Vista Credit Strategic Lending Corp. (the “Company”) is incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland and was formed on March 15, 2022, its date of inception (“Inception Date” or “inception”). The Company is structured as a closed-end management investment company. The Company has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In addition, for tax purposes, the Company has elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company is externally managed by Vista Credit BDC Management, L.P. (the “Adviser”), an investment adviser that is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The Adviser also provides the administrative services necessary for the Company to operate pursuant to an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”). The Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of VEP Group, LLC (together with its affiliates, including Vista Credit Partners, L.P., “Vista”).

The Company is conducting a private offering (the “Private Offering”) of its shares of common stock to accredited investors, as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S or Regulation D under the 1933 Act, in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. The Company is a privately placed, perpetual-life BDC, which is a BDC whose shares are not listed for trading on a stock exchange or other securities market. Each investor in the Private Offering will purchase shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to a subscription agreement entered into with the Company. Generally, investors fully fund their purchases at one point in time on the date their subscription agreement is accepted by the Company. The Company has, from time to time, also allowed certain investors to fund their share purchases over time, when capital is called by the Company under a drawdown notice. On June 16, 2023, the Adviser purchased 1,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at $20.00 per share. On September 8, 2023, the Company began accepting subscription agreements from third-party investors acquiring shares of the Company’s common stock in the Private Offering.

The Company invests in “middle-market companies,” which the Company defines to generally mean companies with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) of less than $250 million annually and/or annual revenue of $25 million to $2.5 billion at the time of investment, in the enterprise software, data and technology-enabled business sectors. The Company’s investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of investments that primarily consists of senior or subordinated debt, preferred stock or other interests senior to common equity as well as equity securities (or rights to acquire equity securities) acquired in connection with debt financing transactions in management buyouts, recapitalizations and other opportunities.

On June 30, 2025, the Company filed Articles of Amendment (the “Articles of Amendment”) to its charter with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (“SDAT”) to rename and redesignate the authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, as Class I Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Class I Common Stock”). The Articles of Amendment became effective on June 30, 2025.