TCW Direct Lending SC TO-I Issuer tender offer statement

Exhibit (a)(1)(G)

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TCW MIDDLE MARKET LENDING OPPORTUNITIES BDC, INC.

TCW Middle Market Lending Opportunities BDC, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the original Certificate of Incorporation of which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 20, 2018, hereby certifies that this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, restating, integrating and amending its Certificate of Incorporation, was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), with the sole stockholder of the Corporation, TCW Direct Lending LLC, acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL. The Certificate of Incorporation of TCW Middle Market Lending Opportunities BDC, Inc. is hereby amended, integrated and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the Corporation is TCW Middle Market Lending Opportunities BDC, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, City of Dover, County of Kent, State of Delaware 19904. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL and to possess and exercise all of the powers and privileges granted by such law and any other law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

A. The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 500,000,000, which shall be divided into two classes as follows: 400,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

B. To the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), the Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix, without further stockholder approval, powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of each series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares of the series, as may be permitted by the DGCL. Unless otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of each series of Preferred Stock, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series of Preferred Stock at any time outstanding. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to only such voting rights and powers, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock, if one or more series of Preferred Stock is entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to elect one or more directors, all series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to participate in the vote to elect such directors, voting as a single class.

C. Each holder of record of Common Stock, as such, shall have one vote for each share of Common Stock which is outstanding in his, her or its name on the books of the Corporation as of the record date for voting on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of record of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL. Except as otherwise required by law, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein (including any certificate of designation relating to one or more series of Preferred Stock), holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation that relates solely to the terms of the outstanding shares of any class or classes or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than one or more series of Preferred Stock) if the holders of such affected class, classes or series are entitled, either separately as a class or together with the holders of one or more other such class or classes or series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation or pursuant to the DGCL.

D. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared and paid ratably on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation which are legally available for this purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.

E. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the Corporation upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.

F. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor, unless a vote of any such holder is required pursuant to the terms of any certificate of designation designating a series of Preferred

Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein (including any certificate of designation relating to one or more series of Preferred Stock), the holders of Preferred Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation relating to any increase in the authorized number of shares of any class of capital stock, including the Preferred Stock.

G. Immediately following the first issuance of any share or shares of capital stock of the Corporation after the time that this Certificate of Incorporation has become effective pursuant to the DGCL (the time of the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation, the “Effective Time” and, the time immediately following such first issuance after the Effective Time, the “Cancellation Time”), each share of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Shares”) shall automatically be cancelled for no consideration and shall cease to be issued and outstanding. The shares so cancelled shall, at the Cancellation Time, be automatically retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock. From and after the Cancellation Time, any certificate that, immediately prior to the Cancellation Time, represented any of the Old Shares shall no longer represent such Old Shares or any other rights or interests with respect to the Corporation.

ARTICLE V

AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

A. From and after the consummation of any public offering of Common Stock by the Corporation pursuant to a registration statement filed with, and declared effective by, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the listing of such shares of Common Stock on a national securities exchange (an “IPO”) or the listing of shares of Common Stock on a national securities exchange (a “Listing”), and notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, but in addition to any other vote required by applicable law, the following provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% in voting power of all thethen-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon voting together as a single class: this Article V, Article VI, Article VII, Article VIII, Article IX, and Article X.

B. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the DGCL, the Board of Directors, acting by the affirmative vote of directors constituting a majority of the total number of directors, is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind, in whole or in part, the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect from time to time, the “Bylaws”) without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or this Certificate of Incorporation. From and after the consummation of an IPO or Listing, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, but in addition to any other vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required herein or by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% in voting power of all thethen-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of the Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith.

ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The directors in their discretion may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any

contract or act that shall be approved or be ratified by the requisite vote of stockholders shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be as valid and binding upon the Corporation and upon all the stockholders as though it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation, whether or not the contract or act would otherwise be open to legal attack because of directors’ interests, or for any other reason.

B. Except as otherwise provided by Section G of this Article VI, the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws. Each director shall hold office until the next election of the class of directors for which such director shall have been appointed or elected and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

C. The directors (other than any Additional Preferred Directors (as defined below)) shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III, and each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, ofone-third of the total number of such directors. The Board of Directors may assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to such classes at the time such classification becomes effective. Class I directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2019; Class II directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2020; and Class III directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2021. At each succeeding annual meeting, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders. If the number of directors so divided into classes is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any such additional director of any class elected to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director.

D. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, including the Investment Company Act, or Section G of this Article VI, any newly created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors, and any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors that results from the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal of a director or other cause, shall be filled exclusively by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director;provided, that whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), any such vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series shall be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class of directors for which such director shall have been appointed and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

E. Directors elected by the stockholders generally may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% in voting power of all thethen-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

F. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.

