Note 3. Related Party Agreements and Transactions

Advisory Agreement

On March 15, 2024, the Company entered into an investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with the Adviser, pursuant to which the Adviser manages the Company on a day-to-day basis. The Adviser is responsible for originating prospective investments, conducting research and due diligence investigations on potential investments, analyzing investment opportunities, negotiating and structuring the Company’s investments and monitoring its investments and portfolio companies on an ongoing basis.

On March 12, 2026, the Board renewed the Advisory Agreement. Unless earlier terminated as described below, the Advisory Agreement will remain in effect until March 12, 2027, and may be extended subject to required approvals. The Company may terminate the Advisory Agreement, without payment of any penalty, upon 60 days’ written notice. The Advisory Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment within the meaning of the 1940 Act and related SEC guidance and interpretations.

The Company pays the Adviser a fee for its services under the Advisory Agreement consisting of two components, a base management fee and an incentive fee. The cost of both the base management fee and the incentive fee will ultimately be borne by the shareholders. Substantial additional fees and expenses may also be charged by the Administrator to the Company, which is an affiliate of the Adviser.

Base Management Fee

The management fee is accrued monthly and paid quarterly in arrears at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Company's net assets as of the beginning of the first business day of the applicable month. For these purposes, “net assets” means the Company’s total assets less liabilities determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For the first calendar quarter in which the Company has operations, net assets was measured as the average of net assets (i) at the date the Company first delivers a drawdown notice to its investors and (ii) at the end of such first calendar quarter. The Adviser waived the management fee through March 15, 2025 and waived 50% of the management fee from March 15, 2025 to March 15, 2026.

Incentive Fee

The incentive fee consists of two components that are independent of each other, with the result that one component may be payable even if the other is not. A portion of the incentive fee is based on a percentage of our income and a portion is based on a percentage of our capital gains, each as described below.

(i) Incentive Fee on Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income

The portion based on the Company’s income is based on Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns. “Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns” means, as the context requires, either the dollar value of, or percentage rate of return on the value of the Company’s net assets at the end of the immediate preceding quarter from, interest income, dividend income and any other income (including any other fees, such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees or other fees that the Company receives from portfolio companies) accrued during the calendar quarter, minus the Company’s operating expenses accrued for the quarter (including the management fee, expenses payable under the Administration Agreement entered into between us and our Administrator, and any interest expense or fees on any credit facilities or outstanding debt and dividends paid on any issued and outstanding preferred shares, but excluding the incentive fee).

Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns include, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as original issue discount, debt instruments with pay-in-kind interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that the Company has not yet received in cash. Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns do not include any realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. The impact of expense support payments and recoupments are also excluded from Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns.

Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns, expressed as a rate of return on the value of our net assets at the end of the immediate preceding quarter, is compared to a “hurdle rate” of return of 1.500% per quarter (6.000% annualized). We will pay the Adviser an incentive fee quarterly in arrears with respect to our Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income Returns in each calendar quarter as follows:

(ii) Incentive Fee on Capital Gains

The second part of the incentive fee is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year in an amount equal to 12.5% of realized capital gains, if any, on a cumulative basis from inception through the end of each calendar year. Fees are computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any previously paid capital gain incentive fees.

Both components of the incentive fee calculations are for any period of less than three months and adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the relevant quarter. The Adviser waived the incentive fee through March 15, 2025 and has also waived 50% of the incentive fee from March 15, 2025 to March 15, 2026.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized $952 and $1,939 of management fees, and $1,445 and $2,877 of performance-based incentive fees before impact of waived fees. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, $- and $405 of management fees were waived and $- and $597 of performance-based incentive fees were waived.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized $964 and $1,911, respectively, of management fees, and $1,576 and $3,231, respectively, of performance-based incentive fees before impact of waived fees. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, $482 and $1,341, respectively, of management fees were waived and $788 and $2,267, respectively, of performance-based incentive fees were waived.

As of June 30, 2026, management fees payable and performance-based incentive fees payable were $952 and $1,445, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, management fees payable and performance-based incentive fees payable were $508 and $740, respectively.

