EX-99.17(B)
Published on November 22, 2024
Exhibit 17(b)
CONSENT OF TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.
Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp.
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attn: Committee of Independent Directors of the Board of Directors
RE: | Joint Proxy Statement of Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. (“OTF”) and Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. II (“OTF II”) / Prospectus of OTF which forms part of the Registration Statement on Form N-14 of OTF (the “Registration Statement”) |
Members of the Committee of Independent Directors of the Board of Directors:
We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion letter, dated November 12, 2024, to the Committee of Independent Directors of the Board of Directors of OTF as Annex C to the Joint Proxy Statement of OTF and OTF II / Prospectus of OTF (the “Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) included in the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today and the references to our firm and our opinion, including the quotation or summarization of such opinion, in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in the Registration Statement, under the headings “THE MERGERS – Background of the Mergers,” “THE MERGERS – Reasons for the Mergers–OTF” and “THE MERGERS – Opinions of the OTF Special Committee’s Financial Advisors.” The foregoing consent applies only to the Registration Statement being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today and not to any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, and our opinion is not to be filed with, included in or referred to in whole or in part in any other registration statement (including any amendments to the above-mentioned Registration Statement), proxy statement or any other document, except in accordance with our prior written consent.
In giving our consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, nor do we admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such Registration Statement within the meaning of the term “experts” as used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Dated: November 22, 2024 | ||
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC. | ||
/s/ Truist Securities, Inc. |