# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002066811
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-012280
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 3066
**Document Hash:** 9ad073d85cc86e1bf3ebbddf2c154b55
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-012280.hdr.sgml**: 20260114

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-012280

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: N-6F

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260114

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TCW SPECIALTY LENDING LLC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002066811

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 334588344
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** N-6F
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 814-01966
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26531480

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 515 S FLOWER STREET
- **CITY:** LOS ANGELES
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 90071
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 213-244-0000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 515 S FLOWER STREET
- **CITY:** LOS ANGELES
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 90071

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** TCW Direct Lending VIII Perpetual BDC LLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20250502

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM N-6F** 

**NOTICE OF INTENT TO ELECT TO BE SUBJECT TO SECTIONS 55** 

**THROUGH 65 OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940** 

The undersigned hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to file a notification of election to be subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") and in connection with such notice submits the following information:

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| **Name:** | TCW Specialty Lending LLC |
| **Address of Principal Business Office:** | 200 Clarendon Street, 19th Floor |
|  | Boston, Massachusetts 02116 |
| **Telephone Number:** | (213) 244-0000 |
| **Name and Address of Agent For Service of** | Andrew Bowden, Esq. |
| **Process:** | Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
|  | The TCW Group, Inc.<br> 515 South Flower Street |
|  | Los Angeles, California 90071 |

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The undersigned hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to file a notification of election to be subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act within ninety days of the date of this filing. The company would be excluded from the definition of an investment company by Section 3(c)(1) of the 1940 Act, except that it presently proposes to make a public offering of its securities as a business development company.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(f) of the 1940 Act, the undersigned company has caused this notice of intent to elect to be subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act pursuant to Section 54(a) of the 1940 Act to be duly executed on its behalf in the City of Los Angeles and the State of California on the 14th day of January, 2026.

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|:---|:---|
| TCW Specialty Lending LLC | TCW Specialty Lending LLC |
| By: | /s/ Andrew Kim |
| Name: Andrew Kim | Name: Andrew Kim |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| Attest: | /s/ David Wang |
| Name: David Wang | Name: David Wang |
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer |

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