Management Change/Compensation (Form 8-K)

The Board of Trustees (the "Board") of HPS Corporate Lending Fund (the "Company") appointed Eric Smith as Chief Compliance Officer of the Company, effective as of October 9, 2025. Mr. Smith will serve until his successor is duly appointed and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. Mr. Smith, age 41, is a Senior Principal Consultant at ACA Group. Mr. Smith serves as outsourced chief compliance officer and consultant for various registered investment advisers, registered investment companies, business development companies and other entities. He has over 17 years of regulatory and financial services experience. Prior to ACA Group, most recently, Mr. Smith worked at Charles Schwab, where he was Compliance Director of Asset Management. Prior to this, Mr. Smith held various roles at Nuveen, where he served as a business-line compliance officer for the firm's private placements division and played a central role in developing and running the compliance program for a business development company. Mr. Smith has also held various other industry roles, including as a Compliance Associate in TIAA's asset management division and in client-facing and supervision roles within the wealth management industry. Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Colorado with a BA in Economics.

Mr. Smith's appointment coincides with the resignation, effective as of October 9, 2025, of Gregory MacCordy as the Chief Compliance Officer of the Company. Mr. MacCordy's decision to resign was not the result of any disagreement relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices.

Mr. Smith has no family relationships with any current director, executive officer, or person nominated to become a director or executive officer of the Company, and there is no arrangement or understanding under which Mr. Smith was appointed as the Company's Chief Compliance Officer. There are no transactions or proposed transactions to which the Company is a party, or intended to be a party, in which Mr. Smith has, or will have, a material interest subject to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.