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BILLING CODE 8011-01-P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Investment Company Act Release No. 35935; File No. 812-15929] MSD Investment Corp. and BDT & MSD BDC Management, LLC February 4, 2026. AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”). ACTION: Notice. Notice of an application under Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Act”) for an exemption from Sections 18(a)(2), 18(c), 18(i), and 61(a) of the Act. Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit certain registered 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.

Applicants: MSD Investment Corp. and BDT & MSD BDC Management, LLC. Filing Dates: The application was filed on October 28, 2025 and amended on January 15, 2026. Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing the SEC's Secretary at *Secretarys-Office@sec.gov* and serving the Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below.

The email should include the file number referenced above. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m., Eastern time, on March 2, 2026, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested.

Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at *Secretarys-Office@sec.gov.* ADDRESSES: The Commission: *Secretarys-Office@sec.gov.* Applicants: Robert Simonds, MSD Investment Corp., *bsimonds@bdtmsd.com;* with copies to: Steven B. Boehm, Esq., Payam Siadatpour, Esq., and Anne Oberndorf, Esq., Eversheds Sutherland

(US)LLP, *stevenboehm@eversheds-sutherland.com, payamsiadatpour@eversheds-sutherland.com,* and *anneoberndorf@eversheds-sutherland.com.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trace W. Rakestraw, Senior Special Counsel, at

(202)551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' application, dated January 15, 2026, which may be obtained via the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field, on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at, *https://www.sec.gov/search-filings.* You may also call the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy at

(202)551-8090. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated authority. Sherry R. Haywood, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2026-02468 Filed 2-6-26; 8:45 am]