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      <securitiesClassTitle>DOMESTIC PREFERREDS</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>06/30/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>SARATOGA INVESTMENT CORP.</issuerName>
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      <reportingPersonName>TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP</reportingPersonName>
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      <comments>Filing completed as part of internal effort to remediate filings not previously submitted. Current ownership is less than 5% and the CUSIP was called on 8/31/2021. Filing of less than 5% ownership should have been submitted in 2021.
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        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>214 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under &amp;#167; 240.14a-11.

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      <reportingPersonName>TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>Edward M. Kwiatkowski</signature>
        <title>Vice President</title>
        <date>07/02/2025</date>
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