Administration Agreement

On March 15, 2024, the Company entered into an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) with the Administrator. Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, the Administrator provides, or oversees the performance of, administrative and compliance services, including, but not limited to, maintaining financial records, overseeing the calculation of net asset value, compliance monitoring (including diligence and oversight of other service providers), preparing reports to shareholders and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), preparing materials and coordinating meetings of the Company’s Board, managing the payment of expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered by others and providing office space, equipment and office services. The Company will reimburse the Administrator for the costs and expenses incurred by the Administrator in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement. Such reimbursement will include the Company’s allocable portion of compensation, overhead (including rent, office equipment and utilities) and other expenses incurred by the Administrator in performing its administrative obligations under the Administration Agreement, including but not limited to: (i) the Company’s chief compliance officer, chief financial officer and their respective staffs; (ii) investor relations, legal, operations and other non-investment professionals at the Administrator that perform duties for the Company; and (iii) any internal audit group personnel of AGM or any of its affiliates, subject to the limitations described in Advisory and Administration Agreements. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Administration Agreement, the Administrator may delegate its obligations under the Administration Agreement to an affiliate or to a third party and the Company will reimburse the Administrator for any services performed by such affiliate or third party. The Administrator hired a sub-administrator to assist in the provision of administrative services. The sub-administrator will receive compensation for its sub-administrative services under a sub-administration agreement.

On March 12, 2026, the Board renewed the Administration Agreement. Unless earlier terminated, the Administration Agreement will remain in effect until March 12, 2027, and may be extended subject to required approvals.

Transaction Agreement

In December 2023, the Company entered into a transaction agreement whereby, among other things, accepted initial capital commitments and entered into a master participation and sale agreement (the “Asset Transfer Agreement”) to acquire the initial loan portfolio of an affiliated Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Affiliate”). See below for additional information on the Asset Transfer Agreement and Note 6 for information on initial capital commitments.

Asset Transfer Agreement

In December 2023, AP Leaf entered into an Asset Transfer Agreement with the Affiliate pursuant to which AP Leaf would acquire and hold (a) initially participation rights in the initial loan portfolio and (b) legal and beneficial title to the initial loan portfolio. As part of the initial loan portfolio, the Affiliate transferred $785,224 of secured, floating rate, middle market term loans to AP Leaf. AP Leaf also acquired $1,280 of capitalized PIK for no additional consideration.

In January 2024, all loans acquired in the initial loan portfolio were assigned to the Company and ceased to be owned through the Asset Transfer Agreement with the Affiliate. Additional consideration of $236 was provided to the Affiliate in conjunction with settlement of the Asset Transfer Agreement.

Servicing Fee Agreement

As part of the Transaction Agreement, the Company entered into an agreement with the Servicer to provide, or oversee the performance of, administrative and compliance services, including, but not limited to: (a) possessing, keeping and maintaining the books and records of the Company; (b) preparing and delivering financial information (including financial statements); and (c) the day-to-day administration of the loan portfolio, including opening and maintaining bank accounts for the Company and receiving and disbursing funds therefrom. The Company acknowledges that these services, in whole or in part, will be sub-contracted to MidCap Financial Services, LLC.

In exchange for these services, a servicing fee will be paid quarterly in arrears to the Servicer, as described below:

(1) With respect to certain assets acquired by the Affiliate before December 20, 2018 and sold to the Company in conjunction with the Asset Transfer Agreement above, a service fee equal to 0.0625% of the aggregate face value of the final day of the quarter; and

(2) With respect to certain assets acquired by the Affiliate after December 20, 2018 and sold to the Company in conjunction with the Asset Transfer Agreement above, a service fee equal to 0.0875% of the aggregate face value of the final day of the quarter.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized $— and $—, respectively, of servicing fees. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized $— and $—, respectively, of servicing fees. The agreement with the Servicer terminated after the Conversion Date, when the Company elected to be regulated as a BDC.

Expense Support and Conditional Reimbursement Agreement

The Company entered into an expense support and conditional reimbursement agreement (the “Expense Support Agreement”) with the Adviser. The Adviser may elect to pay certain expenses (each, an “Expense Payment”), provided that no portion of the payment will be used to pay any interest or distributions and/or servicing fees of the Company. Any Expense Payment that the Adviser has committed to pay must be paid by the Adviser to the Company in any combination of cash or other immediately available funds no later than forty-five days after such commitment was made in writing, and/or offset against amounts due from the Company to the Adviser or its affiliates.

