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EX-4.1

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April 5, 2013 

Form of Subscription Documents For 
 CARLYLE GMS FINANCE, INC. 

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 DIRECTIONS FOR THE COMPLETION 

OF THE SUBSCRIPTION DOCUMENTS 
 Prospective investors must complete the Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”), the Investor Questionnaire (the “Investor Questionnaire”) and any necessary attachments
(the Subscription Agreement, the Investor Questionnaire and all such attachments collectively, the “Subscription Documents”) contained in this package in the manner described below. Capitalized terms not defined herein are used as defined
in the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc., a Maryland Corporation (as amended from time to time). For purposes of these Subscription Documents, the “Investor” is the person or entity for whose account
the common stock is being purchased and that can satisfy the representations and warranties set forth in the Subscription Documents. Another person or entity with investment authority may execute the Subscription Documents on behalf of the Investor,
but should indicate the capacity in which it is doing so and the name of the Investor. 
 1. Subscription Agreement:

 (a) Each Investor should fill in the amount of the Capital Commitment, date, print the name of the Investor
and sign (and print name, capacity and title of signatory, if applicable) on page 22. 
 (b) Each Investor should
complete the acknowledgment form substantially in the form of Appendix F (making any changes to reflect the Investor’s circumstances). 
 2. Investor Questionnaire: 
 (a) In Section A, each Investor
should fill in its name, type of entity, address, tax identification or social security number, contact person(s), telephone and facsimile numbers, email address, and the other requested information. 

(b) Each Investor should check the box or boxes in Section B which are next to the category or categories under which the
Investor qualifies as an “accredited investor”. 
 (c) Each Investor that is an individual should
respond to the question in Section C. 
 (d) Each Investor that is an entity should provide the information and
respond to the questions in Section D. 
 (e) Each Investor should respond to the questions in Section E.

 (f) Each Investor should check the box or boxes in Section F that are next to the category or categories under
which the Investor qualifies as either a “qualified purchaser” or “knowledgeable employee.” 

(g) Each Investor should respond to the questions in Section G. 

  
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 (h) Each Investor should respond to the questions in Section H.

 (i) Print the name of the Investor and sign (and print name, capacity and title of signatory, if applicable)
on page 15 of the Investor Questionnaire. 
 3. Customer Identification Program — Documentation Requirements (if the
documentation may have previously been submitted, please contact the Company to confirm.) 
 (a) Formation:

 Organized entities, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and trusts: provide a
certificate of formation and formation agreement. 
 (b) Identification: 

Investors who are natural persons: provide a current (i.e. non-expired) copy of a government issued photo identification.

 Corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and trusts: provide a current (i.e. non-expired) copy of a
government issued photo identification of natural persons who ultimately, directly or indirectly, benefit from 10% or more of the proceeds of the entity or hold 10% or more of the control rights. 

Upon review of the above documents, the Company may require additional documentation in order to satisfy its requirements for Know Your
Customer and Anti-Money Laundering. 
 4. Tax Forms: 
 Each U.S. Investor is required to fill in and sign and date the attached Form W-9 and each non-U.S. investor is required to fill in and date the relevant Form(s) W-8 (W-8BEN, W-8IMY, W-8ECI or W-8EXP), as
applicable, in accordance with the instructions to such Form, and in the event that any applicable reduction or exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax is claimed, is required to provide all applicable attachments or addendums as required to
claim such exemption or reduction. 
 5. Evidence of Authorization: 

Each Investor must provide valid evidence of authorization, such as a list of authorized agents, and a current copy of a government issued
photo identification for the individual(s) authorized to sign the Subscription Documents. 
 For Corporations: 

Generally, Investors which are corporations must submit certified corporate resolutions authorizing the subscription and identifying the
corporate officer empowered to sign the Subscription Documents. 

  
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 For Partnerships: 

Partnerships must submit a certified copy of the partnership certificate (in the case of limited partnerships) or partnership agreement
identifying the general partners. 
 For Limited Liability Companies: 

Limited liability companies must submit a certified copy of the limited liability operating agreement or certificate of formation
identifying the manager or managing member, as applicable, empowered to sign the Subscription Documents. 
 For Trusts:

 Trusts must submit a copy of the trust agreement. 
 For Employee Benefit Plans: 
 Employee benefit plans must submit a certificate of
an appropriate officer certifying that the subscription has been authorized and identifying the individual empowered to sign the Subscription Documents. 
 6. Delivery of Subscription Documents: 
 Two (2) original completed and
executed copies of the Subscription Agreement and the Investor Questionnaire, together with the Form W-9 or W-8, (W-8BEN, W-8IMY, W-8ECI or W-8EXP), as applicable, the acknowledgment form and any required evidence of authorization, should be
delivered to the Company at the following address: 
 State Street Bank & Trust Co. 

Attn: Transfer Agency JHT1651 
 200 Clarendon Street 
 Boston, MA 02116 

In addition, please send (i) the completed and executed Subscription Agreement, (ii) the completed and executed Investor
Questionnaire, (iii) the completed and executed acknowledgment form, (iv) the completed Form W-9 or W-8 (W-8BEN, W-8IMY, W-8ECI or W-8EXP), as applicable, and (v) any required evidence of authorization to State Street by facsimile to
the attention of “Multi Client Operations”, at [—] as soon as possible. 
 Inquiries regarding subscription procedures (including if the Investor Questionnaire indicates that any Investor’s response to a question requires further information) should be directed to [—] or [—]@Carlyle.com. If the Investor’s subscription is accepted (in whole or in part) by the Company, a fully executed set of the Subscription
Documents will be returned to the Investor. 

  
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 7. Wire Instructions: 

In connection with an Investor’s investment, the Investor shall be required to contribute capital pursuant to Funding Notices (as
defined below). Upon receipt of a Funding Notice, payment shall be sent by wire transfer pursuant to the wire instructions set forth below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, wire instructions may change in the sole discretion of the Company. Therefore,
Investors should wire funds in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in any Funding Notice issued by the Company. To the extent there is any discrepancy in the wire instructions set forth below and the wire instructions set forth in a
Funding Notice, the wire instructions in such Funding Notice shall prevail. 
 Please wire funds to: 

 

			
	 Bank:
	  	[—]
	 ABA #:
	  	[—]
	 Account A/C:
	  	[—]
	 Bank A/C Name:
	  	Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc.
	 Notation:
	  	«InvestorName»

 Furthermore, Investors from time to time may be required to pay a Placement Fee (as defined below).
Upon receipt of a Placement Fee Funding Notice (as defined below), payment shall be sent by wire transfer pursuant to the instructions set forth in Appendix E. Notwithstanding the foregoing, wire instructions may change in the sole discretion of the
Company. Therefore, Investors should wire funds in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in any Placement Fee Funding Notice issued by the Company. To the extent there is any discrepancy in the wire instructions set forth below and the
wire instructions set forth in a Placement Fee Funding Notice, the wire instructions in such Placement Fee Funding Notice shall prevail. A Placement Fee Funding Notice may, in the discretion of the Company, be combined with a Funding Notice.

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 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT 
 Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. 
 c/o State Street Bank & Trust Co. 

One Lincoln Street 
 Boston, MA 02111 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 1.
Subscription. 
 (a) The undersigned (the “Investor”) subscribes for and agrees to purchase shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, (“Shares”) in Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. (“Carlyle GMS Finance” or the “Company”) with a capital commitment (“Capital Commitment”) in the amount set forth on the signature page
below. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that this subscription (i) is irrevocable on the part of the Investor, (ii) is conditioned upon acceptance by or on behalf of the Company, and (iii) may be accepted or rejected in whole or
in part by the Company in its sole discretion. The Investor agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Company’s Confidential Private Placement Memorandum, as amended, restated and/or supplemented from time to time (the
“Memorandum”), the Company’s Bylaws, substantially in the form attached hereto as Appendix A, as amended from time to time (the “Bylaws”), the Company’s Charter, substantially in the form attached hereto as Appendix B,
as amended from time to time (the “Charter”), the Investment Advisory Agreement with Carlyle GMS Investment Management L.L.C., our investment adviser (the “Adviser”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Appendix C, as
amended from time to time (the “Advisory Agreement”), the Administration Agreement between the Company and Carlyle GMS Finance Administration L.L.C., our administrator (the “Administrator”), substantially in the form attached
hereto as Appendix D, as amended from time to time (the “Administration Agreement,” and together with the Memorandum, the Bylaws, the Charter and the Advisory Agreement, the “Operative Documents”), together with this Subscription
Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”). Capitalized terms not defined herein are used as defined in the Memorandum. The Company expects to enter into separate Subscription Agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements,” and,
together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with other investors (the “Other Investors,” and together with the Investor, the “Investors”), providing for the sale of Shares to the Other
Investors. This Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements are separate agreements, and the sales of Shares to the undersigned and the Other Investors are separate sales. 

(b) The Investor agrees to purchase Shares for an aggregate purchase price equal to its Capital Commitment, payable at such times and in
such amounts as required by the Company, under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. On each Capital Drawdown Date (as defined below), the Investor agrees to purchase from the Company, and the Company agrees to issue to the
Investor, a number of Shares equal to the Drawdown Share Amount (as defined below) at an aggregate price equal to the Drawdown Purchase Price (as defined below); provided, however, that in no circumstance will an Investor be required to
purchase Shares for an amount in excess of its Unused Capital Commitment (as defined below). 

  
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 “Drawdown Purchase Price” shall mean, for each Capital Drawdown Date, an amount in U.S.
dollars determined by multiplying (i) the aggregate amount of Capital Commitments being drawn down by the Company from all Investors on that Capital Drawdown Date, by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Unused Capital Commitment
of the Investor and the denominator of which is the aggregate Unused Capital Commitments of all Investors that are not Defaulting Investors or Excluded Investors (as defined below). 
 “Drawdown Share Amount” shall mean, for each Capital Drawdown Date, a number of Shares determined by dividing (i) the Drawdown Purchase Price for that Capital Drawdown Date by (ii) the
applicable Per Share Price (as defined below), with the resulting quotient adjusted to the nearest whole number to avoid the issuance of fractional shares. 
 “Per Share NAV” shall mean, for any Capital Drawdown Date or Catch-Up Date (as defined below), the net asset value per Share, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors (including
any committee of the Board, the “Board”), as of the end of the most recent calendar quarter prior to the date of the Funding Notice (as defined below). 
 “Per Share Price” shall mean, for any Capital Drawdown Date or Catch-Up Date (as defined below), the Per Share NAV; provided, that the Per Share Price shall be subject to the limitations
of Section 23 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); provided further, however, in the event that the Per Share NAV is less than zero as of the first Capital Drawdown Date that occurs immediately
following the Initial Closing Date (as defined below), then solely for the purpose of such Capital Drawdown Date, the Per Share Price shall be deemed to equal $20.00. 
 “Unused Capital Commitment” shall mean, with respect to an Investor, the amount of such Investor’s Capital Commitment as of any date reduced by the aggregate amount of contributions made by
that Investor at all previous Capital Drawdown Dates and any Catch-Up Date pursuant to Section 1(b) and Section 2(c), respectively. 
 2. Closings. 
 (a) The initial closing of this
Subscription Agreement will take place on such date as determined by the Company at the offices of the Adviser, 520 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor, New York, New York (such date being the “Initial Closing Date,” and the date on which each subsequent
closing occurs, a “Subsequent Closing Date”, and each Subsequent Closing Date with the Initial Closing Date shall be referred to herein as the “Closing Date”). 

(b) The Investor agrees to provide any information reasonably requested by the Company to verify the accuracy of the representations
contained herein, including without limitation the investor questionnaire (the “Investor Questionnaire”). Promptly after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Investor or its representative, if the Investor’s subscription
has been accepted, a countersigned copy of this Subscription Agreement and other documents and instruments necessary to reflect the Investor’s status as an investor in the Company, including any documents and instruments to be delivered
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 (c) The Company may enter into Other Subscription Agreements with Other Investors on a
Subsequent Closing Date and any Other Investor whose subscription has been accepted at such Subsequent Closing Date referred to as a “Subsequent Investor.” Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1(b) and 3, on one or more dates to be
determined by the Company that occur on or following the Subsequent Closing Date but no later than the next succeeding Capital Drawdown Date (each, a “Catch-Up Date”), each Subsequent Investor shall be required to purchase from the Company
a number of Shares with an aggregate purchase price necessary to ensure that, upon payment of the aggregate purchase price for such Shares by the Subsequent Investor in the aggregate for all Catch-Up Dates, such Subsequent Investor’s Invested
Percentage (as defined below) shall be equal to the Invested Percentage of all prior Investors (other than any Defaulting Investors or Excluded Investors) (the “Catch-Up Purchase Price”). Upon payment of the Catch-Up Purchase Price by the
Investor on a Catch-Up Date and payment by Other Investors of the requisite amount, the Company shall issue to each such Subsequent Investor a number of Shares determined by dividing (x) the Catch-Up Purchase Price for such Subsequent Investor
minus the Organizational Expense Allocation (as defined below) by (y) the Per Share Price for such Subsequent Investor as of a Catch-Up Date. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Catch-Up Date and a Capital Drawdown Date
occur on the same calendar day, such Catch-Up Date (and the application of the provisions of this Section 2(c)) shall be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to the relevant Capital Drawdown Date. 

“Invested Percentage” means, with respect to an Investor, the quotient determined by dividing (i) the aggregate amount of contributions
made by such Investor pursuant to Section 1(b) and this Section 2(c) by (ii) such Investor’s Capital Commitment. 

“Organizational Expense Allocation” means, with respect to an Investor, the product obtained by multiplying (i) a fraction, the numerator
of which is such Investor’s Capital Commitment and the denominator of which is the total Capital Commitments received by the Company to date by (ii) the lesser of (a) a dollar amount equal to one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000) or (b) the total amount of organizational expenses spent by the Company in connection with the Company’s formation. 
 (d) At each Capital Drawdown Date following any Subsequent Closing Date, all Investors, including Subsequent Investors, shall purchase Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(b);
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the definitions of Drawdown Share Amount and Per Share Price and the provisions of Section 3(b), nothing in this Subscription Agreement shall prohibit the Company from issuing Shares
to Subsequent Investors whose subscriptions are accepted after the Closing Date at a Per Share Price greater than the Per Share NAV at the time of issuance. 
 (e) In the event that any Investor is permitted by the Company to make an additional capital commitment to purchase Shares on a date after its initial subscription has been accepted, such Investor will be
required to enter into a separate Subscription Agreement with the Company, it being understood and agreed that such separate Subscription Agreement will be considered to be an Other Subscription Agreement for the purposes of this Subscription
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 3. Capital Drawdowns. 

