UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): ~~June 9~~July 15, 2026

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

814-00995

80-0789789

(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)

(CommissionFile Number)

(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

One Vanderbilt Avenue, Suite 3400

New York,

New York

10017

New York

10017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(212) 813-4900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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 Stock	CGBD	The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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).

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Item 5 7.0701 – ~~Submission~~Regulation ofFD ~~Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.~~ Disclosure

On ~~June 9~~July 15, 2026, Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~held~~issued a ~~Special~~press ~~Meeting~~release ofannouncing ~~Stockholders~~that ~~(the~~it ~~“Special~~will ~~Meeting”).~~host ~~The~~a ~~following~~conference ~~proposal~~call ~~was voted on~~ at ~~the Special Meeting~~11:00 toa.m. ~~authorize~~(Eastern ~~the~~Time) ~~Company~~on Friday, ~~with the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors~~August 7, 2026 to ~~sell~~announce orits ~~otherwise~~financial ~~issue~~results ~~shares~~for of the ~~Company’s~~second ~~common~~quarter ~~stock,~~ended ~~during the next 12 months following stockholder approval~~June 30, at2026. aA ~~price~~copy ~~below~~of the ~~then-current~~press ~~net~~release ~~asset~~is ~~value~~attached ~~per~~hereto ~~share,~~as ~~subject~~Exhibit ~~to certain limitations described in the proxy statement~~99. 1.

AtThe ~~the~~information ~~Special~~disclosed ~~Meeting,~~under ~~holders~~this ofItem ~~the~~7.01, ~~outstanding~~including ~~shares~~Exhibit of99.1 ~~the~~hereto, ~~Company’s~~is ~~common~~being ~~stock~~furnished ~~voted~~and ~~upon~~shall ~~the~~not ~~proposal~~be todeemed ~~authorize~~“filed” ~~the~~for ~~Company,~~purposes ~~with~~of ~~the~~Section ~~approval~~18 of ~~the~~Securities ~~Company’s~~Exchange ~~Board~~Act of ~~Directors~~1934, toand ~~sell~~shall ornot ~~otherwise~~be ~~issue~~deemed ~~shares~~incorporated ofby ~~the~~reference ~~Company’s~~into ~~common~~any ~~stock,~~filing ~~during~~made under the ~~next~~Securities 12Act ~~months following stockholder approval~~1933, atexcept aas ~~price~~expressly ~~below~~set ~~the~~forth ~~then-current~~by ~~net~~specific ~~asset~~reference ~~value per share, subject to certain limitations described~~ in ~~the~~such ~~proxy statement~~filing.

AsItem 9.01 of– ~~April~~Financial 7,Statements ~~2026, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 70,125,943 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding~~ and ~~entitled to vote. 35,809,435 shares of common stock were present or represented at the Special Meeting, constituting a quorum.~~ Exhibits

~~The final voting results for the proposal submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Special Meeting are set forth below. The proposal was approved by the requisite vote.~~(d)Exhibits:

Proposal 1. The authorization of the Company, with the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors, to sell or otherwise issue shares of the Company’s common stock, during the next 12 months following stockholder approval, at a price below the then-current net asset value per share, subject to certain limitations described in the proxy statement:



Exhibit Number						Description

99.1						Press Release, dated July 1 5 , 2026
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
26,328,719			7,457,315			2,023,401			—

SIGNATURES

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.

CARLYLE SECURED LENDING, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: June 11, 2026

By:

/s/ Joshua Lefkowitz

Dated: July 15, 2026

By:

/s/ Thomas M. Hennigan

Joshua Lefkowitz

Name: Thomas M. Hennigan

Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

Title: Chief Financial Officer

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