UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Transfer Agent Agreement
On December 16, 2024, HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the “Fund”) entered into a Services Agreement (the “Transfer Agent Agreement”) with SS&C GIDS Inc. as the Fund’s transfer agent (“SS&C”). Pursuant to the Transfer Agent Agreement, SS&C, among other things, receives and processes orders for the purchase of common shares of the Fund (the “Shares”) in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. SS&C also processes any subscription agreements received from prospective holders of Shares and share repurchase requests. The Transfer Agent Agreement may be terminated by the Fund or SS&C (i) on 90 days’ written notice after the expiration of the initial term of the Transfer Agent Agreement or (ii) upon written notice to the other party if certain events enumerated in the Transfer Agent Agreement occur.
In addition, and in connection with the transition to SS&C as the Fund’s transfer agent as discussed above, the Fund provided notice for the termination of the Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement dated as of November 30, 2021 by and between the Fund and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC d/b/a U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“U.S. Bank”), which termination became effective as of December 16, 2024.
| Item 1.02. | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
The information regarding the notice provided for the termination of the Fund’s former Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement with U.S. Bank under “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| 10.1 | Transfer Agent Agreement by and among HPS Corporate Lending Fund and SS&C GIDS Inc. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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: December 18, 2024 | By: | /s/ Robert Busch | ||||
| Name: | Robert Busch | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||