Sec Form 13D Filing - OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP filing for OAKTREE SPECIALTY LENDING CORP (OCSL) - 2021-09-22

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 8)*

Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

67401P 108

(CUSIP Number)

Todd E. Molz

Managing Director and General Counsel

Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

(213) 830-6300

With a copy to:

William J. Tuttle

Proskauer Rose LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Suite 600 South

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 416-6800

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

September 20, 2021

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.   ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

This statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2017 (the “Original Statement”) by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) and the other persons named therein, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2017 (“Amendment No. 1”), Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2019 (“Amendment No. 2”), Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2019 (“Amendment No. 3”), Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2020 (“Amendment No. 4”), Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2020 (“Amendment No. 5”) , Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2021 (“Amendment No. 6”) and Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2021 (“Amendment No. 7” and, together with the Original Statement, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5 and Amendment No. 6, the “Prior Statements”), is hereby amended and supplemented by this Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Prior Statements. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Item of the Prior Statements remains unchanged.

Item 3. Source of Funds or Other Consideration

Beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock set forth on the cover pages to this Schedule 13D (the “Subject Equity”) is being reported on this Schedule 13D solely because the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Subject Equity as a result of (i) the relationships and matters described under Item 6 of this Schedule 13D and this Item 3 and/or (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock by Oaktree Capital I, as applicable.

On July 13, 2017, Oaktree entered into the Voting Agreement described in Item 6 of this Schedule 13D with Fifth Street Holdings L.P. (“FSH”), Leonard M. Tannenbaum, the Leonard M. Tannenbaum Foundation, 777 West Putnam Avenue LLC and the Tannenbaum Family 2012 Trust (collectively, the “Tannenbaum Stockholders”) pursuant to which each of the Tannenbaum Stockholders agreed to vote their shares of Common Stock at the direction of Oaktree. The Tannenbaum Stockholders entered into the Voting Agreement as condition of and an inducement to Oaktree’s willingness to enter into the Asset Purchase Agreement described in Item 6 of this Schedule 13D. Upon the acquisition of any additional shares of Common Stock by the Tannenbaum Stockholders, such additional shares will be included under the Voting Agreement, and the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such additional shares, if any, to the extent such Reporting Person is covered by the Voting Agreement.

No payments were made by or on behalf of any Reporting Person in connection with the execution of the Voting Agreement.

Oaktree Capital I used available funds to purchase 138,000 shares of Common Stock on the open market at a weighted average purchase price per share of $4.7988 on December 13, 2017 and an additional 138,000 shares of Common Stock on the open market at a weighted average purchase price per share of $4.7763 on December 14, 2017.

Oaktree Capital I used available funds to purchase 4,214,368 shares of Common Stock from Mr. Tannenbaum at a purchase price per share of $7.10 pursuant to a purchase agreement by and between Oaktree Capital I and Mr. Tannenbaum, dated as of September 20, 2021 (the “Purchase Agreement”).

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Items 5(a) – 5(c) of the Prior Statements are amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

As a result of the Voting Agreement described in Item 6 of the Original Statement and Item 3 of Amendment No. 2 among Oaktree and the Tannenbaum Stockholders, Oaktree may be deemed to be beneficially own 19,493,560 shares, or approximately 10.8%, of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, which shares of Common Stock (the “Tannenbaum Shares”) are held by Leonard M. Tannenbaum, the Leonard M. Tannenbaum Foundation and the Tannenbaum Family 2012 Trust (collectively, the “Tannenbaum Stockholders”).

As a result of Oaktree Capital I purchasing 276,000 shares of Common Stock in the open market, acquiring 524,143 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement and acquiring 4,214,368 shares of Common Stock pursuant the Purchase Agreement, Oaktree Capital I may be deemed to beneficially own 5,014,511 (collectively, the “Oaktree Shares”), or approximately 2.8%, of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.

OCM GP LLC, in its capacity as the general partner of Oaktree, has the ability to direct the management of Oaktree, including the power to direct the decisions of Oaktree regarding the voting and disposition of securities beneficially owned by Oaktree. Therefore, OCM GP LLC may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the Tannenbaum Shares.

Atlas OCM LLC, in its capacity as the sole managing member of OCM GP LLC, has the ability to direct the management of OCM GP LLC, including the power to direct the decisions of OCM GP LLC regarding the voting and disposition of securities beneficially owned by OCM GP LLC. Therefore, Atlas OCM LLC may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the Tannenbaum Shares. Atlas OCM LLC is managed by its 11 member board of directors.

Holdings I, in its capacity as the general partner of Oaktree Capital I, has the ability to direct the management of Oaktree Capital I’s business, including the power to direct the decisions of Oaktree Capital I regarding the voting and disposition of securities held by Oaktree Capital I. Therefore, Holdings I may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the Oaktree Shares.

Holdings, in its capacity as the managing member of Holdings I, has the ability to direct the management of Holding I’s business, including the power to direct the decisions of Holdings I regarding the voting and disposition of securities beneficially owned by Holdings I. Therefore, Holdings may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the Oaktree Shares.

OCG, in its capacity as managing member of Holdings, has the ability to direct the management of Holdings’ business, including the power to direct the decisions of Holdings regarding the voting and disposition of securities beneficially owned by Holdings. Therefore, OCG may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the Oaktree Shares. OCG is managed by its 11 member board of directors.

Neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by any of the Reporting Persons that it is the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock referred to herein for the purposes of Section 13(d) of the Act, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

To the actual knowledge of the Reporting Persons, none of the Covered Persons directly owns any shares of Common Stock, other than Bruce A. Karsh, who beneficially owns 33,427 shares of Common Stock, and John B. Frank, who beneficially owns 162,789 shares of Common Stock (of which (i) 44,663 shares are held directly by Mr. Frank and (ii) 118,126 shares are held by a member of Mr. Frank’s family and he may be deemed to have voting and/or investment power with respect to, but he has no pecuniary interest in, such shares); provided, however, that because of each Covered Person’s status as an investment manager, manager, general partner, director, executive officer or member of a Reporting Person, a Covered Person may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Reporting Person. Each of the Covered Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock reported herein, and the filing of this Schedule 13D shall not be construed as an admission that any such Covered Person is the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement, other than Mr. Frank with respect to shares of Common Stock directly owned by him.

Annex B sets forth all transactions with respect to shares of Common Stock effected during the past 60 days.

Annex B

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated as of September 22, 2021