Is MSDL diluting shareholders?

Read three numbers together: shares outstanding over time (84.1M as of 2026-08-05), warrants that can convert into new shares, and how much cash runway remains. A company short on cash with live registrations is structurally likely to issue shares.

Where do these numbers come from?

SEC EDGAR only: the XBRL company-facts API for shares, warrants and cash, and filing metadata for registrations and pricings. Every figure shows its source form, and nothing here is estimated by us beyond the arithmetic stated next to it.

Why might a warrant tranche be missing from the table?

The tranche table is built from the dimensions the company tagged in its own 10-Q or 10-K XBRL. A tranche the filer chose not to dimension does not appear, and its absence proves nothing: the exhibits remain the ground truth. Everything shown carries the filing it came from.

Dilution profile // every instrument, one screen, from SEC filings

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (MSDL)

CIK 1782524 · all EDGAR filings →

Overall dilution risk

LOWworst of 3 computed signals (offering ability)

= the worst band among the computed sub-ratings, no hidden weighting

not every sub-rating was computable; treat as a floor

Offering ability

LOWno live registration found

= is there a registration (S-1/S-3 family) on file without a later withdrawal

Overhead supply

NOT COMPUTEDno warrant count tagged in XBRL

= warrant shares outstanding divided by current shares outstanding

absence of a tag is not proof of absence of warrants

Historical dilution

LOW+17% O/S in 3y

= share count now vs 3 years ago (bands: 30% / 100%); a reverse split pushes this negative

Cash need

LOWoperating cash flow positive

= cash vs trailing operating burn (bands: 6mo / 24mo; positive operating CF = low)

Same rating bands the category standard uses, but free, with the formula on the chip and the gaps in the data said out loud.

Shares outstanding over time

Latest: 84.1M shares as of Aug 5, 2026 (10-Q).

Cash runway

Self-funding

profitable · generates cash

Full breakdown: cash runway tool · source filing →

Warrants

No warrant figures tagged in this filer’s XBRL facts. That means the company has not reported them in structured form; it does not prove no warrants exist. The exhibits are the ground truth.

Convertible notes

No convertible-note facts tagged in the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026. If convertible notes exist, their terms live in exhibit prose for this filer and are not parsed; absence of a tag is not proof of absence. The exhibits are the ground truth.

Registrations and offerings

Last 12 months: 2 executed · 0 registered.

EXECUTEDJul 1, 2026Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B2 →

EXECUTEDJun 29, 2026Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B2 →

MARKETINGJun 29, 2026Free-writing prospectus — offering being marketedFWP →

EXECUTEDMay 14, 2025Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B2 →

EXECUTEDMay 12, 2025Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B2 →

MARKETINGMay 12, 2025Free-writing prospectus — offering being marketedFWP →

EXECUTEDMar 28, 2025Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B2 →

UPDATEJan 14, 2025Prospectus update — often a resale registration, not necessarily new capital424B3 →

EFFECTIVEJan 14, 2025SEC declared a registration effective — selling can beginEFFECT →

EXECUTEDJan 24, 2024Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B1 →

EFFECTIVEJan 23, 2024SEC declared a registration effective — selling can beginEFFECT →

EXECUTEDOct 10, 2023Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →

Full history and shelf status: offering checker · S-3 shelf checker

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts and filing metadata, fetched live and cached briefly. Share counts are cover-page figures with their form named. Warrant tranches and convertible notes come from the dimensioned facts in the latest 10-Q/10-K instance document, exactly as the company tagged them; untagged tranches and notes are absent, not disproven. Nothing on this page is manually verified and nothing is behind a login: what free data supports is shown, what it cannot support is stated. Not investment advice.

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