Fifth Street Finance Corp. Closes $9.0 Million Senior Secured Debt Facility, Increasing Fifth Street's Total Deal Originations to $118.0 Million for the Quarter

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NYSE:FSC) ("Fifth Street") announced today that it closed a $9.0 million senior secured debt facility to support the acquisition of an email marketing services company, an add-on investment to the existing $11.0 million senior secured credit facility with Mansell Group, Inc. The investment is backed by a private equity sponsor. 

The $9.0 million add-on was funded at closing. The terms of the additional investment include a $5.0 million increase in the Term Loan A and a $4.0 million increase in the Term Loan B.  This is a first lien facility with a scheduled maturity in April 2015.

Total deal originations so far in Fifth Street's first fiscal quarter of 2011 stand at $118.0 million, $99.5 million of which were funded at close.

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About Fifth Street Finance Corp.

Fifth Street Finance Corp. is a specialty finance company that lends to and invests in small and mid-sized companies in connection with investments by private equity sponsors.  Fifth Street Finance Corp.'s investment objective is to maximize its portfolio's total return by generating current income from its debt investments and capital appreciation from its equity investments.

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CONTACT: Fifth Street Finance Corp. Stacey Thorne, Executive Director, Investor Relations (914) 286-6811 stacey@fifthstreetfinance.com