Description of our Securities

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Exhibit 4.1

As of March 12, 2025, AGL Private Credit Income Fund (“we,” “our” or the “Company”) has one class of common shares, par value $0.01 (the “Shares”). In this exhibit, references to “we,” “us” and “our” refer only to the Company and not any of its subsidiaries.

Description of Securities

The following description of our Shares is a summary of the material terms and provisions that apply to our Shares. The summary does not purport to be complete. The summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”), which is incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated by reference herein. We encourage you to carefully review our Declaration of Trust for additional information. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Annual Report on Form 10-K to which this Description of Securities is attached as an exhibit.

Shares

The terms of the Declaration of Trust authorize an unlimited number of Shares, of which 8,758,654 shares were outstanding as of March 12, 2025. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Board may classify or reclassify any unissued Shares into one or more classes or series of Shares or preferred shares by setting or changing the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, or limitations as to dividends, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption of the shares. There is currently no market for the Shares, and the Company can offer no assurances that a market for the Shares will develop in the future. The Company does not intend for the Shares to be listed on any national securities exchange. There are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase the Shares. No Shares have been authorized for issuance under any equity compensation plans. Under the terms of the Declaration of Trust, shareholders are entitled to the same limited liability extended to shareholders of private Delaware for profit corporations formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law, 8 Del. C. § 100, et. seq. The Declaration of Trust provides that no shareholder shall be liable for any debt, claim, demand, judgment or obligation of any kind of, against or with respect to us by reason of being a shareholder, nor shall any shareholder be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any person in connection with the Company’s assets or the affairs of the Company by reason of being a shareholder. In addition, except as may be provided by the Board in setting the terms of any class or series of Shares, no shareholder is entitled to exercise appraisal rights in connection with any transaction.

Under the terms of the Declaration of Trust, all Shares have equal rights as to voting and, when they are issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, and fully paid. Dividends and distributions may be paid to the holders of Shares if, as and when authorized by the Board and declared by the Company out of funds legally available therefore. Except as may be provided by the Board in setting the terms of classified or reclassified shares, the Shares have no preemptive, exchange, conversion, appraisal or redemption rights. In the event of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, each share of the Shares would be entitled to share pro rata in all of the Company’s assets that are legally available for distribution after it pays all debts and other liabilities and subject to any preferential rights of holders of its preferred shares, if any preferred shares are outstanding at such time. Subject to the rights of holders of any other class or series of shares, each Share is entitled to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, including the election of Trustees. Except as may be provided by the Board in setting the terms of classified or reclassified shares, and subject to the express terms of any class or series of preferred shares, the holders of the Shares possess exclusive voting power. There is no cumulative voting in the election of Trustees. Subject to the special rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred shares to elect Trustees, each Trustee is elected by a plurality of the votes cast with respect to such Trustee’s election except in the case of a “contested election” (as defined in the Company’s bylaws), in which case Trustees shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast in the contested election of Trustees.

Transferability of Shares

Shareholders may not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (in each case, a “Transfer”) any Shares or Capital Commitments unless (i) the Company gives consent and (ii) the Transfer is made in accordance with applicable securities laws and the terms of such Shares. No Transfer will be effectuated except by registration of the Transfer on the Company’s books. Each transferee must agree to be bound by these restrictions and all other obligations as a shareholder in the Company.

Although not contemplated by the Company, following an IPO by the Company, shareholders may be restricted from selling or transferring their Shares for a certain period of time by applicable securities laws or contractually by a lock-up agreement with the underwriters of the IPO.

Delaware Law and Certain Declaration of Trust Provisions

Organization and Duration

The Company was formed in Delaware on January 18, 2024 as a Delaware limited partnership and converted to a Delaware statutory trust on September 12, 2024 and will remain in existence until dissolved in accordance with our Declaration of Trust or pursuant to Delaware law.

