HPS Corporate Lending Fund 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): January 16, 2025

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)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

40 West 57th Street, 33rd 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)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 15, 2025, Grishma Parekh notified the Board of Trustees (the “

Board

”) of the HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the “

Company

”)

that she is resigning from the

Board of the

Company

effective and contingent upon the closing of the transaction (the “

Transaction

”) pursuant to which BlackRock, Inc. and certain of its affiliates will acquire 100% of the business and assets of HPS Investment Partners, LLC (“

HPS

”) in order to comply with the Section 15(f) safe harbor provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Following the closing of the Transaction, Ms. Parekh is expected to continue to serve as President of the Company, a member of the Investment Committee of the Company and in her existing role at HPS and HPS Advisors, LLC (the “

Adviser

”). If the Transaction does not close, Ms. Parekh will not resign from the Board, and she is expected to continue to serve as Trustee of the Company and in her existing role at HPS and the Adviser.

Ms. Parekh’s notice to resign

from the Board of the Company

was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices

.

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: January 1 6 , 2025	By:	/s/ Robert Busch
	Name:	Robert Busch
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer