UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 16, 2022

 

 

HPS CORPORATE LENDING FUND

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   814-01431   87-6391045

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

40 West 57th Street, 33rd Floor

New York, NY

  10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-287-4900

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 16, 2022, HLEND Holdings B, L.P. (“HLEND Holdings”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the “Fund”), as borrower, and the Fund, as servicer, entered into Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”), amending the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2022 (as amended by the Amendment, the “Agreement”), among HLEND Holdings, as borrower, HLEND Holdings B GP, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund, as borrower general partner, the Fund, as servicer, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral administrator, and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral custodian.

The Amendment increases the maximum principal amount under the Agreement from $500 million to $1 billion and changes the applicable margin for the interest applicable to loans to 1.90% for Broadly Syndicated Loan (“BSL”) assets and 2.45% for non-BSL assets, subject to a blended floor of 2.30%, among other changes.

The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03. Creation of Direct Financial Obligation

The information included under Item 1.01 above regarding the Amendment and the Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1

Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September  16, 2022, by and among HLEND Holdings B, L.P., as borrower, HPS Corporate Lending Fund, as servicer, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, HPS Corporate Lending Fund has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

      HPS CORPORATE LENDING FUND
Date: September 21, 2022     By:  

/s/ Robert Busch

      Name: Robert Busch
      Title: Chief Financial Officer