Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc.(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.YesշNoնIndicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.YesնNoշIndicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.YesշNoն Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant toRule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files).YesշNoն Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smallerreporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.նIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registeredpublic accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.շIf securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.ն Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).ն Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).YesնNoշ The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2025, based on the closing price on thatdate of $23.81 on The New York Stock Exchange, was approximately $2,158,484,033. The number of shares of the registrant’s commonstock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding at February 12, 2026 was 94,705,150. Portions of the Registrant’s proxy statement for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III.Auditor Firm Id:185Auditor Name: KPMG LLPAuditor Location: New York, New York PART IITEM 1. ..................................................................................................................................................................Business6ITEM 1A.............................................................................................................................................................Risk Factors29ITEM 1B....................................................................................................................................Unresolved Staff Comments57ITEM 1C...........................................................................................................................................................Cybersecurity57ITEM 2.................................................................................................................................................................Properties58ITEM 3....................................................................................................................................................Legal Proceedings58ITEM 4..........................................................................................................................................Mine Safety Disclosures58 PART IIITEM 5. ................................................................................................................................................................Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities59ITEM 6...................................................................................................................................................................Reserved62ITEM 7..................................Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations63ITEM 7A...........................................