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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~December~~January 113, ~~2024~~2025

TCW Direct Lending VII LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

814-01246		Delaware		82-2252672
(Commission File Number)		(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


	Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
814-01246 (Commission File Number)		82-2252672 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Clarendon Street, 51st ~~FloorBoston~~Floor Boston, Massachusetts (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code) ~~02116~~

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 936-2275

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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~~Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders~~2

OnITEM December 11, 2024, TCW Direct Lending VII LLC (the “Company”) completed its solicitation of consents to approve a proposal to increase the maximum aggregate of permissible follow-on investments (the “Consent Solicitation”)8.01 ~~Pursuant~~Other ~~to the Consent Solicitation, the following matters were submitted to the vote of the members, with the results of voting on each such matter set forth below~~Events.

1.Under ~~The~~the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company’s ~~members~~Agreement, ~~approved~~dated ~~(by~~January ~~affirmative~~14, ~~vote~~2019 of(the ~~77.02%~~“Agreement”), of ~~outstanding~~TCW ~~Common~~Direct ~~Units~~Lending VII LLC (the “Company”), the aCompany ~~proposal~~has toan ~~amend~~initial ~~and~~six-year ~~restate~~term following its initial closing. Under Section 68.~~14(b)~~1 of the Agreement, the Company’s ~~Fourth~~may, ~~Amended~~by ~~and~~notice to ~~Restated~~its ~~Limited~~members, ~~Liability~~extend the term of the Company ~~Agreement~~for ~~permitting~~two ~~follow~~additional one-year periods after its initial six-year term. By notice dated January 3, 2025, the Company has extended its term by one year such that it will expire on ~~investments~~April as13, ~~follows:~~2026.

(b) Follow-on investments in existing Portfolio Companies up to an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to 10% of the aggregate cumulative amounts invested or committed for investment by the Company during the Commitment Period.3

~~The voting results were as follows:~~SIGNATURES

Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstaining
10,577,850		5,000		0

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.

1Date: January 6, 2025 TCW DIRECT LENDING VII LLC By: /s/ Andrew Kim Name: Andrew Kim Title: Chief Financial Officer

~~SIGNATURES~~4

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.

Date: December 16, 2024	TCW DIRECT LENDING VII LLC
	By:	/s/ Andrew Kim
		Name:	Andrew Kim
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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