EX-10.5 6 exhibit105-masterparticipa.htm EX-10.5 Exhibit 10.5 - Master Participation Agreement
Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION VERSION
MASTER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Master Participation and Assignment Agreement (as amended from time to time, this
Agreement”), dated as of May 22, 2026, between BPC Funding LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Financing Subsidiary”), and Barings Private Credit Corporation CLO
2026-1, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman
Islands (the “Issuer”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Financing Subsidiary owns certain loans (the “Collateral Obligations”)
and the Issuer desires to purchase certain of such Collateral Obligations and/or portions thereof
as set forth on Annex A hereto;
WHEREAS, the Transferor has made or will make, on or prior to the date hereof, a
capital contribution to the Financing Subsidiary, and the Financing Subsidiary intends to
distribute the Transferred Assets to Barings Private Credit Corporation (the “Transferor”) as an
equity distribution in the form of a dividend (the “Dividend”), in each case pursuant to (i) that
certain revolving credit and security agreement, dated as of May 11, 2021 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among
the Financing Subsidiary, as borrower, BNP Paribas, as the administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Barings Private Credit Corporation, as equityholder and
servicer, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and State Street Bank and
Trust Company, as collateral agent and (ii) the Notice of Optional Sale and Lien Release, dated
as of May 22, 2026, consented to by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and acknowledged
and agreed to by State Street Bank and Trust Company, as collateral agent;
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Transferor have entered into a master loan sale
agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Loan Sale Agreement”), dated as of May 22,
2026, pursuant to which the Transferor has agreed to sell certain loans, including the Transferred
Assets, to the Issuer, subject to the conditions precedent to each such sale set forth in the Loan
Sale Agreement and, with respect to the Transferred Assets that will be Closing Date
Participation Interests until elevated to assignments, as set forth herein and subject to the terms
of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the settlement of the acquisition of the Transferred Assets by the Transferor
from the Financing Subsidiary and by the Issuer from the Transferor shall occur, solely for
administrative convenience, pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement whereby the
Financing Subsidiary will (i) grant a participation interest in each Transferred Asset directly to
the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01 and (ii) thereafter cause an assignment of each such
Transferred Asset to be delivered to the Issuer so that the Issuer becomes the record owner of
such Transferred Asset pursuant to Section 2.05;
WHEREAS, such grant by the Financing Subsidiary and acquisition by the Issuer of
such participation interest in each Transferred Asset is referred to herein as the “Transfer” of
such Transferred Asset; and
WHEREAS, with respect to any Transferred Asset, the Financing Subsidiary and the
Issuer will cause the relevant participation to be elevated to an assignment as soon as practicable,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.05, after the Settlement Date.  Such elevation is referred
to herein as the “Elevation” with respect to any Transferred Asset, and the date of any Elevation
of such Transferred Asset is referred to herein as the related “Elevation Date”.
AGREEMENT
Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein and other
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows. 
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01Certain Definitions; Interpretation.
(a)Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Sale Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the
Indenture. In addition, as used herein, the following defined terms, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings (to the extent not otherwise defined herein):
Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
Business Day” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
Collateral Agent” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Collateral Manager” means Barings Private Credit Corporation, in its capacity as
collateral manager under the Collateral Management Agreement (as defined in the Indenture).
Collateral Obligations” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Commitment” means, with respect to any Participation Interest, the commitment or
obligation under the related Underlying Instruments to advance funds in connection with the
related Collateral Obligation.
Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Dividend” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Elevation” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Elevation Date” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Excluded Amounts” means (a) any amount received by, on or with respect to any
Collateral Obligation, which amount is attributable to the payment of any tax, fee or other charge
imposed by any Authority on such Collateral Obligation, (b) any amount representing escrows
relating to taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with any Collateral Obligation
which is held in an escrow account for the benefit of the related Obligor and the secured party
(other than the Financing Subsidiary in its capacity as lender with respect to such Collateral
Obligation) pursuant to escrow arrangements, (c) any Retained Fee retained by the Person(s)
entitled thereto in connection with the origination of any Collateral Obligation, (d) any accrued
and unpaid interest on any Collateral Obligation with respect to the period of time prior to and
excluding the Closing Date and (e) any Equity Security related to any Collateral Obligation that
the Financing Subsidiary determines will not be transferred by the Financing Subsidiary in
connection with the sale of any related Collateral Obligation hereunder.
Financing Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of May 22, 2026 (as amended, modified,
restated or supplemented from time to time), between the Issuer, Barings Private Credit CLO
2026-1, LLC, as co-issuer and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee”).
