Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance The registrant's Trustees and certain officers, its investment adviser, certain affiliated persons of the investment adviser, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of any class of outstanding securities of the registrant are required to file forms reporting their affiliation with the registrant and reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the registrant's securities with the SEC. Based on a review of these forms filed electronically with the SEC, the registrant has determined that the following forms were filed late: for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, Form 4 filed on June 27, 2024 by Thomas Sittema to report a purchase of shares; and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, Form 4 filed on March 19, 2025 by Ron Sturzenegger to report a sale of shares and, as an initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities, Form 3 filed on October 24, 2025 by Dean Caruvana, Form 3 filed on October 24, 2025 by Terry Prather, Form 3 filed on October 24, 2025 by Gary Gipkhin, Form 3 filed on November 3, 2025 by StepStone Group Europe Alternative Investments Ltd and Form 3 filed on November 3, 2025 by Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC.