{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0001715933/8-k/2026-07-22/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-22","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715933/0001580642-26-004542-index.html","accession_number":"0001580642-26-004542","cik":"0001715933","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"TCW Direct Lending VII LLC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1715933/0001580642-26-004542-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001715933","primary_entity_name":"TCW Direct Lending VII LLC"},"word_count":248,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**\n\nOn July 17, 2026, TCW\nDirect Lending VII LLC (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Members (the “Annual Meeting”) at which\na quorum was present via teleconference or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the following matters were submitted to the vote of the members,\nwith the results of voting on each such matter set forth below.\n\n1.The Company’s members approved a proposal to re-elect the following Class II directors to the\nCompany’s Board of Directors, to hold office until the annual meeting, or special meeting in lieu thereof, of members is held in\n2029, with voting results as follows:\n\n \n\n**Director Nominees**\n \n**Votes For**\n**Votes Withheld**\n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\nDavid R. Adler\n \n9,099,650\n0\n0\n\nSheila A. Finnerty\n \n9,099,650\n0\n0\n\nR. David Kelly\n \n9,099,650\n0\n0\n\n \n\nThere were no abstentions.\n\n \n\n2.The Company’s members approved a proposal to ratify the selection\nof Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December\n31, 2026, with voting results as follows:\n\n \n\n**Votes For**\n**Votes Against**\n**Votes Abstained**\n\n** **\n\n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n9,097,650\n2,000\n0\n0\n\n \n\n2 \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities\nExchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly\nauthorized.\n\n \n\n \n\n**TCW Direct\nLending VII LLC**\n\n** **\n\nDate: July 22, 2026\n\nBy: /s/ Andrew Kim\n\nName: Andrew Kim\n\nTitle: Chief Financial Officer\n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n3"}