Issuer” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
Lenders” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Loan Sale Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Participation Interest” and “Participation Interests” have the meanings specified in
Section 2.01.
Participation Percentage” means, with respect to each Collateral Obligation, the
percentage set forth on Annex A hereto representing the percentage portion of such Collateral
Obligation conveyed to the Issuer by the Financing Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding thereof.
Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any amount, as of any date of determination, the
product obtained by multiplying such amount by the applicable Participation Percentage.
Representing Party” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
Settlement Date” means May 22, 2026.
Transfer” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Transferor” has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
Transferred Assets” means the Collateral Obligations (excluding any Excluded
Amounts) or portions thereof (if less than 100%) equal to the applicable Participation Percentage
of each such Collateral Obligation conveyed by the Financing Subsidiary to the Issuer hereunder,
in each case as set forth on Annex A hereto.
(b)In this Agreement, unless a contrary intention appears:
(i)the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(ii)reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and
assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by the
Transaction Documents;
(iii)reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(iv)reference to day or days without further qualification means
calendar days;
(v)unless otherwise stated, reference to any time means New York,
New York time;
(vi)references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography,
electronic or other means of reproducing words in a visible form;
(vii)reference to any agreement (including any Transaction Document),
document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as
amended, modified, supplemented, replaced, restated, waived or extended and in
effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable,
the terms of the other Transaction Documents, and reference to any promissory
note includes any promissory note that is an extension or renewal thereof or a
substitute or replacement therefor;
(viii)reference to any requirement of law means such requirement of
law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part,
and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and reference to any Section or other provision of any requirement of
law means that provision of such requirement of law from time to time in effect
and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification,
replacement or reenactment of such Section or other provision; and
(ix)references to “including” means “including, without limitation”.
(c)The titles of Articles and Sections hereof are for convenience only, and
they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are to be used in the construction or interpretation
hereof.
ARTICLE II
Transfer
SECTION 2.01Transfer.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof on
the Settlement Date, the Financing Subsidiary hereby irrevocably grants to the Issuer, and the
Issuer hereby acquires from the Financing Subsidiary, an undivided participation interest in each
Transferred Asset, which interest shall be understood to include all of the Financing Subsidiary’s
right, title, benefit and interest in and to the Pro Rata Share of any interest accruing from and after
the Settlement Date, any Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds to the extent provided in
Section 2.02 and, to the extent permitted to be transferred under applicable law and under the
applicable transfer document or assignment agreement (or, in the case of any Underlying
Instrument that is in the form of a note, any chain of endorsement) executed and delivered in
connection with a Transferred Asset, all claims, causes of action and any other right of the
Financing Subsidiary (in its capacity as a lender under such documentation), whether known or
unknown, against any Obligor or any of its affiliates, agents, representatives, contractors, advisors
or other Person arising under or in connection with such documentation or that is in any way
based on or related to any of the foregoing or the loan transactions governed thereby, including
contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in
equity related to the rights and obligations sold and purchased pursuant to this Agreement (each,
a “Participation Interest” and, collectively, the “Participation Interests”), upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.  The Issuer hereby assumes all obligations
and liabilities of the Financing Subsidiary as lender with respect to or in connection with each
related Participation Interest arising or occurring on or after the Settlement Date.  The
consideration for the transfer of the Participation Interests from the Financing Subsidiary to the
Issuer shall consist of cash paid to the Financing Subsidiary by the Issuer.  The purchase price
for each Collateral Obligation sold pursuant to this Agreement shall be a dollar amount equal to
the fair market value thereof as determined by the Financing Subsidiary and the Issuer and shall
be on terms no less favorable to the Issuer than the Issuer would then obtain in a comparable
arm’s length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate.  The parties hereto agree that,
solely for administrative convenience, any amount paid in cash by the Issuer to the Financing
Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement on account of its purchase of a Participation Interest to be
conveyed hereunder shall be treated for all purposes hereunder and under the Loan Sale
Agreement as if such amount had been paid by the Issuer to the Transferor, in partial or full
satisfaction of its obligations to pay the purchase price of such initial Transferred Assets under
the Loan Sale Agreement and/or a capital contribution (through an intermediate entity) by the
Transferor to the Financing Subsidiary and the corresponding Dividend by the Financing
Subsidiary to the Transferor; provided that the Issuer, the Financing Subsidiary and the
Transferor may agree to net certain amounts payable hereunder with other amounts paid in
connection with the closing of the notes issued under the Indenture and the distribution of the
proceeds thereof.  The Participation Interests are certain of the “Closing Date Participation
Interests” referred to in the Loan Sale Agreement and in the Indenture.
