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Maryland	814-01698	93-2706372
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Item 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 31, 2026, Mark Klingensmith notified Willow Tree Capital Corporation (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that he was resigning as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective as of September 1, 2026 (the “Departure Date”). Mr. Klingensmith’s departure was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

On September 1, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Siddhartha Chowdhury, age 51, as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective as of the Departure Date, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Klingensmith’s departure.

Mr. Chowdhury has nearly 25 years of experience in public and private accounting. In August 2026, he joined Willow Tree Credit Partners LP, an affiliate of the investment adviser to the Company, as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President at Audax Private Debt, a middle market credit manager, where he worked from 2014 to 2026. Mr. Chowdhury holds a Master of Commerce in Accountancy and a Master of Applied Finance from the University of Wollongong and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in both Massachusetts and Australia.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Chowdhury and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as an officer of the Company, and there is no family relationship between Mr. Chowdhury and any director or executive officer of the Company. There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the Company was or is to be a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which Mr. Chowdhury had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	Willow Tree Capital Corporation

Date: September 1, 2026	By:	/s/ Timothy Lower
		Name: Timothy Lower
		Title: Chief Executive Officer and President


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