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EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

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 TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC 

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of [•], 2014 by and between TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Company”), and TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a California corporation (the “Adviser”). 

WHEREAS, the Company is a newly organized closed-end management investment fund that intends to elect to be treated as a business development
company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”); 
 WHEREAS, the
Adviser is engaged in the business of providing investment advice and is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Adviser to render investment advisory and management services to the Company in the manner and on
the terms hereinafter set forth; and 
 WHEREAS, the Adviser is willing to perform such services on the terms and conditions hereafter set
forth; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Adviser hereby agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms “assignment,” “interested person,” and “majority of the outstanding voting securities” shall have their respective meanings
defined in the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), or such interpretive positions as may be taken by
the SEC or its staff under the 1940 Act, and the term “brokerage and research services” shall have the meaning given in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder. The capitalized terms used
without definition in this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated, have the respective meanings specified in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “LLC
Agreement”). 

  

	 	2.	Appointment. 

  

	 	a.	The Company hereby employs the Adviser to provide investment advisory and management services to the Company. This engagement is for the period and on the terms set forth in this Agreement. The Adviser hereby accepts
such employment and agrees to render the services and to assume the obligations set forth in this Agreement, for the compensation provided below. 

  

	 	b.	 The Adviser, subject to the prior approval of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and, to the extent required, the
Members, may from time to time employ or associate itself with such person or persons as the Adviser may believe to be particularly fitted to assist it in the performance of this Agreement, provided, however, that the compensation of such person or
persons shall be paid by the Adviser and that the Adviser shall be as fully responsible to the Company for the acts and omissions of any sub-adviser as it is for its own acts and omissions. Any sub-advisory agreement entered into

  
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by the Adviser shall be in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act and other applicable federal and state law. 

 

	 	3.	Advisory and Management Services. The Company hereby employs the Adviser to act as the investment adviser to the Company and to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Company, subject to the
supervision of the Board, for the period and upon the terms herein set forth, (a) in accordance with the investment objective, policies and restrictions that are set forth in the Company’s registration statement on Form 10 (File No.
000-55176) (and as the same shall be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) and in accordance with the investment objective, policies and restrictions that are set forth in the Company’s private placement
memorandum dated [June 2014] as may be amended from time to time; (b) in accordance with all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and the LLC Agreement; and (c) in accordance with the 1940 Act. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Adviser shall, during the term and subject to the provisions of this Agreement: (i) formulate and implement the Company’s investment program; (ii) determine the composition of the portfolio of the
Company, the nature and timing of the changes therein and the manner of implementing such changes; (iii) identify/source, research, evaluate and negotiate the structure of the investments made by the Company (including due diligence on
prospective Portfolio Companies); (iv) close, monitor and administer the Company’s investments, including the exercise of any rights in its capacity as a lender; (v) determine the securities and other assets that the Company will
purchase, retain, or sell; (vi) place orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities for the Company’s account with broker-dealers selected by the Adviser; (vii) pay such expenses as are incurred by it in connection with
providing the foregoing services as provided in Section 4 below; (viii) coordinate with the Administrator; and (ix) provide the Company with such other investment advisory, research, and related services as the Company may, from time
to time, reasonably require for the investment of its funds, including providing operating and managerial assistance to the Company and its portfolio companies as required. Subject to the supervision of the Board, the Adviser shall have the power
and authority on behalf of the Company to effectuate its investment decisions for the Company, including the execution and delivery of all documents relating to the Company’s investments and the placing of orders for other purchase or sale
transactions on behalf of the Company. In the event that the Company determines to acquire debt financing, the Adviser will arrange for such financing on the Company’s behalf, subject to the oversight and approval of the Board. If it is
necessary or appropriate for the Adviser to make investments on behalf of the Company through a special purpose vehicle, the Adviser shall have authority to create or arrange for the creation of such special purpose vehicle and to make such
investments through such special purpose vehicle (in accordance with the 1940 Act). 

  

	 	4.	Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. In addition to the Management Fee and Incentive Fee described below, the Adviser is entitled to the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred on behalf of the Company to the
extent described in the Administration Agreement by and between the Company and TCW Asset Management Company (as Administrator). 

