UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 _______________________

FORM 8-K

~~Current~~_______________________ CURRENT ~~Report~~REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Pursuant~~Date toof ~~Section~~Report 13(Date orof ~~15(d~~earliest event reported): July 17, 2025

ofTCW ~~the~~Direct ~~Securities~~Lending ~~Exchange~~VII ~~Act~~LLC (Exact name of ~~1934~~registrant as specified in its charter)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2025

Delaware	814-01246	82-2252672
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

TCW Direct Lending VII LLC

200 Clarendon Street, 51^st Floor

Boston, Massachusetts

02116

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 814-01246 (Commission File Number) 82-2252672 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Clarendon Street, 51st Floor Boston, Massachusetts (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 936-2275

Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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2to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

~~ITEM~~Item 85.0107. ~~Other~~Submission ~~Events.~~of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

~~Under~~On ~~the~~July ~~Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement~~17, ~~dated January 14~~2025, ~~2019 (the “Agreement”), of~~ TCW Direct Lending VII LLC (the “Company”)~~, the~~ ~~Company~~held ~~has an initial six-year term following~~ its ~~initial~~2025 ~~closing.~~Annual ~~Under~~Meeting ~~Section 8.1~~ of ~~the~~Members ~~Agreement,~~ (the ~~Company~~“Annual ~~may,~~Meeting”) byat ~~notice~~which toa ~~its~~quorum ~~members,~~was ~~extend~~present ~~the~~via ~~term~~teleconference ofor ~~the~~by ~~Company~~proxy. ~~for~~At ~~two~~the ~~additional~~Annual ~~one-year~~Meeting, ~~periods~~the ~~after~~following ~~its~~matters ~~initial~~were ~~six-year~~submitted ~~term.~~to Bythe ~~notice~~vote ~~dated~~of ~~January 3,~~the ~~2025~~members, with the ~~Company~~results ~~has~~of ~~extended~~voting ~~its~~on ~~term~~each ~~by one year~~ such ~~that~~matter itset ~~will~~forth ~~expire on April 13, 2026~~below.

31. The Company’s members approved a proposal to re-elect the following Class III director to the Company’s Board of Directors, to hold office until the annual meeting, or special meeting in lieu thereof, of members is held in 2028, with voting results as follows:

SIGNATURES

Director Nominees	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Saverio M. Flemma	8,731,150	1,000	0
Richard T. Miller	8,731,150	1,000	0

~~Pursuant~~There towere ~~the~~no ~~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~~abstentions.

~~Date:~~2. ~~January~~The 6,Company’s ~~2025~~members ~~TCW~~approved ~~DIRECT~~a ~~LENDING~~proposal ~~VII~~to ~~LLC~~ratify ~~By:~~the ~~/s/~~selection ~~Andrew~~of ~~Kim~~Deloitte ~~Name:~~& ~~Andrew~~Touche ~~Kim~~LLP ~~Title:~~as ~~Chief~~the ~~Financial~~independent ~~Officer~~registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, with voting results as follows:

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

8,692,150

40,000

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TCW Direct Lending VII LLC

Date: July 22, 2025

By: /s/ Andrew Kim

Name: Andrew Kim

Title: Chief Financial Officer

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