(a) Subject to Section 3(f), purchases of Shares will take place on dates selected by the Company in its sole discretion (each, a
“Capital Drawdown Date”) and shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(b). 
 (b) The Company
shall deliver to the Investor, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to each Capital Drawdown Date, a notice (a “Funding Notice”) setting forth (i) the Capital Drawdown Date, (ii) the nature of the proposed investment(s) for
which capital is being drawn down, (iii) the aggregate number of Shares to be sold to all Investors on the Capital Drawdown Date and the aggregate purchase price for such Shares, (iv) the applicable Drawdown Share Amount, Drawdown Purchase
Price and Per Share Price and (v) the account to which the Drawdown Purchase Price should be wired. For the purposes of this Subscription Agreement, the term “Business Day” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 14d-1(g)(3)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). 
 (c) The delivery of a Funding Notice to the
Investor shall be the sole and exclusive condition to the Investor’s obligation to pay the Drawdown Share Purchase Price identified in each Funding Notice, and shall represent the Company’s acceptance of the Investor’s irrevocable and
ongoing offer to purchase Shares. 
 (d) On each Capital Drawdown Date, the Investor shall pay the Drawdown Purchase Price to
the Company by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars to the account specified in the Funding Notice. 
 (e) State Street Bank and Trust Company will act as transfer agent and registrar for the Shares (the “Transfer Agent”), unless and until, either the Company or the Transfer Agent decides to
terminate the agreement between the parties. 
 (f) At the earlier of (i) the date of a Qualified IPO (as defined below),
if any, and (ii) the fifth anniversary of the Initial Closing Date (the period ending on such date being the “Commitment Period”), any Unused Capital Commitment (other than any Defaulted Commitment (as defined below)) shall
automatically be reduced to zero, except to the extent necessary to pay amounts due under Funding Notices that the Company may thereafter issue to: (a) pay Company expenses, including management fees, any amounts that may become due under any
borrowings or other financings or similar obligations and any other liabilities, contingent or otherwise, in each case to the extent they relate to the Commitment Period, (b) complete investments in any transactions for which there are binding
written agreements as of the end of the Commitment Period (including investments that are funded in phases), (c) fund follow-on investments made in existing portfolio companies within three (3) years from the end of the Commitment Period
that, in the aggregate, do not exceed five percent (5%) of total Capital Commitments, (d) fund obligations under any Company guarantee or indemnity made during the Commitment Period and (e) fulfill obligations with respect to any
Defaulted Commitment. Furthermore, the Investor will still be subject to any Placement Fees (as defined below) due under any Placement Fee Funding Notices (as defined below). A “Qualified IPO” shall mean an initial public offering of the
Company’s common stock that results in an unaffiliated public float of at least 15% of the aggregate Capital Commitments received prior to the date of such initial public offering. 

  
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 (g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Subscription Agreement,
the Company shall have the right (a “Limited Exclusion Right”) to exclude any Investor (such Investor, an “Excluded Investor”) from purchasing Shares from the Company on any Capital Drawdown date if, in the reasonable discretion
of the Company, there is a substantial likelihood that such Investor’s purchase of Shares at such time would (i) result in a violation of, or noncompliance with, any law or regulation to which such Investor, the Company, the Adviser, any
Other Investor or a portfolio company would be subject or (ii) cause the investments of “Benefit Plan Investors” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”) and certain Department of Labor regulations) to be significant and the assets of the Company to be considered “plan assets” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”). 
 (h) Pursuant to a placement agent agreement (“Placement Agreement”) by and between the Company
and TCG Securities, L.L.C. (“TCG Securities”), certain Investors will be required to pay a placement fee (a “Placement Fee”) directly to TCG Securities (or as otherwise set forth in the Placement Fee Funding Notice), equal to
amounts as set forth in Appendix E, provided that the Placement Fee will be waived for certain Investors, including Investors that Company determines, in its sole discretion, to have been sourced by the Company, the Adviser, TCG Securities or their
respective affiliates. Separate agreements with other broker-dealers may be entered into for their assistance in sourcing qualified investors. TCG Securities will pay fees to these other brokers, which may include some or all of the Placement Fees
paid to TCG Securities by the Investors sourced by that broker-dealer. Investors sourced by other broker-dealers may be charged a fee, in addition to the Placement Fee, by that broker of up to 2% of the Investors’ Capital Commitment, in the
discretion of that broker. Investors are required to acknowledge such Placement Fee by signing a disclosure and acknowledgement substantially in the form of Appendix F. At the time such Placement Fee is due (the “Placement Fee Drawdown
Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Investor, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Placement Fee Drawdown Date, a notice (a “Placement Fee Funding Notice”) setting forth the Placement Fee Drawdown Date, the amount of
the Placement Fee being drawn down and the account to which the Placement Fee should be wired. The delivery of a Placement Fee Funding Notice shall be the sole and exclusive condition to the Investor’s obligation to pay the Placement Fee
identified in the Placement Fee Funding Notice. On each Placement Fee Drawdown Date, the Investor shall pay the Placement Fee to TCG Securities (or as otherwise set forth in the Placement Fee Funding Notice) by bank wire transfer in immediately
available funds in U.S. dollars to the account specified in the Placement Fee Funding Notice. 
 4. Pledging. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor specifically agrees and consents that the Company may, at any time, and without further notice to or consent from the Investor (except to the extent otherwise provided in this Subscription
Agreement), grant security over and, in connection therewith, Transfer (as defined in Section 8(d)) its right to draw down capital from the Investor pursuant to Section 3, and the Company’s right to receive the Drawdown Share Purchase
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surety of the Company; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any such grantee’s right to draw down capital shall be subject to the limitations on the Company’s right to
draw down capital pursuant to Section 3. 
 5. Dividends; Dividend Reinvestment Program.  

(a) As described more fully in the Memorandum, the Company generally intends to distribute, out of assets legally available for
distribution, substantially all of its available earnings, on a quarterly basis, subject to the discretion of the Board. Prior to the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, the Company will adopt a plan in which the Company will reinvest all cash dividends
declared by the Board on behalf of Investors who do not elect to receive their dividends in cash, crediting to each such Investor a number of Shares equal to: (i) prior to a Qualified IPO, the quotient determined by dividing the cash value of
the dividend or distribution payable to such Investor by the net asset value per Share determined as of the valuation date fixed by the Board for such dividend (each, a “Valuation Date”), and (ii) after a Qualified IPO, (x) if
such plan is implemented through the issuance of newly issued shares, the quotient determined by dividing the cash value of the dividend or distribution payable to such Investor by the market price per Share on the relevant Valuation Date or
(y) if such plan is implemented through the purchase of existing Shares, the quotient determined by dividing the cash value of the dividend or distribution payable to such Investor by the average purchase price per Share of all Shares purchased
with respect to that dividend or distribution. The Investor may elect to receive any or all such dividends in cash by notifying the plan administrator, State Street Bank and Trust Co., or, in the case of Investors whose shares are held by a broker
or other financial intermediary, such broker or other financial intermediary, writing no later than 10 days prior to the record date for the first dividend that the Investor wishes to receive in that form. The Investor and the Company agree and
acknowledge that any dividends received by the Investor or reinvested by the Company on the Investor’s behalf shall have no effect on the amount of the Investor’s Unfunded Commitment. 

(b) The Company represents and warrants that it shall not make any in-kind distributions consisting of securities that are not Marketable
Securities or common stock of the Company except in connection with liquidation distributions conducted in connection with the dissolution of the Company in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law. “Marketable Securities”
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 6. Remedies Upon Investor Capital Drawdown Default. In the
event that an Investor fails to pay all or any portion of the purchase price due from such Investor on any Capital Drawdown Date (such amount, together with the full amount of such Investor’s remaining Capital Commitment, a “Defaulted
Commitment”) and such default remains uncured for a period of ten (10) Business Days, the Company shall be permitted to declare such Investor to be in default of its obligations under this Subscription Agreement (any such Investor, a
“Defaulting Investor”) and shall be permitted to pursue one or any combination of the following remedies: 
 (a) The
Company may prohibit the Defaulting Investor from purchasing additional Shares on any future Capital Drawdown Date or otherwise participating in any future investments in the Company; 

(b) Fifty percent (50%) of the Shares then held by the Defaulting Investor shall be automatically transferred on the books of the
Company, without any further action being required on the part of the Company or the Defaulting Investor, to the Other Investors (other than any defaulting Other Investor), pro rata in accordance with their respective Capital Commitments;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Subscription Agreement, no Shares shall be transferred to any Other Investor pursuant to this Section 6(b) in the event that such Transfer (as defined in
Section 8(d)) would (x) violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), 1940 Act or any state (or other jurisdiction) securities or “Blue Sky” laws applicable to the Company or such Transfer (as defined
in Section 8(d)), (y) constitute a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (z) cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan
assets” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (it being understood that this proviso shall operate only to extent necessary to avoid the occurrence of the consequences contemplated herein and shall not prevent the Investor from receiving
a partial allocation of its pro rata portion of Shares); provided further, that any Shares that have not been transferred to one or more Other Investors pursuant to the previous proviso shall be allocated among the participating Other
Investors pro rata in accordance with their respective Capital Commitments. The mechanism described in this Section 6(b) is intended to operate as a liquidated damage provision, since the damage to the Company and Other Investors
resulting from a default by the Defaulting Investor is both significant and not easily susceptible to precise quantification. By entry into this Subscription Agreement, the Investor agrees to this Transfer (as defined in Section 8(d)) and
acknowledges that it constitutes a reasonable liquidated damage remedy for any default in the Investor’s obligation of the type described; and 
 (c) The Company may pursue any other remedies against the Defaulting Investor available to the Company, subject to applicable law. The Investor agrees that this Section 6 is solely for the benefit of
the Company and shall be interpreted by the Company against a Defaulting Investor in the discretion of the Company. The Investor further agrees that the Investor cannot and will not seek to enforce this Section 6 against the Company or any
other investor in the Company. 
 7. Remedies Upon Investor Placement Fee Default. (a) In the event that an Investor
fails to pay all or any portion of the Placement Fee (a “Placement Fee Default”) due from such Investor on any Placement Fee Drawdown Date (the defaulted amount being the “Defaulted Placement Fee Amount”) and such Placement Fee
Default remains uncured for a period of ten (10) Business Days, the Company shall be permitted to declare such Investor to be in default of its obligations under this Subscription Agreement (any such Investor, a “Placement Fee Defaulting
Investor”) and shall be permitted to prohibit the Placement Fee Defaulting Investor from purchasing additional Shares on any future Capital Drawdown Date. 
 (b) In addition, the Investor acknowledges that in the event of a Placement Fee Default, TCG Securities may transfer a number of Shares equal to the quotient of the Defaulted Placement Fee Amount divided
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the Board) then held by the Placement Fee Defaulting Investor to TCG Securities, without any further action being required on the part of the Company or the Placement Fee Defaulting Investor;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Subscription Agreement, no Shares shall be transferred to TCG Securities pursuant to this Section 7(b) in the event that such Transfer (as defined in
Section 8(d)) would (x) violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), 1940 Act or any state (or other jurisdiction) securities or “Blue Sky” laws applicable to the Company or such Transfer (as defined
in Section 8(d)), (y) constitute a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or (z) cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan
assets” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (it being understood that this proviso shall operate only to extent necessary to avoid the occurrence of the consequences contemplated herein and shall not prevent the TCG Securities from
receiving a partial allocation of Shares). By entry into this Subscription Agreement, the Investor agrees to this Transfer (as defined in Section 8(d)) and acknowledges that it constitutes a reasonable liquidated damage remedy for any default
in the Investor’s obligation of the type described. 
 (c) Nothing in this Subscription Agreement shall be construed as
limiting the rights of TCG Securities in the event of a Placement Fee Default, and TCG Securities may pursue any other remedies against any Placement Fee Defaulting Investor available to TCG Securities, subject to applicable law. The Investor agrees
that this Section 7 is solely for the benefit of the Company and shall be interpreted by the Company against a Placement Fee Defaulting Investor in the discretion of the Company. The Investor further agrees that the Investor cannot and will not
seek to enforce this Section 7 against the Company, TCG Securities or any other investor in the Company. 
 8.
Representations and Warranties of the Investor. To induce the Company to accept this subscription, the Investor represents and warrants as follows: 
 (a) This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Investor and, upon due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, will constitute the valid and legally
binding agreement of the Investor enforceable in accordance with its terms against the Investor, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies, as from time to time in effect; (ii) application of equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); and (iii) considerations of public policy or the effect of applicable law relating to fiduciary duties. 
 (b) The Shares to be acquired hereunder are being acquired by the Investor for the Investor’s own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to resale or distribution. 

(c) The Investor understands that the Company intends to file elections to be treated as (i) a business development company under
the 1940 Act and (ii) a regulated investment company within the meaning of Section 851 of the Code, for U.S. federal income tax purposes; pursuant to those elections, the Investor will be required to furnish certain information to the
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Investor is unable or refuses to provide such information directly to the Company, the Investor understands that it will be required to include additional information on its income tax return as
provided in Treasury Regulation § 1.852-7. The Company has filed a registration statement on Form 10 (the “Form 10 Registration Statement”) for its common stock with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
under the 1934 Act. The Form 10 Registration Statement is not the offering document pursuant to which the Company is conducting this offering and may not include all information regarding the Company contained in this Memorandum; accordingly,
Investors should rely exclusively on information contained in the Operative Documents in making their investment decisions. 

(d)(i) The Investor understands that the offering and sale of the Shares are intended to be exempt from registration under the 1933 Act,
applicable U.S. state securities laws and the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdictions by virtue of the private placement exemption from registration provided in Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act, exemptions under applicable U.S. state securities laws and
exemptions under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdictions, and it agrees that any Shares acquired by the Investor may not be sold, offered for sale, exchanged, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of (each, a
“Transfer”) in any manner that would require the Company to register the Shares under the 1933 Act, under any U.S. state securities laws or under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdictions. The Investor understands that the Company requires
each investor in the Company to be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the 1933 Act (“Accredited Investor”) and the Investor represents and warrants that it is an Accredited Investor. 

(ii) The Investor understands that the offering and sale of the Shares in non-U.S. jurisdictions may be subject to
additional restrictions and limitations, and represents and warrants that it is acquiring its Shares in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and other legal requirements applicable to the Investor including, without limitation,
the legal requirements of jurisdictions in which the Investor is resident and in which such acquisition is being consummated. Furthermore, the Investor understands that all offerings and sales made outside of the United States will be made pursuant
to Regulation S under the 1933 Act. 
 (e)(i) The Investor may not Transfer its Capital Commitment or, prior to a Qualified IPO,
any of its Shares unless (a) the Company provides its prior written consent, (b) the Transfer is made in accordance with applicable securities laws and (c) the Transfer is otherwise in compliance with the transfer restrictions set
forth in Appendix G. No Transfer will be effectuated except by registration of the Transfer on the Company books. Each transferee must agree to be bound by these restrictions and all other obligations as an investor in the Company. Following a
Qualified IPO, the Investor will be restricted from selling or disposing of its Shares by applicable securities laws, contractually by a lock-up agreement with the underwriters of the Qualified IPO or a Secondary Offering (as defined in Appendix H),
and pursuant to the terms of this Subscription Agreement. 
 (ii) The Investor acknowledges that the Investor is
aware and understands that there are other substantial restrictions on the transferability of Shares or Capital Commitment under this Subscription Agreement, the Operative Documents and under applicable law including, but not limited to, the fact
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market for the Shares and it is possible that no public market for the Shares will develop; (b) the Shares are not currently, and Investors have no rights prior to a Qualified IPO to require
that the Shares be, registered under the 1933 Act or the securities laws of the various states or any non-U.S. jurisdiction and therefore cannot be Transferred unless subsequently registered or unless an exemption from such registration is
available; and (c) the Investor may have to hold the Shares herein subscribed for and bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely, and it may not be possible for the Investor to liquidate its investment in the Company. 

