UNITED STATES
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14A
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Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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Preliminary Proxy Statement
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Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
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Definitive Proxy Statement
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Definitive Additional Materials
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Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12
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THL CREDIT SENIOR LOAN FUND
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Held on April 24, 2020 and Adjourned
to May 8, 2020
The following information
relates to the proxy statement dated March 12, 2020 (the "Proxy Statement") for THL Credit Senior Loan Fund (the "Fund")
for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund, and any adjournment or postponement thereof (the "Annual Meeting").
The Annual Meeting was held on Friday, April 24, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., C.T., and, solely with respect to Proposal 1 (as defined below),
has been adjourned to Friday, May 8, 2020 at 9:30 a.m., C.T.
The Notice of
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement and a Proxy Card for the Fund are available to you on the Fund's website –
www.thlcredittslf.com. You are encouraged to review all of the information contained in the proxy materials before voting.
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE
The Annual Meeting
has been adjourned, in part, to Friday, May 8, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., C.T., to be held virtually. Shareholders of record at the close
of business on of February 10, 2020 are entitled to vote at the adjourned Annual Meeting.
At the adjourned Annual
Meeting, shareholders will be asked to approve a new advisory agreement between the Fund and First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC
(formerly known as THL Credit Advisors LLC) ("Proposal 1"). Although the substantial majority of the Fund's shareholders
who have voted their shares in connection with the Annual Meeting have voted in favor of Proposal 1, the Fund has not obtained
the vote required to approve Proposal 1. Accordingly, the Fund has adjourned the Annual Meeting with respect to Proposal 1 in order
to solicit additional votes from its shareholders.
At the Annual Meeting,
the Fund's shareholders overwhelming voted in favor of the re-election of Laurie Hesslein, the Class III Trustee nominee. Ms. Hesslein,
a non-interested Trustee, has commencing serving for a three-year term expiring at the Fund's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
and until her successor is duly elected and qualified.
If you were a record
holder of Fund shares as of the close of business on February 10, 2020 (i.e., you held your Fund shares in your
own name directly with the Fund), you can participate in and vote on Proposal 1 at the adjourned Annual Meeting (or any postponement
or additional adjournment thereof) by accessing https://web.lumiagm.com/257015390,
entering the control number found on the proxy card or notice you previously received and entering the password "thl2020"
(the password is case sensitive).
If you held Fund shares
through an intermediary (such as a broker-dealer) as of the close of business on February 10, 2020, in order to participate in
and vote on Proposal 1 at the adjourned Annual Meeting, you must first obtain a legal proxy from your intermediary reflecting the
Fund's name, the number of Fund shares you held as of that date, as well as your name and email address. You may forward an email
from your intermediary containing the legal proxy or attach an image of the legal proxy, email it to American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, LLC ("AST") at proxy@astfinancial.com and put "Legal Proxy" in the subject line. Requests for
registration must be received by AST no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 4, 2020. You will then receive confirmation of
your registration and a control number by email from AST. At the time of the Meeting, access https://web.lumiagm.com/257015390,
enter the control number and enter the password "thl2020" (the password is case sensitive).
We encourage
shareholders to vote their proxies by calling the toll-free number or accessing the website listed on your proxy card or voting
instructions, or by returning a signed, dated, and marked proxy or voting instruction form in the postage-paid envelope as soon
as possible. For votes to be counted on Proposal 1 at the adjourned Annual Meeting, those votes must be received prior
to 11:59 PM EST on May 7, 2020.
YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED!
We urge shareholders
who have not already voted or submitted a proxy for use at the Annual Meeting to do so promptly. If you have already voted
or submitted a proxy, you do not need to take any further action, or you may change your vote or revoke your proxy with respect
to Proposal 1 in any of the ways described in the Proxy Statement.
THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE PROXY STATEMENT.
This supplement is dated April 28, 2020.