CLIFFWATER CORPORATE LENDING FUND

Semi-Annual Report

For the Period Ended June 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

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Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

BDC – Business Development Company

LLC – Limited Liability Company

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Summary of Investments
As of June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Valuation of Investments

The Fund’s Valuation Committee (“Valuation Committee”) oversees the valuation of the Fund’s investments on behalf of the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has approved the valuation policy and procedures for the Fund (the “Valuation Procedures”). Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on a day the Fund will calculate its net asset value as of the close of business on each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for business and at such other times as the Board shall determine (each a “Determination Date” or at approximately 4:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time if a security’s primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale on the Determination Date, the mean between the closing bid and asked prices and if no asked price is available, at the bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (which is the last trade price at or before 4:00:02 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time adjusted up to NASDAQ’s best offer price if the last trade price is below such bid and down to NASDAQ’s best offer price if the last trade is above such offer price) will be used.

Fixed income securities (including corporate bonds and senior secured loans) with a remaining maturity of 60 days or more for which accurate market quotations are readily available will normally be valued according to dealer supplied mean quotations or mean quotations from a recognized pricing service. The independent pricing agents may employ methodologies that utilize actual market transactions (if the security is actively traded), broker-dealer supplied valuations, or matrix pricing. Matrix

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

pricing determines a security’s value by taking into account such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, call features, ratings and developments relating to comparable securities. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less when originally acquired will be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates fair market value.

Certain senior secured loans are valued using unobservable pricing inputs received from the Fund’s sub-advisers (the “Sub-Advisers”). The Investment Manager will continuously monitor the valuations of Fund investments provided by the Sub-Advisers and review any material concerns with the Valuation Committee. The Investment Manager may conclude, however, in certain circumstances, that a fair valuation provided by a Sub-Adviser does not represent the fair value of a Fund investment and is not indicative of what actual fair value would be in an active, liquid or established market. In those circumstances, the Fund might value such investment at a discount or a premium to the value it receives from the Sub-Adviser, in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures. Any such decision would be made in good faith, and subject to the review and supervision of the Valuation Committee. The Board will consider, no less frequently than quarterly, all relevant information and the reliability of pricing information provided by the Sub-Advisers. Additionally, the values of the Fund’s direct loan investments are adjusted daily based on the estimated total return that the asset will generate during the current quarter. The Investment Manager, Sub-Advisers and the Valuation Committee monitor these estimates regularly and update them as necessary if macro or individual changes warrant any adjustments. At the end of the quarter, each direct loan’s value is adjusted based on the actual income and appreciation or depreciation realized by such loan when its quarterly valuations and income are reported. This information is updated as soon as the information becomes available.

CLOs are not traded on a national securities exchange and instead are valued utilizing a market approach. The market approach is a method of determining the valuation of a security based on the selling price of similar securities. The types of factors that may be taken into account in pricing CLOs include: the yield of similar CLOs where pricing is available in the market; the riskiness of the underlying pool of loans; features of the CLO, including weighted average life test, liability pricing, management fees, covenant cushions, weighted average spread of underlying loans and net asset value.

Redeemable securities issued by open-end registered investment companies are valued at the investment company’s applicable net asset value as reported by such companies, with the exception of exchange-traded open-end registered investment companies which are priced as equity securities in accordance as reported by such companies with the Equity Securities section above.

