8-K: Current report
Published on September 2, 2025
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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On August 28, 2025, HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the “Fund”) entered into that certain Third Amendment Agreement (the “Amendment”) among the Fund, as equity holder and as collateral manager, HLEND Holdings C, L.P., as borrower (the “Borrower”), U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as administrative agent and U.S. collateral agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as U.S. custodian and document custodian, Blackstone Asset Based Finance Advisors LP, as Blackstone representative, and the lenders party thereto, amending that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2023, among the Borrower, the Fund, as equity holder, the lenders from time to time party thereto, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as administrative agent and U.S. collateral agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as U.S. custodian and document custodian, and Blackstone Asset Based Finance Advisors LP, as Blackstone representative (as amended and supplemented, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings in the Credit Agreement.
The Amendment provides for, among other things, (i) an increase in the aggregate commitments of the lenders under the Credit Agreement from $750,000,000 to $850,000,000, (ii) an extension of the reinvestment period end date from January 12, 2026 to January 12, 2028, (iii) an extension of the anticipated repayment date of the facility from January 11, 2030 to January 11, 2032, (iv) an extension of the stated maturity date of the facility from April 12, 2030 to April 12, 2032, and (v) a reduction of the applicable margin from 2.30% per annum to 1.90% per annum.
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 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| * | Schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted schedules to the SEC upon its request. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HPS CORPORATE LENDING FUND | ||||||
| Date: September 2, 2025 | By: | /s/ Robert Busch |
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| Name: | Robert Busch | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||