  

	 	5.	Management Fee. 

  

	 	a.	 The Company will pay to the Adviser, quarterly in advance, a management fee (the “Management Fee”) calculated as follows:
(i) for the period starting on the Initial Closing Date and ending on the last day of the calendar quarter during which the Commitment Period ends, 0.375% (i.e., 1.50% per annum) of the aggregate Commitments determined as of the end of the
Closing Period, and (ii) for each calendar quarter after the last day of the Commitment Period, 0.1875% (i.e., 0.75% per annum) of the cost (including 

  
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leverage) of the aggregate cost basis (whether acquired by the Company with Aggregate Contributions or borrowings) of all Portfolio Investments that have not been sold, distributed to the Members
or written off for tax purposes, determined in each case as of the first day of such calendar quarter. The Management Fee in respect of the Closing Period will be calculated as if all Commitments were made on the Initial Closing Date, regardless of
when Common Units were actually issued. 

  

	 	b.	Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Management Fee with respect to the Closing Period will not be paid prior to the first day of the first full calendar quarter following the end of the Closing Period. 

 

	 	c.	Installments of the Management Fee payable for any period other than a full quarterly period shall be pro rated for the actual number of days in such period. 

 

	 	d.	The Adviser may elect to defer its right to receive current payments of the Management Fee until such time as the Adviser notifies the Company that any previously deferred amounts should be paid. 

 

	 	6.	Incentive Fee. 

  

	 	a.	Calculation of Incentive Fee. Subject to the Adviser Return Obligation (described in Section 6(d)), the Company shall pay the Adviser an incentive fee (the “Incentive Fee”) as follows. The
Incentive Fee will be calculated on a cumulative basis and the amount of the Incentive Fee payable in connection with any distribution (or deemed distribution) will be determined in accordance with the following formula each time amounts are to be
distributed to the Common Unitholders: 

  

	 	i.	First, no Incentive Fee will be owed until the Common Unitholders have collectively received distributions equal to their Aggregate Contributions to the Company in respect of all the Common Units; 

 

	 	ii.	Second, no Incentive Fee will be owed until the Common Unitholders have collectively received cumulative distributions equal to an 8% internal rate of return on their Aggregate Contributions to the Company in respect of
all Common Units (the “Hurdle”); 

  

	 	iii.	Third, the Adviser will be entitled to an Incentive Fee out of 100% of additional amounts otherwise distributable to Common Unitholders until such time as the Incentive Fee paid to the Adviser is equal to 20% of the sum
of (A) the amount by which the Hurdle exceeds the Aggregate Contributions of the Common Unitholders in respect of all Common Units and (B) the amount of Incentive Fee being paid to the Adviser pursuant to this clause (iii); and

  

	 	iv.	Thereafter, the Adviser will be entitled to an Incentive Fee equal to 20% of additional amounts otherwise distributable to Common Unitholders in respect of its Common Units, with the remaining 80% distributed to the
Common Unitholders. 

 For purposes of calculating the Incentive Fee, as provided in 3.3.2 of the LLC Agreement, Aggregate
Contributions shall not include Earnings Balancing Contributions or Late-Closer Contributions, and the distributions to Common Unitholders shall not 

  
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include distributions attributable to Late-Closer Contributions. In addition if distributions to which a Defaulting Member otherwise would have been entitled have been withheld pursuant to 6.2.5
of the LLC Agreement, the amounts so withheld shall be treated for such purposes as having been distributed to such Defaulting Member. The amount of any distribution of securities made in kind shall be equal to the fair market value of those
securities at the time of distribution determined pursuant to 13.4 of the LLC Agreement. 

  

	 	b.	Incentive Fee upon Spin-Off. As provided in 10.5 of the LLC Agreement, in connection with a Spin-Off in which Common Unitholders will have the opportunity to exchange their Common Units for shares in a Permanent
Capital Fund, an Incentive Fee will be payable in respect of the exchanged Common Units, the calculation of which shall be disclosed to the Members in connection with the exchange offer. After a Spin-Off, all calculations relating to the Incentive
Fee payable by the Company (including without limitation the Adviser Return Obligation) will be made without taking into account the exchanged Common Units (or contributions, distributions or proceeds relating thereto). 

