Finnerty Sheila A 4

What Happened Sheila A. Finnerty, a director of TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC, tendered (disposed) 2,000 limited liability company units of TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC on April 1, 2026. The filing reports the units at $100.00 each (total value $200,000). Under the issuer's exchange offer, those 2,000 units were accepted for exchange; upon settlement she received 10,000 limited liability company units of TCW Specialty Lending LLC, and the tendered TCW Direct Lending VIII units were subsequently canceled. This was an exchange transaction (code J), not a cash sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-01; Filing date: 2026-04-03 (filed within typical Form 4 timing).
• Disposition: 2,000 TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC units at $100.00 each — total value $200,000.
• Consideration received: 10,000 units of TCW Specialty Lending LLC (per footnote); tendered units were canceled.
• Transaction code: J (other acquisition or disposition — here used for an exchange offer).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.

Context This was a conversion/exchange under an issuer exchange offer — the reporting person exchanged units of one entity for units of another, rather than selling for cash. Such exchanges are administrative/structural and do not necessarily indicate a change in the insider’s view on the company’s prospects.