UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~October~~May 2615, ~~2023~~2024

Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND	814-01253	82-2040715
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

104 La Mesa Drive, Suite 102, Portola Valley, CA 94028

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 234-4300

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): N/A

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N/A	N/A	N/A

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Item 25.~~03.~~07 ~~Creation~~Submission of aMatters ~~Direct~~to ~~Financial~~a ~~Obligation~~Vote ~~or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement~~ of aSecurity ~~Registrant~~Holders.

AsThe ~~previously~~annual ~~disclosed,~~shareholder onmeeting ~~December~~(the ~~20,~~“Meeting”) ~~2018,~~of Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. (the “Fund”) ~~and~~was ~~Venture~~held ~~Lending~~on &May ~~Leasing~~15, IX2024, ~~LLC~~to ~~(the~~consider ~~“Parent”)~~and ~~entered into~~vote aon ~~syndicated~~the ~~loan~~election ~~agreement~~of four ~~(the~~members ~~“Loan~~of ~~and~~the ~~Security~~Board ~~Agreement”)~~of ~~led~~Directors byof ~~MUFG~~the ~~Union~~Fund ~~Bank,~~(Roger NV.~~A.,~~ ~~Wells Fargo Securities~~Smith, ~~LLC,~~Robert ~~Wells Fargo Bank, N~~J.A. ~~and ING Capital~~Hutter, ~~LLC,~~Scott ~~with~~C. ~~participation~~Taylor ~~from~~and ~~Zions~~Maurice ~~Bancorporation, N~~C.A. ~~(FKA ZB, N.A.~~Werdegar) ~~DBA~~and ~~California~~the ~~Bank~~ratification &of ~~Trust,~~the ~~Bank,~~appointment ~~Leumi~~of ~~USA,~~Deloitte ~~Umpqua~~& ~~Bank,~~Touche ~~HSBC~~LLP ~~Bank~~as ~~USA,~~the ~~N.A,~~Fund’s ~~and~~independent ~~First~~registered ~~Bank,~~public ~~that established a secured~~accounting ~~revolving~~ firm ~~loan~~for ~~facility~~the infiscal anyear ~~initial~~ending ~~amount~~on ofDecember ~~up to $200~~31,~~000,000~~ 2024.

On ~~March~~April 183, ~~2021~~2024, the ~~Fund~~record date for the Meeting, ~~along~~there ~~with~~were 100,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value (“Shares”) of the ~~Parent~~Fund outstanding and entitled to vote. 100% of the Shares are owned by the Fund’s sole shareholder, Venture Lending & Leasing IX ~~Holdings~~, ~~Inc.~~LLC (the “~~VLL~~LLC”), ~~Holdings~~the members of which (“Members”) ~~acting~~have pass-through voting rights such that the LLC, as ~~guarantors~~the sole shareholder of the ~~facility~~Fund, ~~entered~~may take no ~~into~~ action anas ~~Amendment~~shareholder toof the ~~Loan~~Fund ~~and~~without ~~Security~~first ~~Agreement~~securing ~~with~~the ~~lenders~~approval ~~named~~of ~~therein~~the ~~that~~Members. The ~~(i)~~election ~~increased~~of each of the ~~size~~nominated directors required the prior approval of the ~~facility~~holders toof ~~$350,000,000,~~at ~~(ii)~~least ~~extended~~a plurality of the ~~term~~outstanding shares of ~~the~~membership ~~facility,~~interest of ~~and~~the LLC (~~iii~~the “LLC Shares”) ~~established~~and aratification ~~benchmark~~of ~~replacement~~the ~~guideline~~appointment (of Deloitte & Touche LLP as ~~so amended~~the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2024 required the ~~“Amended~~prior ~~and~~approval ~~Restated~~of ~~Loan~~at ~~and~~least ~~Security~~a majority ~~Agreement”)~~of the outstanding LLC Shares.

OnThe ~~May~~voting ~~17,~~results ~~2022,~~are ~~the Fund, along with the Parent and VLL Holdings, acting~~ as guarantors, entered into a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “First Amendment”) with lenders named therein. The First Amendment provides for, among other modifications (i) an increase in the size of the facility to $400,000,000, (ii) replacement of the interest rate benchmark from LIBOR to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), and (iii) conversion of an existing LIBOR Market Index Rate Loan with an aggregate balance of $270,000,000 to a Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loan.follows:

On October 26, 2023, the Fund entered into a Third Amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) with lenders named therein. The Third Amendment provides for, among other modifications (i) a decrease in the size of the facility to $185,000,000 with a scheduled reduction in commitments on a quarterly basis by an amount equal to 10% (subject to adjustment), (ii) an increase in the margin paid on SOFR Rate Loans (as defined in the Third Amendment) and Reference Rate Loans (as defined in the Third Amendment), and (iii) an extension of the term of the facility to March 31, 2026.

	FOR			AGAINST			ABSTAIN
Proposal 1
Shares regarding the election of each of the four aforementioned members of the Board of Directors of the Fund.		364,316.64			—			7,500.00
Percentage out of 460,000.00 total outstanding LLC Shares.		79.20	%		—	%		1.63	%

Proposal 2
Shares regarding the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.		371,816.64			—			—
Percentage out of 460,000.00 total outstanding LLC Shares.		80.83	%		—	%		—	%

Consequently, the LLC cast 100% of the Shares in favor of approval of both of the proposals presented at the Meeting.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description

104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

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

VENTURE LENDING & LEASING IX, INC. ~~(Registrant) By:/s/ Jared S. Thear Jared S. Thear Chief Financial Officer Date: November 1, 2023~~

(Registrant)

By:/s/ Jared S. Thear
Jared S.Thear
Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 21, 2024

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