 

	 	c.	Incentive Fee upon Early Termination. If this Agreement terminates early for any reason other than (i) the Adviser voluntarily terminating this Agreement or (ii) the Company terminating this Agreement
for cause, the Company will be required to pay the Adviser a final incentive fee payment (the “Final Incentive Fee Payment”). The Final Incentive Fee Payment will be calculated as of the date this Agreement is so terminated and will
equal the amount of Incentive Fee that would be payable to the Adviser if (A) all the Company’s investments were liquidated for their current value (but without taking into account any unrealized appreciation of any Portfolio Investment),
and any Portfolio Investment-related fees would be deemed accelerated, (B) the proceeds from such liquidation were used to pay all the Company’s outstanding liabilities, and (C) the remainder were distributed to Common Unitholders and
paid as Incentive Fee in accordance with Section 6(a). The Company will make the Final Incentive Fee Payment in cash on or immediately following the date this Agreement is so terminated. In the case of an early termination, the Adviser Return
Obligation under Section 6(d) will not apply in connection with a Final Incentive Fee Payment. 

  

	 	d.	Adviser Return Obligation. 

 After the Company has made its final distribution of
assets pursuant to 9.2 of the LLC Agreement, if the Adviser has received aggregate payments of Incentive Fee in excess of the Adviser Target Amount (defined below) as of such time, then the Adviser shall return to the Company in cash, on or before
the 90th day after such final distribution of assets by the Company, an amount equal to such excess (the “Adviser Return Obligation”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in no event shall the Adviser Return Obligation exceed an
amount greater than the aggregate amount of Incentive Fee payments previously received by the Adviser from the Company reduced by U.S. federal and state income taxes paid on account of the receipt of such Incentive Fee payments, as reasonably
determined by the Adviser. 
 The Adviser Return Obligation shall be recomputed to take into account any post-liquidation returns of
distributions made by Members pursuant to 11.4 of the LLC Agreement, and any additional Adviser Return Obligation triggered by such post-liquidation returns shall be made by the Adviser contemporaneously with such post-liquidation returns by the
Members. 

  
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	 	e.	Relevant Definitions. 

 The “Adviser Target Amount” is, as of any time,
the aggregate amount that would be paid to the Adviser as Incentive Fee as of such time, determined as if all amounts previously distributed to the Members pursuant to Article 7 and Article 9 of the LLC Agreement (net of amounts returned by the
Members to the Company pursuant to 11.4 of the LLC Agreement and amounts then owed by the Company to creditors) had been retained by the Company and distributed to the Members pursuant to 9.2 of the LLC Agreement as of such time; provided,
however, that in determining the amounts distributable to each Member pursuant to 9.2 of the LLC Agreement, each Member’s Hurdle shall be determined based on the timing of amounts previously distributed to such Member with respect to its
Common Units, and the fair market value of any property distributed in kind by the Company shall be determined as of the time of distribution. 
  

	 	7.	Payment of Expenses and Fees to the Adviser upon Removal. Upon the termination of this Agreement, the former Adviser or its estate or legal representatives shall be entitled to receive from the Company
(a) any reimbursements of expenses due and owing to it by the Company; provided, however, that the Adviser shall be responsible for any expenses it incurs in connection with such removal, and (b) accrued and unpaid Management Fees and
Incentive Fees, in each case computed through the effective date of the removal on a pro-rated basis. The right of the Adviser, its estate or legal representatives to the payment of said amounts shall be subject to any claim for damages which the
Company or any Member may have against the Adviser, its estate or legal representatives in connection with such removal. 

  

	 	8.	Services Not Exclusive. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the Adviser or any affiliated person of the Adviser from acting as investment adviser or manager for any other person, firm or corporation
(including any other investment company), whether or not the investment objectives or policies of any such other person, firm or corporation are similar to those of the Company, and shall not in any way bind or restrict the Adviser or any such
affiliated person from buying, selling or trading any securities or commodities for their own accounts or for the account of others for whom the Adviser or any such affiliated person may be acting. While information and recommendations supplied to
the Company shall, in the Adviser’s judgment, be appropriate under the circumstances and in light of the investment objectives and policies of the Company, they may be different from the information and recommendations supplied by the Adviser
or its affiliates to other investment companies, funds and advisory accounts. The Company shall be entitled to equitable treatment under the circumstances in receiving information, recommendations and any other services, but the Company recognizes
that it is not entitled to receive preferential treatment as compared with the treatment given by the Adviser to any other investment company, fund or advisory account. 

 

	 	9.	 Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage. To the extent brokers or dealers are utilized in portfolio transactions for the Company, the Adviser
shall endeavor to obtain on behalf of the Company the best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available for any transaction, the Adviser shall consider all factors it deems relevant, including the breadth of the market in
the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of the broker or dealer, and the reasonableness of the commission, if any, both for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In evaluating the best
overall terms available and in selecting the broker or dealer to execute a particular transaction, the Adviser may also consider the “brokerage and research services” provided to the Company and/or other accounts over which the Adviser or
an affiliate of the Adviser exercises investment discretion. The Adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer which provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a

  
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portfolio transaction for the Company which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if, but only if, the Adviser
determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer viewed in terms of that particular transaction or in terms of the overall responsibilities
of the Adviser to the Company. 

  

	 	10.	Books and Records. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the Adviser agrees that all records that it maintains for the Company are the property of the Company and further agrees to
surrender promptly to the Company any of such records upon the Company’s request. The Adviser further agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act the records required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the
1940 Act. 

  

	 	11.	Limitation of Liability. Neither the Adviser, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of the Adviser, shall be liable or responsible to the Company or any of its Members for any error of judgment, mistake of
law or any loss arising out of any investment, or for any other act or omission in the performance by such person or persons of their respective duties, except for liability resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or
reckless disregard of their respective duties. The Adviser shall be indemnified by the Company as an Indemnitee in accordance with the terms of 11.2 of the LLC Agreement. 

 

	 	12.	Nature of Relationship. The Company and the Adviser are not partners or joint venturers with each other and nothing herein shall be construed so as to make them such partners or joint venturers or impose any
liability as such on either of them. The Adviser is an independent contractor and, except as expressly provided or authorized in this Agreement, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Company. 

 

	 	13.	Duration and Termination. 

  

	 	a.	This Agreement shall become effective upon its execution and shall continue in effect until two years from the date hereof, provided it is approved by the vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting
securities” of the Company. Thereafter, this Agreement shall continue in effect from year to year, provided its continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a) by vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting
securities” of the Company or by vote of the Board, and (b) by vote of a majority of the Independent Directors, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Company (either by vote of its Board or by
vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Company) may, at any time and without payment of any penalty, terminate this Agreement upon 60 days’ written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement shall automatically
and immediately terminate in the event of its “assignment.” The Adviser may terminate this Agreement without payment of any penalty on 60 days’ written notice to the Company. 

 

	 	b.	Notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Adviser shall be entitled to any amounts owed under this Agreement through the date of termination or expiration and Section 11 shall continue in
force and effect and apply to the Administrator and all Indemnified Parties as and to the extent applicable. 

  

	 	14.	 Notices. Any notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing, addressed and delivered to the party to this Agreement entitled to receive
such notice at such address as such party may designate in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when personally delivered, mailed 

  
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by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent by reliable overnight courier, or transmitted by electronic facsimile or electronic mail to the principal office of the Adviser or the Company,
as the case may be. 

  

	 	15.	Non-waiver of Rights. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver by the Company of any of its legal rights under applicable U.S. federal securities laws or any other laws whose applicability is
not permitted to be contractually waived. 

  

	 	16.	Amendment. This Agreement may be modified or amended only by a writing signed by the parties hereto, provided, however, that the parties shall not amend this Agreement in a manner that is inconsistent with, or
would result in a breach of, the LLC Agreement. 

  

	 	17.	Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act. To the extent applicable law of the State of California, or
any of the provisions herein conflict with applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control. 

  

	 	18.	Sole Agreement. This Agreement reflects the sole understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all agreements between the Company and the Adviser with
respect to the subject matter hereof. 

  

	 	19.	Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

  

	 	20.	Severability. In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions or portion of this
Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement effective as of the date
first above written. 
  

			
	TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC
		
	By:	 	[•],
		 	an authorized representative of the Board

  

					
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	Name:
		 		 	Title:EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT 

This Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of [             ], 2014
by and between TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a California corporation (the “Administrator”). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Company is a newly organized closed-end management investment fund that intends to elect to be treated as a business development
company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”); 
 WHEREAS, the
Company desires to retain the Administrator to provide administrative services to the Company in the manner and on the terms hereinafter set forth; and 

WHEREAS, the Administrator is willing to provide administrative services to the Company on the terms and conditions hereafter set forth; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Administrator hereby agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions 

The capitalized terms used without definition in this Agreement and not otherwise indicated have the respective meanings specified in the
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “LLC Agreement”). 

2. Duties of the Administrator 

(a) Employment of Administrator. The Company hereby employs the Administrator to act as administrator of the Company, and to furnish, or
arrange for others to furnish, the administrative services, personnel and facilities described below, subject to review by and the overall control of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), for the period and on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Administrator hereby accepts such employment and agrees during such period to render, or arrange for the rendering of, such services and to assume the obligations herein set forth subject to the
reimbursement of costs and expenses provided for below. The Administrator and such others shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be independent contractors and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized herein, have no authority to
act for or represent the Company in any way or otherwise be deemed agents of the Company. 
 (b) Services. The Administrator shall
perform (or oversee, or arrange for, the performance of) the administrative services necessary for the operation of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall: 

 (i) provide the Company with general overhead, including office facilities, and equipment,
clerical, bookkeeping and record keeping services at such facilities, 
 (ii) oversee the maintenance of the Company’s financial
records and otherwise assist with the Company’s compliance with BDC and RIC rules, 
 (iii) monitor the payment of the Company’s
expenses, 
 (iv) on behalf of the Company, conduct relations with custodians, depositories, transfer agents, disbursing agent, other
servicing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and such other person in any other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable, including, but not limited to, negotiating
agreements, reviewing performance of duties and directing actions of any such third party service providers, 
 (v) be responsible for the
financial and other records that the Company is required to maintain and shall prepare and disseminate reports to Members and reports and other materials to be filed with the SEC or other regulators, 

(vi) assist the Company in determining and publishing (as necessary or appropriate) the Company’s net asset value, overseeing the
preparation and filing of the Company’s tax returns and generally overseeing the payment of the Company’s expenses, and 
 (vii)
provide such other services as the Administrator, subject to review by the Board, shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this Agreement. 

The Administrator shall have the authority to execute, on behalf of the Company, any orders, certifications or agreements incidental to the
duties it performs for the Company hereunder. 
 The Administrator shall make reports to the Board of its performance of obligations
hereunder and furnish advice and recommendations with respect to such other aspects of the business and affairs of the Company as it shall determine to be desirable; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to require the Administrator to,
and the Administrator shall not, provide any advice or recommendation relating to the securities and other assets that the Company should purchase, retain or sell or any other investment advisory services to the Company. 

The Administrator will provide on the Company’s behalf significant managerial assistance to those portfolio companies to which the
Company is required to provide such assistance. 
 The Administrator may engage one or more third parties to perform all or a portion of the
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 3. Records 

The Administrator agrees to maintain and keep all books, accounts and other records of the Company that relate to activities performed by the
Administrator hereunder and will maintain and keep such books, accounts and records in accordance with the Investment Company Act. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the Investment Company Act, the Administrator agrees that all
records which it maintains for the Company shall at all times remain the property of the Company, shall be readily accessible during normal business hours, and shall be promptly surrendered upon the termination of the Agreement or otherwise on
written request. The Administrator further agrees that all records which it maintains for the Company pursuant to Rule 31a-1 under the Investment Company Act will be preserved for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the Investment Company Act
unless any such records are earlier surrendered as provided above. Records shall be surrendered in usable machine-readable form. The Administrator shall have the right to retain copies of such records subject to observance of its confidentiality
obligations under this Agreement. 
 4. Confidentiality 

The parties hereto agree that each shall treat confidentially the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all information provided by each
party to the other regarding its business and operations. All confidential information provided by a party hereto, including nonpublic personal information (regulated pursuant to Regulation S-P), shall be used by any other party hereto solely for
the purpose of rendering services pursuant to this Agreement and, except as may be required in carrying out this Agreement, shall not be disclosed to any third party, without the prior consent of such providing party. The foregoing shall not be
applicable to any information that is publicly available when provided or thereafter becomes publicly available other than through a breach of this Agreement, or that is required to be disclosed by any regulatory authority, any authority or legal
counsel of the parties hereto, by judicial or administrative process or otherwise by applicable law or regulation. 
 5. Compensation; Allocation of
Costs and Expenses 
 In full consideration of the provision of the services of the Administrator, subject to the Reimbursement Caps
described below, the Company shall reimburse the Administrator for the costs and expenses incurred by the Administrator in performing its obligations and providing personnel and facilities hereunder. 

Subject to the Reimbursement Caps, the Company will bear (including by reimbursing the Adviser or Administrator) all costs and expenses of its
operations, administration and transactions, including, without limitation: 
 (a) organizational expenses and expenses associated with the
issuance of the Common Units; 
 (b) calculating the Company’s net asset value (including the cost and expenses of any independent
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 (c) fees payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors, relating to,
or associated with, evaluating and making investments; 
 (d) expenses incurred by the Adviser or the Administrator payable to third parties,
including agents, consultants or other advisors, relating to or associated with monitoring the financial and legal affairs for the Company, providing administrative services, monitoring the Company’s investments and performing due diligence
reviews of prospective investments and the corresponding portfolio companies; 
 (e) costs associated with the Company’s reporting and
compliance obligations under the Investment Company Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other applicable federal or state securities laws, 

(f) interest payable on debt, if any, incurred to finance the Company’s investments or operations; 

(g) expenses related to sales and purchases of the Company’s Units and other securities; 

(h) investment advisory and management fees; 

(i) administration fees, if any, payable under this Agreement; 

(j) transfer agent and custodial fees; 

(k) federal and state registration fees; 

(l) costs associated with effecting a Spin-Off; 

(m) federal, state and local taxes; 

(n) Independent Directors’ fees and expenses and the costs associated with convening a meeting of the Board; 

(o) costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to Members, including printing and mailing costs and the costs of any Members’
meetings, as well as the compensation of an investor relations professional responsible for the coordination and administration of the foregoing; 

(p) the Company’s allocable portion of the fidelity bond, directors and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance, and any other
insurance premiums; 
 (q) direct costs and expenses of administration, including printing, mailing, long distance telephone, copying,
secretarial and other staff, 
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 (s) compensation of other professionals (including employees of the Administrator) to the extent
they are devoted to preparing the Company’s financial statements or tax returns or providing similar “back office” financial services to the Company; and 

(t) all other expenses incurred by the Company or the Administrator in connection with administering the Company’s business. 

Subject to the Reimbursement Caps (defined below), the Company shall also reimburse the Administrator (or its affiliates) for an allocable
portion of the compensation paid by the Administrator (or its affiliates) to the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer and their respective administrative support staff (based on a percentage of time such individuals
devote, on an estimated basis, to the business and affairs of the Company). For the avoidance of doubt, the Adviser shall be solely responsible for any placement or “finder’s” fees payable to placement agents engaged by the Company or
its affiliates in connection with the offering of securities by the Company. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not bear
(a) more than an amount equal to 10 basis points of the aggregate Commitments of the Company for organization and offering expenses in connection with the offering of Units through the Closing Period and (b) in any calendar year more than
an amount equal to 12.5 basis points of the aggregate Commitments of the Company per annum (pro rated for partial years) for its Operating Expenses (the caps described in (a) and (b), the “Reimbursement Caps”). For purposes of
this Agreement, “Operating Expenses” include all the expenses borne by the Company as described above (whether incurred and payable to the Administrator or the Adviser) and amounts paid by the Company directly to third parties.
However, the following amounts shall not be treated as Operating Expenses (and will not be subject to the Reimbursement Cap described in clause (b) above): the Management Fee, the Incentive Fee, organizational and offering expenses (which are
separately subject to the Reimbursement Cap set forth in clause (a) above), investigative, travel, legal and other transactional expenses incurred with respect to the acquisition, formation, holding and disposition of the Company’s
investments or incurred in connection with investments or transactions not consummated, amounts payable in connection with the Company’s borrowings (including interest, bank fees, legal fees and other transactional expenses related to any
borrowing or borrowing facility and similar costs), costs and expenses relating to the liquidation of the Company, taxes, and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation expenses and indemnification payments to either the Adviser or the
Administrator). 
 If the Reimbursement Cap with regard to Operating Expenses applies in any year, the Reimbursement Cap shall be applied
first to limit reimbursements to the Administrator and the Adviser before applying the Reimbursement Cap to Company payments to other parties (so that the excess above such Reimbursement Cap is borne by the Administrator and/or the Adviser). If in
any year, the amount of payments by the Company to persons other than the Administrator or the Adviser exceeds the Reimbursement Cap, the Company shall in all cases continue to pay to pay such other parties, but the Administrator shall reimburse
such excess to the Company. 