SECTION 2.02Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds; Payments of Interest
Proceeds and Principal Proceeds and Other Payments Received After the Settlement Date.
(a)With respect to each Transferred Asset, the Issuer shall acquire its Pro
Rata Share of all rights to Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds that, as of the Settlement
Date, are accrued but unpaid with respect to the period from and after the Settlement Date
(which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Excluded Amounts).
(b)If at any time after the Settlement Date the Financing Subsidiary receives
any Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds (in each case, other than any Excluded Amounts) in
respect of the Transferred Assets, the Financing Subsidiary shall deliver (or cause to be delivered)
promptly to the Issuer its Pro Rata Share of such Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds.  If at
any time after the Settlement Date the Financing Subsidiary receives any other payment
(including principal, interest (to the extent relating to the period from and after the Settlement
Date) or any other amount) with respect to a Transferred Asset, the Financing Subsidiary shall
deliver (or cause to be delivered) promptly to the Issuer its Pro Rata Share of such payment, and
in the case of any such payment of interest, the Financing Subsidiary shall provide (or cause to
be provided) a written notice to the Issuer at the time of such delivery setting forth calculations
and certifying as to the portion of any interest received that relates to the period from and after
the Settlement Date.
(c)Without limiting the foregoing, the Financing Subsidiary agrees (a) until
the Elevation of each Transferred Asset has been completed, to maintain its existing custodial
arrangements and bank accounts established to receive proceeds of such Transferred Asset and
(b) to remit (or cause to be remitted) to the Issuer, promptly (but not more than two Business
Days) after receipt of such payment and identification thereof, the Issuer’s Pro Rata Share of
each payment received in connection with each Transferred Asset to which the Issuer is entitled
in accordance with Section 2.01.  The Financing Subsidiary acknowledges that from and after the
Settlement Date it shall have no equitable or beneficial interest in the Pro Rata Share of any
payment received by it with respect to any Transferred Asset (other than any Excluded
Amounts).  If the Financing Subsidiary modifies or amends the standing instructions delivered to
the Financing Subsidiary’s custodian under the Credit Agreement on the date hereof in
connection with this clause (c), the Financing Subsidiary shall notify the Issuer of such
modification or amendment.
SECTION 2.03Treatment of Transfer; Backup Grant of Security Interest.
(a)Each party hereto (i) agrees that each Transfer shall be a sale or
contribution of a participation interest in the relevant Transferred Asset for all relevant purposes
(other than tax and accounting purposes) and (ii) intends, and has as its business objective, that
each Transfer be an absolute transfer and not be a transfer as security for a loan.  The relationship
between the Financing Subsidiary and the Issuer shall be that of seller and buyer.  Neither party
is a trustee or agent for the other party, nor does either party have any fiduciary obligations to the
other party.  This Agreement shall not be construed to create a partnership or joint venture
between the parties hereto.
(b)If, notwithstanding such intention, any Transfer is characterized by a court
of competent jurisdiction as a transfer as security for a loan rather than a sale of a participation
interest in the relevant Transferred Asset, or any Transfer shall for any reason be ineffective to
transfer to the Issuer all of the Financing Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in any Transferred
Asset (including the Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds by it with respect to such
Transferred Asset), then the Financing Subsidiary shall be deemed to have granted to the Issuer,
and the Financing Subsidiary hereby grants to the Issuer, a security interest in and lien on all the
Financing Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to such Transferred Asset (including the
Issuer’s Pro Rata Share of any Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds received by the
Financing Subsidiary with respect to such Transferred Asset), whether now existing or hereafter
acquired, in order to secure such loan and all other obligations of the Financing Subsidiary
hereunder.
(c)  After the Settlement Date, the Financing Subsidiary shall record in the
Financing Subsidiary’s books and records the fact that the Financing Subsidiary is no longer the
beneficial owner of the Transferred Assets conveyed to the Issuer hereunder and, after the
relevant Elevation Date with respect to any Transferred Asset, the Financing Subsidiary shall
record in the Financing Subsidiary’s books and records the fact that the Financing Subsidiary is
no longer the record owner or beneficial owner of such Transferred Asset.  After the Settlement
Date, the Issuer shall record in the Issuer’s books and records that fact that the Issuer is the
beneficial owner of the Transferred Assets and, after the relevant Elevation Date with respect to
any Transferred Asset, the Issuer shall record in the Issuer’s books and records the fact that the
Issuer is the record owner and beneficial owner of such Transferred Asset. 
SECTION 2.04Documents; Exercise of Rights and Remedies;
Indemnification. 
(a)Prior to Elevation, the Financing Subsidiary shall furnish to the Issuer
(or its collateral administrator) copies of any Underlying Instruments and applicable credit
documentation in its possession in respect of a Transferred Asset and, as and when available to
the Financing Subsidiary (without prejudice to Section 2.05(b)), a copy of each transfer
document or assignment agreement (or, in the case of any Underlying Instrument that is in the
form of a note, any chain of endorsement), amendment, consent or waiver in connection with any
such documentation, provided that the Financing Subsidiary is not prohibited from doing so
under the related Underlying Instruments or applicable credit documentation after taking into
account the next sentence.  The Issuer agrees that it shall maintain the confidentiality of any such
documents to the extent required therein and to the same extent as if it were a party thereto and
shall, upon the Financing Subsidiary’s request, provide to the Financing Subsidiary a
confidentiality undertaking to such effect in accordance with the terms of the such
documentation prior to the delivery thereof.
(b)From and after the Settlement Date, the Financing Subsidiary agrees to
promptly forward to the Issuer and the Collateral Manager all notices, requests, reports and
communications of any nature received from any Person with respect to each Transferred Asset. 
Unless restricted or prohibited under applicable law, rule, order or the relevant Underlying
Instruments and/or credit documentation, the Financing Subsidiary will not exercise any voting,
consent or other right or remedy, or take or refrain from taking any action, in each case with
respect to any Transferred Asset, except as directed by the Issuer; provided that the consent of
the Financing Subsidiary shall be required (which consent shall be subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, including, if applicable, any terms requiring
consent of Lenders or Administrative Agent thereunder) in connection with any such action that
(1) increases the funding obligations of the Financing Subsidiary with respect to such
Transferred Asset or (2) would subject the Financing Subsidiary, the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement to additional liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements.  With respect to
the exercise of any such voting, consent or other right or remedy, or the taking or refraining from
taking any action with respect to any Transferred Asset, pursuant to the sentences in this clause
(b) not directed by the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer, the Financing Subsidiary will
consult with the Issuer with respect thereto and the Financing Subsidiary will take such action or
refrain from taking such action as the Financing Subsidiary would take if such Transferred Asset
were beneficially owned by the Financing Subsidiary for its own account (but subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, including, if applicable, any terms
requiring consent of Lenders or Administrative Agent thereunder).
(c)Provided that the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer has directed
the Financing Subsidiary to take such action and the Financing Subsidiary does so, the Issuer
shall reimburse the Financing Subsidiary for any and all liabilities, obligations, actual losses,
actual damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, and disbursements,
including legal fees, which may be incurred or made by the Financing Subsidiary in connection
with any such action so taken by the Financing Subsidiary for which the Financing Subsidiary is
not reimbursed at any time by or on behalf of any Obligor under any applicable Underlying
Instruments or credit documentation (other than any amounts thereof resulting from the
Financing Subsidiary’s gross negligence or willful misconduct).  In no event will the Issuer
reimburse the Financing Subsidiary for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
in respect to any claim hereunder, whether or not known or suspected, unless any such special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages are actually incurred by or are payable by the
Financing Subsidiary.  In no event will the Financing Subsidiary reimburse the Issuer for any
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect to any claim hereunder, whether
or not known or suspected, unless any such special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
are actually incurred by or are payable by the Issuer.
SECTION 2.05Elevation.
(a)Subject to the terms and provisions of the applicable Transferred Assets
and of applicable law, the Financing Subsidiary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
effect an Elevation, as soon as reasonably practicable, with respect to each such Transferred
Asset and take such action (including the execution and delivery of any transfer document or
assignment agreement (or, in the case of any Underlying Instrument that is in the form of a note,
any chain of endorsement)) as shall be reasonably necessary in connection therewith and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of each such Transferred Asset and consistent with
the terms of this Agreement.  The Financing Subsidiary has prepared, or will prepare on or
following the Closing Date, individual assignments (or a master assignment) consistent with the
requirements of the related Underlying Instruments and provided them to the Persons required
under such Underlying Instruments, which assignments will become effective in accordance with
such Underlying Instruments upon obtaining certain consents thereto or upon the passage of time
or both.  The Financing Subsidiary shall pay any transfer fees and other expenses payable in
connection with an Elevation and the Issuer will reimburse the Financing Subsidiary for half of
such fees and expenses after receipt of an invoice therefor from the Financing Subsidiary
detailing such amounts.  The Issuer shall be responsible for any expenses of administering each
Transferred Asset prior to its Elevation.  At Elevation, the Financing Subsidiary shall deliver
such assignment and the credit documentation with respect to the related Transferred Asset in
its possession to or as directed by the Issuer.  The Issuer and the Financing Subsidiary
acknowledge and agree that, solely for administrative convenience, any transfer document or
assignment agreement (or, in the case of any Underlying Instrument that is in the form of a note,
any chain of endorsement) required to be executed and delivered in connection with the transfer
of a Transferred Asset in accordance with the terms of any related Underlying Instruments may
reflect that (i) the Financing Subsidiary is assigning such Transferred Asset directly to the Issuer
or (ii) the Issuer is acquiring such Transferred Asset at the closing of such Transferred Asset. 
Nothing in any such transfer document or assignment agreement (or, in the case of any
Underlying Instrument that is in the form of a note, nothing in such chain of endorsement) shall
be deemed to impair the transfers of the Transferred Assets by the Financing Subsidiary to the
Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b)The Financing Subsidiary shall (so far as the same is within its power and
control) maintain its existence as a Delaware limited liability company until an Elevation has
been effected with respect to each Transferred Asset.  If the Financing Subsidiary has not
effected an Elevation of a Transferred Asset on or before the day that is 120 days from the
Settlement Date for whatever reason or if at any time prior thereto the Financing Subsidiary is
dissolved prior to effecting an Elevation, the Financing Subsidiary and the Issuer agree that the
Participation Interests in each of the Transferred Assets shall elevate automatically and
immediately to an assignment and all of Financing Subsidiary’s rights, title, interests and
ownership of such Transferred Assets shall vest in the Issuer.  Upon the execution of this
Agreement, the Financing Subsidiary shall be deemed to have consented and agreed to the
Elevation with respect to each of the Transferred Assets.  The Financing Subsidiary agrees that,
following any such date, the Issuer shall be permitted to take any and all action necessary to
effectuate an Elevation and/or finalize an assignment of any of the Transferred Assets, and in
furtherance of the foregoing, effective immediately upon such date, the Financing Subsidiary
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints the Issuer, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead, to
sign, execute, certify, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file, receive and record any and all
documents that the Issuer reasonably deems appropriate or necessary in connection with any
Elevation or finalization of an assignment of any of the Transferred Assets. In addition, the
Financing Subsidiary, effective as of the Settlement Date, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints
the Issuer, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with
full power and authority in its name, place and stead, to sign, execute, certify, swear to,
acknowledge, deliver, file, receive and record any and all documents that the Issuer reasonably
deems appropriate or necessary to direct the applicable Obligor or agent bank with respect to any
Transferred Asset to deposit directly into the Collection Account the Issuer’s Pro Rata Share of
Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds in respect of any Transferred Asset.  The foregoing
powers of attorney are hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest,
and shall survive and not be affected by the bankruptcy or insolvency or dissolution of the
Financing Subsidiary.
SECTION 2.06Release of Excluded Amounts.  The parties acknowledge and
agree that the Issuer has no interest in the Excluded Amounts.  Promptly upon the receipt by or
release to the Issuer of any Excluded Amounts, the Issuer hereby irrevocably agrees to deliver
and release to (or as directed by) the Financing Subsidiary such Excluded Amounts, which
release shall be automatic and shall require no further act by the Issuer; provided that the Issuer
agrees that it will execute and deliver such instruments of release and assignment or other
documents, or otherwise confirm the foregoing release of such Excluded Amounts, as may be
reasonably requested by the Financing Subsidiary in writing.
SECTION 2.07Conduct of Business.  The Financing Subsidiary represents,
warrants and agrees that, from and after the Settlement Date, it will not engage in any activities
with respect to the Transferred Assets other than holding record ownership of the Transferred
Assets, receiving payments in respect of the Transferred Assets and remitting (or causing to be
remitted) to the Issuer its Pro Rata Share of such payments as required hereunder, effecting
Elevations with respect to the Transferred Assets and performing its other agreements hereunder
with respect to such Transferred Assets.  The Financing Subsidiary represents, warrants and
agrees that, from and after the date hereof, it shall not sell, grant a security interest in or lien on,
or otherwise pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or encumber (or permit such to occur or suffer such
to exist other than any security interest therein which will be released contemporaneously with
the Transfer of such Transferred Asset hereunder and the grant of the security interest therein
granted by the Financing Subsidiary to the Issuer hereunder), any part of the Transferred Assets
except for (i) the transfer to the Transferor (by way of Dividend) and (ii) the grant of the
Participation Interests to the Issuer as provided herein. 
SECTION 2.08Further AssurancesEach party agrees to execute and deliver all
such further documents as may be reasonably requested by the other party in order to effect each
Transfer and each Elevation as contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01Representations and Warranties of Each Party.  Each party hereto
(each, the “Representing Party”) represents and warrants to the other party as follows:
(i)the Representing Party is duly incorporated or formed, as
applicable, and validly existing as an entity and is in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(ii)the Representing Party has the requisite power and authority to
enter into and perform this Agreement;
(iii)this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the Representing Party, has been duly executed by the Representing
Party and is the valid and binding agreement of the Representing Party
enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms;
(iv)the Representing Party is adequately capitalized in light of its
contemplated business or activities;
(v)no Transfer will be a transfer of property in connection with any
preexisting indebtedness owed by the Financing Subsidiary to the Issuer;
(vi)there are no agreements or understandings between the
Representing Parties (other than this Agreement) relating to or affecting the
Transfer or the Transferred Assets and the proceeds thereof;
(vii)the Representing Party conducts its business or activities solely in
its own name;
(viii)the Representing Party provides for the payment of its expenses
and liabilities from its own funds;
(ix)the Representing Party has not guaranteed and is not otherwise
contractually liable for the payment of any liability of the other party;
(x)neither the assets nor the creditworthiness of the Representing
Party is generally held out as being available for the payment of any liability of
the other party;
(xi)the Representing Party maintains an arm’s-length relationship with
the other party;
(xii)the Representing Party maintains separate financial records that
enable its assets to be readily ascertained as separate and apart from those of the
other party;
(xiii)the Representing Party’s funds are not commingled with those of
the other party; and
(xiv)none of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the Representing Party will:
(A)conflict with, result in any breach of or constitute a default
(or an event which, with the giving of notice or passage of
time, or both, would constitute a default) under, any term or
provision of the organizational documents of the
Representing Party or any indenture, agreement, order,
decree or other instrument to which the Representing Party
is a party or by which the Representing Party is bound,
which conflict, breach or default would have a material
adverse effect with respect to the Representing Party; or
(B)violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation
applicable to the Representing Party of any regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Representing
Party or its properties, which violation would have a
material adverse effect with respect to the Representing
Party.
SECTION 3.02Representations and Warranties of the Financing Subsidiary.  The
Financing Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Issuer as follows:
(i)Upon the Elevation on the relevant Elevation Date with respect to
any Transferred Asset, the Issuer will receive good and marketable title to such
Transferred Asset, free and clear of any pledge, lien, investment interest, charge,
claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind created by the Financing Subsidiary or
any Person claiming through the Financing Subsidiary.  The participation in each
Transferred Asset granted hereunder will be granted by the Financing Subsidiary
to the Issuer free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien,
pledge, charge, claim or security interest (other than any security interest therein
which will be released contemporaneously with the Transfer of such Transferred
Asset hereunder, the security interest granted hereunder by the Financing
Subsidiary to the Issuer and Financing Subsidiary’s record ownership of the
related Transferred Asset which, from and after the Settlement Date to and
including the Elevation Date with respect thereto will be and remain free and clear
of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or
security interest). There is no funding obligation in respect of the Transferred
Assets that the Issuer is or shall be required to pay or otherwise perform that the
Financing Subsidiary has not paid or otherwise performed in full.
(ii)None of the execution, delivery and performance by the Financing
Subsidiary of this Agreement will adversely affect the nature of the title to any
Transferred Asset received by the Issuer as provided in Section 3.02(i).
(iii)No consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration
or qualification with, any governmental body, agency or authority, nor any
consent, approval, waiver or notification of any creditor or lessor is required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Financing
Subsidiary of this Agreement, except (A) such as have been obtained and are in
full force and effect or (B) those with respect to which the failure to obtain them
would not have a material adverse effect with respect to the Financing Subsidiary.
(iv)The Financing Subsidiary has valid business reasons for
transferring the Transferred Assets to the Issuer rather than obtaining a secured
loan with the Transferred Assets as collateral.  The Financing Subsidiary is not
effecting any Transfer in contemplation of the Financing Subsidiary’s insolvency
or with any actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.
(v)All corporate actions of the Financing Subsidiary, with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby, have been and will continue to be
reflected in any minutes of the Financing Subsidiary.  This Agreement is and
will continue to be an official record of the Financing Subsidiary.
(vi)The Financing Subsidiary has been solvent at all relevant times
before each Transfer and will not be rendered insolvent by any Transfer.  Before
the date hereof, the Financing Subsidiary did not engage in or have plans to
engage in any business or transaction as a result of which the total assets
remaining with the Financing Subsidiary would constitute an unreasonably small
amount of capital.  The Financing Subsidiary has not incurred and does not intend
to incur, debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as they mature.
