed Overview of Traded BDC Peer Fees
DETAILED OVERVIEW OF TRADED BDC PEER FEES BXSL and peers’ fee structures(1) Full Management Fees (% GAV)(2) 2.0% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% (3) PSEC ARCC SLRC TSLX OBDC FSK OCSL CGBD BCSF NMFC BBDC GSBD GBDC BXSL MFIC Full Income Incentive Fees (% Pre-Fee N
Slide 25: Private Credit Market Opportunity
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Slide 26: Demand for Private Solutions
DEMAND FOR PRIVATE SOLUTIONS Dry powder has driven increased opportunities for private credit Private Equity Dry Powder(1) Buyers are Increasingly Choosing Private North America only ($ in billions) Lenders(2) % of LBOs based on count (LTM Q3’24) ~$1,500 85% 5x+ 70% as more demand higher than supply
Slide 27: Significant White Space
SIGNIFICANT WHITE SPACE The addressable market for private credit is large ~$4T Total Addressable Market $1.5T Companies with >$1B debt $ 2.8T Potential Opportunity $1.3T Set Companies with <$1B debt $1.0T US Private Credit Market(1) US Leveraged Finance Market(2) Note: There can be no guarantee tre
Slide 28: Higher Asset Yields
HIGHER ASSET YIELDS Base rates remain wide relative to prior years, which has increased BXSL's asset-level yields BXSL Asset-Level Yields Have Increased(1) 10.5% 6.0% 5.5% 7.6% +290bps 6.8% 5.0% 5.4% 0.8% New Investments Investments New NewInvestments Investments in in Q4 2021 ininQ3 Q1 2024 2024 Ba
Slide 29: Private Credit Market Trends By Size
PRIVATE CREDIT MARKET TRENDS BY SIZE ▪ BXSL invests in larger companies because we believe they provide the opportunity for better risk-adjusted returns ▪ Private credit market data from Lincoln International shows larger borrowers experienced greater growth over the last year and fewer defaults his
Slide 30: BXSL Return Metrics
BXSL RETURN METRICS 12/31/2018 12/31/2019 12/31/2020 12/31/2021 12/31/2022 12/31/2023 9/30/2024 Return Metrics (1) Total Return YTD -1.7% 14.4% 6.5% 12.6% 10.3% 14.7% 10.4% Note: Past performance does not predict future returns. There can be no assurance that any Blackstone product or investment wil
Slide 31: Endnotes, Risk Factors and Important Disclosure Information
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Slide 32: Endnotes
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Slide 33: Endnotes
ENDNOTES Notes to Page 2 Data as of September 30, 2024. For illustrative purposes only. 1) Assets under management (“AUM”) is estimated and unaudited as of September 30, 2024. Blackstone Inc.'s (“Blackstone”) assets under management (“AUM”) are estimated and unaudited. “AUM” includes co-investments
Slide 34: Endnotes (Cont'd)
ENDNOTES (CONT’D) Notes to Page 4 Private Credit returns include mezzanine lending funds and middle market direct lending funds (including our BDCs), stressed/distressed strategies (including stressed/distressed funds and credit alpha strategies) and energy strategies. Liquid Credit returns include
Slide 35: Endnotes (Cont'd)
ENDNOTES (CONT’D) Notes to Page 7 1) This number represents the amount of introductions across Blackstone Credit & Insurance portfolio companies and is not limited to introductions made to BXSL portfolio companies, which may have a lower participation rate or be significantly lower. “Active Particip
Slide 36: Endnotes (Cont'd)
ENDNOTES (CONT’D) Notes to Page 23 Note: Data is as of September 30, 2024, unless otherwise indicated. This is not an offer or sale of any security or investment product. Past performance does not predict future returns. There can be no assurance that any Blackstone product or investment will achiev
Slide 37: Risk Factors and Important Disclosure Information
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Slide 38: Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Risk And Reward Disclosure
BLACKSTONE SECURED LENDING FUND (“BXSL” OR THE “FUND”) - RISK AND REWARD DISCLOSURE Set out below is a summary of the rewards and associated risks of an investment in the Fund. This summary does not purport to be a comprehensive statement of all such rewards and risks and investors should refer to t
Slide 39: Other Risk Factors
OTHER RISK FACTORS A detailed summary of the risks to which the Fund is subject is available in the Fund’s Offering Documents. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the "Important Disclosure Information" section or in the Fund’s Offering Documents. Co
Slide 40: Other Risk Factors (Cont'd)
OTHER RISK FACTORS (CONT’D) No Assurance of Investment Return. An investment in the Fund is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve comparable results, implement its investment strategy, achieve its objectives, or avoid substantial losses,
Slide 41: Important Disclosure Information
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION This presentation (together with any attachments, appendices, and related materials, the “Materials”) is provided on a confidential basis for informational due diligence purposes only and is not, and may not be relied on in any manner as legal, tax, investment, accou
Slide 42: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd)
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) Performance Calculations. Past performance does not predict future returns, and there can be no assurance that such returns will be achieved, that the Fund will achieve comparable results or that the Fund will be able to implement its investment strategy or
Slide 43: Important Disclosure Information (Cont'd)
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION (CONT’D) NOTICE TO INVESTORS IN THE UK AND THE EEA Blackstone Europe LLP ("BELL") of 40 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 5AL (registration number OC352581) is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) (firm reference number 520839) in the Un
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