The Fund may invest in interests or shares in private investment companies and/or funds (“Private investment Funds”) where the net asset value is calculated and reported by respective unaffiliated investment managers on a monthly or quarterly basis. Unless the Investment Manager is aware of information that a value reported to the Fund by a portfolio, underlying manager, or administrator does not accurately reflect the value of the Fund’s interest in that Private Investment Fund, the Investment Manager will use the net asset value provided by the Private Investment Funds as a practical expedient to estimate the fair value of such interests.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund delivers a security in exchange for cash to a financial institution, the counterparty, with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the same or substantially the same security at an agreed upon price and date. In an open maturity reverse repurchase agreement, there is no pre-determined repurchase date and the agreement can be terminated by the Fund or counterparty at any time. The Fund is entitled to receive principal and interest payments, if any, made on the security delivered to the counterparty during the term of the agreement. Cash received in exchange for securities delivered and accrued interest payments to be made by the Fund to counterparties are reflected as liabilities on the consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Interest payments made by the Fund to counterparties are recorded as interest from reverse repurchase agreements on the consolidated Statement of Operations. In periods of increased demand for the security, the Fund may receive a fee for use of the security by the counterparty, which may result in interest income to the Fund. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. Reverse repurchase agreements involve leverage risk and also the risk that the market value of the securities to be repurchased may decline below the repurchase price.

Master Repurchase Agreements and Global Master Repurchase Agreements (individually and collectively “Master Repo Agreements”) govern repurchase, reverse repurchase, and certain sale-buyback transactions between the Fund and select counterparties. Master Repo Agreements maintain provisions for, among other things, initiation, income payments, events

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

of default, and maintenance of collateral. The value of transactions under the Master Repo Agreement, collateral pledged or received, and the net exposure by counterparty as of period end are disclosed in the consolidated Schedule of Investments and note 3 thereto. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the average balance outstanding and weighted average interest rate were $10,777,527 and 2.97%, respectively.

Repurchase Offers

The Fund is a closed-end investment company structured as an interval fund and, as such, has adopted a fundamental policy to make quarterly repurchase offers, at per-class NAV, of not less than 5% of the Fund’s outstanding Shares on the repurchase request deadline. The Fund will offer to purchase only a small portion of its Shares each quarter, and there is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the Shares that they desire to sell in any particular repurchase offer. Under current regulations, such offers must be for not less than 5% nor more than 25% of the Fund’s Shares outstanding on the repurchase request deadline. If a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, the Fund may repurchase only a pro rata portion of the Shares tendered by each shareholder. The potential for proration may cause some investors to tender more Shares for repurchase than they wish to have repurchased or result in investors being unable to liquidate all or a given percentage of their investment during in the particular repurchase offer.

Borrowing, Use of Leverage

On March 12, 2020, the Fund’s wholly owned subsidiary, CCLF SPV LLC (“CCLF SPV”), entered into a secured revolving credit facility (the “Facility”), pursuant to a Loan and Servicing Agreement with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company as the initial lender and other lenders from time to time as parties thereto (the “Lenders”), the Fund, Cortland Capital Market Services as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Custodian and other parties. The Facility provides for borrowings on a committed basis in an aggregate principal amount up to $125,000,000, which amount may be increased to $175,000,000 at the election of CCLF SPV during the first year and any higher amount from time to time upon mutual agreement by the Lenders and CCLF SPV secured by the Fund’s equity interest in CCLF SPV and by CCLF SPV’s assets. In connection with the Facility, CCLF SPV has made certain customary representations and warranties and is required to comply with various customary covenants, reporting requirements and other requirements. The Facility contains events of default customary for similar financing transactions, including: (i) the failure to make principal, interest or other payments when due after the applicable grace period; (ii) the insolvency or bankruptcy of CCLF SPV or the Fund; (iii) a change of control of CCLF SPV; or (iv) a change of management of the Fund. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default, the Lenders may declare the outstanding advances and all other obligations under the Facility immediately due and payable. For the period ended June 30, 2020, the average balance outstanding and weighted average interest rate were $70,596,154 and 3.84%, respectively.

Certain Fund investments are held by this special purpose vehicle (“SPV”). The use of leverage increases both risk of loss and profit potential. The Fund is subject to the Investment Company Act requirement that an investment company satisfy an asset coverage requirement of 300% of its indebtedness, including amounts borrowed (including through one or more SPVs that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Fund), measured at the time the investment company incurs the indebtedness. This means that at any given time the value of the Fund’s total indebtedness may not exceed one-third the value of its total assets (including such indebtedness). The interests of persons with whom the Fund (or SPVs that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Fund) enters into leverage arrangements will not necessarily be aligned with the interests of the Fund’s shareholders and such persons will have claims on the Fund’s assets that are senior to those of the Fund’s shareholders. In addition to the risks created by the Fund’s use of leverage, the Fund is subject to the additional risk that it would be unable to timely, or at all, obtain leverage borrowing. The Fund might also be required to de-leverage, selling securities at a potentially inopportune time and incurring tax consequences. Further, the Fund’s ability to generate income from the use of leverage would be adversely affected.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

3. Principal Risks

Non-Diversified Status

The Fund is a “non-diversified” management investment company. Thus, there are no percentage limitations imposed by the Investment Company Act on the Fund’s assets that may be invested, directly or indirectly, in the securities of any one issuer. Consequently, if one or more securities are allocated a relatively large percentage of the Fund’s assets, losses suffered by such securities could result in a higher reduction in the Fund’s capital than if such capital had been more proportionately allocated among a larger number of securities. The Fund may also be more susceptible to any single economic or regulatory occurrence than a diversified investment company.

Multi-Manager Risk

Fund performance is dependent upon the success of the Investment Manager and the Sub-Advisers in implementing the Fund’s investment strategies in pursuit of its investment objectives. To a significant extent, the Fund’s performance will depend on the success of the Investment Manager’s methodology in allocating the Fund’s assets to the Sub-Advisers and its selection and oversight of the Sub-Advisers. The Sub-Advisers selected by the Investment Manager may underperform the market generally or other sub-advisers that could have been selected for the Fund. The Sub-Advisers’ investment styles may not always be complementary, which could adversely affect the performance of the Fund. In addition, the Sub-Advisers and Investment Manager invest independently of each other and may pursue investment strategies that “compete” with each other for investment opportunities, which could have the result of increasing an investment’s cost.

LIBOR RISK

LIBOR is used extensively in the U.S. and globally as a “benchmark” or “reference rate” for various commercial and financial contracts, including corporate and municipal bonds, bank loans, asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives. Instruments in which the Fund invests may pay interest at floating rates based on LIBOR or may be subject to interest caps or floors based on LIBOR. The Fund and issuers of instruments in which the Fund invests may also obtain financing at floating rates based on LIBOR. The underlying collateral of CLOs in which the Fund invests may pay interest at floating rates based on LIBOR.

Since 2017, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has been working towards the cessation of LIBOR at the end of December 2021, and the transition away from the dominant financial product reference rate appears to be on track despite the global coronavirus pandemic. Regulators and industry working groups have suggested alternative reference rates. Leading alternatives include Sonia in the UK, €STR in the EU, Tonar in Japan, and in the US, the NY Fed has been working to develop the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). Global consensus is still coalescing around the transition to a new reference rate and the process for amending existing contracts. Abandonment of or modifications to LIBOR could have adverse impacts on newly issued financial instruments and existing financial instruments which reference LIBOR. There also remains uncertainty and risk regarding the willingness and ability of issuers to include enhanced provisions in new and existing contracts or instruments. The transition away from LIBOR may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets that are tied to LIBOR, reduced values of LIBOR-related investments, and reduced effectiveness of hedging strategies, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance or NAV. In addition, the alternative reference rate may be an ineffective substitute resulting in prolonged adverse market conditions for the Fund.

Limited Liquidity

Shares in the Fund provide limited liquidity since shareholders will not be able to redeem Shares on a daily basis. A shareholder may not be able to tender its Shares in the Fund promptly after it has made a decision to do so. In addition, with very limited exceptions, Shares are not transferable, and liquidity will be provided only through repurchase offers made quarterly by the Fund. Shares in the Fund are therefore suitable only for investors who can bear the risks associated with the limited liquidity of Shares and should be viewed as a long-term investment.