(f) The Investor acknowledges and understands that for a period beginning on the date of the completion of a Qualified IPO and continuing
to and including the earlier of (i) 180 days after the closing of the final Secondary Offering provided for pursuant to Appendix H hereof or (ii) the second anniversary of the completion of the Qualified IPO, the Investor will not, without
the prior written consent of the Company, (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in
the filing of) a registration statement with the SEC in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to, any Shares of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock, or warrants or other rights to purchase Shares, (ii) enter into any
swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Shares, or warrants or other rights to purchase
Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or
(ii) (collectively, “Prohibited Activities”). 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investor may, without any
further action on the part of the Company (but subject to any underwriters’ lock-up or other contractual restriction the Investor may be a party to pursuant to Appendix H or otherwise), beginning on the date that is 180 calendar days after the
Qualified IPO, Transfer Shares in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act (pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise), provided that aggregate proceeds from such sales (a) may not exceed 10% of the Investor’s Capital
Commitment prior to the first anniversary of the completion of the Qualified IPO and (b) may not exceed 20% of the Investor’s Capital Commitment during the period beginning on the first anniversary of the completion of the Qualified IPO
and ending on the second anniversary of the completion of the Qualified IPO. In addition, the Investor shall have the registration and resale rights set forth in Appendix H, which rights are in addition to those granted in the preceding sentence.

 (g) The Investor has been furnished and has carefully read this Subscription Agreement, each Operative Document, in each case
as amended, restated and/or supplemented through the closing date of the Investor’s subscription for Shares, a current copy of the Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures of the Adviser and, to the extent the Investor is a natural person, a
current copy of the Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. Privacy Notice. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares, is able to bear the
risks of an investment in the Shares and understands the risks of, and other considerations relating to, a purchase of Shares, including the matters set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Memorandum. 

  
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 (h) To the full satisfaction of the Investor, the Investor has been furnished any
materials the Investor has requested relating to the Company, the offering of Shares or any statement made in the Memorandum, and the Investor has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of representatives of the Company concerning the terms
and conditions of the offering and to obtain any additional information necessary to verify the accuracy of any representations or information set forth in the Memorandum. 
 (i) Other than as set forth in this Subscription Agreement, the Operative Documents and any separate agreement in writing with the Company executed in conjunction with the Investor’s subscription for
Shares, the Investor is not relying upon any other information (including, without limitation, any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, website or similar media or broadcast over television or
radio, and any seminars or meetings whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or advertising), representation or warranty by the Company, its Adviser or any affiliate of the foregoing or any agent of them, written or otherwise,
in determining to invest in the Company and the Investor understands that the Memorandum is not intended to convey tax or legal advice. The Investor has consulted to the extent deemed appropriate by the Investor with the Investor’s own advisers
as to the financial, tax, legal, accounting, regulatory and related matters concerning an investment in Shares and on that basis understands the financial, tax, legal, accounting, regulatory and related consequences of an investment in Shares, and
believes that an investment in the Shares is suitable and appropriate for the Investor. 
 (j) If the Investor is not a natural
person, (i) the Investor was not formed or recapitalized for the specific purpose of acquiring any Shares in the Company, (ii) the Investor has the power and authority to enter into this Subscription Agreement and each other document
required to be executed and delivered by the Investor in connection with this subscription for Shares, and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (iii) the person
signing this Subscription Agreement on behalf of the Investor has been duly authorized to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and each other document required to be executed and delivered by the Investor in connection with this
subscription for Shares. If the Investor is a natural person, the Investor has all requisite legal capacity to acquire and hold the Shares and to execute, deliver and comply with the terms of each of the documents required to be executed and
delivered by the Investor in connection with this subscription for Shares. The execution and delivery by the Investor of, and compliance by the Investor with, this Subscription Agreement and each other document required to be executed and delivered
by the Investor in connection with this subscription for Shares does not violate, represent a breach of, or constitute a default under, any instruments governing the Investor, any law, regulation or order, or any agreement to which the Investor is a
party or by which the Investor is bound. 
 (k) The Investor: (i) is not registered or required to be registered as an
investment company under the 1940 Act; (ii) has not elected to be regulated as a business development company under the 1940 Act; and (iii) either (A) is not relying on the exception from the definition of “investment
company” under the 1940 Act set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) thereunder or (B) is otherwise permitted to acquire and hold more than 3% of the outstanding voting securities of a business development company. 

  
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 (l) The Investor understands that the Company will not initially be registered as an
investment company under the 1940 Act in reliance upon an exemption from registration provided by Section 3(c)(7) thereunder, and it agrees that, until such time that the Company registers as an investment company under the 1940 Act, any Shares
acquired by the Subscriber may not be Transferred in any manner that would require the Company to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act. The Investor understands that the Company will initially rely upon an exemption from registration
which requires each Investor to be either a “qualified purchaser” as defined in Section 2(a)(51)(A) of the 1940 Act (a “Qualified Purchaser”) or a “knowledgeable employee” as defined in Rule 3c-5 under the 1940 Act
(a “Knowledgeable Employee”), and the Subscriber represents and warrants that it is a Qualified Purchaser or Knowledgeable Employee. 
 (m) Representations for Non-U.S. Persons. 
 (i) If the
Investor is not a “United States Person,” as defined below (a “non-U.S. Person”), the Investor has heretofore notified the Company in writing of such status. For this purpose, “United States Person” means a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income
taxation regardless of its source, or any trust (i) the administration of which may be subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and (ii) the authority to control all of the substantial decisions of which is held by one or more
U.S. persons. 
 (ii) The Investor will notify the Company immediately if the Investor becomes a United States
Person. 
 (iii) The Investor is acquiring the Shares for its own account for investment purposes only and is not
subscribing on behalf of or funding its commitment with funds obtained from a United States Person. 
 (iv)
Except for offers and sales to discretionary or similar accounts held for the benefit or account of a non-U.S. Person by a U.S. dealer or other professional fiduciary, all offers to sell and offers to buy the Interest were made to or by the Investor
while the Investor was outside the United States and at the time the Investor’s order to buy the Shares originated (and at the time this Subscription Agreement was executed by the Investor) the Investor was outside the United States.

 (n) If the Investor is, or is acting (directly or indirectly) on behalf of, a “Plan” (defined below) which is
subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or any provisions of any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to those provisions contained in such portions of ERISA or the Code
(collectively, “Other Plan Laws”): (1) the decision to invest in the Company was made by a fiduciary (within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, or as defined under applicable Other

  
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Plan Laws) (a “Fiduciary”) of the Plan which is unrelated to the Adviser or any of its employees, representatives or affiliates and which is duly authorized to make such an investment
decision on behalf of the Plan (the “Plan Fiduciary”); (2) the Plan Fiduciary has taken into consideration its fiduciary duties under ERISA or any applicable Other Plan Law, including the diversification requirements of
Section 404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA (if applicable), in authorizing the Plan’s investment in the Company, and has concluded that such investment is prudent; (3) the Plan’s subscription to invest in the Company and the purchase of
Shares contemplated hereby is in accordance with the terms of the Plan’s governing instruments and complies with all applicable requirements of ERISA, the Code and all applicable Other Plan Laws and does not constitute a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a similar violation under any applicable Other Plan Laws; and (4) the Plan Fiduciary acknowledges and agrees that neither the Adviser nor any of its employees, representatives or
affiliates will be a fiduciary with respect to the Plan as a result of the Plan’s investment in the Company, pursuant to the provisions of ERISA or any applicable Other Plan Laws, or otherwise, and the Plan Fiduciary has not relied on, and is
not relying on, the investment advice of any such person with respect to the Plan’s investment in the Company. “Plan” includes (i) an employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not such
plan is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan, individual retirement account or other arrangement that is described in Section 4975 of the Code, whether or not such plan, individual retirement account or other arrangement is subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an insurance company using general account assets, if such general account assets are deemed to include the assets of any of the foregoing types of plans, accounts or arrangements for purposes of Title I of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code under Section 401(c)(1)(A) of ERISA or the regulations promulgated thereunder and (iv) an entity which is deemed to hold the assets of any of the foregoing types of plans, accounts or arrangements,
pursuant to ERISA or otherwise. 
 (o) The Investor agrees to notify the Company in writing in the event (i) the Investor
either becomes or ceases to be a “benefit plan investor” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA, as modified by 29 CFR 2510.3-101(f)(2) or under any Other Plan Law (a “Benefit Plan Investor”), (ii) the Investor
reasonably expects that the Investor will become or cease to be a Benefit Plan Investor, or (iii) if the Investor is an entity that is deemed to hold the assets of any of Plan pursuant to ERISA or any Other Plan Law, the percentage of such
Investor’s assets attributable to Plans either increases or decreases. The Investor also agrees to, within 15 business days of the receipt of a written request from the Company, provide a written update to the Company with regard to any of the
foregoing. If the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that so doing would be useful in ensuring that equity participation in the Company is not significant within the meaning of 29 CFR 2510.3-101(f), the Company may require any Benefit Plan
Investor to transfer some or all of its common stock for fair market value (as determined by the Company in its sole discretion) to an Investor other than a Benefit Plan Investor (whether an existing Investor or a new Investor). The Investor shall
have no claim against the Company, the Administrator, the Manager or any of their respective affiliates for any form of damages or liability as a result of any such transfer. 
 (q) If the investment in the Shares is being made on behalf of an employee benefit plan maintained outside of the United States primarily for the benefit of persons substantially all of whom are
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there is no provision in the instruments governing such plan or any federal, state or local or foreign law, rule, regulation or constitutional provision applicable to the plan that could in any
respect affect the operation of the Company, including operations of the Adviser as contemplated by the Advisory Agreement, or prohibit any action contemplated by the Operative Documents and related disclosure of the Company, including, without
limitation, the investments which may be made pursuant to the Company’s investment strategies, the concentration of investments for the Company and the payment by the plan of incentive or other fees, and (ii) the plan’s investment in
the Company will not conflict with or violate the instruments governing such plan or any federal, state or local or foreign law, rule, regulation or constitutional provision applicable to the plan. 

(r) The Investor was offered the Shares through private negotiations, not through any general solicitation or general advertising, and in
the state listed in the Investor’s permanent address set forth in the Investor Questionnaire. 
 (s)(i) Neither the
Investor, nor any of its affiliates or beneficial owners, (A) appears on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), nor are they
otherwise a party with which any entity is prohibited to deal under the laws of the United States, or (B) is a person identified as a terrorist organization on any other relevant lists maintained by governmental authorities. The Investor
further represents and warrants that the monies used to fund the investment in the Shares are not derived from, invested for the benefit of, or related in any way to, the governments of, or persons within, any country (1) under a U.S. embargo
enforced by OFAC, (2) that has been designated as a “non-cooperative country or territory” by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering or (3) that has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury as a
“primary money laundering concern.” The Investor further represents and warrants that the Investor: (I) has conducted thorough due diligence with respect to all of its beneficial owners, (II) has established the identities of all
beneficial owners and the source of each of the beneficial owner’s funds and (III) will retain evidence of any such identities, any such source of funds and any such due diligence. Pursuant to anti-money laundering laws and regulations, the
Company may be required to collect documentation verifying the Investor’s identity and the source of funds used to acquire an Interest before, and from time to time after, acceptance by the Company of this Subscription Agreement. The Investor
further represents and warrants that the Investor does not know or have any reason to suspect that (x) the monies used to fund the Investor’s investment in the Shares have been or will be derived from or related to any illegal activities,
including, but not limited to, money laundering activities, and (y) the proceeds from the Investor’s investment in the Shares will be used to finance any illegal activities. 

(ii) The Investor will provide to the Company at any time such information as the Company determines to be necessary or
appropriate (A) to comply with the anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction and (B) to respond to requests for information concerning the identity of Investors from any governmental authority,
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 (iii) To comply with applicable U.S. anti-money laundering laws and
regulations, all payments and contributions by the Investor to the Company and all payments and distributions to the Investor from the Company will only be made in the Investor’s name and to and from a bank account of a bank based or
incorporated in or formed under the laws of the United States or that is regulated in and either based or incorporated in or formed under the laws of the United States and that is not a “foreign shell bank” within the meaning of the U.S.
Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. § 5311 et seq.), as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time. 

(iv) The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 8(s) shall be deemed repeated and reaffirmed by the
Investor to the Company as of each date that the Investor is required to make a capital contribution to, or receives a distribution from, the Company. If at any time during the term of the Company, the representations and warranties set forth in
this Section 8(s) cease to be true, the Investor shall promptly so notify the Company in writing. 
 (v) The
Investor understands and agrees that the Company may not accept any amounts from a prospective Investor if such prospective Investor cannot make the representations set forth in this Section 8(s). 

(t) In the event that the Investor is, receives deposits from, makes payments to or conducts transactions relating to, a non-U.S. banking
institution (a “Non-U.S. Bank”) in connection with the Investor’s investment in Shares, such Non-U.S. Bank: (i) has a fixed address, other than an electronic address or a post office box, in a country in which it is authorized to
conduct banking activities, (ii) employs one or more individuals on a full-time basis, (iii) maintains operating records related to its banking activities, (iv) is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed it to
conduct banking activities and (v) does not provide banking services to any other Non-U.S. Bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not a registered affiliate. The Investor agrees and acknowledges that, among other
remedial measures, (A) in order to comply with governmental regulations and/or if the Company determines in its sole discretion that such action is in the best interests of the Company, the Company may “freeze the account” of the
Investor, either by prohibiting additional investments by the Investor, segregating assets of the Investor and/or suspending other rights the Investor may have under the Operative Documents and (B) the Company may be required to report such
action or confidential information relating to the Investor (including without limitation, disclosing the Investor’s identity) to regulatory authorities. 
 (u) The Investor acknowledges that, in order to comply with the provisions of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) and avoid the imposition of U.S. federal withholding tax, the
Company may, from time to time, require further information and/or documentation from the Investor and, if and to the extent required under FATCA, the Investor’s direct and indirect beneficial owners (if any), relating to or
establishing any such owner’s identity, residence (or jurisdiction of formation), income tax status, and other required information and may provide or disclose such information and documentation to the U.S. Internal Revenue
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Company sufficient for the Company to comply with its obligations under FATCA. The Investor acknowledges that, if the Investor does not provide the requested information and documentation,
the Company may, at its sole option and in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity, prohibit additional investments, decline or delay any redemption requests by the Investor and/or deduct from such Investor’s account and
retain amounts sufficient to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from any and all withholding taxes, interest, penalties and other losses or liabilities suffered by the Company on account of the Investor’s not providing all requested
information and documentation in a timely manner. The Investor shall have no claim against the Company, the Administrator, the Adviser or any of their respective affiliates for any form of damages or liability as a result of any of the
aforementioned actions. 
 (v) The Investor acknowledges that the Company intends to enter into one or more revolving credit
facilities with one or more syndicates of banks or to incur indebtedness in lieu of or in advance of Capital Contributions. In connection therewith, each Investor hereby agrees to cooperate with the Company and provide financial information and
other documentation reasonably and customarily required to obtain such facilities. 
 (w) None of the information concerning the
Investor nor any statement, certification, representation or warranty made by the Investor in this Subscription Agreement or in any document required to be provided under this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the Investor
Questionnaire and any forms W-9 or W-8 (W-8BEN, W-8IMY, W-8ECI or W-8EXP), as applicable, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein or herein not
misleading. 
 (x) The Investor agrees that the foregoing certifications, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
shall survive the acceptance of this Subscription Agreement, each Capital Drawdown Date and the dissolution of the Company, without limitation as to time. Without limiting the foregoing, the Investor agrees to give the Company prompt written notice
in the event that any statement, certification, representation or warranty of the Investor contained in this Section 8 or any information provided by the Investor herein or in any document required to be provided under this Subscription
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Investor Questionnaire and any forms W-9 or W-8 (W-8BEN, W-8IMY, W-8ECI or W-8EXP), as applicable, ceases to be true at any time following the date hereof. 