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Purpose

Under the Declaration of Trust, the purpose of the Company is to conduct, operate and carry on the business of a BDC within the meaning of the 1940 Act. In furtherance of this purpose, the Company may do everything necessary, suitable, convenient or proper for the conduct, promotion and attainment of any businesses and purposes which at any time may be incidental or may appear conducive or expedient for the accomplishment of the business of a BDC regulated under the 1940 Act and which may be engaged in or carried on by a statutory trust organized under the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, and in connection therewith the Company has the power and authority to engage in the foregoing and may exercise all of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware upon a Delaware statutory trust.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Provisions

The Declaration of Trust contains provisions that could make it more difficult for a potential acquirer to acquire the Company by means of a tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise. The Board may, without shareholder action, authorize the issuance of shares in one or more classes or series, including preferred shares; the Board may, without shareholder action, amend our Declaration of Trust to increase the number of the Shares, of any class or series, that the Company has authority to issue or to divide the Board into multiple classes. These provisions are expected to discourage certain coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with the Board. The Company believes that the benefits of these provisions outweigh the potential disadvantages of discouraging any such acquisition proposals because, among other things, the negotiation of such proposals may improve their terms.

Number of Trustees; Vacancies; Removal

The Declaration of Trust provides that the number of Trustees is set by the Board in accordance with the Company’s bylaws. The Declaration of Trust provides that a majority of the entire Board may at any time increase or decrease the number of Trustees. The Declaration of Trust provides that the number of Trustees generally may not be less than three. Except as otherwise required by applicable requirements of the 1940 Act and as may be provided by the Board in setting the terms of any class or series of preferred shares, pursuant to an election under the Declaration of Trust, any and all vacancies on the Board may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Trustees in office, even if the remaining Trustees do not constitute a quorum, and any Trustee elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the full term of the Trustee for whom the vacancy occurred and until a successor is elected and qualified, subject to any applicable requirements of the 1940 Act. Independent Trustees will nominate replacements for any vacancies among the independent Trustees’ positions.

The Declaration of Trust provides that a Trustee may be removed only for cause and only by a majority of the remaining Trustees (or in the case of the removal of a Trustee who is not an interested person, a majority of the remaining Trustees who are not interested persons).

The Company has a total of seven members of the Board, four of whom are independent Trustees. The Declaration of Trust provides that a majority of the Board must be independent Trustees except for a period of up to 60 days after the death, removal or resignation of an independent Trustee pending the election of his or her successor.

Action by Shareholders

The shareholders only have voting rights as required by the 1940 Act or as otherwise provided for in the Declaration of Trust. Under the Declaration of Trust, the Company is not required to hold annual shareholder meetings and does not intend to do so. Special meetings may be called by any Trustee for any proper purpose upon the written request of shareholders holding thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast at the requested meeting, such request specifying the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is to be called, provided that in the case of a meeting called by any Trustee at the request of shareholders for the purpose of electing Trustees or removing the Adviser, written request of shareholders of the Company holding in the aggregate not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the outstanding Shares of the Company or class or series of Shares having voting rights on the matter is required. These provisions have the effect of significantly reducing the ability of shareholders being able to have proposals considered at a meeting of shareholders.

With respect to special meetings of shareholders, only the business specified in our notice of the meeting may be brought before the meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board at a special meeting may be made only (i) pursuant to our notice of the meeting or (ii) by the Board.

A Trustee may be removed for cause only by action taken by a majority of the remaining Trustees (or in the case of the removal of a Trustee that is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, a majority of the remaining Trustees that are not “interested persons” as defined in the 1940 Act).

Amendment of the Declaration of Trust; No Shareholder Approval

The Trustee may, without shareholder vote, amend or otherwise supplement the Declaration of Trust. Shareholders only have the right to vote: (i) on any amendment to the amendment provision of the

 


 

Declaration of Trust, (ii) on any amendment that would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Shares as determined by the Trustees in good faith and (iii) on any amendment submitted to them by the Trustees. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Declaration of Trust, in connection with an exchange listing, the Trustees may, without the approval or vote of the shareholders, amend or supplement the Declaration of Trust in any manner, including, without limitation to divide the Board into multiple classes, to permit annual meetings of shareholders, to impose advance notice provisions for the bringing of shareholder nominations or proposals, to impose super-majority approval for certain types of transactions, to impose “control share” type provisions and to otherwise add provisions that may be deemed adverse to shareholders. A proposed amendment to the Declaration of Trust requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board present (a quorum being present) at a meeting for adoption or, without a meeting, written consent to the amendment by the number of Trustees required for approval at a meeting of the Trustees at which all of the Trustees are present and voted. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Board has the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of the Company’s bylaws and to make new bylaws.

