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Filedby FS Specialty Lending Fund

pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933

and deemed filed under Rule 14a-6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Subject Company: New FS Specialty Lending Fund

File No. of Registration Statement: 333-286859

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FS Specialty Lending Fund Shareholder proxy email template Copy and paste the information below into an email to your clients. Update with your client’s name and your email signature prior to sending. If you need help aggregating a list of clients invested in the Fund, please call our Client Relations team at 877-628-8575. Dear {Client}, I have some important news to share related to your investment in FS Specialty Lending Fund, formerly FS Energy & Power Fund. Please be on the lookout for materials from the Fund that will require your attention. The Fund intends to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange in Q4 2025, offering investors the ability to trade shares freely and access liquidity.1 In order for the proposed listing to take place, you will be asked to vote on three proposals. The Fund’s Board of Trustees unanimously recommends shareholders vote “FOR” each proposal. I wanted to make sure you were aware of the ways to vote as noted below. Voting should be a short, seamless process. • Online by visiting proxyvote.com. You will need to enter a unique identifier, which will be provided in the materials arriving in the coming days. • Call 1-844-202-3147. You do not need the unique identifier by calling this number. An agent will be able to help you vote after verifying your identity. • Mail the completed ballot in the postage-paid envelope provided. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, {Advisor} 1. Subject to shareholder approval, final board approval and market conditions. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Statements included herein may constitute “forward-looking” statements as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements with regard to future events or the future performance or operations of the Fund, including but not limited to, anticipated distribution rates and liquidity events. Words such as “intends,” “will,” “believes,” “expects,” “projects,” “future” and “may” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include changes in the economy due to geo-political risks, risks associated with possible disruption to the Fund’s operations or the economy generally due to hostilities, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics, future changes in laws or regulations and conditions in the Fund’s operating area, unexpected costs, the ability of the Fund to complete the reorganization, complete the listing of the common shares on a national securities exchange, the price at which the common shares may trade on a national securities exchange, and failure to list the common shares on a national securities exchange, and such other factors that are disclosed in the Fund’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation that any plans, estimates or expectations will be achieved. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this communication. Except as required by federal securities laws, the Fund undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT In connection with the Reorganization and Declaration of Trust amendments discussed herein, the Successor Fund has filed with the SEC solicitation materials in the form of a joint proxy statement/prospectus included in an effective registration statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-286859). The definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus has been mailed to shareholders of the Fund. This document is not a substitute for the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus or registration statement or any other document that the Fund or the Successor Fund may file with the SEC. Investors are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and any

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other relevant documents filed or to be filed with the SEC carefully because they contain and will contain important information about the Reorganization, the Declaration of Trust amendment proposals, the Fund and the Successor Fund. Free copies of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents are available, and any other documents filed by the Fund and the Successor Fund in connection with the Reorganization and the Declaration of Trust amendment proposals will be available, on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov or at www.fsproxy.com. IMPORTANT INFORMATION The Fund, its trustees and certain of its officers may be considered to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders in connection with the matters described herein. Information regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests in the Fund, by security holdings or otherwise, are set forth in the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus. and the proxy statement and any other materials filed with the SEC in connection with the Fund’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders. Shareholders are able to obtain any such documents for no charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies are available at no charge at the Fund’s website at www.fsproxy.com. Investors should consider a fund’s investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses before investing. The joint proxy statement/prospectus, contains this and other information about the Fund and the Successor Fund, including risk factors that should be carefully considered. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.