(y) The Investor agrees to provide such information and execute and deliver such documents as the Company may reasonably request to
verify the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties herein or to comply with any law or regulation to which the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator or a portfolio company may be subject. 

(z) The execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement by the Investor do not and will not result in a breach of any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease or other agreement, or any license, permit, franchise or
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properties are subject, or require any authorization or approval under or pursuant to any of the foregoing, violate the organizational documents of the Investor, or violate any statute,
regulation, law, order, writ, injunction or decree to which the Investor is subject. The Investor has obtained all authorizations, consents, approvals and clearances of all courts, governmental agencies and authorities and such other persons, if
any, required to permit the Investor to enter into this Subscription Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. 
 9. Dividend Reinvestment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in Section 5, in the event that the Investor has not otherwise elected to receive its dividends in cash and the
reinvestment of any dividend (or any portion thereof) on behalf of the Investor would cause the Investor to hold in aggregate more than three percent (3%) of the outstanding Shares, the Investor shall be deemed to have elected to receive such
dividend (or any portion thereof) in cash (but only to the extent necessary to avoid the occurrence of the foregoing consequence). 
 10. Public Pension Fund Reform Code of Conduct. If the Investor is a retirement plan established or maintained for its employees (current or former) by the Government of the United States, the
government of any State or political subdivision thereof, or by any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (a “Government Plan”), then: 
 (a) the Company certifies to such Government Plan that, as of the date hereof, all provisions of the Public Pension Fund Reform Code of Conduct adopted by The Carlyle Group, predecessor to The Carlyle
Group L.P. (“Carlyle”), on May 14, 2009 (as such Code may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Code of Conduct”) are in full force and effect and that Carlyle, after making such inquiries as are
required by the Code of Conduct, is in compliance therewith and will continue to remain in compliance with Paragraph 3 thereof throughout the term of the Company; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Government Plan acknowledges that
Paragraphs 19 through 23 of the Code of Conduct are inapplicable to the Company and that conflicts of interest matters are addressed in the Memorandum, as contemplated by Paragraph 24 of the Code of Conduct; 

(b) the Government Plan acknowledges and agrees pursuant to Paragraph 15 of the Code of Conduct that confidential or sensitive
information about the Government Plan may be disclosed in connection with the activities of the Company; 
 (c) the Government
Plan acknowledges that (i) the disclosures made by Carlyle pursuant to the Code of Conduct are made available for review on the Company’s website; (ii) such disclosures will be updated regularly and will remain available for review on
such website; and (iii) a copy of the Code of Conduct is available upon request; 
 (d) notwithstanding Section 18 of
the Code of Conduct, neither the Company nor Carlyle nor their respective affiliates shall be subject to such Government Plan’s regulations and internal rules and policies that are not otherwise applicable to such person; and 

(e) in the event that there has been a finding by any court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or an
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of itself be deemed an admission) that Carlyle has materially violated the Code of Conduct with respect to such Government Plan and such material violation has not been cured (to the extent
curable) within 60 calendar days after such finding or admission, then such Government Plan shall be excused from its obligation to purchase additional Shares from the Company in connection with any Funding Notice, provided that, within seven
calendar days after such Government Plan has received such Funding Notice, such Government Plan shall have notified the Company of its intention to exercise such excuse right. 
 11. Further Advice and Assurances. All information which the Investor has provided to the Company, including the information in the Investor Questionnaire, is true, correct and complete as of the
date hereof, and the Investor agrees to notify the Company immediately if any representation, warranty or information contained in this Subscription Agreement or any of the information in the Investor Questionnaire, becomes untrue at any time. The
Investor agrees to provide such information and execute and deliver such documents with respect to itself and its direct and indirect beneficial owners as the Company may from time to time reasonably request to verify the accuracy of the
Investor’s representations and warranties herein, establish the identity of the Investor and the direct and indirect participants in its investment in Shares, to the extent applicable, to effect any transfer and admission and/or to comply with
any law, rule or regulation to which the Company may be subject, including, without limitation, compliance with anti-money laundering laws and regulations or for any other reasonable purpose. 

12. Power of Attorney. (a) The Investor, by its execution hereof, hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the
Company as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and full power and authority in its name, place and stead, to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, record and file: 

(i) any and all filings required to be made by the Investor under the 1934 Act with respect to any of the Company’s
securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Investor under the 1934 Act; 
 (ii) all
certificates and other instruments deemed advisable by the Company in order for the Company to enter into any borrowing or pledging arrangement; 
 (iii) all certificates and other instruments deemed advisable by the Company to comply with the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and applicable law or to permit the Company to become or to
continue as a business development corporation; and 
 (iv) all other instruments or papers not inconsistent with
the terms of this Subscription Agreement which may be required by law to be filed on behalf of the Company. 
 (b) With respect
to the Investor and the Company, the foregoing power of attorney: 
 (i) is coupled with an interest and shall be
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 (ii) may be exercised by the Company either by signing separately as
attorney-in-fact for the Investor or, after listing all of the Investors executing an instrument, by a single signature of the Company acting as attorney-in-fact for all of them; 

(iii) shall survive the assignment by the Investor of the whole or any fraction of its Shares; 

(iv) shall terminate concurrently with the termination of the Capital Commitment, in accordance with Section 3(f);
and 
 (v) may not be used by the Company in any manner that is inconsistent with the terms of this Subscription
Agreement and any other written agreement between the Company and the Investor. 
 13. Indemnity. The Investor
understands that the information provided herein (including the Investor Questionnaire) will be relied upon by the Company for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the Investor to purchase Shares in the Company. The Investor agrees to
provide, if requested, any additional information that may reasonably be required to determine the eligibility of the Investor to purchase Shares in the Company. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, the Investor agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, the Adviser, the Administrator, and their affiliates and each partner, member, officer, director, employee, and agent thereof, from and against any loss, damage or liability due to or arising out of a breach of any
representation, warranty or agreement of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement (including the Investor Questionnaire) or in any other document provided by the Investor to the Company or in any agreement executed by the Investor in
connection with the Investor’s investment in Shares. 
 14. Miscellaneous. This Subscription Agreement is not
transferable or assignable by the Investor. Any purported assignment of this Subscription Agreement will be null and void. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in this Subscription Agreement (including the Investor Questionnaire)
shall survive the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and any investigation made by the Company. The Investor Questionnaire, including without limitation the representations and warranties contained therein, is an integral part of this
Subscription Agreement and shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein. This Subscription Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Notwithstanding the place where this
Subscription Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that this Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the
choice of law principles thereof. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the sole and exclusive forum for any action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Subscription Agreement shall be a federal or state court located in the state of Delaware,
provided that to the extent the appropriate court located in the state of Delaware determines that it does not have jurisdiction over such action, then the sole and exclusive forum shall be any federal or state court located in the state of
Maryland, and each party hereto, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably waives any objection that it may have, whether now or in the future, to the laying of venue 

  
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in, or to the jurisdiction of, any and each of such courts for the purposes of any such action, suit or proceeding and further waives any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding has
been brought in an inconvenient forum, and each party hereto hereby submits to such jurisdiction and consents to process being served in any such action, suit or proceeding, without limitation, by United States mail addressed to the party at the
parties address specified herein or in the Investor Questionnaire. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 
 15. Confidentiality. The Investor
acknowledges that the Memorandum and other information relating to the Company has been submitted to the Investor on a confidential basis for use solely in connection with the Investor’s consideration of the purchase of Shares. The Investor
agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Company), the Investor shall not (a) reproduce the Memorandum or any other information relating to the Company, in whole
or in part, or (b) disclose the Memorandum or any other information relating to the Company to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Investor who is involved in its investments, or partner (general or limited) or affiliate of the
Investor (it being understood and agreed that if the Investor is a pooled investment fund, it shall only be permitted to disclose the Memorandum or other information related to the Company if the Investor has required its investors to enter into
confidentiality undertakings no less onerous than the provisions of this Section 15), except to the extent (1) such information is in the public domain (other than as a result of any action or omission of Investor or any person to whom the
Investor has disclosed such information) or (2) such information is required by applicable law or regulation to be disclosed. The Investor further agrees to return the Memorandum and any other information relating to the Company if no purchase
of Shares is made or upon the Company’s request therefore. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that monetary damages would not be sufficient remedy for any breach of this section by it, and that in addition to any other remedies available to
the Company in respect of any such breach, the Company shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach. 
 16. Necessary Acts, Further Assurances. The parties shall at their own cost and expense execute and deliver such further documents and instruments and shall take such other actions as may be
reasonably required or appropriate to evidence or carry out the intent and purposes of this Subscription Agreement or to show the ability to carry out the intent and purposes of this Subscription Agreement. 

17. No Joint Liability Among the Company, the Adviser, and the Administrator. The Company shall not be liable for the fulfillment
of any obligation or the accuracy of any representation of the Adviser or the Administrator under or in connection with this Subscription Agreement. The Adviser shall not be liable for the fulfillment of any obligation or the accuracy of any
representation of the Company or the Administrator under or in connection with this Subscription Agreement. The Administrator shall not be liable for the fulfillment of any obligation or the accuracy of any representation of the Company or the

  
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Adviser under or in connection with this Subscription Agreement. There shall be no joint and several liability of the Company, the Adviser, and the Administrator for any obligation under or in
connection with this Subscription Agreement. 
 18. Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights. Third-Party
Beneficiaries. The obligations of the Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Investor. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by the
Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert with respect
to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to confer upon any person, other than the parties hereto, except as provided in Sections 3(h), 4, 7(b) and 13, any rights or remedies hereunder.

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Subscription Agreement as a deed
on the date set forth below. 
  

									
	Date:	 	  
	 		 	Amount of Capital Commitment
		 		 		 	$	 	  

				
		 		 		 	INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR:
				
		 		 		 	  

		 		 		 	                           
 (Print Name)
				
		 		 		 	  

		 		 		 	                           
 (Signature)
				
		 		 		 	PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, TRUST, CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT, OTHER INVESTOR:
				
		 		 		 	  

		 		 		 	                           
 (Print Name of Entity)
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	                           
 (Signature)
				
		 		 		 	  

		 		 		 	                           
 (Print Name and Title)

 Agreed and accepted as of the date first set forth above: 

 

			
	 CARLYLE GMS FINANCE, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

			
	 Name:

	 Title:

  
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 INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE 

 

	Note:	Questions regarding this questionnaire should be directed to [—] or
[—]@Carlyle.com. 

  

	A.	General Information 

  

					
	 1.           Print Full Name of Investor
	 	Individual:
		
	 	 	  

		 	First            Middle            
Last
		
	 	 	  

		 	Entity Name
		
		 	Entity: To assist the Company in preparing the its tax filings, please check the category into which you fall:
			
		 	 Partnership
	 	 ̈
		 	 C-Corporation
	 	 ̈
		 	 S-Corporation
	 	 ̈
		 	 Estate
	 	 ̈
		 	 Grantor Trust
	 	 ̈
		 	 Trust-EIN (a trust with an

EIN in this format: 12-3456789)
	 	 ̈
		 	 Trust-SSN (a trust with an

EIN in this format: 123-45-6789)
	 	 ̈
		 	 IRA-EIN
	 	 ̈
		 	 IRA-SSN
	 	 ̈
		 	 Exempt Organization
	 	 ̈
		 	 LLP
	 	 ̈
		 	 LLC
	 	 ̈
		 	 Nominee-EIN
	 	 ̈
		 	 Nominee-SSN
	 	 ̈
		 	 Other
	 	 ̈
		
	 2.           U.S. Taxpayer Identification or
Social Security
Number:
	 	 
		
	 3.           Date of Birth:
	 	 
	
	 4.           Primary Contact Person For This Account and for
General Notices:

		
	
Name:                          
                                         
 
	 	
		
	
Address:                          
                                      
	 	

  
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Telephone:                          
                                      
	  	
		
	
Fax:                           
                                         
         
	  	

  

	5.	Contact Person(s) For This Account for Financial Information and Reporting (including quarterly and annual financial reports and capital account statements):

  

			
	
Name:                       
                                         
                                         
          
	    	Name:                            
                                         
                                     
		
	
Address:                      
                                         
                                         
       
	    	Address:                            
                                         
                                 
		
	
                        
                                         
                                         
                      
	    	                             
                                         
                                         
        
		
	
Telephone:                      
                                         
                                         
   
	    	Telephone:                           
                                         
                             
		
	
Fax:                       
                                         
                                         
               
	    	Fax:                            
                                         
                                         

		
	
E-mail:                       
                                         
                                         
         
	    	E-mail:                            
                                         
                                   

  

	6.	Contact Person(s) For This Account for Capital Call and Distribution Notices: 

 

			
	
Name:                       
                                         
                                         
          
	    	Name:                            
                                         
                                     
		
	
Address:                      
                                         
                                         
       
	    	Address:                            
                                         
                                 
		
	
                        
                                         
                                         
                      
	    	                             
                                         
                                         
        
		
	
Telephone:                      
                                         
                                         
   
	    	Telephone:                           
                                         
                             
		
	
Fax:                       
                                         
                                         
               
	    	Fax:                            
                                         
                                         

		
	
E-mail:                       
                                         
                                         
         
	    	E-mail:                            
                                         
                                   

  

	7.	Contact Person For This Account for Legal Documentation (please limit to one contact): 

 

			
	
Name:                       
                                         
                                         
          
	    	
		
	
Address:                      
                                         
                                         
       
	    	
		
	
                        
                                         
                                         
                      
	    	
		
	
Telephone:                      
                                         
                                         
   
	    	
		
	
Fax:                       
                                         
                                         
               
	    	
		
	
E-mail:                       
                                         
                                         
         
	    	

  
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	 8.      Contact Person For This Account for Tax Matters (including Form 1099
distribution) (please limit to one contact):

		
	
Name:                       
                                         
                                         
          
	    	
		
	
Address:                      
                                         
                                         
       
	    	
		
	
                        
                                         
                                         
                      
	    	
		
	
Telephone:                      
                                         
                                         
   
	    	
		
	
Fax:                       
                                         
                                         
               
	    	
		
	
E-mail:                       
                                         
                                         
         
	    	

  

	
	 9.      For distributions of cash, please wire funds to the following bank
account:

	
	          Bank
Name:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                   

	
	          Bank
Location:                                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
               

	
	          Account
Number:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
         

	
	          Account
Name:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
             

	
	          Bank’s Routing
No.:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
    

	
	          For further credit
to:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
    

	
	
         (if any)             
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
               

	
	
         Reference:             
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
        

	
	          SWIFT
Code:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                

	
	 10.    For distributions in-kind, please:

	
	          Credit securities to my brokerage account at the following
firm:

	
	          Firm Name:

	
	
         Address:             
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
            

	
	          Account
Name:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
             

	
	          Account
Number:                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
         

	
	          DTC
Number                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                 

  
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	 11.    Permanent Address of Investor:

	 (if different from address

	 for Notices
above)                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
        

	
	
                           
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
               

	
	
                           
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
               

  

	B.	Accredited Investor Status 

 The Investor
represents and warrants that the Investor is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and has checked the box or boxes below which are
next to the category or categories under which the Investor qualifies as an accredited investor: 
 FOR INDIVIDUALS: 

 

					
	 ̈	  	(A)	  	A natural person with individual net worth (or joint net worth with spouse) in excess of $1 million. For purposes of this item, “net worth” means the excess of total
assets at fair market value, including automobiles and other personal property and property owned by a spouse, but excluding the value of the primary residence of such natural person, over total liabilities. For this purpose, the amount of any
mortgage or other indebtedness secured by an Investor’s primary residence should not be included as a “liability”, except to the extent the fair market value of the residence is less than the amount of such mortgage or other
indebtedness.
			
	 ̈	  	(B)	  	A natural person with individual income (without including any income of the Investor’s spouse) in excess of $200,000, or joint income with spouse in excess of $300,000, in
each of the two most recent years and who reasonably expects to reach the same income level in the current year.

 FOR ENTITIES: 
  

					
	 ̈	  	(A)	  	An entity, including a grantor trust, in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors (for this purpose, a beneficiary of a trust is not an equity owner, but the
grantor of a grantor trust may be an equity owner).
			
	 ̈	  	(B)	  	A bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the 1933 Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the 1933 Act whether acting in
its individual or fiduciary capacity.

  
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	 ̈	  	(C)	  	An insurance company as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the 1933 Act.
			
	 ̈	  	(D)	  	A broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”).
			
	 ̈	  	(E)	  	An investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
			
	 ̈	  	(F)	  	A business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the 1940 Act.
			
	 ̈	  	(G)	  	A Small Business Investment Company licensed by the Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as
amended.
			
	 ̈	  	(H)	  	A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”).
			
	 ̈	  	(I)	  	A corporation, an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or
partnership, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring Shares, with total assets in excess of $5 million.
			
	 ̈	  	(J)	  	A trust with total assets in excess of $5 million not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring Shares, whose purchase is directed by a person with such knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares.
			
	 ̈	  	(K)	  	An employee benefit plan within the meaning of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) if the decision to invest in the
Shares is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA, which is either a bank, savings and loan association,

  
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		  		  	insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5 million or, if a self-directed plan, with investment
decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors.
			
	 ̈	  	(L)	  	A plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its
employees, if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million.

  

	C.	Supplemental Data for Individuals 

 Please
indicate whether you are investing the assets of any retirement plan, employee benefit plan or other similar agreement (such as an IRA or “Keogh” plan). 
 q    Yes            q 
   No 
 If the above question was answered “Yes,” please contact the Company for additional information
that will be required. 
  

	D.	Supplemental Data for Entities 

 1. If the
Investor is not a natural person, the Investor must furnish the following supplemental data (Natural persons may skip this Section of the Investor Questionnaire): 
  

	
	 Legal form of entity (trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, etc.): 
                                         
                                         
  

	
	
                           
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                

	
	 Jurisdiction of organization and location of
domicile:                                       
                                         
                                         
                         

 Is the Investor (a) a trust any portion of which is treated (under subpart E of part I of subchapter
J of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code) as owned by a natural person (e.g., a grantor trust), (b) an entity disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes and owned (or treated as owned) by a natural person or a trust described in clause
(a) of this sentence (e.g., a limited liability company with a single member), (c) an organization described in Sections 401(a) or 501 of the Code or (d) a trust permanently set aside or to be used for a charitable purpose?

q    Yes          
  q    No 
 Is the Investor acting on behalf of an
unrelated third party (e.g., nominee arrangement)? 

q    Yes          
  q    No 

  
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If “Yes,” please describe the arrangement:         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                          
 Does the Investor have one or more ultimate beneficiaries who (a) are entitled to 10% or more of the proceeds from this investment or (b) hold 10% or more of the control rights of the Investor?

 q    Yes1           
 q    No 
 Is the Investor or any of the ultimate
beneficiaries publicly traded? 

q    Yes*          
  q    No 
 Is the Investor or any of the ultimate
beneficiaries a regulated entity? 

q    Yes*          
  q    No 
 If the response to any of the above
questions is “yes,” please complete the below chart. 
  

					
	Name of Investor and Each 10% Beneficial Owner	  	 If the Investor or Any
of
 the 10% Beneficial
 Owners Is
Publicly
 Traded, Please Identify
 the
Exchange for the
 Public Trading.
	  	 If the Investor
or Any of the 10% Beneficial Owners Is a Regulated Entity, Please Identify Regulator
 and Jurisdiction.

	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 
	 	  	 	  	 
	 	 	 
	 	  	 	  	 
	 	  	 	  	 

 2. Was the Investor organized for the specific purpose of acquiring Shares? 

q    Yes          
  q    No 
 If the above question was answered
“Yes,” please contact the Company for additional information that will be required. 
  

 

	1 	If yes, please provide further information in the chart above or, if there is insufficient space in the chart, please include additional sheets of paper with the
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 3.a. Is the Investor a grantor trust, a partnership or an S-Corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes? 

q    Yes          
  q    No 
 3b. If the question above was answered
“Yes,” please indicate whether or not: 
 (i) more than 50 percent of the value of the ownership interest of any
beneficial owner in the Investor is (or may at any time during the term of the Entities be) attributable to the Investor’s (direct or indirect) interest in the Entities; or 

q    Yes          
  q    No 
 (ii) it is a principal purpose of the
Investor’s participation in the Company to permit any Entity to satisfy the 100 partner limitation contained in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.7704-l(h)(3). 
 q    Yes            q 
   No 
 If either question above was answered “Yes,” please contact the Company for additional
information that will be required. 
 4. Are shareholders, partners or other holders of equity or beneficial interests in the
Investor able to decide individually whether to participate, or the extent of their participation, in the Investor’s investment in the Company (i.e., can shareholders, partners or other holders of equity or beneficial interests in the Investor
determine whether their capital will form part of the capital invested by the Investor in the Company)? 
 q    Yes            q    No 

If the above question was answered “Yes,” please contact the Company for additional information that will be required.

 5.a. Please indicate whether or not the Investor is, or is acting (directly or indirectly) on behalf of, (i) an employee benefit plan
(within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not such plan is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan, individual retirement account or other arrangement that is described in Section 4975 of the Code, whether or not such
plan, account or arrangement is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an insurance company using general account assets, if such general account assets are deemed to include the assets of any of the foregoing types of plans, accounts
or arrangements for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code under Section 401(c)(1)(A) of ERISA or the regulations promulgated thereunder, or (iv) an entity which is deemed to hold the assets of any of the foregoing
types of plans, accounts or arrangements (each of the foregoing described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) being referred to as a “Plan Investor”). 
 q    Yes            q 
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please indicate whether or not the Plan Investor is subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. 
 q    Yes            q    No 

5.c. If the answer to question 5 b. above is “Yes”, please indicate what percentage of the Plan Investor’s assets invested in the Entities
are the assets of “benefit plan investors” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA as modified by 29 CFR 2510.3-101(f): 
 Percentage:                  
 5.d. If the Investor is investing the assets of an insurance company general account, please indicate what percentage of the insurance company general account’s assets invested in the Entities are
the assets of “benefit plan investors” within the meaning of Section 401(c)(1)(A) of ERISA or the regulations promulgated thereunder: 
 Percentage:                  
 5.e. If the Plan Investor is not subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, please indicate whether or not such Plan Investor is subject to any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or
other laws or regulations that could cause the underlying assets of the Company to be treated as assets of the Plan Investor by virtue of its investment in the Company and thereby subject the Company and the Adviser (or other persons responsible for
the investment and operation of the Company’s assets) to laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions contained in Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. 

q    Yes          
  q    No 
 6.a. Is the Investor a private investment company
which is not registered under the 1940 Act in reliance on: 
 Section 3(c)(1)
thereof?                                        
            q    Yes            q    No 
 Section 3(c)(7)
thereof?                                        
            q    Yes            q    No 
 6.b. Does the amount of the Investor’s subscription for Shares in
the Company exceed 40% of the total assets (on a consolidated basis with its subsidiaries) of the Investor? 
 q    Yes            q    No 

6.c. If either part of question 6.a. was answered “Yes,” please indicate whether or not the Investor was formed on or before April 30,
1996. 

q    Yes          
  q    No 
 6.d. If question 6.c. was answered “Yes,”
please indicate whether or not the Investor has obtained the consent of its direct and indirect beneficial owners to be treated as a “qualified purchaser” as provided in Section 2(a)(51)(C) of the 1940 Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder. 

q  Yes            q  No 

  
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information that will be required. 
 7. Is the Investor an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the
1940 Act, as amended? 

q  Yes            q  No 
 8. If the Investor’s tax year ends on a date other than December 31,
please indicate such date below: 
  

                   
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
        
 9. Is the Investor subject to the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552,
(“FOIA”), any state public records access laws, any state or other jurisdiction’s laws similar in intent or effect to FOIA, or any other similar statutory or regulatory requirement that might result in the disclosure of confidential
information relating to the Company? 

q  Yes            q  No 
 If the question above was answered “Yes,” please indicate
the relevant laws to which the Investor is subject and provide any additional explanatory information in the space below: 
  

                      
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                      
                                  
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
           

                      
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                      
                                  
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
           
  

	E.	Related Parties/Other Beneficial Parties: 

1. To the best of the Investor’s knowledge, does the Investor control, or is the Investor controlled by or under common control with, any other
investor or prospective investor in the Company? 

q  Yes            q  No 
 If the question above was answered “Yes,” please indicate
the name of such other investor in the space below: 
  
                                  
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                   

  
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 2. Will any other person or persons have a beneficial interest in the Shares to be acquired hereunder
(other than as a shareholder, partner, policy owner or other beneficial owner of equity interests in the Investor)? (By way of example, and not limitation, “nominee” Investors or Investors who have entered into swap or other synthetic or
derivative instruments or arrangements with regard to the Shares to be acquired herein would check “Yes”) 
 q  Yes            q  No 

If either question above was answered “Yes,” please contact the Company for additional information that will be required.

  

	F.	Qualified Purchaser or Knowledgeable Employee Status: 

 The Investor represents and warrants that the Investor is either (i) a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the 1940 Act or (ii) a “knowledgeable
employee” under Rule 3c-5 under the 1940 Act and has checked the box or boxes below which are next to the category or categories under which the Investor qualifies as a qualified purchaser or knowledgeable employee. In order to complete the
following information, Investors must read Annexes 1 and 2 to this Investor Questionnaire for the definition of “investments” and for information regarding the “valuation of investments,” respectively. The Investor agrees to
provide such further information and execute and deliver such documents as the Company may reasonably request to verify that the Investor qualifies as a “qualified purchaser.” 
 Qualified Purchaser Status 
 FOR ENTITIES: 

 

					
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	  	(i)	  	A company, partnership or trust that owns not less than $5,000,000 in “investments” and that is owned directly or indirectly by or for two or more natural persons who
are related as siblings or spouse (including former spouses), or direct lineal descendants by birth or adoption, spouses of such persons, the estates of such persons, or foundations, charitable organizations or trusts established by or for the
benefit of such persons (a “Family Company”).
			
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	  	(ii)	  	A trust that is not covered by (i) above and that was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring Shares, as to which the trustee or other person authorized to make
decisions with respect to the trust, and each settlor or other person who has contributed assets to the trust, is a person described in clause (i), (iii) or (vi) of this Section F.

  
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	  	(iii)	  	A person, acting for its own account or the accounts of other qualified purchasers, who in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis, not less than $25,000,000 in
“investments.”
			
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	  	(iv)	  	A qualified institutional buyer as defined in paragraph (a) of Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, acting for its own account, the account of another qualified institutional buyer, or the
account of a qualified purchaser; provided, that (i) a dealer described in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of Rule 144A shall own and invest on a discretionary basis at least $25 million in securities of issuers that are not affiliated persons of the dealer;
and (ii) a plan referred to in paragraph (a)(l)(i)(D) or (a)(l)(i)(E) of Rule 144A, or a trust fund referred to in paragraph (a)(l)(i)(F) of Rule 144A that holds the assets of such a plan, will not be deemed to be acting for its own account if
investment decisions with respect to the plan are made by the beneficiaries of the plan, except with respect to investment decisions made solely by the fiduciary, trustee or sponsor of such plan.
			
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	  	(v)	  	A company, partnership or trust, each beneficial owner of the securities of which is a qualified purchaser.

FOR INDIVIDUALS: 
  ̈        (vi)            A natural person (including any
person who holds a joint, community property or other similar shared ownership interest in the Company with that person’s qualified purchaser spouse) who owns not less than $5,000,000 in “investments”. 

Knowledgeable Employee Status 
  

					
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	  	(i)	  	An “executive officer” or director, or person serving in a similar capacity, of the Company or an “affiliated management person” of the Company.
			
		  		  	For these purposes, an “executive officer” includes president, any vice president in charge of a principal business unit, division or function (such as sales,
administration or finance), any other officer who performs a policy-making function, or any other person who performs similar policy-making functions for the Company or an affiliated management person of the Company.

  
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		  		  	“Affiliated management person” means an “affiliated person” of the Company that manages the investment activities of the Company or any other company that
would be an investment company but for the exclusion provided by Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, where “affiliated person” of the Company means (i) any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with power to
vote, 5 per centum or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; (ii) any person 5 per centum or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by the Company;
(iii) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, the Company; (iv) any officer, director, partner, copartner, or employee of the Company; and (v) any investment adviser of the Company or any member of
an advisory board thereof.
			
	 ̈	  	(ii)	  	An employee of the Company or an “affiliated management person” (as defined above) of the Company (other than an employee performing solely clerical, secretarial or
administrative functions with regard to such company or its investments) who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, participates in the investment activities of the Company, another company that would be an investment company
but for the exclusion provided by section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, or investment companies the investment activities of which are managed by such affiliated management person of the Company, provided that such employee has been performing
such functions and duties for or on behalf of the Company or the affiliated management person of the Company, or substantially similar functions or duties for or on behalf of another company, for at least 12 months.

  
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	G.	Eligible Client Status: 

 1. If the
Investor is not investing at least $1,000,000 in the Company, does the Investor have a net worth exceeding $2,000,000? 
 q  Yes            q  No 

If the box above is checked “No,” please contact the Company for additional information that will be required. 

2. Is the Investor (i) a private investment company which is not registered under the 1940 Act in reliance on Section 3(c)(1) or
Section 3(c)(7) thereof; (ii) an “investment company” registered under the 1940 Act or (iii) a “business development company,” as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Advisers Act? 

q  Yes            q  No 
 If the box above was checked “Yes,” please contact the
Company for additional information that will be required. 
  

	H.	BHC Investor Status: 

 Is the Investor a
“BHC Investor”?2 

q  Yes            q  No 
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	2 	A “BHC Investor” is defined as an Investor that is a bank holding company, as defined in Section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended
(the “BHC Act”), a non-bank subsidiary (for purposes of the BHC Act) of a bank holding company, a foreign banking organization, as defined in Regulation K of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 C.F.R. § 211.23) or
any successor regulation, or a non-bank subsidiary (for purposes of the BHC Act) of a foreign banking organization which subsidiary is engaged, directly or indirectly in business in the United States and which in any case holds Shares for its own
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 The Investor understands that the foregoing information will be relied upon by the
Company for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the Investor to purchase and own Shares in the Company. The Investor agrees to notify the Company immediately if any representation or warranty contained in this Subscription Agreement or any
of the information in the Investor Questionnaire becomes untrue at any time. The Investor agrees to provide, if requested, any additional information that may reasonably be required to substantiate the Investor’s status as an accredited
investor, a qualified purchaser or to otherwise determine the eligibility of the Investor to purchase Shares in the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Investor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Administrator
and each partner or member thereof, from and against any loss, damage or liability due to or arising out of a breach of any representation, warranty or agreement of the Investor contained herein. 

 

	
	Signatures:
	  
 INDIVIDUAL:

	
	 
	  
 (Signature)

	
	 
	  
 (Print Name)

	  
 PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, TRUST,
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT, OTHER:

	
	 
	  
 (Name of Entity)

  

			
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 (Signature)

	
	  

		 	 (Print Name and Title)

  
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 Annex 1 to Investor Questionnaire 

DEFINITION OF “INVESTMENTS” 
 The term “investments” means: 
  

	1.	Securities, other than securities of an issuer that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Investor that owns such securities, unless the
issuer of such securities is: 

  

	 	(i)	An investment company or a company that would be an investment company but for the exclusions or exemptions provided by the 1940 Act, or a commodity pool; or

  

	 	(ii)	a Public Company (as defined below); 

  

	 	(iii)	A company with shareholders’ equity of not less than $50 million (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) as reflected on the
company’s most recent financial statements; provided, that such financial statements present the information as of a date within 16 months preceding the date on which the Investor acquires Interests; 

 

	2.	Real estate held for investment purposes; 

  

	3.	Commodity Interests (as defined below) held for investment purposes; 

  

	4.	Physical Commodities (as defined below) held for investment purposes; 

  

	5.	To the extent not securities, Financial Contracts (as defined below) entered into for investment purposes; 

 

	6.	In the case of an Investor that is a company that would be an investment company but for the exclusions provided by Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, or
a commodity pool, any amounts payable to such Investor pursuant to a firm agreement or similar binding commitment pursuant to which a person has agreed to acquire an interest in, or make capital contributions to, the Investor upon the demand of the
Investor; and 

  

	7.	Cash and cash equivalents (including foreign currencies) held for investment purposes. 

Real estate that is used by the owner or a Related Person (as defined below) of the owner for personal purposes, or as a place of
business, or in connection with the conduct of the trade or business of such owner or a Related Person of the owner, will NOT be considered real estate held for investment purposes; provided, that real estate owned by an Investor who is
engaged primarily in the business of investing, trading or developing real estate in connection with such business may be deemed to be held for investment purposes. However, residential real estate will not be deemed to be used for personal purposes
if deductions with respect to such real estate are not disallowed by Section 280A of the Code. 

  

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 A Commodity Interest or Physical Commodity owned, or a Financial Contract entered into,
by the Investor who is engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in Commodity Interests, Physical Commodities or Financial Contracts in connection with such business may be deemed to be held for investment purposes.

 “Commodity Interests” means commodity futures contracts, options on commodity futures contracts, and options on
physical commodities traded on or subject to the rules of: 
  

	 	(i)	Any contract market designated for trading such transactions under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “Commodity Exchange Act”) and the rules
thereunder; or 

  

	 	(ii)	Any board of trade or exchange outside the United States, as contemplated in Part30 of the rules under the Commodity Exchange Act. 

“Financial Contract” means any arrangement that: 

 

	 	(i)	takes the form of an individually negotiated contract, agreement, or option to buy, sell, lend, swap, or repurchase, or other similar individually negotiated
transaction commonly entered into by participants in the financial markets; 

  

	 	(ii)	is in respect of securities, commodities, currencies, interest or other rates, other measures of value, or any other financial or economic interest similar in purpose
or function to any of the foregoing; and 

  

	 	(iii)	is entered into in response to a request from a counter- party for a quotation, or is otherwise entered into and structured to accommodate the objectives of the
counterparty to such arrangement. 

 “Physical Commodities” means any physical commodity with respect to
which a Commodity Interest is traded on a market specified in the definition of Commodity Interests above. 
 “Public
Company” means a company that: 
  

	 	(i)	files reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or 

 

	 	(ii)	has a class of securities that are listed on a Designated Offshore Securities Market, as defined by Regulation S of the Securities Act. 

“Related Person” means a person who is related to the Investor as a sibling, spouse or former spouse, or is a direct lineal
descendant or ancestor by birth or adoption of the Investor, or is a spouse of such descendant or ancestor, provided that, in the case of a Family Company, a Related Person includes any owner of the Family Company and any person who is a Related
Person of such an owner. “Family Company” means a company, partnership or trust that owns not less than $5,000,000 in investments and that is owned directly or indirectly by or for two or more natural persons who are related as siblings or
spouse (including former spouses), or direct lineal descendants by birth or adoption, spouses of such persons, the estates of such persons, or foundations, charitable organizations or trusts established for the benefit of such persons. 

  

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 For purposes of determining the amount of investments owned by a company, there may be
included investments owned by majority-owned subsidiaries of the company and investments owned by a company (“Parent Company”) of which the company is a majority-owned subsidiary, or by a majority-owned subsidiary of the company and other
majority-owned subsidiaries of the Parent Company. 
 In determining whether a natural person is a qualified purchaser, there
may be included in the amount of such person’s investments any investment held jointly with such person’s spouse, or investments in which such person shares with such person’s spouse a community property or similar shared ownership
interest. In determining whether spouses who are making a joint investment in the Partnership are qualified purchasers, there may be included in the amount of each spouse’s investments any investments owned by the other spouse (whether or not
such investments are held jointly). There shall be deducted from the amount of any such investments any amounts specified by paragraph 2(a) of Annex 2 incurred by such spouse. 
 In determining whether a natural person is a qualified purchaser, there may be included in the amount of such person’s investments any investments held in an individual retirement account or similar
account the investments of which are directed by and held for the benefit of such person. 

  

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VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS 
 The general rule for determining the value of investments in order to ascertain whether a person is a qualified purchaser is that the value of the aggregate amount of investments owned and invested on a
discretionary basis by such person shall be their fair market value on the most recent practicable date or their cost. This general rule is subject to the following provisos: 

 

	(1)	In the case of Commodity Interests, the amount of investments shall be the value of the initial margin or option premium deposited in connection with such Commodity
Interests; and 

  

	(2)	In each case, there shall be deducted from the amount of investments owned by such person the following amounts: 

 

	 	(a)	The amount of any outstanding indebtedness incurred to acquire or for the purpose of acquiring the investments owned by such person. 

 

	 	(b)	A Family Company, in addition to the amounts specified in paragraph (a) above, shall have deducted from the value of such Family Company’s investments any
outstanding indebtedness incurred by an owner of the Family Company to acquire such investments. 

  

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 APPENDIX F 

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
 Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) is a
Maryland corporation that intends to elect to be treated as a business development company (a “BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The investment adviser to the Company is Carlyle GMS Investment Management L.L.C.
(the “Adviser”). The Company has engaged the services of TCG Securities, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Placement Agent”), to serve as a non-exclusive agent to solicit prospective investors to acquire shares
of common stock in the Company (the “Shares”). The Adviser is affiliated with the Placement Agent, and the Placement Agent performs its services for the Company pursuant to a written agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent
(the “Placement Agent Agreement”). Certain affiliates or employees of the Placement Agent might invest in the Shares on their own behalf and/or on behalf of their clients; investors should consider these potential conflicts in making their
investment decisions. 
 For each person or entity (including you, the “Investor”) that enters into a Subscription
Agreement with the Company, the Investor agrees to directly pay the Placement Agent a fee (the “Placement Fee”) in accordance with the attached Schedule of Placement Fees, provided that the Placement Fee will be waived for certain
Investors, including Investors that the Company determines, in its sole discretion, to have been sourced by the Company, the Adviser, the Placement Agent or their respective affiliates. The Placement Agent has also entered into separate agreements
with other broker-dealers (the “Other Brokers”) for their assistance in sourcing qualified investors. TCG Securities will pay fees to these Other Brokers, which may include some or all of the Placement Fees paid to TCG Securities by the
Investor, if the Investor was sourced by any Other Broker. Investors sourced by Other Brokers may be charged a fee, in addition to the Placement Fee, by that broker of up to 2% of the Investors’ Capital Commitment, in the discretion of that
Other Broker. 
 You hereby acknowledge receipt of this disclosure statement and acknowledgement (“Disclosure
Statement”). You further acknowledge that (i) your introduction to the Company by the Placement Agent or any Other Broker and its personnel does not and will not constitute an endorsement by the Placement Agent or the Other Broker of the
Company nor an investment recommendation by the Placement Agent or the Other Broker with respect to the Company and (ii) you have relied solely upon your own due diligence investigation of the Company in making your investment decision.

 You hereby authorize the Company to: (i) provide the Placement Agent and any Other Broker with information about your
account; (ii) provide the Placement Agent and any Other Broker, upon request, with a duplicate copy of the subscription documentation entered into by you with respect to the Company; (iii) demand payment, on behalf of the Placement Agent,
of the Placement Fee in accordance with the fee schedule set forth above; and (iv) provide the Placement Agent and any Other Broker, upon its request, with a duplicate copy of statements generated with respect to the your account with the
Company. 

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 By virtue of the signature execution below, Investor hereby acknowledges receipt of the
Disclosure Statement: 
  

					
	 If an entity:
	 	[NAME OF INVESTOR]
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	Name:
		 		 	Title:
	 If an individual:
	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Date:

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 APPENDIX G 

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS 

No Transfer of the Investor’s Capital Commitment or, prior to a Qualified IPO, all or any fraction of the Investor’s Shares may be made without
(i) registration of the Transfer on the Company books and (ii) the prior written consent of the Company. In any event, the consent of the Company may be withheld (x) if the creditworthiness of the proposed transferee, as determined by
the Company in its sole discretion, is not sufficient to satisfy all obligations under the Subscription Agreement or (y) unless, in the opinion of counsel (who may be counsel for the Company or the Investor) satisfactory in form and substance
to the Company: 
  

	 	•	 	 such Transfer would not violate the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act or any state (or other jurisdiction) securities or “Blue Sky” laws applicable to
the Company or the Shares to be Transferred; and 

  

	 	•	 	 such Transfer would not be a “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder or cause all or any
portion of the assets of the Company to constitute “plan assets” under ERISA, certain Department of Labor regulations or Section 4975 of the Code. 

 The Investor agrees that it will pay all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Company in connection with any Transfer of its Capital Commitment or all or any fraction of
its Shares, prior to the consummation of such Transfer. 
 Any person that acquires all or any fraction of the Shares of the Investor in a
Transfer permitted under this Appendix G shall be obligated to pay to the Company the appropriate portion of any amounts thereafter becoming due in respect of the Capital Commitment committed to be made by its predecessor in interest. The Investor
agrees that, notwithstanding the Transfer of all or any fraction of its Shares, as between it and the Company, it will remain liable for its Capital Commitment and for all payments of any Drawdown Purchase Price required to be made by it (without
taking into account the Transfer of all or a fraction of such Shares) prior to the time, if any, when the purchaser, assignee or transferee of such Shares, or fraction thereof, becomes a holder of such Shares. 

The Company shall not recognize for any purpose any purported Transfer of all or any fraction of the Shares and shall be entitled to treat the transferor
of Shares as the absolute owner thereof in all respects, and shall incur no liability for distributions or dividends made in good faith to it, unless the Company shall have given its prior written consent thereto and there shall have been filed with
the Company a dated notice of such Transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company, executed and acknowledged by both the seller, assignor or transferor and the purchaser, assignee or transferee, and such notice (i) contains the acceptance by the
purchaser, assignee or transferee of all of the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement and its agreement to be bound thereby, and (ii) represents that such Transfer was made in accordance with this Subscription Agreement, the
provisions of the Memorandum and all applicable laws and regulations applicable to the transferee and the transferor. 

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 APPENDIX H 
 Beginning 180 days after a Qualified IPO, the Company will be obligated to initiate up to four registered underwritten secondary offerings (“Secondary Offerings”) on behalf of Investors, as
follows: 
  

	 	•	 	 The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to initiate the first Secondary Offering during the period beginning 180 days after the closing of
the Qualified IPO and ending on the 240th day after the closing of the Qualified IPO. 

  

	 	•	 	 The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to initiate each subsequent Secondary Offering during the period beginning 180 days after and
ending 240 days after the prior Secondary Offering was completed (or, if not completed, was cancelled). 

 By way of example
and not limitation, a Secondary Offering shall be deemed to have been initiated for these purposes if Investors have been sent the notice referred to below. 
 Procedure. The Company shall have absolute and sole discretion to determine when to initiate a Secondary Offering within any of the periods described above. Upon making such
determination in any such period, the Company will give written notice at least ten business days prior to the anticipated launch of such Secondary Offering to the Investor, which notice shall offer to the Investor the opportunity to have included
in a registration statement on Form N-2 to be filed by the Company the number of Shares as the Investor may request, subject to the limitations described below. Subject to the limitations described below, the Company will prepare as promptly as
practicable such registration statement and include in the registration statement, and the Investor will be required to offer for sale, that number of Shares specified by the Investor in writing to the Company within five business days after the
receipt of notice from the Company. The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable. In the event that the Company determines that any such
registration statement shall be a “shelf” registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Company may, in its sole discretion, determine to permit the Investor to include a greater number of Shares in such
registration statement but in no event shall such inclusion constitute a waiver of the limit on the size of any Secondary Offering set forth below. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to file a registration statement for
the resale of the Investor’s Shares during any period that the Company has such a registration statement on file with the SEC that includes unsold Shares of the Investor received prior to the Qualified IPO. 

Minimum Aggregate Offering Size and Blackout Events. The Company will have no obligation to conduct any Secondary Offering unless
(i) Investors and the Adviser commit, in the aggregate, to sell at least the number of Shares expected to result in gross proceeds of at least 7% times the total pre-Qualified IPO Capital Commitments (based on the then-current market price per
Share), and (ii) the Maximum Offering Size (as defined below) is at least that number of Shares. If the aggregate number of Shares acquired pre-Qualified IPO that are still held by Investors is less than the amount set forth in clause
(i) then the Company will have no obligation to conduct any further Secondary Offerings. Furthermore, the Company will have no obligation 

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to conduct any Secondary Offering during any period of time during which the Company’s Board of Directors, in its good faith judgment, believes that the use or effectiveness of a
registration statement or prospectus would require the Company to make public disclosure of material non-public information (i) the failure of which to be disclosed in the registration statement or prospectus would constitute a material
misstatement or omission, (ii) the disclosure of which would not be required at such time but for the filing or effectiveness of the registration statement or prospectus and (iii) which the Company has a bona fide business purpose not to
disclose publicly. If the Company fails to provide for or conduct any or all of the Secondary Offerings provided for in this Appendix H, the Investor’s Shares will remain subject to the restrictions on transfer described in Section 8(f)
of the Subscription Agreement.  
 Cutbacks. In connection with any proposed Secondary Offering, if the sole or managing
underwriter advises the Company that in its opinion the number of Shares requested to be included exceeds the number of Shares that can be sold without adversely affecting the distribution of the Shares being offered, the price that will be paid for
the Shares in such offering or the marketability of such offering (the number of Shares that can be sold, the “Maximum Offering Size”), the Company shall include, in the priority listed below, the number of Shares up to the Maximum
Offering Size: 
  

	 	•	 	 First, the number of Shares requested to be included in such offering by the Investors and the Adviser, allocated pro rata among the Investors
and the Adviser on the basis of the percentage of total ownership of the Company represented by their Shares, up to a maximum of 7% of each Investor’s Shares and the Adviser’s Shares. 

 

	 	•	 	 Second, the number of Shares the Company chooses to include in such offering for its own account. 

 

	 	•	 	 Third, additional Shares requested to be included in such offering by the Investors and the Adviser, allocated pro rata among the Investors and
the Adviser on the basis of the percentage of total ownership of the Company represented by their Shares. 

 For the avoidance
of doubt, the Adviser shall have the right to participate in Secondary Offerings, as described above. For these purposes, “Adviser” means, collectively, the Adviser and any permitted transferee (pursuant to the Advisory Agreement) of
Shares of the Adviser. In the case of either the Investor or the Adviser, only Shares received prior to the Qualified IPO are eligible for sale in Secondary Offerings hereunder, and only such eligible Shares will be taken into account in determining
a person’s percentage of total ownership of the Company. 
 Lock-Ups. If requested in writing by the sole or managing
underwriter in connection with any Secondary Offering, an Investor requesting to offer Shares in such offering shall enter into agreements with such underwriter that require the Investor to agree not to effect any sale or distribution (including
sales pursuant to Rule 144) or hedging transaction of any Shares (except as part of such Secondary Offering) during any time period reasonably requested by such underwriter prior to and following the Secondary Offering. In addition, an Investor that
does not participate in a Secondary Offering agrees that upon the request of the Company it shall execute any lockup agreement required by the sole or managing underwriter or deemed by the Company to be necessary or appropriate in the context of
such offering so long as any other non-participating Investor is required to execute a substantially identical lockup agreement. 

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 Additional Requirements and Further Assurances. In connection with any Secondary Offering,
the Company shall select the sole or managing underwriter and other underwriters and shall execute a customary underwriting agreement in connection therewith, containing, among other things, standard representations, warranties, closing conditions
and indemnification and contribution. The Investor may not participate in any Secondary Offering hereunder unless the Investor (i) agrees to sell the Investor’s Shares on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
Company and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, custody agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. In particular,
the Investor will be required to provide standard representations, warranties, opinions and indemnification and contribution with respect to any Secondary Offering in which the Investor requests to sell Shares. 

Offering Expenses. The Company will be liable for and pay only those expenses customarily incurred by a company conducting a registered
primary offering of its securities, including its own legal and accounting fees. The Company will not be liable for, and the Investor will pay or bear, the Investor’s portion of all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if
any, relating to the Investor’s Shares. The Investor shall also pay its own legal expenses, if any.EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
 INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
 INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT, dated
as of April 3, 2013, by and between Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Carlyle GMS Investment Management L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (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 (the “Investment Company Act”); and 

WHEREAS, the Adviser is an investment adviser that is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Advisers Act”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Adviser to furnish investment
advisory services to the Company on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and the Adviser wishes to be retained to provide such services. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows: 
  

	1.	Duties of the Adviser. 

 (a) The Company hereby retains 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 of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), for the period and upon the terms herein set forth, (i) in accordance with the investment objective, policies and restrictions that are set forth in the Company’s
registration statement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on Form 10 initially filed on February 11, 2013 (as the same shall be amended from time to time) (the “Form
10”) prior to the filing by the Company of any registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pertaining to an initial public offering (an
“IPO”) by the Company (the “IPO Registration Statement”), and following the filing of the IPO Registration Statement in accordance with the investment objective, policies and restrictions that are set
forth therein (as the same shall be amended from time to time); (ii) in accordance with all other applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and the Company’s charter and by-laws as the same shall be amended from time to
time; and (iii) in accordance with the Investment Company Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Adviser shall, during the term and subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, (i) determine the composition of the portfolio of the Company, the nature and timing of the changes therein and the manner of implementing such changes; (ii) identify, evaluate and negotiate the structure of the investments made
by the Company; (iii) monitor the Company’s investments; (iv) determine the securities and other assets that the Company will purchase, retain, or sell; (v) perform due diligence on prospective portfolio companies;
(vi) assist the Board with its valuation of the Company’s assets; (vii) direct investment professionals of the Adviser to provide managerial assistance to portfolio companies of the Company as requested by the Company, from time to
time and (viii) 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. 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 incur 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 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 Investment Company Act). 
 (b) The Adviser hereby accepts such retention as investment adviser and
agrees during the term hereof to render the services described herein for the compensation provided herein. 
 (c) This
Agreement is intended to create, and creates, a contractual relationship for services to be rendered by the Adviser acting in the ordinary course of its business and is not intended to create, and does not create, a partnership, joint venture or any
like relationship among the parties hereto (or any other parties). The Adviser shall for all purposes herein provided be deemed to be an independent contractor and, except as expressly provided or authorized herein, shall have no authority to act
for or represent the Company in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Company. 
 (d) The Adviser shall keep and
preserve for the period required by the Investment Company Act any books and records relevant to the provision of its investment advisory services to the Company and shall specifically maintain all books and records in accordance with
Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder with respect to the Company’s portfolio transactions and shall render to the Board such periodic and special reports as the Board may reasonably request. The Adviser
agrees that all records that it maintains for the Company are the property of the Company and will surrender promptly to the Company any such records upon the Company’s request, provided that the Adviser may retain a copy of such records.

 (e) Subject to the prior approval by the Board and the stockholders of the Company to the extent required under the
Investment Company Act, the Adviser is hereby authorized to enter into one or more sub-advisory agreements with other investment advisers (each, a “Sub-Adviser”) pursuant to which the Adviser may obtain the services of the
Sub-Adviser(s) to assist the Adviser in fulfilling its responsibilities hereunder. Specifically, the Adviser may retain a Sub-Adviser to recommend specific securities or other investments based upon the Company’s investment objective and
policies, and work, along with the Adviser, in structuring, negotiating, arranging or effecting the acquisition or disposition of such investments and monitoring investments on behalf of the Company, subject to the oversight of the Adviser and the
Company. The Company shall be responsible for any compensation payable to any Sub-Adviser. Any sub-advisory agreement entered into by the Adviser shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act and other applicable federal
and state law. 

	2.	Company’s Responsibilities and Expenses Payable by the Company.  

All investment professionals of the Adviser, and their respective staffs, when and to the extent engaged in providing investment advisory
and management services hereunder, and the compensation and routine overhead expenses of such personnel allocable to such services, will be provided and paid for by the Adviser and not by the Company. The Company will bear all expenses of its
operations and transactions, including (without limitation except as noted) those relating to: the Company’s initial organization costs and offering costs incurred prior to the filing of its election to be treated as a BDC (the amount in excess
of $1,500,000 to be paid by the Adviser); the costs associated with any offerings of the Company’s common stock and other securities; calculating individual asset values and the Company’s net asset value (including the cost and expenses of
any independent valuation firms); expenses, including travel expenses, incurred by the Adviser, or members of its investment team, or payable to third parties, performing due diligence on prospective portfolio companies and, if necessary, expenses
of enforcing the Company’s rights; the base management fee and any incentive fees payable under this Agreement; certain costs and expenses relating to distributions paid on the Company’s shares; administration fees payable under the
administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) between the Company and Carlyle GMS Finance Administration, L.L.C. (the “Administrator”) and sub-administration agreements, including related
expenses; debt service and other costs of borrowings or other financing arrangements; the allocated costs incurred by the Adviser in providing managerial assistance to those portfolio companies that request it; amounts payable to third parties
relating to, or associated with, making or holding investments; the costs associated with subscriptions to data service, research-related subscriptions and expenses and quotation equipment and services used in making or holding investments; transfer
agent and custodial fees; costs of hedging; commissions and other compensation payable to brokers or dealers; federal and state registration fees; any U.S. federal, state and local taxes, including any excise taxes; independent director fees and
expenses; costs of preparing financial statements and maintaining books and records, costs of preparing tax returns, costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), compliance and attestation and costs of
filing reports or other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (or other regulatory bodies), and other reporting and compliance costs, including registration and listing fees, and the compensation
of professionals responsible for the preparation or review of the foregoing; the costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to the Company’s stockholders (including printing and mailing costs), the costs of any stockholders’
meetings and the compensation of investor relations personnel responsible for the preparation of the foregoing and related matters; the costs of specialty and custom software for monitoring risk, compliance and overall portfolio, including any
development costs incurred prior to the filing of the Company’s election to be treated as a BDC; the Company’s fidelity bond; directors and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance, and any other insurance premiums;
indemnification payments; direct fees and expenses associated with independent audits, agency, consulting and legal costs; and all other expenses incurred by either the Administrator or the Company in connection with administering its business,
including payments under the Administration Agreement for administrative services that will be equal to an amount that reimburses the Administrator for its costs and expenses and the Company’s allocable portion of overhead incurred by the
Administrator in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including, compensation paid to or compensatory distributions received by its officers (including its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer) and any of
their 

 
respective staff who provide services to the Company, operations staff who provide services to the Company, and any internal audit staff, to the extent internal audit performs a role in the
Company’s Sarbanes-Oxley internal control assessment. 
  

	3.	Compensation of the Adviser.  

 The Company agrees to pay, and the Adviser agrees to accept, as compensation for the services provided by the Adviser hereunder, a base management fee (“Base Management Fee”) and
an incentive fee (“Incentive Fee”) as hereinafter set forth. The Company shall make any payments due hereunder to the Adviser or to the Adviser’s designee as the Adviser may otherwise direct. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Adviser may elect, or the Company may adopt a deferred compensation plan pursuant to which the Adviser may elect, to defer all or a portion of its fees hereunder for a specified period of time. 

(a) The Base Management Fee will be calculated at an annual rate of 1.50% of the Company’s gross assets, which for all purposes
hereunder shall (i) be determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, (ii) include assets acquired through the incurrence of debt, and (iii) exclude cash and any
temporary investments in cash-equivalents, including U.S. government securities and other high-quality investment grade debt investments that mature in 12 months or less from the date of investment. Prior to the completion of an IPO by the Company
that results in an unaffiliated public market float of at least 15% of the aggregate Capital Commitments received prior to the date of such IPO (a “Qualified IPO”), the Adviser will waive its right to receive one-third
(0.50%) of the Base Management Fee. The fee waiver will terminate if and when a Qualified IPO has been consummated. For purposes of this Agreement, “Capital Commitment” refers to the amount of capital committed to the Company by
each investor pursuant to a Subscription Agreement relating to the Company’s initial placement of the Company’s common stock to investors, in the form or substantially the form in which such agreement was approved by the Board on
April 3, 2013. 
 The Base Management Fee will be payable quarterly in arrears. Prior to a Qualified IPO, the Base
Management Fee will be calculated based on the Company’s average daily gross assets during the most recently completed fiscal quarter, and will be appropriately adjusted for any share issuances. Base Management Fees for any partial quarter will
be appropriately pro-rated. Following a Qualified IPO, the Base Management Fee will be calculated based on the average value of the Company’s gross assets at the end of the two most recently completed fiscal quarters, except for the first
quarter following a Qualified IPO, in which case the Base Management Fee will be calculated based on the Company’s gross assets as of the end of such fiscal quarter. In each case, the Base Management Fee will be appropriately adjusted for any
share issuances or repurchases during such fiscal quarter, and the Base Management Fees for any partial month or quarter will be appropriately pro-rated. 
 (b) The Incentive Fee shall consist of two parts, as follows: 
  

	 	(i)	 One part will be calculated and payable quarterly in arrears based on the Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income for the preceding calendar
quarter. “Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income” means consolidated 

	 	
interest income, dividend income and any other income (including any other fees (other than fees for providing managerial assistance), such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and
consulting fees or other fees that the Company receives from portfolio companies) accrued by the Company during the calendar quarter, minus the Company’s consolidated operating expenses for the quarter (including the Base Management Fee,
expenses payable under the Administration Agreement, and any interest expense or fees on any credit facilities or outstanding debt and dividends paid on any issued and outstanding preferred stock, but excluding the Incentive Fee).

 Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income does not include, in the case of investments with a deferred interest
feature (such as original issue discount, debt instruments with payment-in-kind interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that the Company has not yet received in cash. Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income does not include any
realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. 
 Prior to any Qualified
IPO of the Company’s common stock that may occur, Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income, expressed as a rate of return on the average daily Hurdle Calculation Value (as defined below) throughout the immediately preceding calendar quarter,
will be compared to a “hurdle rate” of 1.50% per quarter (6% annualized). “Hurdle Calculation Value” means, on any given day, the sum of (x) the value of the Company’s Net Assets (as defined below) as
of the end of the calendar quarter immediately preceding such day plus (y) the aggregate amount of capital drawn from investors (or reinvested in the Company pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan) from the beginning of the
current quarter to such day minus (z) the aggregate amount of distributions (including share repurchases) made by the Company from the beginning of the current quarter to such day (but only to the extent such distributions were not declared and
accounted for on the books and records of the Company in a previous quarter). “Net Assets” as used herein solely for purposes of the Incentive Fee means the Company’s gross assets less consolidated indebtedness, determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. 
 Following any Qualified IPO of the
Company’s common stock that may occur, Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income, expressed as a rate of return on the value of the Company’s Net Assets at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, will be compared to a hurdle
rate of 1.50% per quarter (6% annualized). 
 The Company’s net investment income used to calculate this part of the
Incentive Fee is also included in the amount of its gross assets used to calculate the 1.50% Base Management Fee. The Company will pay the Adviser an Incentive Fee with respect to the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income in
each calendar quarter as follows: 
  

	 	(A)	With the exception of the Capital Gains Fee (as defined and discussed below), no Incentive Fee in any calendar quarter in which the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee net
investment income does not exceed the hurdle rate; 

	 	(B)	100% of the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income with respect to that portion of such Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds
the hurdle rate but is less than 1.875% in any calendar quarter (7.50% annualized); and 

  

	 	(C)	20% of the amount of the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 1.875% in any calendar quarter (7.50% annualized).

 These calculations will be appropriately pro rated for any period of less than three months and appropriately
adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the current quarter. 
  

	 	(ii)	The second part of the Incentive Fee (the “Capital Gains Fee”) will be determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year (or
upon termination of this Agreement as set forth below), commencing with the calendar year ending on December 31, 2013, and is calculated at the end of each applicable year by subtracting (1) the sum of the Company’s cumulative
aggregate realized capital losses and aggregate unrealized capital depreciation from (2) the Company’s cumulative aggregate realized capital gains, in each case calculated from inception. If such amount is positive at the end of such
year, then the Capital Gains Fee for such year is equal to 20% of such amount, less the aggregate amount of Capital Gains Fees paid in all prior years. If such amount is negative, then there is no Capital Gains Fee for such year. If this
Agreement shall terminate as of a date that is not a calendar year end, the termination date shall be treated as though it were a calendar year end for purposes of calculating and paying a Capital Gains Fee. 

For purposes of this Section 3(b)(ii): 
 The “cumulative aggregate realized capital gains” are calculated as the sum of the differences, if positive, between (a) the sales price of each investment in the Company’s
portfolio when sold, net of any selling commissions or other selling expenses (the “net sales price”) and (b) the accreted or amortized cost basis of such investment when sold. 

The “cumulative aggregate realized capital losses” are calculated as the sum of the amounts by which (a) the net
sales price of each investment in the Company’s portfolio when sold is less than (b) the accreted or amortized cost basis of such investment when sold. 
 The “aggregate unrealized capital depreciation” is calculated as the sum of the differences, if negative, between (a) the valuation of each investment in the Company’s portfolio
as of the applicable Capital Gains Fee calculation date and (b) the accreted or amortized cost basis of such investment as of the applicable Capital Gains Fee calculation date. 

 

	 	(iii)	 Payment of any Incentive Fee otherwise earned by the Adviser shall be deferred (“Deferred Incentive Fees”) if, during the most
recent four full 

	 	
calendar quarter period (or, if less, the number of full calendar quarters completed since the Company’s initial drawdown of capital from stockholders) ending on or prior to the date such
payment is to be made, the sum of (a) the Company’s aggregate distributions to its stockholders and (b) the change in the Company’s Net Assets (before taking into account any incentive fees payable during that period) is less
than 6.0% of the Company’s Net Assets at the beginning of such period, subject to appropriate proration of such percentage during the four full calendar quarters immediately following the Company’s initial drawdown of capital from
stockholders. These calculations will be appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the relevant period. Any Deferred Incentive Fees shall be carried over for payment in subsequent calculation periods by the
Company. 

 Examples of Quarterly Incentive Fee Calculation 

Example 1: Income Related Portion of Incentive Fee (*): 
 Alternative 1 
 Assumptions 

Investment income (including interest, dividends, fees, etc.) = 1.25%. 

Hurdle rate(1) = 1.50%. 
 Management fee(2) = 0.375%. 
 Other expenses (legal, accounting,
custodian, transfer agent, etc.)(3) = 0.20%.

 Pre-incentive fee net investment income 
 (investment income – (management fee + other expenses)) = 0.675%. 

Pre-incentive net investment income does not exceed hurdle rate, therefore there is no incentive fee. 

Alternative 2 
 Assumptions

 Investment income (including interest, dividends, fees, etc.) = 2.40%. 

Hurdle rate(1) = 1.50%. 
 Management fee(2) = 0.375%. 
 Other expenses (legal, accounting,
custodian, transfer agent, etc.)(3) = 0.20%.

 Pre-incentive fee net investment income 
 (investment income – (management fee + other expenses)) = 1.825%. 
 Incentive fee = 20% × pre-incentive fee net investment income, subject to the “catch-up”(4) 
 = 100% x (1.825%-1.50%) 
 = 0.325%. 

Alternative 3 
 Assumptions

 Investment income (including interest, dividends, fees, etc.) = 4.00%. 

Hurdle rate(1) = 1.50%. 
 Management fee(2) = 0.375%. 
 Other expenses (legal, accounting,
custodian, transfer agent, etc.)(3) = 0.20%.

 Pre-incentive fee net investment income 
 (investment income – (management fee + other expenses)) = 3.425%. 
 Incentive fee = 20% × pre-incentive fee net investment income, subject to “catch-up”(4) 
 Incentive fee = 100% × “catch-up” + (20% × (pre-incentive fee net investment income – 1.875%)). 
 Catch-up = 1.875% – 1.50%. 
 = 0.375% 

Incentive fee = (100% × 0.375%) + (20% × (3.425% – 1.875%)) 

= 0.375% + (20% × 1.55%) 
 = 0.375% + 0.31% 
 = 0.685%. 

  

	(*) 	 The hypothetical amount of Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income shown is expressed, prior to a Qualified IPO of the Company’s common stock, as
a rate of return on the average daily Hurdle Calculation Value and, subsequently, as a rate of return on the value of the Company’s total Net Assets. 

	(1) 	 Represents 6.00% annualized hurdle rate. 

	(2) 	 Represents 1.50% annualized management fee. 

	(3) 	 Excludes organizational and offering expenses. 

	(4) 	 The “catch-up” provision, as described in Section 3(b)(i)(A)-(C) above, is intended to provide the Adviser with an incentive fee of
approximately 20% on all of the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee net investment income as if a hurdle rate did not apply when the Company’s net investment income exceeds 1.875% in any calendar quarter. 

Example 2: Capital Gains Portion of Incentive Fee: 
 Alternative 1 
 Assumptions 

 

	 	•	 	 Year 1: $20 million investment made in Company A (“Investment A”), and $30 million investment made in Company B (“Investment B”).

  

	 	•	 	 Year 2: Investment A sold for $50 million and fair market value (“FMV”) of Investment B determined to be $32 million.

  

	 	•	 	 Year 3: FMV of Investment B determined to be $25 million. 

 

	 	•	 	 Year 4: Investment B sold for $31 million. 

 The capital gains portion of the incentive fee, if any, would be: 
  

	 	•	 	 Year 1: None. 

  

	 	•	 	 Year 2: $6 million capital gains incentive fee, calculated as follows: 

$30 million realized capital gains on sale of Investment A multiplied by 20%. 

 

	 	•	 	 Year 3: None, calculated as follows:(1) 

 $5 million cumulative fee (20% multiplied by $25 million ($30 million cumulative capital gains less $5 million cumulative capital depreciation)) less $6 million (previous capital gains fee paid in Year
2). 
  

	 	•	 	 Year 4: $200,000 capital gains incentive fee, calculated as follows: 

$6.2 million cumulative fee ($31 million cumulative realized capital gains ($30 million from Investment A and $1 million from Investment
B) multiplied by 20%) less $6 million (previous capital gains fee paid in Year 2). 
  

  

	(1) 	 If this Agreement is terminated on a date other than December 31 of any year, the Company may pay aggregate capital gain incentive fees that are
more than the amount of such fees that would have been payable if this Agreement had been terminated on December 31 of such year. This would occur if the FMV of an investment declined between the time this Agreement was terminated and
December 31. 

 Alternative 2 
 Assumptions 
  

	 	•	 	 Year 1: $20 million investment made in Company A (“Investment A”), $30 million investment made in Company B (“Investment B”) and
$25 million investment made in Company C (“Investment C”). 

  

	 	•	 	 Year 2: Investment A sold for $50 million, FMV of Investment B determined to be $25 million and FMV of Investment C determined to be $25 million.

  

	 	•	 	 Year 3: FMV of Investment B determined to be $27 million and Investment C sold for $30 million. 

 

	 	•	 	 Year 4: FMV of Investment B determined to be $35 million. 

 

	 	•	 	 Year 5: Investment B sold for $20 million. 

 The capital gains portion of the incentive fee, if any, would be: 
  

	 	•	 	 Year 1: None. 

  

	 	•	 	 Year 2: $5 million capital gains incentive fee, calculated as follows: 

20% multiplied by $25 million ($30 million realized capital gains on sale of Investment A less $5 million unrealized capital
depreciation on Investment B). 
  

	 	•	 	 Year 3: $1.4 million capital gains incentive fee, calculated as follows: 

$6.4 million cumulative fee (20% multiplied by $32 million ($35 million cumulative realized capital gains less $3 million unrealized
capital depreciation)) less $5 million (previous capital gains fee paid in Year 2) 
  

	 	•	 	 Year 4: $600,000 capital gains incentive fee, calculated as follows: 

$7 million cumulative fee (20% multiplied by $35 million cumulative realized capital gains) less $6.4 million (previous cumulative capital
gains fee paid in Year 2 and Year 3) 
  

	 	•	 	 Year 5: None 

$5 million cumulative fee (20% multiplied by $25 million ($35 million cumulative realized capital gains less $10 million realized capital
losses)) less $7 million (previous cumulative capital gains fee paid in Years 2, 3 and 4) 

 (c) Any transaction, loan origination, advisory or similar fees (“Transaction
Fees”) received in connection with the Company’s activities or the Adviser’s activities as they relate to the Company shall be the property of the Company. The parties agree that any Transaction Fees paid to the members,
managers, partners or employees of the Company, the Adviser or their respective affiliates in connection with the Company’s activities or the Adviser’s activities as they relate to the Company shall be promptly remitted to the Company;
provided, however, Transaction Fees received in respect of an investment opportunity in which the Company and one or more entities (including affiliates of the Adviser) participate shall be allocated to each of the Company and such entities pro rata
in accordance with their respective investments or proposed investments in such investment opportunity. 
 (d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company and the Adviser acknowledge and agree that the provisions of this Section 3 shall be of no force and effect unless and until this Agreement has been approved by (i) the vote
of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company and (ii) the vote of the Board and the vote of a majority of the Company’s Directors who are not parties to this Agreement or “interested persons” (as such term is
defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act) of any such party, each in accordance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act (the “Approval Date”). For the avoidance of
doubt, the Adviser shall receive no compensation with respect to services provided hereunder prior to the Approval Date. 
  

	4.	Covenants of the Adviser. 

 The Adviser covenants that it will remain registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act so long as it is the investment adviser to the Company and the Company maintains its election to be
regulated as a BDC under the Investment Company Act or otherwise is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act. The Adviser agrees that its activities will at all times be in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable federal and state laws governing its operations and investments. 
  

	5.	Excess Brokerage Commissions. 

 The Adviser is hereby authorized, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, to cause the Company to pay a member of a national securities exchange, broker or dealer an amount of commission
for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount of commission another member of such exchange, broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Adviser determines in good faith, taking into account such
factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission or dealer spread), size of order, difficulty of execution, and operational facilities of the firm and the firm’s risk and skill in positioning blocks of securities, that such
amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or research services provided by such member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or its overall responsibilities with respect to
the Company’s portfolio, and constitutes the best net results for the Company. 

	6.	Limitations on the Employment of the Adviser.  

 The services of the Adviser to the Company are not exclusive, and the Adviser may engage in any other business or render similar or different services to others including, without limitation, the direct
or indirect sponsorship or management of other investment based accounts or commingled pools of capital, however structured, having investment objectives similar to those of the Company, so long as its services to the Company hereunder are not
impaired thereby, and nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any manager, partner, officer or employee of the Adviser to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to any other business,
whether of a similar or dissimilar nature, or to receive any fees or compensation in connection therewith (including fees for serving as a director of, or providing consulting services to, one or more of the Company’s portfolio companies,
subject to applicable law). So long as this Agreement or any extension, renewal or amendment remains in effect, the Adviser shall be the only investment adviser for the Company, subject to the Adviser’s ability to enter into sub-advisory
agreements consistent with the requirements of this Agreement. The Adviser assumes no responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the services called for hereunder. It is understood that directors, officers, employees and stockholders
of the Company are or may become interested in the Adviser and its affiliates, as directors, officers, employees, partners, stockholders, members, managers or otherwise, and that the Adviser and directors, officers, employees, partners,
stockholders, members and managers of the Adviser and its affiliates are or may become similarly interested in the Company as stockholders or otherwise. 
  

	7.	Responsibility of Dual Directors, Officers and/or Employees.  

 If any person who is a manager, partner, officer or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator is or becomes a director, officer and/or employee of the Company and acts as such in any business of the
Company, then such manager, partner, officer and/or employee of the Adviser or the Administrator shall be deemed to be acting in such capacity solely for the Company, and not as a manager, partner, officer or employee of the Adviser or the
Administrator or under the control or direction of the Adviser or the Administrator, even if paid by the Adviser or the Administrator. 
  

	8.	Limitation of Liability of the Adviser; Indemnification.  

 (a) The Adviser (and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with the Adviser, including without limitation its sole
member) shall not be liable to the Company for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Adviser in connection with the performance of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise as an investment adviser of the Company
(except to the extent specified in Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act concerning loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty (as the same is finally determined by judicial proceedings) with respect to the receipt of compensation for
services), and the Company shall indemnify, defend and protect the Adviser (and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with the Adviser, including without
limitation its sole member and the Administrator, each of whom shall be deemed a third party beneficiary hereof) (each, individually, an “Indemnified Party” and 

 
collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) and hold each of them harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) incurred by any of them in or by reason of any pending, threatened or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding (including an action or suit by or in the right of the Company or its
security holders) arising out of or otherwise based upon the performance in good faith of any of the Adviser’s duties or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise as an investment adviser of the Company. The Company’s indemnification
of the Indemnified Parties shall, to the extent not in conflict with such insurance policy, be secondary to any and all payment to which any Indemnified Party is entitled from any relevant insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of the Company
and its affiliates or any Indemnified Party. The Company’s indemnification of the Indemnified Parties shall also be secondary to any payment pursuant to any other indemnification obligation of any other relevant entity or person, including
under any insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of such other entity or person, in all cases, to the extent not in conflict with the applicable other indemnification or insurance contract. In the event of payment by the Company under this
Agreement and pursuant to its indemnification obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of any Indemnified Party, including the rights of the Indemnified Parties under any insurance
policies.
 (b) For any claims indemnified by the Company under Section 8(a) above, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
the Company shall promptly pay expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by any Indemnified Party in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit, claim, demand or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such
action, suit, claim, demand or proceeding, including appeals, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from the Indemnified Party requesting such advance or advances from time to time. Each Indemnified Parties
hereby undertakes to repay any amounts advanced on its behalf (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that the Indemnified Party is not entitled under this Agreement to be indemnified by the Company. Such undertaking
shall be unsecured and accepted without reference to the financial ability of the Indemnified Parties to make repayment and without regard to the Indemnified Parties’ ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this
Agreement. No other form of undertaking shall be required of the Indemnified Parties other than the execution of this Agreement.

(c) Notwithstanding the above provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement, nothing contained herein shall protect or be deemed to
protect the Indemnified Parties against or entitle or be deemed to entitle the Indemnified Parties to indemnification in respect of, any liability to the Company or its security holders to which the Indemnified Parties would otherwise be subject by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of the Adviser’s duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of the Adviser’s duties and obligations under this Agreement (as the same shall be determined in
accordance with the Investment Company Act and any interpretations or guidance by the SEC or its staff thereunder). 

	9.	Effectiveness, Duration and Termination of Agreement. 

 (a) This Agreement shall become effective as of the first date above written. The provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and the Adviser shall remain
entitled to the benefits thereof, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement. Further, notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement as set forth in this Section 9, the Adviser shall be entitled to any amounts owed
under Section 3 through the date of termination or expiration and Section 8 shall continue in force and effect and apply to the Adviser and its representatives as and to the extent applicable. 

(b) This Agreement shall continue in effect for two years from the date hereof and thereafter shall continue automatically for successive
annual periods, provided that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the vote of the Board and by the vote of a majority of the Company’s Directors who are not parties to this Agreement or “interested persons”
(as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act) of any such party, in accordance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act. 
 (c) This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, upon 60 days’ written notice, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, or
by the vote of the Company’s Directors or by the Adviser. 
 (d) This Agreement will automatically terminate in the event
of its “assignment” (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 15(a)(4) of the Investment Company Act). 
  

	10.	Notices. 

 Any
notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing, addressed and delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to the other party at its principal office. 
  

	11.	Amendments. 

 This
Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of the Company must be obtained in conformity with the requirements of the Investment Company Act. 
  

	12.	Entire Agreement; Governing Law.  

 This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the choice of law principles thereof, and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act. To the extent the applicable laws
of the State of Delaware, or any of the provisions herein, conflict with the provisions of the Investment Company Act, the latter shall control. To the fullest extent permitted by the Investment Company Act and the Advisers Act, as amended, the sole
and exclusive forum for any action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Agreement shall be a federal or state court located in the State of Delaware, and each party hereto, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby irrevocably waives any
objection that it may have, whether now or in the future, to the laying of venue in, or to the jurisdiction of, any and each of such courts for the purposes of any 

 
such action, suit or proceeding and further waives any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum, and each party hereto hereby submits to such
jurisdiction and consents to process being served in any such action, suit or proceeding, without limitation, by United States mail addressed to the party at its principal office. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on the
date above written. 
  

			
	 CARLYLE GMS FINANCE, INC.

 

	By:	 	   /s/ Ian J. Sandler

		 	Name: Ian J. Sandler
		 	Title: Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel

  

			
	 CARLYLE GMS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L.L.C.
  

	By:	 	   /s/ Orit Mizrachi

		 	Name: Orit Mizrachi
		 	Title: Officer

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