  
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 6. Limitation of Liability of the Administrator; Indemnification 

Neither the Administrator, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of the Administrator, shall be liable or responsible to the Company or
any of its Members for any error of judgment, mistake of law or any loss arising out of any investment, or for any other act or omission in the performance by such person or persons of their respective duties, except for liability resulting from
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of their respective duties. The Administrator shall be indemnified by the Company as an Indemnitee in accordance with the terms of 11.2 of the LLC Agreement. 

7. Activities of the Administrator 

The services of the Administrator to the Company are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Administrator and each affiliate is free to
render services to others. It is understood that directors, officers, employees and members of the Company are or may become interested in the Administrator and its affiliates, as directors, officers, members, managers, employees, partners,
stockholders or otherwise, and that the Administrator and directors, officers, members, managers, employees, partners and stockholders of the Administrator and its affiliates are or may become similarly interested in the Company as stockholders or
otherwise. 
 8. Duration and Termination of this Agreement 

(a) This Agreement shall become effective upon its execution and shall continue in effect until two years from the date hereof. Thereafter,
this Agreement shall continue in effect from year to year, provided its continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a) by vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Company or by vote of the Board,
and (b) by vote of a majority of the Independent Directors, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Company (either by vote of its Board of Directors or by vote of a “majority of the outstanding
voting securities” of the Company) may, at any time and without payment of any penalty, terminate this Agreement upon 60 days’ written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement shall automatically and immediately terminate in the event of its
“assignment.” The Adviser may terminate this Agreement without payment of any penalty on 60 days’ written notice to the Company. This Agreement shall become effective as of the first date above written. 

(b) Notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be entitled to any amounts owed under
Section 5 through the date of termination or expiration and Section 6 shall continue in force and effect and apply to the Administrator and all Indemnified Parties as and to the extent applicable. 

(c) This Agreement may not be assigned by a party without the consent of the other party; provided however, that the rights and
obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be assigned to a newly-formed entity in the event of the merger of the Company into, or conveyance of all of the assets of the Company to, such newly-formed entity;
provided further, however, that the sole purpose of that merger or conveyance is to effect a mere change in the Company’s legal form into another limited liability entity. 

  
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 9. Notices 

Any notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing, addressed and delivered to the party to this Agreement entitled to receive such
notice at such address as such party may designate in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when personally delivered, mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent by reliable overnight courier, or transmitted by electronic
facsimile or electronic mail to the principal office of the Administrator or the Company, as the case may be. 
 10. Non-waiver of Rights 

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver by the Company of any of its legal rights under applicable U.S. federal
securities laws or any other laws whose applicability is not permitted to be contractually waived. 
 11. Amendment 

This Agreement may be modified or amended only by a writing signed by the parties hereto, provided, however, that the parties shall not amend
this Agreement in a manner that is inconsistent with, or would result in a breach of, the LLC Agreement. 
 12. Governing Law 

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act. To the
extent applicable law of the State of California, or any of the provisions herein conflict with applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control. 

13. Sole Agreement 
 This Agreement
reflects the sole understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all agreements between the Company and the Administrator with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

14. Counterparts 
 This Agreement
may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

15. Severability 
 In the event
that any provision or portion of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions or portion of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full
force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement effective as of the date first
above written. 
  

			
	TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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