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): September 817, 2025 (September 415, 2025)

Muzinich Corporate Lending Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		814-01659		93-2545381
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

450 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

(212) 888-3413

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
None		None		None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.0207. ~~Departure~~Submission of ~~Directors~~Matters orto ~~Certain~~a ~~Officers;~~Vote ~~Election~~ of ~~Directors;~~Security ~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers~~Holders.

On September 415, 2025, ~~Michael~~Muzinich ~~Smith~~Corporate ~~submitted~~Lending aIncome Fund, Inc. ~~notice~~(the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of ~~his~~Stockholders ~~intent~~(the to“Annual ~~resign~~Meeting”). ~~from~~The ~~his~~following ~~position~~two asproposals were voted on at the ~~President~~meeting: ~~and~~(1) ~~Chief~~to ~~Investment~~elect ~~Officer~~two (2) Class III directors of ~~Muzinich~~the ~~Corporate~~Company ~~Lending~~to ~~Income~~the ~~Fund, Inc.~~board of directors of the Company (the “~~Company~~Board”), to ~~effective~~serve asfor a term of ~~September~~three 30(3) years, ~~2025.~~or ~~Mr.~~until ~~Smith~~their ~~did~~respective ~~not~~successor ~~express~~is ~~any~~duly ~~disagreement~~elected onand ~~any~~qualified; ~~matter~~and ~~relating~~ (2) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s ~~operations,~~independent ~~policies~~registered orpublic ~~practices~~accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Stockholders of record at the close of business on August 25, 2025 were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of August 25, 2025, there were 94,605 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding and entitled to vote. A quorum consisting of 91,413 shares of common stock of the Company were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. All of the proposals were approved by the requisite vote.

Proposal 1. To elect two (2) Class III directors of the Company to the Board to serve for a term of three (3) years, or until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified:

Director Nominee	Number of Votes “For”	Number of Votes “Withheld”
Jeffrey Youle	91,413	0
Steven J. Paggioli	91,413	0

Proposal 2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025:

Number of Votes “For”		Number of Votes “Against”		Number of Abstentions
91,413		0		0

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) 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.

	Muzinich Corporate Lending Income Fund, Inc.
Date: September 8, 2025	By:	/s/ Paul Fehre
Date: September 17, 2025	By:	/s/ Paul Fehre
	Name:	Paul Fehre
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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