Merger, Conversion, Sale or Other Disposition of Assets

The Board may, without the approval of holders of the outstanding Shares, cause the Company to, among other things, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, or approve on our behalf the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets. The Board also may, without the approval of holders of the outstanding Shares, cause and approve a merger, conversion or other reorganization of the Company. For example, though not currently contemplated, upon consummation of an exchange listing, the Board is able to cause the Company to reorganize as a Delaware corporation. The Board may also cause the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets under a foreclosure or other realization without shareholder approval. Shareholders are not entitled to dissenters’ rights of appraisal under the Declaration of Trust or applicable Delaware law in the event of a merger, conversion or consolidation, a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any other similar transaction or event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shareholders are given an opportunity to vote on such transactions if required by the 1940 Act or if such a transaction is otherwise reasonably anticipated to result in a material dilution of the NAV per Share of the Company.

Derivative Actions

No person who is not a shareholder, other than a Trustee, is entitled to bring any derivative action, suit or other proceeding on behalf of the Company. No shareholder may maintain a derivative action on behalf of the Company unless a certain percentage of the outstanding Shares, as disclosed in the Declaration of Trust, join in the bringing of such action.

In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 3816 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, a shareholder may bring a derivative action on behalf of the Company only if the following conditions are met: (i) the shareholder or shareholders must make a pre-suit demand upon the Board to bring the subject action unless an effort to cause the Board to bring such an action is not likely to succeed; and a demand on the Board will only be deemed not likely to succeed and therefore excused if a majority of the Board, or a majority of any committee established to consider the merits of such action, is composed of Trustees who are not “independent trustees” (as that term is defined in the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute); and (ii) unless a demand is not required under clause (i) above, the Board must be afforded a reasonable amount of time to consider such shareholder request and to investigate the basis of such claim; and the Board is entitled to retain counsel and other advisors in considering the merits of the request and may require an undertaking by the shareholders making such request to reimburse the Company for the expense of any such counsel and advisors in the event that the Board determines not to bring such action. The conditions on a shareholder’s ability to bring a derivative action do not apply to claims arising under the federal securities laws. For purposes of this paragraph, the Board may designate a committee of one or more Trustees to consider a shareholder demand.

In addition to all suits, claims or other actions (collectively, “claims”) that under applicable law must be brought as derivative claims, each shareholder agrees that any claim that affects all shareholders of the Company or any series or class equally, that is, proportionately based on their number of Shares in the Company or in such series of class, must be brought as a derivative claim subject to the derivative actions section of the Declaration of Trust irrespective of whether such claim involves a violation of the shareholder’s rights under the Declaration of Trust or any other alleged violation of contractual or individual rights that might otherwise give rise to a direct claim.

Exclusive Delaware Jurisdiction

Each Trustee, each officer and, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, the Adviser and/or affiliates of the Adviser, each person legally or beneficially owning a Share or an interest in a Share of the Company (whether through a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing or otherwise), to the fullest extent permitted by law, including Section 3804(e) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, (i) irrevocably agrees that any claims, suits, actions or proceedings asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs (or similar) doctrine or arising out of or relating in any

 


 

