SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Kirshenbaum Alan (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG CAPITAL, L.P. 301 COMMERCE ST., SUITE 3300 (Street) FORT WORTH TX 76102 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/08/2011	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. [ N/A ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice President	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities are beneficially owned(1)(2)(3)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Alan Kirshenbaum does not directly own any securities of TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (the "Issuer").

2. Mr. Kirshenbaum is the Chief Financial Officer of TPG Opportunities Partners, L.P., which is affiliated with TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Group Advisors"), and Tarrant Capital Advisors, Inc. a Texas corporation ("Tarrant"). As of the date hereof, Group Advisors may be deemed to beneficially hold 7,402 shares of Common Stock (the "TSL Stock") of the Issuer. Tarrant may be deemed to beneficially hold (i) 5,364.8 shares of the TSL Stock and (ii) 1 share of Common Stock held by Tarrant Advisors, Inc., a Texas corporation. Mr. Kirshenbaum disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock that are or may be beneficially owned by Group Advisors or Tarrant or any of their affiliates.

3. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), this filing shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Kirshenbaum is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any securities of the Issuer directly held by Tarrant or any of its affiliates.

Remarks:

(4) Ronald Cami is signing on behalf of Mr. Kirshenbaum pursuant to an authorization and designation letter dated November 17, 2011, which is filed herewith as Exhibit A.

	/s/ Ronald Cami, on behalf of Alan Kirshenbaum (4)	11/18/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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