UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

~~Date~~Securities ofExchange ~~Report~~Act ~~(Date~~ of ~~earliest event reported): July 30, 2025~~1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 27, 2026

BLACKROCK DIRECT LENDING CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-56231	85-3439073
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

2951 28th Street, Suite 1000 Santa Monica, California		90405
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (310) 566-1000

Not Applicable

(Former ~~name~~Name or ~~former~~Former ~~address~~Address, if ~~changed~~Changed ~~since~~Since ~~last report~~Last Report)

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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
None	Not applicable	Not applicable

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☒	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 new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒

Item 5.0207. ~~Departure~~Submission of ~~Directors~~Matters orto ~~Certain~~a ~~Officers;~~Vote ~~Appointment~~ of ~~Certain~~Security ~~Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Holders.

OnAt ~~July~~ 10:30~~, 2025,~~ ~~the~~a.m. ~~Board~~(Pacific ofTime) ~~Directors~~on ofMay 27, 2026, BlackRock Direct Lending Corp. (~~the~~ “~~Company~~BDLC”), convened ~~appointed~~its ~~Charles~~2026 ~~Park~~Annual asMeeting ~~Chief~~of ~~Compliance Officer~~Shareholders ofvia live Internet webcast (the ~~Company,~~“Meeting”). ~~effective~~At ~~July~~the 31Meeting, ~~2025~~BDLC’s shareholders voted on one proposal, which was approved. The proposal is described in ~~connection~~detail in BDLC’s definitive proxy statement for the Meeting as filed with the ~~resignation~~Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 9, 2026. As of ~~Ariel~~March ~~Hazzard~~30, ~~who~~2026, ~~previously~~the ~~served~~record asdate, ~~Chief~~BDLC ~~Compliance~~had ~~Officer~~ 29,173,775 shares of common stock outstanding. The final voting results from the ~~Company~~Meeting were as follows.

Proposal 1. BDLC’s stockholders elected four directors to the Board of Directors of BDLC. Each of Eric J. Draut, Karen L. Leets, Maureen K. Usifer, and Philip Tseng will serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. The four directors were elected pursuant to the voting results set forth below:

Name	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Eric J. Draut	29,076,852	0	0
Karen L. Leets	29,076,852	0	0
Maureen K. Usifer	29,076,852	0	0
Philip Tseng	29,076,852	0	0

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.

	BlackRock Direct Lending Corp.
Date: August 1, 2025	By:	/s/ Diana Huffman
Date: May 27, 2026	By:	/s/ Erik L. Cuellar
	Name:	~~Diana~~Erik ~~Huffman~~L. Cuellar
	Title:	~~General~~Chief ~~Counsel~~Financial &Officer ~~Secretary~~and Treasurer

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