Pandemic Risk

The continuing spread of an infectious respiratory illness caused by a novel strain of coronavirus (known as COVID-19) has caused volatility, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints in many markets, including securities the Fund holds, and may adversely affect the Fund’s investments and operations. The outbreak was first detected in December 2019 and subsequently spread globally. The transmission of COVID-19 and efforts to contain its spread have resulted in international and domestic travel restrictions and disruptions, closed international borders, enhanced health screenings at ports of entry and elsewhere, disruption of and delays in healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, event and service cancellations or interruptions, disruptions to business operations (including staff reductions), supply chains and consumer

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

3. Principal Risks (continued)

activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty that has negatively affected the economic environment. These disruptions have led to instability in the market-place, including stock and credit market losses and overall volatility. The impact of COVID-19, and other infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics that may arise in the future, could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy, the financial performance of individual issuers, borrowers and sectors and the health of the markets generally in potentially significant and unforeseen ways. In addition, the impact of infectious illnesses, such as COVID-19, in emerging market countries may be greater due to generally less established healthcare systems. This crisis or other public health crises may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks in certain countries or globally.

The Fund, Investment Manager and Sub-Advisers have in place business continuity plans reasonably designed to ensure that they maintain normal business operations, and that the Fund, its portfolio and assets are protected. However, in the event of a pandemic or an outbreak, such as COVID-19, there can be no assurance that the Fund, its advisers and service providers, or the Fund’s portfolio companies, will be able to maintain normal business operations for an extended period of time or will not lose the services of key personnel on a temporary or long-term basis due to illness or other reasons. A pandemic or disease could also impair the information technology and other operational systems upon which the Fund’s advisers rely and could otherwise disrupt the ability of the Fund’s service providers to perform essential tasks.

The foregoing could lead to a significant economic downturn or recession, increased market volatility, a greater number of market closures, higher default rates and adverse effects on the values and liquidity of securities or other assets. Such impacts, which may vary across asset classes, may adversely affect the performance of the Fund’s investments, the Fund and your investment in the Fund. In certain cases, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on either specific securities or even the entire market, which may result in the Fund being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or to accurately price its investments.

Governmental authorities and regulators throughout the world, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, have in the past responded to major economic disruptions with changes to fiscal and monetary policy, including but not limited to, direct capital infusions, new monetary programs and dramatically lower interest rates. Certain of those policy changes are being implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such policy changes may adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend and interest paying securities. The effect of recent efforts undertaken by the U.S. Federal Reserve to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the reduction of the federal funds target rate, and other monetary and fiscal actions that may be taken by the U.S. federal government to stimulate the U.S. economy, are not yet fully known. The duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and its full impacts are also unknown, resulting in a high degree of uncertainty for potentially extended periods of time, especially in certain sectors in which the Fund may make investments.

4. Investment Advisory and Other Agreements

The Fund has entered into an investment management agreement (the “Investment Management Agreement”) with the Investment Manager. Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Fund pays the Investment Manager a monthly Investment Management Fee equal to 1.00% on an annualized basis of the Fund’s Net Assets. The Investment Manager has contractually agreed to an expense limitation and reimbursement agreement (the “Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement”) with the Fund, whereby the Investment Manager has agreed to waive fees that it would otherwise have been paid, and/or to assume expenses of the Fund (a “Waiver”), if required to ensure the Total Annual Expenses (excluding any taxes, leverage interest, distribution and servicing fees, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with SEC Form N-2), expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation expenses) do not exceed 2.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A Shares and Class I Shares (the “Expense Limit”). For a period not to exceed three years from the date on which a Waiver is made, the Investment Manager may recoup amounts waived or assumed, provided it is able to effect such recoupment and remain in compliance with the Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement. The Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement has an initial two-year term, which ends two years from the date of commencement of the Fund’s operations. The Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement will automatically renew for consecutive one-year terms thereafter.

