Item 1. Security and the Issuer
This statement on Schedule 13D (this “Schedule 13D”) relates to shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of BlackRock Direct Lending Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is located at 2951 28th Street, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, California 90405.
Item 2. Identity and Background
(a) This Schedule 13D is being filed by The Public Institution for Social Security (the “Reporting Person”), a public pension plan that is indirectly owned and controlled by the government of the State of Kuwait.
The Reporting Person declares that neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor anything herein shall be construed as an admission that such person is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act or any other purpose, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Schedule 13D.
(b) The address of the principal business office of the Reporting Person is AlMurqab, Al-Soor St, Ta’aminat Building, Kuwait City 13104 Kuwait.
(c) The principal business of the Reporting Person is acting as a public pension plan for the State of Kuwait.
(d) The Reporting Person has not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) The Reporting Person has not, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which the Reporting Person was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) The place of organization of the Reporting Person is listed in paragraph (a) of this Item 2.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or other Consideration
As further described in Item 6 below, the Reporting Person previously entered into a subscription agreement with the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit 99.1 (the “Subscription Agreement”), pursuant to which the Reporting Person subscribed for and agreed to purchase shares of Common Stock with a capital commitment equal to $300,000,000.00 (the “Capital Commitment”). Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Reporting Person is required to fund drawdowns to purchase shares of Common Stock up to the amount of the Capital Commitment on an as-needed basis each time the Issuer delivers a drawdown notice to the Reporting Person. The Subscription Agreement was entered into between the Issuer and The Reporting Person, and the Capital Commitment was made, prior to the effective date of the Form 10 filing with respect to the Common Stock. The foregoing description of the Reporting Person’s commitment to the Issuer does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Subscription Agreement between BlackRock Direct Lending Corp. and The Public Institution for Social Security, which is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1.
As of June 1, 2021, the Reporting Person has purchased, and currently owns, 5,976,182.1652 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer and the aggregate consideration paid for such shares of Common Stock was approximately $60,069,274.22 in capital contributions to the Issuer, pursuant to capital drawdown notices from the Issuer with respect to its Capital Commitment in accordance with the Subscription Agreement. Specifically, (i) on December 10, 2020, the Reporting Person purchased 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock from the Issuer for an aggregate purchase price of $30,000,000, (ii) on March 26, 2021, the Reporting Person purchased 1,495,872.1178 shares of Common Stock from the Issuer for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $14,988,638.620, and (iii) on June 1, 2021, the Reporting Person purchased 1,480,310.0474 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $14,980,737.680. The shares of Common Stock purchased on December 10, 2020 were acquired prior to the registration of the Common Stock pursuant to the Form 10 filed by the Issuer and effective February 8, 2021.