# Federal Register #812-16072

SEC Notice on Investment Company Exemption Application

**Buyer:** Securities and Exchange Commission
**Posted:** October 05, 2026
**Identifier:** 812-16072

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a regulatory notice about an investment-company exemption application, not a procurement opportunity.
- **Government agency:** Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); no sub-agency or office is identified in the provided notice.
- **Applicants named:** SLR Secured Lending Partners, LLC and SLR Secured Specialty Lending Fund.
- **Request:** The applicants seek an order allowing certain closed-end investment companies that have elected business development company status to issue multiple share classes with different sales loads and asset-based distribution and/or service fees.
- **Outcome process:** The SEC may grant the requested relief unless it orders a hearing.
- **Procurement:** No products or services, quantities, part numbers, or vendors supplying goods or services are identified.

### Description

The Securities and Exchange Commission published notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The applicants seek an order permitting certain closed-end investment companies that have elected to be regulated as business development companies to issue multiple classes of shares with varying sales loads and asset-based distribution and/or service fees. The application was filed August 14, 2026, and amended September 1, 2026. An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing; hearing requests are due by October 26, 2026.

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