1. Organization and Basis of Presentation

Organization: TCW Direct Lending VII LLC (the “Company”) was formed as a Delaware limited liability company on May 23, 2017. The Company engaged in a private offering of its common limited liability company units (the “Units”) to investors in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In addition, the Company may issue preferred units (“Preferred Units”), though it currently has no intention to do so. On August 18, 2017, the Company sold and issued 10 Units at an aggregate purchase price of $1 to TCW Asset Management Company LLC (the “Adviser”), an affiliate of the TCW Group, Inc. The Company commenced operations during the second quarter of fiscal year 2018.

The Company has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Company has also elected to be treated for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a Regulated Investment Company (a “RIC”) under Subchapter M of the U.S Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), beginning fiscal year 2018. The Company is required to meet the minimum distribution and other requirements for RIC qualification. As a BDC and a RIC, the Company is required to comply with certain regulatory requirements.

As of June 30, 2025, the Company has six wholly-owned subsidiaries, each of which is a single member Delaware limited liability company.

The consolidated financial statements in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Term: The term of the Company will continue until the sixth anniversary of the Initial Closing Date (as defined below), April 13, 2024, unless extended or sooner dissolved as provided in the Company’s amended and restated limited liability agreement (the “LLC Agreement”) or by operation of law. The Company may extend the term for two additional one-year periods upon written notice to the holders of the Units (the “Unitholders) and holders of preferred units, if any, (together with the Unitholders, the “Members”) at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the term or the end of the first one-year period. Thereafter, the term may be extended for successive one-year periods, with the vote or consent of a supermajority in interest of the holders of the Units. On December 20, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a one year extension of the Company’s term from April 13, 2024 to April 13, 2025. On January 3, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a one year extension of the Company’s term from April 13, 2025 to April 13, 2026.

Commitment Period: The Commitment Period commenced on April 13, 2018 (the “Initial Closing Date”), the day on which the Company completed the first closing of the sale of its Units to persons not affiliated with the Adviser and ended on May 16, 2021, which is the later of (a) April 13, 2021, three years from the Initial Closing Date and (b) May 16, 2021, three years from the date in which the Company first completed an investment. In accordance with the Company’s LLC Agreement, the Company completed investment transactions that were significantly in process as of the end of the Commitment Period and which the Company reasonably expected to be consummated prior to 90 days subsequent to the expiration date of the Commitment Period. The Company may also effect follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies up to an aggregate maximum of 10% of Capital Commitments (as defined below). On December 11, 2024, the Company's Members approved a proposal to allow the Company to increase the maximum aggregate of permissible follow-on investments and allow for 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.

Capital Commitments: On the Initial Closing Date, the Company began accepting subscription agreements from investors for the private sale of its Units. On January 14, 2019, the Company completed its fourth and final closing sale of Units. The Company sold 13,734,010 Units for an aggregate offering price of $1,373,401. Each Unitholder is obligated to contribute capital equal to its respective capital commitment to the Company (the “Commitment”) and each Unit’s Commitment obligation is $100.00 per unit. The sale of the Units was made pursuant to subscription agreements entered into by the Company and each investor. Under the terms of the subscription agreements, the Company may draw down all or any portion of the undrawn commitment with respect to each Unit generally upon at least ten business days’ prior written notice to the unitholders. The amount of capital that remains to be drawn down and contributed is referred to as an “Undrawn Commitment”.

1. Organization and Basis of Presentation (Continued)

The commitment amount funded does not include amounts contributed in anticipation of a potential investment that the Company did not consummate and therefore returned to the Members as unused capital. As of June 30, 2025, aggregate Commitments, Undrawn Commitments, percentage of Commitments funded and the number of subscribed for Units of the Company were as follows:

Recallable Amount: A Unitholder may be required to re-contribute amounts distributed equal to (a) such Unitholder’s share of all portfolio investments that are repaid to the Company, or otherwise recouped by the Company, and distributed to the Unitholder, in whole or in part, during or after the Commitment period, reduced by (b) all re-contributions made by such Unitholder. This amount, (the “Recallable Amount”) is excluded from the calculation of the accrual based net asset value.

The Recallable Amount as of June 30, 2025 was $489,114.