SECTION 3.03No LiabilityThe Financing Subsidiary makes no representation or
warranty, express or implied, and assumes no responsibility, with respect to the genuineness,
authorization, execution, delivery, validity, legality, value, sufficiency, perfection, priority,
enforceability or collectability of any Underlying Instruments or credit documentation executed
and delivered in connection with a Transferred Asset.  The Financing Subsidiary assumes no
responsibility for (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) (a) any representation or
warranty made by, or the accuracy, completeness, correctness or sufficiency of any information (or
the validity, completeness or adequate disclosure of assumptions underlying any estimates,
forecasts or projections contained in such information) provided directly or indirectly by, any
obligor in respect of a Transferred Asset or any Underlying Instruments or credit documentation
thereof or by any other Person, (b) the performance or observance by any obligor of any of the
provisions of any Underlying Instruments or credit documentation in respect of a Transferred
Asset (whether on, before or after the Settlement Date), (c) the filing, recording, or taking of any
action with respect to any Underlying Instruments or credit documentation in respect of a
Transferred Asset, (d) the financial condition of any obligor in respect of a Transferred Asset or of
any other Person or (e) any other matter whatsoever relating to any obligor in respect of a
Transferred Asset, any other Person or the Transferred Assets.
In making, managing, handling and transferring the Transferred Assets, the Financing
Subsidiary shall exercise the same care as it normally exercises with respect to loans held for its
own account, but the Financing Subsidiary shall have no further responsibility to the Issuer
except as expressly provided herein and except for its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct which results in actual loss to the Issuer.
ARTICLE IV
Miscellaneous
SECTION 4.01Amendments.  This Agreement may not be amended, altered,
supplemented or otherwise modified, except by the execution and delivery of a written
agreement by each of the parties hereto and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 4.02Communications.  Except as may be otherwise agreed between the
parties, all communications hereunder shall be made in writing to the relevant party by personal
delivery or by courier or first-class mail by facsimile or email transmission as follows:
To the Financing Subsidiary:
BPC Funding LLC
c/o Barings Private Credit Corporation
            300 South Tryon Street, Suite 2500
          Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
          Attention: Albert Perley
          E-mail: Albert.Perley@barings.com
To the Issuer:
Barings Private Credit Corporation CLO 2026-1
c/o Walkers Fiduciary Limited
190 Elgin Avenue, George Town
Grand Cayman, KY1-9008
Cayman Islands
Attention: The Directors
Email: fiduciary@walkersglobal.com
or to such other address, telephone number or facsimile number as either party may notify to the
other party in accordance with the terms hereof from time to time.  Any communications
hereunder shall be effective upon receipt.
SECTION 4.03Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Jurisdiction. 
(a)This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the law of the State
of New York, and this Agreement, and all matters arising out of or relating in any way
whatsoever to this Agreement (whether in contract, tort or otherwise), shall be governed by such
law without reference to its conflicts of laws provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the New
York General Obligations Law).
(b)EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING
OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. Each party hereto (i)
certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or
otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the
foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to
enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this
Section 4.03(b).
(c)Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The
City of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating this Agreement, and
hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard
and determined in such New York State or Federal court. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent that it may legally do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to the service
of any and all process in any action or proceeding by the mailing or delivery of copies of such
process to it the address set forth in Section 4.02. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment
in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions
by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
SECTION 4.04Non-Petition; Limited Recourse.
(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Financing
Subsidiary agrees that it may not, prior to the date which is one year and one day (or if longer,
any applicable preference period then in effect plus one day) after the payment in full of all
Notes and any other debt obligations of the Issuer that have been rated upon issuance by any
rating agency at the request of the Issuer, institute against, or join any other Person in
instituting against, the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency,
winding-up, moratorium or liquidation Proceedings, or other Proceedings under Cayman
Islands, U.S. federal or state bankruptcy law or similar laws of any jurisdiction.  Nothing in this
Section 4.04(a) shall preclude, or be deemed to stop, the Financing Subsidiary:
(i)from taking any action prior to the expiration of the
aforementioned period in (A) any case or Proceeding voluntarily filed or
commenced by the Issuer or (B) any involuntary insolvency Proceeding filed or
commenced by a Person other than the Issuer; or
(ii)from commencing against the Issuer or any of its properties any
legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency,
winding-up, moratorium or liquidation Proceeding.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees
that it may not, prior to the date which is one year and one day (or if longer, any applicable
preference period then in effect plus one day) after the payment in full of all “Obligations” (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Financing Subsidiary under the Credit Agreement,
institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Financing Subsidiary any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, winding-up, moratorium or liquidation
Proceedings, or other Proceedings under U.S. federal or state bankruptcy or similar laws. 
Nothing in this Section 4.04(b) shall preclude, or be deemed to stop, the Issuer:
(i)from taking any action prior to the expiration of the
aforementioned period in (A) any case or Proceeding voluntarily filed or
commenced by the Financing Subsidiary or (B) any involuntary insolvency
Proceeding filed or commenced by a Person other than the Financing Subsidiary;
or
(ii)from commencing against the Financing Subsidiary or any of its
properties any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, winding-up, moratorium or liquidation Proceeding.
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:
(i)The obligations of the parties under this Agreement are at all times
limited recourse obligations of such party payable solely from such party’s assets
(and in the case of the Issuer, the Assets) available at such time, and, following
realization of such assets and application of the proceeds thereof (including, in the
case of the Issuer, in accordance with the applicable priority of payments under
the Indenture and, in the case of the Financing Subsidiary, in accordance with the
applicable priority of payments under the Credit Agreement), all obligations of
and any remaining claims against such party hereunder or in connection herewith
after such realization shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive. 
(ii)No recourse shall be had against any officer, director, employee,
shareholder, member, manager, beneficial owner, trustee, authorized person or
incorporator of either party or its manager or their respective affiliates, successors
or assigns for any amounts payable under this Agreement.
(iii)The foregoing provisions of this Section 4.04(c) shall not:
(A)prevent recourse to such party’s assets for the sums due or
to become due under any security, instrument or agreement
that is part of such assets;
(B)constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any
indebtedness or obligation evidenced by this Agreement
until all such assets have been realized; or
(C)limit the right of either party to name the other party as a
party defendant in any Proceeding or in the exercise of any
other remedy under this Agreement, so long as no judgment
in the nature of a deficiency judgment or seeking personal
liability shall be asked for or (if obtained) enforced against
any Person referred to in Section 4.04(c)(ii).
(d)This Section 4.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
issuance and incurrence of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the payment in full of all
“Obligations” (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Financing Subsidiary under the
Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4.05Parties Benefited.
(a)This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Neither this Agreement nor
any right or obligation in or under this Agreement may be transferred (whether by way of
security or otherwise) or delegated by either party without the prior written consent of the other
party, except that (i) a party may make a transfer of all (but not less than all) of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement pursuant to a consolidation or amalgamation with, or merger
with or into, or transfer of all or substantially all its assets to, another entity, and (ii) the Issuer
may assign and transfer its rights hereunder to the Trustee under the Indenture.  Any purported
transfer that is not in compliance with this provision will be void.
(b)Except for the Trustee, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent (each of whom is an express third party beneficiary hereof), no Person shall be
a third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.06Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or condition of this
Agreement, or the application thereof to the Financing Subsidiary or the Issuer or any
circumstance, is held to be unenforceable, invalid or illegal (in whole or in part) for any reason
(in any relevant jurisdiction), the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this
Agreement, modified by the deletion of the unenforceable, invalid or illegal portion (in any
relevant jurisdiction), will continue in full force and effect, and such unenforceability, invalidity,
or illegality will not otherwise affect the enforceability, validity or legality of the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so
modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the Financing
Subsidiary and the Issuer as to the subject matter hereof and the deletion of such portion of this
Agreement will not substantially impair the respective expectations of the Financing Subsidiary
and the Issuer or the practical realization of the benefits hereof that would otherwise be conferred
upon the Financing Subsidiary and the Issuer.  The Financing Subsidiary and the Issuer will
endeavor in good faith to replace the prohibited or unenforceable provision with a valid
provision, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited or
unenforceable provision.
SECTION 4.07Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.  This Agreement (and each
amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) may be executed in any number of
counterparts (including by facsimile transmission or other form of electronic transmission), each
of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page of this Agreement by facsimile
transmission or by electronic transmission (.pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by
electronic signatures and the electronic signatures appearing on this Agreement is the same as
handwritten signatures for the purposes of validity, enforceability and admissibility.
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Barings Private Credit Corporation CLO 2026-1
Master Participation Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as a deed as of the date first written above.
BPC FUNDING LLC,
as Financing Subsidiary
By: Barings Private Credit Corporation, its sole
member
By: Barings LLC, as its Adviser
By: /s/ Matthew Freund
Name: Matthew Freund
Title: Managing Director
BARINGS PRIVATE CREDIT CORPORATION
CLO 2026-1,
as Issuer
By: /s/ John Fawkes           
Name: John Fawkes
Title: Director
ACKNOWLEDGED:
BARINGS PRIVATE CREDIT
CORPORATION,
as Transferor
By: Barings LLC, as its Adviser
By: /s/ Matthew Freund
Name: Matthew Freund
Title: Managing Director
ANNEX A
SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS
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