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Net Assets
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
Net Assets Net Assets
Shares Issued
The Company has the authority to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares at $0.001 per share par value.
On October 28, 2021, the Company priced its IPO, issuing 9,180,000 of its Common Shares at a public offering price of $26.15 per share. Net of underwriting fees, the Company received cash proceeds, before offering expenses, of $230.6 million. On November 4, 2021, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase an additional 1,377,000 shares of Common Shares, which resulted in cash proceeds, before offering expenses, of $33.8 million. The Company’s Common Shares began trading on the NYSE under the symbol “BXSL” on October 28, 2021. In connection with the listing of the Company’s Common Shares on the NYSE, the Board decided to eliminate any outstanding fractional Common Shares (the “Fractional Shares”), as permitted by Delaware law by rounding down the number of Fractional Shares held by each of our shareholders to the nearest whole share and paying each shareholder cash for such Fractional Shares.
On August 14, 2023, the Company completed a follow-on offering under its shelf registration statement, issuing 6,500,000 of its Common Shares at a price to the underwriters of $26.78 per share. Net of underwriting fees, the Company received cash proceeds, before offering expenses, of $174.1 million. On August 18, 2023, the underwriters exercised, in full, their option to purchase an additional 975,000 shares of Common Shares, which resulted in cash proceeds, before offering expenses, of $26.1 million. The Company incurred offering expenses of $0.4 million in connection with the follow-on offering.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company is party to six separate equity distribution agreements with sales agents (“Equity Distribution Agreements”), pursuant to which the Company may sell, from time to time, up to an aggregate sales price of $500.0 million of its Common Shares. Sales of Common Shares made pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreements may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market” offerings as defined in Rule 415(a)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Actual sales depend on a variety of factors including market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s Common Shares, the Company’s capital needs, and the Company’s determination of the appropriate sources of funding to meet such needs. As of March 31, 2024, Common Shares with an aggregate sales price of $500.0 million remained available for issuance under the Equity Distribution Agreements.
The following table summarizes the total Common Shares issued and proceeds received, for the three months ended March 31, 2024, through the “at-the-market” offering program (dollars in thousands except share and per share amounts):
Issuances of Common SharesNumber of Common Shares IssuedGross ProceedsPlacement Fees/Offering ExpensesNet Proceeds
Average Share Price (1)
“At-the-market” Offering5,885,546 $162,726 $704 $162,022 $27.53 
(1) Represents the net offering price per share after deducting placement fees and commissions and offering expenses.
No Common Shares were issued for the three months ended March 31, 2023, other than those issued through the Company's DRIP.
Distributions
The following table summarizes the Company’s distributions declared and payable for the three months ended March 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):
Date DeclaredRecord DatePayment DatePer Share AmountTotal Amount
February 28, 2024March 31, 2024April 26, 2024$0.7700 $147,743 
Total distributions$0.7700 $147,743 
The following table summarizes the Company’s distributions declared and payable for the three months ended March 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):
Date DeclaredRecord DatePayment DatePer Share AmountTotal Amount
February 27, 2023March 31, 2023April 27, 2023$0.7000 $112,400 
Total distributions$0.7000 $112,400 
Dividend Reinvestment
The Company has adopted the DRIP, pursuant to which it reinvests all cash dividends declared by the Board on behalf of its shareholders who do not elect to receive their dividends in cash. As a result, if the Board and the Company declares, a cash dividend or other distribution, then the Company’s shareholders who have not opted out of its dividend reinvestment plan will have their cash distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares as described below, rather than receiving the cash dividend or other distribution. Starting from the consummation of the IPO, the number of shares to be issued to a shareholder is determined by dividing the total dollar amount of the cash dividend or distribution payable to a shareholder by the market price per common share at the close of regular trading on the NYSE on the payment date of a distribution, or if no sale is reported for such day, the average of the reported bid and ask prices. However, if the market price per share on the payment date of a cash dividend or distribution exceeds the most recently computed NAV per share, the Company will issue shares at the greater of (i) the most recently computed NAV per share and (ii) 95% of the current market price per share (or such lesser discount to the current market price per share that still exceeded the most recently computed NAV per share). For example, if the most recently computed NAV per share is $25.00 and the market price on the payment date of a cash dividend is $24.00 per share, the Company will issue shares at $24.00 per share. If the most recently computed NAV per share is $25.00 and the market price on the payment date of a cash dividend is $27.00 per share, the Company will issue shares at $25.65 per share (95% of the current market price). If the most recently computed NAV per share is $25.00 and the market price on the payment date of a cash dividend is $26.00 per share, the Company will issue shares at $25.00 per share.
Shareholders who receive distributions in the form of shares will generally be subject to the same U.S. federal, state and local tax consequences as if they received cash distributions; however, since their cash distributions will be reinvested, those shareholders will not receive cash with which to pay any applicable taxes. The Company intends to use newly issued shares to implement the plan.
Pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan, the following table summarizes the amounts and shares issued to shareholders who have not opted out of the Company’s DRIP during the three months ended March 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands except share amounts):
Payment DateDRIP Shares ValueDRIP Shares Issued
January 26, 2024$5,614 206,465 
Total distributions$5,614 206,465 
The following table summarizes the amounts and shares issued to shareholders who have not opted out of the Company's DRIP during the three months ended March 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands except share amounts):
Payment DateDRIP Shares ValueDRIP Shares Issued
January 31, 2023$5,132 208,510 
Total distributions$5,132 208,510 
Share Repurchase Plan
In February 2023, the Board approved a share repurchase plan, under which the Company was authorized to repurchase up to $250 million in the aggregate of its outstanding Common Shares in the open market at prices below the Company’s NAV per share for a one-year term, in accordance with the guidelines specified in Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act (the “10b-18 Plan”). The 10b-18 Plan was not renewed and terminated by its terms on February 22, 2024.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not repurchase any of its shares under the 10b-18 Plan.