Michael E. Koester - 17 Dec 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for 5C Lending Partners Corp.

Role: Co-President, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Pamela Chen, as Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: N/A
Transactions as of: 17 Dec 2025
Net transactions value: +$175,222
Form type: 4
Filing time: 19 Dec 2025, 12:39:20 UTC
Previous filing: 26 Sep 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Koester Michael E	Co-President, Director, 10%+ Owner	C/O 5C LENDING PARTNERS CORP., 330 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK	/s/ Pamela Chen, as Attorney-in-Fact	19 Dec 2025	0001315794

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction		Shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	Award	$140,178	+5,556	+5.7%	$25.23	103,826	17 Dec 2025	Direct	F1, F2
transaction		Shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	Award	$35,044	+1,389	+5.4%	$25.23	26,962	17 Dec 2025	See Footnotes 3 and 4	F1, F3, F4

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The reported securities were acquired in connection with a $40,000,000 capital call by the Company, with the remaining uncalled portion of the Reporting Person's capital commitment to the Company to be drawn down over time at the discretion of the Company in exchange for additional shares of Common Stock at its then-current net asset value.
F2	The reported securities include 98,269 shares of Common Stock previously reported by the Reporting Person as indirectly held through 5C Founders LP ("5C"), which were received by the Reporting Person in a pro rata distribution by 5C, which was exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-9 (the "5C Distribution").
F3	The reported securities include 24,567 shares of Common Stock directly held by The 2022 Koester Family Trust (the "Trust"), which were received by the Trust in the 5C Distribution. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
F4	The reported securities include 1,005 shares of Common Stock previously reported directly held by 5C Investment Partners LP ("5CLP"), which is an affiliate of the investment adviser to the Issuer (the "Advisor"). The Reporting Person shares investment control of 5CLP and the Advisor and, as such, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities directly held by 5CLP, but disclaims such ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.