SEC Form 8-K filed by Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On December 20, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (the “Company”) appointed Michael Occi, age 40, as President of the Company effective as of January 1, 2025.
Jeffrey S. Levin, who has served as the Company’s President since 2019, will relinquish such position effective upon Mr. Occi’s appointment. Mr. Levin will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Michael Occi was also appointed as the President for each of North Haven Private Income Fund LLC, North Haven Private Income Fund A LLC, T Series Middle Market Loan Fund LLC, LGAM Private Credit LLC, and SL Investment Fund II LLC, each a business development company that has the same investment adviser as the Company, effective as of January 1, 2025. Prior to his appointment as President, Mr. Occi also served as Chief Administrative Officer of the Company since January 2023 and will relinquish such position effective upon his appointment as President. Mr. Occi has been a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management since April 2022. Mr. Occi joined Morgan Stanley in 2006. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Mr. Occi served as Head of Financial Institutions Equity Capital Markets between May 2019 and April 2022. Previously, Mr. Occi held a variety of other roles within Equity Capital Markets as well as in the financial institutions coverage area in Fixed Income Capital Markets and in the Investment Banking Division. Mr. Occi graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University, with a BA in Finance and Accounting.
Mr. Occi has no family relationships with any current director, executive officer, or person nominated to become a director or executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions or proposed transactions to which the Company is a party, or intended to be a party, in which Mr. Occi has, or will have, a material interest that are subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: December 27, 2024 | MORGAN STANLEY DIRECT LENDING FUND | |||||
| By: | /s/ Orit Mizrachi | |||||
| Orit Mizrachi | ||||||
| Chief Operating Officer | ||||||