2023-01735. Fidelity Private Credit Fund and Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC

January 24, 2023.

AGENCY:

Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”).

ACTION:

Notice.

Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) for an exemption from sections 18(a)(2), 18(c) and 18(i) and section 61(a) of the Act.

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit certain closed-end management investment companies that have elected to be regulated as business development companies (“BDCs”) to issue multiple classes of shares with varying sales loads and asset-based service and/or distribution fees.

Applicants: Fidelity Private Credit Fund and Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC.

Filing Dates: The application was filed on July 28, 2022 and amended on August 19, 2022, and January 9, 2023.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing the Commission's Secretary at [e-mail] and serving the Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below.

Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on February 17, 2023, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the Applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES:

The Commission: [e-mail]. Applicants: [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Seth Davis, Senior Counsel or Terri G. Jordan, Branch Chief, at [phone] (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

For Applicants' representations, legal analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' second amended and restated application, dated January 9, 2023, which may be obtained via the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field, on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at https://www.sec.gov/​edgar/​searchedgar/​legacy/​companysearch.html. You may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at [phone].

For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated authority.

Sherry R. Haywood,

Assistant Secretary.