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): December 18, 2024

CARLYLE SECURED LENDING III

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

814-01410

86-6498423

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Vanderbilt Avenue, Suite 3400

New York, New York

10017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 813-4900


N/A

(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:
N/A	N/A	N/A

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 3.02 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On December 20, 2024, Carlyle Secured Lending III (the “Company”) delivered a capital drawdown notice to its investors relating to the issuance of 2,187,648 common shares of beneficial interest of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), for an aggregate offering price of approximately $45.2 million. The Shares will be issued on or around January 7, 2025. Following this issuance of Shares, the total number of common shares of beneficial interest outstanding will be 15,146,133.

The issuance of the Shares is being made pursuant to subscription agreements (“Subscription Agreement”) entered into by the Company and its investors. Under the terms of the Subscription Agreement, investors are required to fund drawdowns to purchase common shares of beneficial interest up to the amount of their respective capital commitments on an as-needed basis with a minimum of eight business days’ prior notice to investors.

The issuance and sale of the Shares is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation D and Regulation S thereunder.

Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 18, 2024, the Board of Trustees declared a fourth quarter 2024 dividend of $0.75 per share, which is payable on or about January 17, 2025 to shareholders of record as of December 18, 2024. These dividends will be paid in cash and may then be reinvested in common shares of beneficial interest at the election of the shareholders pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan.

SIGNATURE

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 III

By:			/s/ Joshua Lefkowitz
Name:			Joshua Lefkowitz
Title:			Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

Date: December 20, 2024

Carlyle Secured Lending III 8-K