8-K: Current report
Published on September 18, 2025
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 17, 2025, HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the “Fund”) entered into that certain Amendment No. 4 to the Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) among the Fund, as servicer, HLEND Holdings B, L.P., as borrower (the “Borrower”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as collateral administrator, U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral custodian, and the lenders party thereto, amending that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2022, among the Borrower, the Fund, as servicer, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., and other parties thereto (as amended by the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
The Amendment provides for, among other things, an increase in the aggregate commitments of the lenders under the Credit Agreement from $1,250,000,000 to $1,500,000,000 and an extension of the Availability Period from January 2027 to September 2028 and the Maturity Date from January 2029 to September 2030. In addition, the Amendment adjusts the definition of Applicable Rate such that the Applicable Rate, on and after October 1, 2025, is calculated as the greater of (x)(i) the sum of (a) the adjusted balance of all Broadly Syndicated Loans multiplied by 1.50% plus (b) the adjusted balance of Large Corporate Loans multiplied by 1.90% plus (c) the adjusted balance of all other eligible collateral assets multiplied by 1.90% divided by (ii) the aggregate adjusted balance of all eligible collateral assets and (y) 1.75%.
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 a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
| 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. |
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 18, 2025 | By: | /s/ Robert Busch | ||||
| Name: | Robert Busch | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | |||||