8-K

HPS CORPORATE LENDING FUND

Date: July 17, 2023

/s/ Yoohyun K. Choi

Yoohyun K. Choi

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): July 12, 2023

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 57^th Street, 33^rd Floor

New York, NY

10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-287-6767

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 July 12, 2023, HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the “Fund”) entered into a Commitment Increase Agreement (the “Commitment Increase Agreement”) among the Fund, certain existing lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, pursuant to the Fund’s Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2022, among the Fund, as borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (as amended and supplemented, the “Revolving Credit Facility”).

The Commitment Increase Agreement provides for, among other things, an increase in the aggregate commitments of the lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility from $1,125,000,000 to $1,275,000,000 through the accordion feature in the Revolving Credit Facility. The accordion feature in the Revolving Credit Facility allows the Fund, under certain circumstances, to increase the total size of the facility to a maximum aggregate commitment of $1,850,000,000.

The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Commitment Increase Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Commitment Increase Agreement, 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 Commitment Increase Agreement and the Revolving Credit Facility is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


10.1		Commitment Increase Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2023, by and among HPS Corporate Lending Fund, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as an increasing lender, Bank of America, N.A., as an increasing lender, and BNP Paribas, as an increasing lender.

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