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SLR Investment Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/27/24, at 4:13pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1193125-24-47930   ·   File #:  814-00754

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/27/24  SLR Investment Corp.              10-K       12/31/23  104:25M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   6.45M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     27K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
 4: EX-23.2     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
 5: EX-23.3     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
 6: EX-23.4     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
 7: EX-23.5     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
 8: EX-23.6     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
15: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     48K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
16: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    250K 
17: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    258K 
18: EX-99.3     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    247K 
19: EX-99.4     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    167K 
20: EX-99.5     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    167K 
21: EX-99.6     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     29K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
11: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
12: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
13: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
14: EX-32.3     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
27: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     98K 
28: R2          Consolidated Statements of Assets And Liabilities   HTML    121K 
29: R3          Consolidated Statements of Assets And Liabilities   HTML     55K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
30: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    111K 
31: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes In Net Assets    HTML     83K 
32: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    120K 
33: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     33K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
34: R8          Consolidated Schedule of Investments                HTML   2.35M 
35: R9          Consolidated Schedule of Investments                HTML    236K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
36: R10         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     41K 
37: R11         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     35K 
38: R12         N-2                                                 HTML   1.23M 
39: R13         Organization                                        HTML     34K 
40: R14         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     59K 
41: R15         Agreements                                          HTML     38K 
42: R16         Net Asset Value Per Share                           HTML     30K 
43: R17         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     37K 
44: R18         Fair Value                                          HTML    156K 
45: R19         Debt                                                HTML     66K 
46: R20         Income Tax Information and Distributions to         HTML     67K 
                Stockholders and Other Tax Information                           
47: R21         Financial Highlights                                HTML     80K 
48: R22         SLR Credit Solutions                                HTML     32K 
49: R23         SLR Equipment Finance                               HTML     41K 
50: R24         Kingsbridge Holdings, LLC                           HTML     34K 
51: R25         SLR Healthcare ABL                                  HTML     33K 
52: R26         SLR Business Credit                                 HTML     35K 
53: R27         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     94K 
54: R28         Capital Share Transactions                          HTML     40K 
55: R29         Stock Repurchase Program                            HTML     37K 
56: R30         SLR Senior Lending Program LLC                      HTML    184K 
57: R31         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     31K 
58: R32         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     36K 
59: R33         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    154K 
60: R34         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     56K 
61: R35         Income Tax Information and Distributions to         HTML     64K 
                Stockholders and Other Tax Information (Tables)                  
62: R36         Financial Highlights (Tables)                       HTML     79K 
63: R37         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     91K 
64: R38         Capital Share Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     40K 
65: R39         SLR Senior Lending Program LLC (Tables)             HTML    183K 
66: R40         Organization - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     50K 
67: R41         Significant Accounting Policies - Additional        HTML     39K 
                Information (Details)                                            
68: R42         Agreements - Additional Information (Details)       HTML     57K 
69: R43         Net Asset Value Per Share - Additional Information  HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R44         Earnings Per Share - Summary of Computation of      HTML     58K 
                Basic and Diluted Net (Details)                                  
71: R45         Fair Value - Summary of Assets and Liabilities      HTML     74K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis                      
                (Details)                                                        
72: R46         Fair Value - Summary of Changes in Fair Value of    HTML     70K 
                Level 3 Assets and Liabilities (Details)                         
73: R47         Fair Value - Summary of Fair Valued Liabilities     HTML     44K 
                measured using Significant Unobservable Inputs                   
                (Level 3) (Details)                                              
74: R48         Fair Value - Summary of Fair Valued Liabilities     HTML     49K 
                measured using Significant Unobservable Inputs                   
                (Level 3) (Parenthetical) (Details)                              
75: R49         Fair Value - Summary of Quantitative Information    HTML     63K 
                about the Company's Level 3 Asset and Liability                  
                (Details)                                                        
76: R50         Fair Value - Summary of Quantitative Information    HTML     86K 
                about the Company's Level 3 Asset and Liability                  
                (Parenthetical) (Details)                                        
77: R51         Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments       HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R52         Debt - Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments       HTML     56K 
                (Parenthetical) (Details)                                        
79: R53         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML    148K 
80: R54         Income Tax Information and Distributions to         HTML     69K 
                Stockholders and Other Tax Information - Summary                 
                of distributions to shareholders (Details)                       
81: R55         Income Tax Information and Distributions to         HTML     46K 
                Stockholders and Other Tax Information - Summary                 
                of total accumulated earnings (Loss) on A Tax                    
                Basis (Details)                                                  
82: R56         Income Tax Information and Distributions to         HTML     61K 
                Stockholders and Other Tax Information -                         
                Additional information (Details)                                 
83: R57         Financial Highlights - Schedule of Financial        HTML     76K 
                Highlights (Details)                                             
84: R58         Financial Highlights - Schedule of Financial        HTML     32K 
                Highlights (Parentheticals) (Details)                            
85: R59         SLR Credit Solutions - Additional Information       HTML     89K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R60         SLR Equipment Finance - Additional Information      HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R61         Kingsbridge Holdings, LLC - Additional Information  HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R62         SLR Healthcare ABL - Additional Information         HTML     94K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R63         SLR Business Credit - Additional Information        HTML    110K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R64         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     30K 
                Information (Details)                                            
91: R65         Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of          HTML    216K 
                Unfunded Debt and Equity Commitments (Details)                   
92: R66         Capital Share Transactions - Additional             HTML     32K 
                Information (Details)                                            
93: R67         Capital Share Transactions - Summary of             HTML     47K 
                Transactions In Capital Stock (Details)                          
94: R68         Stock Repurchase Program - Additional Information   HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R69         SLR Senior Lending Program LLC - Summary of SSLP's  HTML   1.45M 
                portfolio (Details)                                              
96: R70         SLR Senior Lending Program LLC - Summary financial  HTML    129K 
                information for SSLP (Details)                                   
97: R71         SLR Senior Lending Program LLC - Summary financial  HTML     38K 
                information for SSLP (Parenthetical) (Details)                   
98: R72         SLR Senior Lending Program LLC - Additional         HTML     82K 
                Information (Details)                                            
99: R73         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
101: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    164K  
104: XML         XBRL Instance -- d772201d10k_htm                     XML  10.17M  
100: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    460K  
23: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- slrc-20231231_cal               XML    130K 
24: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- slrc-20231231_def                XML   1.26M 
25: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- slrc-20231231_lab                     XML   1.49M 
26: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- slrc-20231231_pre              XML   1.32M 
22: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- slrc-20231231                         XSD    324K 
102: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              649±   919K  
103: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-24-047930-xbrl      Zip   1.01M

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This Exhibit is an XBRL File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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 5/07/20  SLR Senior Investment Corp.       10-Q        3/31/20    8:1.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/20/20  SLR Investment Corp.              10-K       12/31/19   18:3.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/06/18  SLR Investment Corp.              10-Q        6/30/18    6:1.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/22/17  SLR Investment Corp.              POS EX     11/22/17    6:545K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/25/14  SLR Investment Corp.              10-K       12/31/13   10:2.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/12/13  SLR Investment Corp.              POS 8C                 6:3.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/31/11  SLR Senior Investment Corp.       8-K:1,2,9   8/26/11    4:1.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/06/11  SLR Investment Corp.              N-2/A¶                 9:4.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/29/10  SLR Investment Corp.              8-K:1,3,9  11/29/10    3:111K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/09/10  SLR Investment Corp.              N-2/A                 11:1.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/07/10  SLR Investment Corp.              N-2/A                 11:2.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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