The Fund uses a “multi-manager” approach whereby the Fund’s assets are allocated amongst the Investment Manager and one or more sub-advisers in percentages determined at the discretion of the Investment Manager (“allocated portion”). Pursuant to separate sub-advisory agreements, the Fund has agreed to pay Audax Management Company (NY), LLC a monthly sub-advisory fee, on an annualized basis, of (i) 0.95% on the value of the allocated portion’s average daily assets for the first fifty million dollars

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

4. Investment Advisory and Other Agreements (continued)

($50,000,000), (ii) 0.85% on the value of the allocated portion’s average daily assets that exceeds fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) up to one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), and (iii) 0.65% on the value of the allocated portion’s average daily assets that exceeds one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). The portfolio management fees paid to Beach Point Capital Management LP (“Beach Point”) are 0.65% on an annualized basis of the allocated portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets managed by Beach Point. The portfolio management fees paid to Benefit Street Partners LLC (“Benefit Street”) are 1.00% on an annualized basis of the allocated portion of the Fund’s average daily assets managed by Benefit Street. The portfolio management fees paid to Crescent Capital Group LP (“Crescent Capital”) are 1.00% on an annualized basis of the allocated portion of the Fund’s average daily assets managed by Crescent Capital. The portfolio management fees paid to BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors (“BlackRock”) will be 1.00% on an annualized basis of the allocable portion of the Fund’s average daily assets managed by BlackRock.

For a period not to exceed three years from the date on which advisory fees are waived or Fund expenses were absorbed by the Investment Manager, the Investment Manager may recoup amounts waived or absorbed, provided it is able to effect such recoupment and remain in compliance with (a) the limitation on Fund expenses in effect at the time of the relevant reduction in advisory fees or payment of the Fund’s expenses, and (b) the limitation on Fund expenses at the time of the recoupment. At June 30, 2020 the amount of these potentially recoverable expenses is $544,183 expiring on December 31, 2022. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Investment Manager recovered $197,794 of previously waived expenses.

Foreside Fund Services, LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor; UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) serves as the Fund’s fund accountant, transfer agent and administrator. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Fund’s allocated UMBFS fees are reported on the consolidated Statement of Operations.

A trustee and certain officers of the Fund are employees of UMBFS. The Fund does not compensate trustees and officers affiliated with the Fund’s administrator. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Fund’s allocated fees incurred for trustees who are not affiliated with the Fund’s administrator are reported on the consolidated Statement of Operations.

Vigilant Compliance, LLC provides Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) services to the Fund. The Fund’s allocated fees incurred for CCO services for the six months ended June 30, 2020, are reported on the consolidated Statement of Operations.

5. Fair Value of Investments

Fair value – Definition

The Fund uses a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Investments in Private Investment Funds measured based upon Net Asset Value (“NAV”) as a practical expedient to determine fair value are not required to be categorized in the fair value hierarchy.

The availability of valuation techniques and observable inputs can vary from investment to investment and are affected by a wide variety of factors, including type of investment, whether the investment is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the transaction. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, determining fair value requires more judgment. Because of the inherent uncertainly of valuation, estimated values may be materially higher or lower than the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Investment Manager in determining fair value is greatest for investments categorized in Level 3.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

5. Fair Value of Investments (continued)

The Fund’s assets recorded at fair value have been categorized based on a fair value hierarchy as described in the Fund’s significant accounting policies. The following table presents information about the Fund’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of June 30, 2020:

All transfers between fair value levels are recognized by the Fund at the end of each reporting period.

The following table presents the changes in assets and transfers in and out which are classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy for the six months ended June 30, 2020:

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

5. Fair Value of Investments (continued)

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used for the Fund’s investments that are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2020.

6. Capital Stock

The Fund is authorized as a Delaware statutory trust to issue an unlimited number of Shares in one or more classes, with a par value of $0.001. The minimum initial investment in Class I Shares by any investor is $1 million and the minimum initial investment in Class A Shares by any investor is $10,000. However, the Fund, in its sole discretion, may accept investments below this minimum with respect to Class I Shares. Shares may be purchased by principals and employees of the Investment Manager or its affiliates and their immediate family members without being subject to the minimum investment requirements.

