# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001976719
**File Stem:** 0001580642-26-000288
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 7148
**Document Hash:** f0c27fca5a79757bb93c8d8a200e2008
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001580642-26-000288.hdr.sgml**: 20260116

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001580642-26-000288

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260115

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260116

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260116

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** New Mountain Guardian IV Income Fund, L.L.C.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001976719

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 920964074
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 814-01639
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26540128

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1633 BROADWAY
- **STREET 2:** 48TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-720-0300

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1633 BROADWAY
- **STREET 2:** 48TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** New Mountain Guardian IV Unlevered BDC, L.L.C.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20230505

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the**

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): January 15, 2026**

**New Mountain Guardian IV Income Fund, L.L.C.**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **814-01639** | **92-0964074** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of**<br> **incorporation or organization)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br> **Identification Number)** |

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| **1633 Broadway, 48th Floor, <br> New York, New York** | **10019** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 720-0300**

**None**

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

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

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

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| **Item 1.01.** | **Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.** |

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On January 15, 2026, New Mountain Guardian IV Income Fund SPV, L.L.C. (**"**GIV Income SPV"), wholly owned subsidiary of New Mountain Guardian IV Income Fund, L.L.C. (the "Company") for which the Company is the managing member, entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, the "Loan Agreement") by and among the Company, as seller, as equityholder and as collateral manager, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent and swingline lender, Western Alliance Trust Company, N.A., as the collateral custodian and GIV Income SPV, as the borrower (the "Wells Fargo Credit Facility"). The Wells Fargo Credit Facility will mature in January 2031 and has a maximum facility amount of $50 million.

The foregoing description of the Loan Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of such agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

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| **Item 2.03.** | **Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.** |

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The disclosure set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein.

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| **Item 5.02.** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.** |

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On January 15, 2026, Alfred F. Hurley, Jr. notified the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") of his decision to retire from his position as a director of the Company. Mr. Hurley has served as a member of the Board since 2022. Mr. Hurley's retirement is not the result of any disagreement with the Company.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Hébert and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Hébert was selected as a director. There are no family relationships between Mr. Hébert and any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company within the meaning of Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Regulation S-K"). Mr. Hébert is not a party to any transaction, or any proposed transaction, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit Number** | **Description** |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**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.

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|  | NEW MOUNTAIN Guardian IV INCOME FUND, L.L.C. | NEW MOUNTAIN Guardian IV INCOME FUND, L.L.C. | NEW MOUNTAIN Guardian IV INCOME FUND, L.L.C. |
| Date: January 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Eric Kane | /s/ Eric Kane |
|  |  | Name: | Eric Kane |
|  |  | Title: | Corporate Secretary |

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