way to the Company, the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, the Declaration of Trust, or the bylaws of the Company (including, without limitation, any claims, suits, actions or proceedings to interpret, apply or enforce (A) the provisions of the Declaration of Trust or the bylaws of the Company, or (B) the duties (including fiduciary duties), obligations or liabilities of the Company to the shareholders or the Board, or of officers or the Board to the Company, to the shareholders or each other, or (C) the rights or powers of, or restrictions on, the Company, the officers, the Board or the shareholders, or (D) any provision of the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute or other laws of the State of Delaware pertaining to trusts made applicable to the Company pursuant to Section 3809 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, or (E) any other instrument, document, agreement or certificate contemplated by any provision of the Delaware Statutory Trust Statute, the Declaration of Trust, or the bylaws of the Company relating in any way to the Company (regardless, in each case, of whether such claims, suits, actions or proceedings (x) sound in contract, tort, fraud or otherwise, (y) are based on common law, statutory, equitable, legal or other grounds or (z) are derivative or direct claims)), will be exclusively brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, any other court in the State of Delaware with subject matter jurisdiction, (ii) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in connection with any such claim, suit, action or proceeding, (iii) irrevocably agrees not to, and waives any right to, assert in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding that (A) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts or any other court to which proceedings in such courts may be appealed, (B) such claim, suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or (C) the venue of such claim, suit, action or proceeding is improper, (iv) consents to process being served in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding by mailing, certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices under the Declaration of Trust, and agrees that such service constitutes good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof; provided that nothing in clause (iv) hereof affects or limits any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law, and (v) irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding. However, these exclusive forum provisions do not apply to claims arising under the federal securities laws.

Access to Records

Any shareholder is permitted access to all of our records to which they are entitled under applicable law at all reasonable times and may inspect and copy any of them for a reasonable copying charge. Inspection of our records by the office or agency administering the securities laws of a jurisdiction will be provided upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours. An alphabetical list of the names, addresses and business telephone numbers of our shareholders, along with the number of Shares held by each of them, is maintained as part of our books and records and is available for inspection by any shareholder or the shareholder’s designated agent at our office. The shareholder list is updated at least quarterly to reflect changes in the information contained therein. A copy of the list will be mailed to any shareholder who requests the list within ten days of the request. A shareholder may request a copy of the shareholder list for any proper and legitimate purpose, including, without limitation, in connection with matters relating to voting rights and the exercise of shareholder rights under federal proxy laws. A shareholder requesting a list is required to pay reasonable costs of postage and duplication. Such copy of the shareholder list shall be printed in alphabetical order, on white paper, and in readily readable type size (no smaller than 10 point font).

A shareholder may also request access to any other corporate records. If a proper request for the shareholder list or any other corporate records is not honored, then the requesting shareholder is entitled to recover certain costs incurred in compelling the production of the list or other requested corporate records as well as actual damages suffered by reason of the refusal or failure to produce the list. However, a shareholder does not have the right to, and we may require a requesting shareholder to represent that it will not, secure the shareholder list or other information for the purpose of selling or using the list for a commercial purpose not related to the requesting shareholder’s interest in our affairs. We may also require that such shareholder sign a confidentiality agreement in connection with the request.

Reports to Shareholders

Within 60 days after each fiscal quarter, the Company distributes its quarterly report on Form 10-Q to all shareholders of record. In addition, the Company distributes its annual report on Form 10-K to all shareholders within 120 days after the end of each calendar year, which must contain, among other things, a breakdown of the expenses reimbursed by the Company to the Adviser. These reports are also available on the Company’s website at www.aglpcif.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Subject to availability, you may authorize us to provide prospectuses, prospectus supplements, annual reports and other information, or documents, electronically by so indicating on your subscription agreement, or by sending us instructions in writing in a form acceptable to us to receive such documents electronically. Unless you elect in writing to receive documents electronically, all documents will be provided in paper form by mail. You must have internet access to use electronic delivery. While we impose no additional charge for this service, there may be potential costs associated with electronic delivery, such as on-line charges. If our e-mail notification is returned to us as “undeliverable,” we will contact you to obtain your updated e-mail address. If we are unable to obtain a valid email address for you, we will resume sending a paper copy by regular U.S. mail to your address of record. You may revoke your consent for electronic delivery at any time and we will resume sending you a paper copy of all required documents.

 


 

However, in order for us to be properly notified, your revocation must be given to us a reasonable time before electronic delivery has commenced. We will provide you with paper copies at any time upon request. Such request will not constitute revocation of your consent to receive required documents electronically. If you invest in our shares through a financial advisor or a financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer, and such advisor or intermediary delivers all or a portion of the reports above, any election with respect to delivery you have made with such financial advisor or intermediary will govern how you receive such reports.

Conflict with the 1940 Act

The Declaration of Trust provides that, if and to the extent that any provision of Delaware law, or any provision of our Declaration of Trust conflicts with any provision of the 1940 Act, the applicable provision of the 1940 Act will control.