0001104659-24-005575.txt : 20240122 0001104659-24-005575.hdr.sgml : 20240122 20240122161335 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-24-005575 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240122 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240122 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001782524 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-41924 FILM NUMBER: 24548998 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212 761 0380 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20190923 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Morgan Stanley BDC LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20190715 8-A12B 1 tm243821d1_8a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

 

Delaware 84-2009506
(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
   

1585 Broadway

New York, NY

 10036
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
   
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 

Title of each class
to be so registered

Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered

Shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share New York Stock Exchange
   
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. x
 
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-276056

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1.Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The description of the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (the “Registrant”) contained in the section titled “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus included in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2023 (Registration No. 333-276056), including exhibits, and as may be subsequently amended from time to time, is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.Exhibits.

 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on the New York Stock Exchange and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

  MORGAN STANLEY DIRECT LENDING FUND
   
  By: /s/ Orit Mizrachi
  Name: Orit Mizrachi
  Title: Chief Operating Officer

 

Date: January 22, 2024