Class A Shares will be subject to a sales charge of up to 5.00% while Class I Shares will not be subject to any initial sales charge. Shares will generally be offered for purchase on each business day, except that Shares may be offered more or less frequently as determined by the Board in its sole discretion. The Board may also suspend or terminate offerings of Shares at any time.

A substantial portion of the Fund’s investments will be illiquid. For this reason, the Fund is structured as a closed-end interval fund, which means that the shareholders will not have the right to redeem their Shares on a daily basis. In addition, the Fund does not expect any trading market to develop for the Shares. As a result, if investors decide to invest in the Fund, they will have very limited opportunity to sell their Shares. For each repurchase offer the Board will set an amount between 5% and

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

6. Capital Stock (continued)

25% of the Fund’s Shares based on relevant factors, including the liquidity of the Fund’s positions and the shareholders’ desire for liquidity. A shareholder whose Shares (or a portion thereof) are repurchased by the Fund will not be entitled to a return of any sales charge that was charged in connection with the shareholder’s purchase of the Shares.

Pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act, on a quarterly basis, the Fund offers shareholders holding all classes of shares the option of redeeming shares at NAV. The Board determines the quarterly repurchase offer amount (“Repurchase Offer Amount”), which can be no less than 5% and no more than 25% of all shares of all classes outstanding on the repurchase request deadline. If shareholders tender more than the Repurchase Offer Amount, the Fund may, but is not required to, repurchase an additional amount of shares not to exceed 2% of all outstanding shares of the Fund on the repurchase request deadline If the Fund determines not to repurchase more than the Repurchase Offer Amount, or if shareholders tender Shares in an amount exceeding the Repurchase Offer Amount plus 2% of the outstanding Shares on the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will repurchase the Shares on a pro rata basis. However, the Fund may accept all shares tendered for repurchase by shareholders who own less than $2,500 worth of Shares and who tender all of their Shares, before prorating other amounts tendered. In addition, the Fund will accept the total number of Shares tendered in connection with required minimum distributions from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan. It is the shareholder’s obligation to both notify and provide the Fund supporting documentation of a required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan. The results of the repurchase offers conducted for the six months ended June 30, 2020 are as follows:

7. Federal Income Taxes

At June 30, 2020, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

7. Federal Income Taxes (continued)

As of December 31, 2019, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carry forward as follows:

To the extent that a fund may realize future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any of its unused capital loss carryforward.

8. Investment Transactions

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $163,898,484 and $33,478,860, respectively.

9. Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

10. New Accounting Pronouncement

In March 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-08 “Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities” which provides guidance related to the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those annual periods. However, early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this ASU should be applied on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. Management has evaluated the implications of ASU No. 2017-08 and has adopted all aspects related to the amortization period for purchased callable debt securities held at a premium starting in the reporting period ended December 31, 2019.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) (continued)

11. Subsequent Events

In preparing these consolidated financial statements, management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements included herein.

The Fund commenced a repurchase offer on July 2, 2020 as follows:

There have been no other subsequent events that occurred during such period that would require disclosure or would be required to be recognized in the consolidated financial statements.

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Other Information
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

Proxy Voting

The Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the twelve-month period ending on June 30, no later than August 31. The Fund’s Form N-PX filing and a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures are available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-888-442-4420 or (ii) by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are or will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by calling the Fund at 1-888-442-4420.

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Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund

Other Information
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Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund

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Investment Manager

Cliffwater LLC
4640 Admiralty Way, 11th Floor
Marina del Rey, California 90292
Website: www.cliffwaterfunds.com

Custodian Bank

State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Iron Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210

Fund Administrator, Transfer Agent and Fund Accountant

UMB Fund Services
235 W. Galena Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212-3949
Phone: (414) 299-2200

Distributor

Foreside Fund Services, LLC
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, Maine 04101
www.foreside.com

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Cohen & Company, Ltd.
342 North Water Street, Suite 830
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202