Following any calendar month in which Available Operating Funds (as defined below) exceed the cumulative distributions accrued to the Company’s shareholders based on distributions declared with respect to record dates occurring in such calendar month (the amount of such excess being hereinafter referred to as “Excess Operating Funds”), the Company shall pay such Excess Operating Funds, or a portion thereof, to the Adviser until such time as all Expense Payments made by the Adviser to the Company within three years prior to the last business day of such calendar month have been reimbursed. Any payments required to be made by the Company shall be referred to herein as a “Reimbursement Payment”. “Available Operating Funds” means the sum of (i) net investment company taxable income (including net short-term capital gains reduced by net long-term capital losses), (ii) net capital gains (including the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) and (iii) dividends and other distributions paid on account of investments in portfolio companies (to the extent such amounts listed in clause (iii) are not included under clauses (i) and (ii) above).

No Reimbursement Payment for any month will be made if: (1) the “Effective Rate of Distributions Per Share” (as defined below) declared by the Company at the time of such Reimbursement Payment is less than the Effective Rate of Distributions Per Share at the time the Expense Payment was made to which such Reimbursement Payment relates, or (2) our “Operating Expense Ratio” (as defined below) at the time of such Reimbursement Payment is greater than the Operating Expense Ratio at the time the Expense Payment was made to which such Reimbursement Payment relates. Pursuant to the Expense Support Agreement, “Effective Rate of Distributions Per Share” means the annualized rate (based on a 365 day year) of regular cash distributions per share exclusive of returns of capital, distribution rate reductions due to distribution and shareholder fees, and declared special dividends or special distributions, if any. The “Operating Expense Ratio” is calculated by dividing Operating Expenses, less organizational and offering expenses, base management and incentive fees owed to Adviser, and interest expense, by our net assets.

The Company’s obligation to make a Reimbursement Payment shall automatically become a liability of the Company on the last business day of the applicable calendar month, except to the extent the Adviser has waived its right to receive such payment for the applicable month. As of June 30, 2026, the Adviser had not made any Expense Payments under the Expense Support Agreement, and no Reimbursement Payments were made or accrued during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026.

Distribution Reinvestment Plan

We have adopted a distribution reinvestment plan, pursuant to which we will reinvest all cash distributions declared by the Board on behalf of our shareholders who do not elect to receive their distributions in cash as provided below. As a result, if the Board authorizes, and we declare, a cash distribution or other distribution, then our shareholders who have not opted out of our distribution reinvestment plan will have their cash distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares as described below, rather than receiving the cash distribution or other distribution. Distributions on fractional shares will be credited to each participating shareholder’s account to three decimal places. No action is required on the part of a registered shareholder to have his, her or its cash distribution or other distribution reinvested in our shares.

Co-Investment Activity

The Company, the Adviser and certain affiliates received an exemptive order from the SEC on May 14, 2025 (the “Order”), that permits us, among other things, to co-invest with other funds and accounts managed by the Adviser or its affiliates, subject to certain conditions. Certain types of negotiated co-investments may be made only in accordance with the Order from the SEC permitting the Company to do so. Pursuant to the requirements of the Order, the Board, including a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of the Independent Trustees, has approved co-investment policies and procedures describing how the Company will comply with the Order. Further, the Adviser has adopted policies and procedures (the “Adviser Allocation Policy”) which is designed to reasonably ensure that investment opportunities are allocated fairly and equitably among affiliated funds over time and in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Pursuant to the Adviser Allocation Policy, the Company will be given the opportunity to participate in any investments that fall within certain criteria established by the Adviser. The Company may determine to participate or not to participate, depending on whether the Adviser determines that the investment is appropriate for the Company (e.g., based on investment strategy). If the Adviser determines that the investment is not appropriate for us, the investment will not be allocated to us.

As of June 30, 2026, the Company’s co-investment holdings were 75.5% of the portfolio or $706,297, measured at fair value. On a cost basis, 75.1% of the portfolio or $732,924 were co-investments. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s co-investment holdings were 72.4% of the portfolio or $682,621, measured at fair value. On a cost basis, 71.9% of the portfolio or $692,028 were co-investments.