UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
(Amendment No. 4)
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))
Limited Liability Company Units
(Title of Class of Securities)
N/A
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Meredith S. Jackson
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
The TCW Group, Inc.
865 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 244-0000
(Name, Address and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
Copy to:
Adrian Rae Leipsic, Esq.
Adam E. Fleisher, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
(212)225-2000
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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| Transaction Valuation* | | Amount of Filing Fee** |
| $1,183,756,868.00 | | $147,377.73 |
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| * | Calculated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee. This amount is based upon the aggregate maximum net asset value of Units being exchanged. |
| ** | Calculated in accordance with Rule0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
| ☒ | Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. |
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| Amount Previously Paid: $147,377.73 | | Filing Party: TCW Direct Lending LLC |
| Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO | | Date Filed: May 21, 2018 |
| ☐ | Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
| | ☐ | third-party tender offer subject to Rule14d-1. |
| | ☒ | issuer tender offer subject to Rule13e-4. |
| | ☐ | going-private transaction subject to Rule13e-3. |
| | ☐ | amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule13d-2. |
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☒
If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:
| | ☐ | Rule13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) |
| | ☐ | Rule14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) |
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
This Amendment No. 4 (“Amendment No. 4”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by TCW Direct Lending LLC (“Direct Lending”), a Delaware limited liability company that is aclosed-end,non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), on May 21, 2018, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed by Direct Lending with the Commission on May 31, 2018, Amendment No. 2 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed by Direct Lending with the Commission on June 8, 2018 and Amendment No. 3 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed by Direct Lending with the Commission on June 15, 2018 (as so amended and supplemented, the “Schedule TO”). The Schedule TO relates to the offer to exchange outstanding common limited liability company units of Direct Lending (“Units”) that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) for an equivalent number of shares of common stock of TCW Middle Market Lending Opportunities BDC, Inc. (the “Extension Fund”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Direct Lending that will operate as aclosed-end,non-diversified management investment company and will elect to be regulated as a BDC under the 1940 Act, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to exchange dated May 21, 2018 (the “Offer to Exchange”), the related subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) and in the related letter of transmittal and instructions thereto (the “Letter of Transmittal”).
This Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule TO should be read in conjunction with the Schedule TO, the Offer to Exchange, the Subscription Agreement and the Letter of Transmittal. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Offer to Exchange.
This Amendment No. 4 amends and supplements the Schedule TO to report the results of the Exchange Offer. Except as amended hereby to the extent specifically provided herein, all disclosures set forth in the Schedule TO and the exhibits thereto remain unchanged and are hereby expressly incorporated into this Amendment No. 4 by reference.
| Item 4. | Terms of the Transaction. |
Item 4(a) of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding at the end thereof the following:
Termination of the Exchange Offer
The Exchange Offer expired as scheduled at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 21, 2018. The Exchange Offer was conditioned upon, among other things, at least 5,033,675 Units of Direct Lending (approximately 25% of the outstanding Units) being validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer (the “Minimum Condition”). Direct Lending did not receive the required number of Units to satisfy the Minimum Condition. As a result, Direct Lending has elected not to extend the offering period and to allow the Exchange Offer to terminate on the expiration date. All Units received by Direct Lending in connection with the Exchange Offer will be returned to unitholders promptly.
SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: June 22, 2018
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| TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC |
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| By: | | /s/ JAMES KRAUSE |
Name: | | James Krause |
Title: | | Chief Financial Officer |
