UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2025

5C Lending Partners Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	000-56665	93-4039151
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

330 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor New York, NY	10017
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 516-3171

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share	N/A	N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

5C Lending Partners Corp. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 17, 2025. An aggregate of 2,363,333 shares of Capital Stock (as defined below) were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, comprised of: (i) 2,362,818 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) and (ii) 515 shares of 12.0% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock” and, together with the Common Stock, the “Capital Stock”), or approximately 82.7% of the total Capital Stock outstanding as of the April 21, 2025 record date for the Annual Meeting.

The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). Except for the election of Mr. Lawry, as to which the holders of Preferred Stock voted separately as a single class, the holders of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, voted on each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting. The Company's inspector of election certified the vote tabulations indicated below.

Election of Class I Directors. The following two nominees were elected to the Board of Directors as Class I directors of the Company, to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:

Nominee	Title	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non Votes
(a) Seth Lawry	Director	515	—	—	—
(b) Thomas Connolly	Director	1,849,091	—	—	—

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified, based on the following votes:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non Votes
2,363,333	—	—	—

SIGNATURES

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.

Date: June 18, 2025	5C Lending Partners Corp.



	By: /s/ Michael Koester Name: Michael Koester Title: Co-President By: /s/ Thomas Connolly Name: Thomas Connolly Title: Co-President

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