G. During any period when the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, due to the occurrence of an event or events, have the special right to elect additional directors (the additional directors elected by the separate vote of such holders following such event or events, the “Additional Preferred Directors”), then upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the Additional Preferred Directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and (ii) each such Additional Preferred Director shall serve until the next meeting at which directors are elected and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject

to his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect Additional Preferred Directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate, all such additional directors shall automatically cease to be qualified to serve as directors (and shall thereupon automatically cease to be directors), and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be automatically reduced accordingly.

ARTICLE VII

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

A. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Section A of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any modification of law shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of a current or former director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.

B. The Corporation, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, shall have the power to indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which such officer or director may be entitled to indemnification hereunder may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section B of this Article VII, any indemnification or advancement of expenses made pursuant to this Section B of this Article VII shall be subject to applicable requirements of the Investment Company Act. The provision of indemnification or advancement of expenses to any person entitled thereto under this Section B of this Article VII, or the entitlement of any such person to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Section B of this Article VII, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to such person or any other person in any other way permitted by law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under the Bylaws or any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

ARTICLE VIII

CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING, ANNUAL AND SPECIAL

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

A. From and after the consummation of an IPO or Listing, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation (other than any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock acting as a separate class) must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders.

B. An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, on such date, and at such time as shall be fixed exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

C. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer, and may not be called by any other person.

ARTICLE IX

DGCL SECTION 203 AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

A. The Corporation hereby expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

1. prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

2. upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

3. at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

C. For purposes of this Article IX, references to:

1. “affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

2. “associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

3. “business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

(i) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirectmajority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the interested stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation Section B of this Article IX is not applicable to the surviving entity;

(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirectmajority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

(iii) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirectmajority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (a) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251 (g) of the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (d) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation;provided, however,that in no case under items(c)-(e) of this subsection (iii) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

(iv) any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirectmajority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

(v) any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections(i)-(iv) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirectmajority-owned subsidiary.

4. “control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing Sections B or C of this Article IX, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

5. “interested stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirectmajority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder; and the affiliates and associates of such person;provided, however, that “interested stockholder” shall not include (a) TCW, any TCW Direct Transferee, any TCW Indirect

Transferee or any of their respective affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule13d-5 of the Exchange Act, or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation,providedthat such person described in this clause (b) shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

6. “owner” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

(i) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

(ii) has (a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;provided, however,that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding;provided,however,that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

(iii) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

7. “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

8. “stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

9. “TCW Direct Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from TCW Group Inc., TCW Asset Management Company LLC, TCW Direct Lending LLC or any of their other subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “TCW”) or their successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, of which such persons are a party under Rule13d-5 of the Exchange Act, beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

10. “TCW Indirect Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any TCW Direct Transferee or any other TCW Indirect Transferee beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

11. “voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

ARTICLE X

TERMINATION; LIQUIDATION

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, if, prior to the consummation of an IPO or Listing, the Board of Directors determines that there has been a significant adverse change in the regulatory or tax treatment of the Corporation or its stockholders that, in the judgment of the Board

of Directors, makes it inadvisable for the Corporation to continue in its present form, then the Board of Directors shall endeavor to restructure or change the form of the Corporation to preserve (insofar as possible) the overall benefits previously enjoyed by stockholders as a whole (subject to any necessary stockholder approvals and applicable requirements of the Investment Company Act pursuant to any merger, consolidation,spin-off,split-off, reclassification, recapitalization, amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise) or, if the Board of Directors determines it appropriate (and subject to any necessary stockholder approvals and applicable requirements of the Investment Company Act), the Board of Directors shall endeavor to (i) wind down and/or liquidate and dissolve the Corporation, or (ii) amend this Certificate of Incorporation as necessary to preserve (insofar as possible) the overall benefits previously enjoyed by stockholders as a whole.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, if the Corporation has not consummated an IPO or Listing within three (3) years following the closing date of the offer by TCW Direct Lending LLC (“Direct Lending”) to its unitholders to exchange shares of Common Stock for outstanding limited liability company units of Direct Lending, then the Corporation’s Board of Directors shall use its best efforts to wind down and/or liquidate and dissolve the Corporation; provided, however, that such three year period may be extended by one or more successive one year periods with the affirmative vote of at least a majority in voting power of all then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which amends, restates and integrates the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation has been duly executed by the undersigned, an authorized officer of the Corporation, on                    , 2018.

TCW MIDDLE MARKET LENDING OPPORTUNITIES BDC, INC.

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