AGENCY:

Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”).

ACTION:

Notice.

Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) for an exemption from sections 18(a)(2), 18(c),18(i) and 61(a) of the Act.

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit certain closed-end investment companies that have elected to be regulated as business development companies to issue ( printed page 63324) multiple classes of shares with varying sales loads and asset-based distribution and/or service fees.

Applicants: SLR Secured Lending Partners, LLC and SLR Secured Specialty Lending Fund.

Filing Date: The application was filed on August 14, 2026, and amended on September 1, 2026.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing the SEC's Secretary at Secretarys-Office@sec.gov and serving the Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. The email should include the file number referenced above. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m., Eastern time, on October 26, 2026, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the Applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at Secretarys-Office@sec.gov.

ADDRESSES:

The Commission: Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. Applicants: Michael S. Gross, Bruce J. Spohler, Co-Chief Executive Officers, SLR Capital Partners, LLC, 500 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and Thomas J. Friedmann, Esq., Dechert LLP, thomas.friedmann@dechert.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Trace W. Rakestraw, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6720 or IMOCC@sec.gov (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).