Commitment Increase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2024, by and among HPS Corporate Capital Solutions Fund, Socit Gnrale, as assuming lender, The Bank of New York Mellon, as assuming lender, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as issuing bank

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

COMMITMENT INCREASE AGREEMENT

May 1, 2024

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

4041 Ogletown Stanton Road, Floor 2

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Brandy Kilroy and Andrew Jeans

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 8, 2024 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) among HPS Corporate Capital Solutions Fund (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for said Lenders and as Collateral Agent. You have advised us that the Borrower has requested in a letter dated May 1, 2024 (the “Increase Request”) from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent that the aggregate amount of the Commitments be increased on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

A. Commitment Increase. Pursuant to Section 2.08(e) of the Credit Agreement, each of Société Générale and The Bank of New York Mellon (each, an “Assuming Lender”), hereby agrees to make the Dollar Commitments or Multicurrency Commitments in the amount set forth opposite the name of the applicable Assuming Lender listed in Schedule I hereto, such Dollar Commitments and Multicurrency Commitments to be effective as of the Increase Date (as defined in the Increase Request); provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed officer’s certificate from the Borrower which shall be dated the as of Increase Date and in substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto.

B. Confirmation of Assuming Lenders. Each Assuming Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the Increase Date and the making of the associated Dollar Commitments or Multicurrency Commitments, as applicable, shall be governed for all purposes by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

C. Counterparts. This Commitment Increase Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Commitment Increase Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures (including, for the avoidance of doubt, electronic signatures utilizing the DocuSign platform) or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.


D. Consent of Administrative Agent and Issuing Banks. The Administrative Agent and each of the undersigned Issuing Banks consent to the Commitment Increase and the execution of this Commitment Increase Agreement by the Assuming Lenders.

E. Governing Law. This Commitment Increase Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference mutatis mutandis.


Very truly yours,

ASSUMING LENDER

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

By:   /s/ Nick Agarwal
 

Name: Nick Agarwal

 

Title: Managing Director

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:


Very truly yours,

ASSUMING LENDER

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

By:   /s/ Grant Barr
 

Name: Grant Barr

 

Title: Senior Vice President


Accepted and agreed:
HPS CORPORATE CAPITAL
SOLUTIONS FUND
By:   /s/ Robert Busch
Name:   Robert Busch
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Acknowledged and agreed:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank

By:    
Name:  
Title:  
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Issuing Bank
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

Accepted and agreed:
HPS CORPORATE CAPITAL
SOLUTIONS FUND
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
Acknowledged and agreed:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank

By:   /s/ Tom Gillespie
Name:   Tom Gillespie
Title:   Executive Director
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Issuing Bank
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

Accepted and agreed:
HPS CORPORATE CAPITAL
SOLUTIONS FUND
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
Acknowledged and agreed:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank

By:    
Name:  
Title:  
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Issuing Bank
By:   /s/ Shane Klein
Name:   Shane Klein
Title:   Managing Director

SCHEDULE I

 

Increasing Lender

   Commitment Increase  

Société Générale

   $ 50,000,000  (Dollar) 

The Bank of New York Mellon

   $ 25,000,000  (Multicurrency) 

EXHIBIT I

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

[_____], 2024

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

4041 Ogletown Stanton Road, Floor 2

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Brandy Kilroy and Andrew Jeans

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of HPS Corporate Capital Solutions Fund (the “Borrower”), I [________] as [___________] of the Borrower, refer to the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 8, 2024 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for said Lenders and as Collateral Agent. I also refer to the letter dated [_____], 2024 (the “Increase Request”) from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, requesting that the aggregate amount of the Commitments be increased as set forth therein on the Increase Date (as defined in the Increase Request).

With respect to the Increase Request, I hereby certify in my capacity as an authorized officer of the Borrower and not in any individual capacity that each of the conditions to the related Commitment Increase (as defined in the Increase Request) set forth in Sections 2.08(e)(i)(B), (D) and (E) of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied as of the date hereof.


Very truly yours,

HPS CORPORATE CAPITAL SOLUTIONS FUND
 

Name:

Title: