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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES<BR>
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Filed by the Registrant <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>
Check the appropriate box:<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Preliminary Proxy Statement<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;Definitive Proxy Statement<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Definitive Additional Materials<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Fifth Street Finance Corp.</B>
</DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>No fee required.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</TD>
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    <TD>Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction
computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the
amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it
was determined):</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
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    <TD>Total fee paid:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by
Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for
which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the
previous filing by registration statement number, or the
Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</TD>
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    <TD>Amount Previously Paid:</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filing Party:</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Fifth
    Street Finance Corp.<BR>
    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">445 Hamilton Avenue<BR>
    White Plains, New York 10601</FONT></FONT></B>
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    January 13, 2009
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    To the Stockholders of Fifth Street Finance Corp.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    You are cordially invited to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders of Fifth Street Finance Corp. to be held at the
    Ritz-Carlton, Westchester at Three Renaissance Square, White
    Plains, NY, 10601, on February&#160;4, 2009, at 4:00&#160;p.m.,
    local time. Only stockholders of record at the close of business
    on January&#160;2, 2009 are entitled to notice of, and to vote
    at, the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Details of the business to be conducted at the meeting are given
    in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
    Proxy Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Whether or not you expect to be present in person at the Annual
    Meeting, please sign the enclosed proxy and return it promptly
    in the envelope provided. Instructions are shown on the proxy
    card. Returning the proxy does not deprive you of your right to
    attend the meeting and to vote your shares in person.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Sincerely,
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Leonard M. Tannenbaum,
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I>
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    <IMG src="w72271w7227100.gif" alt="FIFTH STREET CAPITAL LOGO"><I> </I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">NOTICE OF 2009 ANNUAL MEETING
    OF STOCKHOLDERS</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">To Be Held At The</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">Ritz-Carlton
    Westchester</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">Three Renaissance
    Square</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">White Plains, New York
    10601</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">February&#160;4, 2009,
    4:00&#160;p.m., local time</FONT></B>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    To the Stockholders of Fifth Street Finance Corp.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The 2009 Annual Meeting (the &#147;Annual Meeting&#148;) of
    Stockholders of Fifth Street Finance Corp., a Delaware
    corporation, will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Westchester at
    Three Renaissance Square, White Plains, NY, 10601 on
    February&#160;4, 2009, at 4:00&#160;p.m., local time. At the
    Annual Meeting, our stockholders will consider and vote on:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the election of three directors of Fifth Street Finance Corp.,
    each to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or
    until their successors are duly elected and qualified;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    <TD align="left">
    a proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as
    our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
    year ending September&#160;30, 2009;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    such other business as may properly come before the Annual
    Meeting.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The nominees of the Board of Directors for election as directors
    are listed in the enclosed proxy statement. We are not aware of
    any other business, or any other nominees for election as
    directors, that may properly be brought before the Annual
    Meeting.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Holders of record of our common stock as of the close of
    business on January&#160;2, 2009, the record date for the Annual
    Meeting, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual
    Meeting. Whether or not you expect to be present in person at
    the Annual Meeting, please sign the enclosed proxy and return it
    promptly in the envelope provided. Instructions are shown on the
    proxy card.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote
    &#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148; the election of each of the nominees
    named in the enclosed proxy statement and &#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148;
    the proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as
    our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
    year ending September&#160;30, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We have enclosed our annual report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-K</FONT>
    for the year ended September&#160;30, 2008, proxy statement and
    a proxy card. Please submit your proxy. Thank you for your
    support of Fifth Street Finance Corp.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 32pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    By order of the Board of Directors,
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    <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Bernard D. Berman,
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Secretary</I>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    White Plains, New York
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    January 13, 2009
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<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>This is an important meeting. To ensure proper representation
    at the Annual Meeting, please complete, sign, date and return
    the proxy card in the enclosed, self-addressed envelope. Even if
    you vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting, you still may
    attend the Annual Meeting and vote your shares in person.</B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Table of
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    <A HREF='#101'><B>General</B></A>
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    <A HREF='#102'><B>Annual Meeting Information</B></A>
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    <A HREF='#103'>Date and Location</A>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#104'>Admission</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#105'>Availability of Proxy and Annual Meeting
    Materials</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#106'><B>Purpose of Annual Meeting</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#107'><B>Voting Information</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#108'>Record Date and Voting Securities</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#109'>Quorum Required</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#110'>Submitting Voting Instructions for Shares Held
    Through a Broker</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#111'>Authorizing a Proxy for Shares Held in Your
    Name</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#112'>Revoking Your Proxy</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#113'>Votes Required</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#114'>Information Regarding this Solicitation</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#115'>Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
    and Management</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#116'><B>Proposal&#160;1&#160;&#151; Election of
    Directors</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#117'><B>Director and Executive Officer
    Information</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#118'>Directors</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#119'>Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#120'>Biographical Information</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#121'>Transactions with Related Persons</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    9
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#122'>Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions
    with Related Parties</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#123'><B>Section&#160;16(a) Beneficial Ownership
    Compliance</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#124'><B>Corporate Governance</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#125'>Corporate Governance Documents</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#126'>Corporate Governance Policy</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#127'>Director Independence</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#128'>Annual Evaluation</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#129'>Board Meetings and Committees</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#130'>Communications with Directors</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#131'>Audit Committee</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#132'>Compensation Committee</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#133'>Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#134'>Valuation Committee</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    13
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#135'>Code of Business Conduct and Ethics</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    13
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#136'><B>Executive Compensation</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#137'><B>Director Compensation</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#138'><B>Proposal&#160;2&#160;&#151; To Ratify the
    Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as FSC&#146;S Independent
    Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2009 Fiscal
    Year</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    15
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#139'><B>Independent Auditor&#146;s Fees</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    15
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#140'><B>Audit Committee Report</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    15
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#141'><B>Other Matters</B></A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    16
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#142'>Stockholder Proposals</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    16
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#143'>Other Business</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    17
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    <A HREF='#144'>Annual Reports</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    17
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Proxy</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Fifth
    Street Finance Corp.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B>445 Hamilton Avenue</B>
</DIV>

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    <B>White Plains, New York 10601</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>February&#160;4, 2009</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">PROXY STATEMENT</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">General</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We are sending you this proxy statement in connection with the
    solicitation of proxies by our Board of Directors for the 2009
    Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Annual Meeting&#148;).
    We are first mailing this proxy statement and the accompanying
    form of proxy to stockholders on or about January 15, 2009. In
    this proxy statement, we refer to Fifth Street Finance Corp. as
    the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;FSC,&#148; &#147;we,&#148;
    &#147;our&#148; or &#147;us&#148; and the Board of Directors as
    the &#147;Board.&#148; When we refer to FSC&#146;s fiscal year,
    we mean the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">12-month</FONT>
    period ending September 30 or, if applicable, September 30 of
    the stated year (for example, fiscal year 2009 is
    October&#160;1, 2008 through September&#160;30, 2009). We
    encourage you to vote your shares, either by voting in person at
    the Annual Meeting or by granting a proxy (<I>i.e.</I>,
    authorizing someone to vote your shares). If you properly sign
    and date the accompanying proxy card and the Company receives it
    in time for the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies
    will vote the shares registered directly in your name in the
    manner that you specified. <B>If you give no instructions on the
    proxy card, the shares covered by the proxy card will be voted
    FOR the election of the nominees as directors and FOR the other
    matters listed in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders.</B>
</DIV>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Annual
    Meeting Information</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<A name='103'>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Date and
    Location</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We will hold the Annual Meeting on February&#160;4, 2009 at
    4:00&#160;p.m., local time, at the Ritz-Carlton Westchester at
    Three Renaissance Square, White Plains, NY, 10601.
</DIV>
<A name='105'>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Availability
    of Proxy and Annual Meeting Materials</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This proxy statement and the accompanying annual report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-K</FONT>
    for the year ended September&#160;30, 2008 are also available on
    our website at
    <B>[<I>www.fifthstreetfinance.com/sec.cfm]</I></B>, and at the
    following cookies-free website that can be accessed anonymously:
    www.proxydocs.com/fsc.
</DIV>
<A name='106'>
<DIV style="margin-top: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Purpose
    of Annual Meeting</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to vote on the
    following proposals:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;To elect three directors of the Company, each of whom
    will serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or
    until their successors are duly elected and qualified;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP to serve
    as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting
    firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending
    September&#160;30, 2009;&#160;and
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;To transact such other business as may properly come
    before the Annual Meeting.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Voting
    Information</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Record
    Date and Voting Securities</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The record date for the Annual Meeting is the close of business
    on January&#160;2, 2009 (the &#147;Record Date&#148;). You may
    cast one vote for each share of common stock that you owned as
    of the Record Date. On the Record Date, 22,641,615&#160;shares
    of common stock were outstanding.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Quorum
    Required</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A quorum must be present at the Annual Meeting for any business
    to be conducted. The presence at the Annual Meeting, in person
    or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of
    common stock outstanding on the record date will constitute a
    quorum. Abstentions will not be treated as shares present for
    quorum purposes.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, the
    stockholders who are represented may adjourn the Annual Meeting
    until a quorum is present. The persons named as proxies will
    vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be
    voted against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought,
    to permit the further solicitation of proxies.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Submitting
    Voting Instructions for Shares Held Through a Broker</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you hold shares of common stock through a broker, bank or
    other nominee, you must follow the voting instructions you
    receive from your broker, bank or nominee. If you hold shares of
    common stock through a broker, bank or other nominee and you
    want to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a
    legal proxy from the record holder of your shares and present it
    at the Annual Meeting. If you do not vote in person at the
    Annual Meeting or submit voting instructions to your broker,
    your broker may still be permitted to vote your shares. New York
    Stock Exchange (&#147;NYSE&#148;) member brokers may vote in
    their discretion in the election of directors and the
    ratification of the appointment of FSC&#146;s independent
    registered public accounting firm if they do not receive
    instructions from beneficial owners, subject to any voting
    policies adopted by the broker.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Authorizing
    a Proxy for Shares Held in Your Name</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you are a record holder of shares of common stock, you may
    authorize a proxy to vote on your behalf by mail, as described
    on the enclosed proxy card. Authorizing your proxy will not
    limit your right to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. A
    properly completed and submitted proxy will be voted in
    accordance with your instructions, unless you subsequently
    revoke your instructions. If you authorize a proxy without
    indicating your voting instructions, the proxyholder will vote
    your shares according to the Board&#146;s recommendations.
</DIV>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Revoking
    Your Proxy</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you are a stockholder of record, you can revoke your proxy at
    any time before it is exercised by (1)&#160;delivering a written
    revocation notice prior to the Annual Meeting to our secretary,
    Bernard Berman, at Fifth Street Finance Corp., 445 Hamilton
    Avenue, Suite&#160;1206, White Plains, NY 10016, Attention:
    Corporate Secretary; (2)&#160;submitting a later-dated proxy
    that we receive no later than the conclusion of voting at the
    Annual Meeting; or (3)&#160;voting in person at the Annual
    Meeting. If you hold shares of common stock through a broker,
    bank or other nominee, you must follow the instructions you
    receive from your nominee in order to revoke your voting
    instructions. Attending the Annual Meeting does not revoke your
    proxy unless you also vote in person at the Annual Meeting.
</DIV>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Required</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Election of Directors.</I>&#160;&#160;The affirmative vote of
    a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting is required
    to elect each of the nominees as a director (i.e., the number of
    shares voted &#147;for&#148; each of the nominees must exceed
    the number of votes &#147;against&#148; each of the nominees).
    Shares not present at the Annual Meeting and shares voting
    &#147;abstain&#148; have no effect on the election of directors.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting
    Firm.</I>&#160;&#160;The affirmative vote of a majority of the
    votes cast at the Annual Meeting is required to ratify the
    appointment of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    2
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm.
    Abstentions will not be included in determining the number of
    votes cast and, as a result, will have no effect on this
    proposal. A &#147;majority of the votes cast&#148; means that
    the number of votes cast &#147;for&#148; Proposal&#160;2 exceeds
    the number of votes cast &#147;against&#148; Proposal&#160;2.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Information
    Regarding This Solicitation</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Company will bear the expense of the solicitation of proxies
    for the Annual Meeting, including the cost of preparing,
    printing and mailing this Proxy Statement, the accompanying
    Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and proxy card. We
    have requested that brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and other
    persons holding shares in their names, or in the name of their
    nominees, which are beneficially owned by others, forward the
    proxy materials to, and obtain proxies from, such beneficial
    owners. We will reimburse such persons for their reasonable
    expenses in so doing.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition to the solicitation of proxies by the use of the
    mails, proxies may be solicited in person and by telephone or
    facsimile transmission by directors, officers or employees of
    the Company (without special compensation therefor).
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The principal business address of the Company, and our
    investment adviser, Fifth Street Management LLC (&#147;Fifth
    Street Management&#148;), and our administrator, FSC, Inc, is
    445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite&#160;1206, White Plains, NY 10016.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    3
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SECURITY
    OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth, as of January 2, 2009, the
    beneficial ownership of each current director, the nominees for
    director, the Company&#146;s executive officers, each person
    known to us to beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding
    shares of our common stock, and the executive officers and
    directors as a group.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules
    of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
    &#147;Commission&#148;) and includes voting or investment power
    with respect to the securities. Ownership information for those
    persons who beneficially own 5% or more of our shares of common
    stock is based upon filings by such persons with the Commission
    and other information obtained from such persons, if available.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that each
    beneficial owner set forth in the table has sole voting and
    investment power and has the same address as the Company. The
    Company&#146;s directors are divided into two groups&#160;&#151;
    interested directors and independent directors. Interested
    directors are &#147;interested persons&#148; of Fifth Street
    Finance Corp. as defined in Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the
    Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF"><!-- TABLE 01 -->
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<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
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</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Shares Owned<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Beneficially(1)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Percentage</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Stockholders Owning 5% or greater of the Company&#146;s
    Outstanding Shares</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    CUNA Mutual Insurance Society(2)<BR>
    5910 Mineral Point Road<BR>
    Madison, WI 53705
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1,252,370
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    5.53%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Genworth Life Insurance Company(3)<BR>
    6620&#160;West Broad Street<BR>
    Richmond, VA 23230
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1,473,379
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    6.51%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Greenlight Entities(4)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2,140,736
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    9.45%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Interested Directors:</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Leonard M. Tannenbaum
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1,102,883
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    4.88%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Bruce E. Toll(5)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1,841,724
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    8.14%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Independent Directors:</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Adam C. Berkman
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    *
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Brian S. Dunn(6)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    5,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    *
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Byron J. Haney(6)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    10,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    *
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Frank C. Meyer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    81,204
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    *
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Douglas F. Ray
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    &#151;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Executive Officers:</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Bernard D. Berman
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    7,468
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    *
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    William H. Craig(7)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    7,448
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    *
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>All officers and directors as a group (nine persons)</B>(8)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    3,056,727
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    13.02%
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="95%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    *&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Represents less than 1%.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="95%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (1)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Based on a total of 22,641,615&#160;shares of the Company&#146;s
    common stock issued and outstanding on January&#160;2, 2009.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (2)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    CUNA Mutual Insurance Society, either directly or through a
    wholly-owned subsidiary, possesses beneficial ownership of the
    shares of the Company&#146;s common stock held by each of the
    following entities: (1)&#160;CUNA Mutual Insurance Society
    (828,775&#160;shares); (2)&#160;CUMIS Insurance Society, Inc.
    (165,755&#160;shares); (3)&#160;CMG Master Co-Investment Fund,
    L.P. (110,503&#160;shares); (4)&#160;CUNA Mutual Non-Represented
    Plan Qualified Trust (111,976&#160;shares); and (5)&#160;CUNA
    Mutual Represented Plan Qualified Trust (35,361&#160;shares).
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (3)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Based upon information contained in the Form&#160;3 filed by
    Genworth Life Insurance Company on June&#160;11, 2008. Genworth
    Financial, Inc. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the
    1,473,379&#160;shares of the
</TD>
</TR>

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    <BR>
    4
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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="95%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Company&#146;s common stock held by Genworth Life Insurance
    Company because Genworth Life Insurance Company is an indirect
    wholly-owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc.
</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="95%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (4)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Based upon information contained in the Schedule&#160;13G filed
    by (i)&#160;Greenlight Capital, L.L.C.; (ii)&#160;Greenlight
    Capital, Inc.; (iii)&#160;DME Advisors, L.P.; (iv)&#160;DME
    Advisors GP, L.L.C. and (v)&#160;David Einhorn on June&#160;23,
    2008 (collectively, the &#147;Greenlight Entities&#148;).
    Greenlight Capital, L.L.C. (&#147;Greenlight LLC&#148;) may be
    deemed the beneficial owner of 990,640&#160;shares of common
    stock held for the account of Greenlight Capital, L.P.
    (&#147;Greenlight Fund&#148;), and Greenlight Capital Qualified,
    L.P. (&#147;Greenlight Qualified&#148;); Greenlight Capital,
    Inc. (&#147;Greenlight Inc&#148;) may be deemed the beneficial
    owner of 655,848&#160;shares of common stock held for the
    account of Greenlight Capital Offshore, Ltd. (&#147;Greenlight
    Offshore&#148;). DME Advisors, L.P. (&#147;Advisors&#148;) may
    be deemed the beneficial owner of 494,248&#160;shares of common
    stock held for the account of the managed account for which
    Advisors acts as investment manager; DME Advisors GP, L.L.C.
    (&#147;DME GP&#148;) may be deemed the beneficial owner of
    494,248&#160;shares of common stock held for the account of the
    managed account for which Advisors acts as investment manager;
    Mr.&#160;Einhorn may be deemed the beneficial owner of
    2,140,736&#160;shares of common stock. This number consists of:
    (A)&#160;990,640&#160;shares of common stock held for the
    account of Greenlight Fund and Greenlight Qualified,
    (B)&#160;655,848&#160;shares of common stock held for the
    account of Greenlight Offshore, and (C)&#160;494,248&#160;shares
    of common stock held for the account of the managed account for
    which Advisors acts as investment manager. Greenlight LLC is the
    general partner of Greenlight Fund and Greenlight Qualified;
    Greenlight Inc serves as investment adviser to Greenlight
    Offshore. Greenlight, Inc, Greenlight L.L.C., DME Advisors and
    DME GP are located at 2 Grand Central Tower, 140 East 45th
    Street, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10017. Pursuant to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;16a-1,</FONT>
    Mr.&#160;Einhorn disclaims beneficial ownership except to the
    extent of his pecuniary interests.
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (5)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Mr.&#160;Toll is not standing for re-election at the Annual
    Meeting and his term will expire at such meeting.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (6)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Shares are held in a brokerage account and may be used as
    security on a margin basis.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (7)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Pursuant to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;16a-1,</FONT>
    Mr.&#160;Craig disclaims beneficial ownership of
    3,670&#160;shares of common stock owned by his spouse.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (8)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The address for all officers and directors is
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Fifth</FONT>
    Street Finance Corp., White Plains Plaza, 445 Hamilton Avenue,
    Suite&#160;1206, White Plains, NY 10601.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth, as of January&#160;2, 2009, the
    dollar range of our equity securities that is beneficially owned
    by each of our directors and nominees for director. We are not
    part of a &#147;family of investment companies,&#148; as that
    term is defined in the 1940 Act.
</DIV>

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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Dollar Range of Equity<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Securities Beneficially Owned(1)(2)(3)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Interested Directors:</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Leonard M. Tannenbaum
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Over $1,000,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Bruce E. Toll(4)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Over $1,000,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Bernard D. Berman(5)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $50,001&#160;&#151; $100,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Independent Directors:</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Adam C. Berkman
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;$1&#160;&#151; $10,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Brian S. Dunn
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $10,001&#160;&#151; $50,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Byron J. Haney
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    &#160;$50,001&#160;&#151; $100,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Frank C. Meyer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    &#160;&#160;$500,001&#160;&#151; $1,000,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Douglas F. Ray
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (1)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;16a-1(a)(2)</FONT>
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the &#147;Exchange
    Act&#148;.
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (2)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned in us
    is based on the closing price for our common stock of $7.50 on
    January&#160;2, 2009 on the New York Stock Exchange.
</TD>
</TR>

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    <BR>
    5
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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="95%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (3)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned are:
    none, $1&#160;&#151; $10,000, $10,001&#160;&#151; $50,000,
    $50,001&#160;&#151; $100,000, $100,001&#160;&#151; $500,000,
    $500,001&#160;&#151; $1,000,000 or over $1,000,000.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (4)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Mr.&#160;Toll is not standing for re-election at the Annual
    Meeting and his term will expire at such meeting.
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (5)&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Mr.&#160;Berman is a nominee.
</TD>
</TR>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROPOSAL&#160;1&#160;&#151;
    ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our
    Board. Pursuant to our amended and restated bylaws, the Board
    may modify the number of members of the board of directors
    provided that the number of directors will not be fewer than
    five or greater than nine and that no decrease in the number of
    directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. The
    Board currently consists of seven members, of whom five are not
    &#147;interested persons&#148; of FSC, as defined in
    Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Section&#160;303A.01 of
    the NYSE Listed Company Manual requires that the Company
    maintain a majority of independent directors on the Board.
    Section&#160;303A.00 provides that a director of a business
    development company (&#147;BDC&#148;) shall be considered to be
    independent if he or she is not an &#147;interested person&#148;
    of the Company, as defined in Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the 1940
    Act.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under our charter, our directors are divided into three classes,
    and the initial directors named in our Articles of Incorporation
    will serve until the first, second or third Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders, respectively, and until their successors are duly
    elected and qualified. At each Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
    the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at
    such meeting will be elected to hold office for a term expiring
    at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held in the third year
    following the year of their election and until their successors
    have been duly elected and qualified or any director&#146;s
    earlier resignation, death or removal.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Messrs.&#160;Tannenbaum and Berkman, have been nominated for
    re-election for three-year terms expiring in 2012 and
    Mr.&#160;Berman has been nominated for the first time to replace
    Mr.&#160;Toll, whose term will expire at this Annual Meeting. No
    person being nominated as a director is being proposed for
    election pursuant to any agreement or understanding between any
    such person and the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A stockholder can vote for or against each of the nominees or
    abstain from voting. Shares not present at the Annual Meeting
    and shares voting &#147;abstain&#148; have no effect on the
    election of directors. <B>In the absence of instructions to the
    contrary, it is the intention of the persons named as proxies to
    vote such proxy FOR the election of the nominees named below.
    </B>If a nominee should decline or be unable to serve as a
    director, it is intended that the proxy will be voted for the
    election of such person nominated as a replacement. The board of
    directors has no reason to believe that the persons named will
    be unable or unwilling to serve.
</DIV>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Director
    and Executive Officer Information</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<A name='118'>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Directors</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Information regarding the nominees for election as a director at
    the Annual Meeting and our continuing directors is as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Nominees for election as directors to serve until our 2012
    Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are
    duly elected and qualified:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF"><!-- TABLE 01 -->
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=quadleft -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=quadright -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="42%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Position</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Since</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B><I>Independent Director</I></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Adam C. Berkman
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    42
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B><I>Interested Directors</I></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Bernard D. Berman
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    38
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Executive Vice President and Secretary
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Leonard M. Tannenbaum
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    37
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Chief Executive Officer, President and&#160;Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    6
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<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="width: 87%; margin-left: 6%"><!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH -->

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Continuing directors whose terms will expire at our 2010 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF"><!-- TABLE 01 -->
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=quadleft -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=quadright -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="42%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Position</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Since</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B><I>Independent Director</I></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Frank C. Meyer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    65
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B><I>Independent Director</I></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Douglas F. Ray
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    41
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Continuing directors whose terms will expire at our 2011 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF"><!-- TABLE 01 -->
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="36%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=quadleft -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=quadright -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Position</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Since</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B><I>Independent Directors</I></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Brian S. Dunn
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    37
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    2007
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Byron J. Haney
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    47
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    2007
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Biographical information regarding our Board is set forth below.
    We have divided the directors into two groups&#160;&#151;
    independent directors and interested directors. Interested
    directors are &#147;interested persons&#148; of Fifth Street
    Finance Corp. as defined in Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the 1940
    Act.
</DIV>
<A name='119'>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Executive
    Officers Who Are Not Directors</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Information regarding our executive officers who are not
    directors is as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF"><!-- TABLE 01 -->
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=quadleft -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=quadright -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Position</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Since</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    William H. Craig
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    52
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>
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    <I>Adam C. Berkman.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Berkman has been a
    member of our Board of Directors since December 2007.
    Mr.&#160;Berkman has over 19&#160;years of experience in
    strategy, operations, finance and business development in the
    consumer products, importing and manufacturing, wholesale
    distribution, business services and information technology
    industries. Since September 2007, he has served as chief
    operating officer of Adrianna Papell LLC, an apparel company.
    From February 2006 to May 2007, Mr.&#160;Berkman served as the
    chief financial officer of Accessory Network LLC, and from May
    2003 to January 2006, he served as the chief financial officer
    of Amerex Group, Inc, each of which is an apparel/accessory
    firm. Prior to this, from August 2001 to February 2003, he was
    the vice president of business development at Accruent, Inc., a
    leading real estate performance management software solutions
    company. Mr.&#160;Berkman also co-founded MyContracts, a
    predecessor of Accruent, Inc., and was a member of its Board of
    Directors from June 1999 to August 2001. Mr.&#160;Berkman is a
    Certified Public Accountant who began his career at Price
    Waterhouse, a predecessor to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and
    earned his B.A. from Duke University and M.B.A. in finance and
    accounting from the NYU Stern School of Business.
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    <I>Brian S. Dunn.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Dunn has been a member
    of our Board of Directors since December 2007. Mr.&#160;Dunn has
    over 14&#160;years of marketing, logistical and entrepreneurial
    experience. He founded and turned around direct marketing
    divisions for several consumer-oriented companies. Since June
    2006, Mr.&#160;Dunn has been the marketing director for
    Lipenwald, Inc., a direct marketing company that markets
    collectibles and mass merchandise. Prior to that, from February
    2001 to June 2006, he was sole proprietor of BSD
    Trading/Consulting. Mr.&#160;Dunn graduated from the Wharton
    School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 with a B.S. in
    Economics.
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    <I>Byron J. Haney.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Haney has been a
    member of our Board of Directors since December 2007. Since
    1994, Mr.&#160;Haney has worked for Resurgence Asset Management
    LLC, during which time he most recently served as managing
    director and chief investment officer. Mr.&#160;Haney currently
    serves on the Board of Directors of Sterling Chemicals, Inc.,
    and Furniture.com. Mr.&#160;Haney has more than 20&#160;years of
    business experience, including serving as chief financial
    officer of a private retail store chain and serving as an
    auditor with Touche Ross&#160;&#038; Co., a predecessor of
    Deloitte&#160;&#038; Touche LLP. Mr.&#160;Haney is a Certified
    Public Accountant. He earned his B.S. in Business
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    Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and
    his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of
    Pennsylvania.
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    <I>Frank C. Meyer.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Meyer has been a
    member of our Board of Directors since December 2007.
    Mr.&#160;Meyer is a private investor who was chairman of
    Glenwood Capital Investments, LLC, an investment adviser
    specializing in hedge funds, which he founded in January of 1988
    and from which he resigned in January of 2004. As of October of
    2000, Glenwood has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Man
    Group, PLC, an investment adviser based in England specializing
    in alternative investment strategies. Since leaving Glenwood in
    2004, Mr.&#160;Meyer has focused on serving as a director for
    various companies. During his career, Mr.&#160;Meyer has served
    as an outside director on a several companies, including Quality
    Systems, Inc. (a public company specializing in software for
    medical and dental professionals), Bernard Technologies, Inc. (a
    firm specializing in development of industrial processes using
    chlorine dioxide), and Centurion Trust&#160;Company of Arizona
    (where he served as a non-executive Chairman until its purchase
    by GE Financial). Currently, he is on the Board of Directors of
    Einstein-Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., a firm operating in the
    quick casual segment of the restaurant industry, and United
    Capital Financial Partners, Inc., a firm that converts
    transaction-oriented brokers into fee-based financial planners.
    Mr.&#160;Meyer received his B.A. and M.B.A. from the University
    of Chicago.
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    <I>Douglas F. Ray.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Ray has been a member
    of our Board of Directors since December 2007. Since August 1995
    Mr.&#160;Ray has worked for Seavest Inc., a private investment
    and wealth management firm based in White Plains, New York
    during which time he most recently served as the president.
    Mr.&#160;Ray has more than 12&#160;years experience acquiring,
    developing, financing and managing a diverse portfolio of real
    estate investments, including two healthcare properties funds.
    Mr.&#160;Ray serves on the Board of Directors of Nat Nast, Inc.,
    a luxury men&#146;s apparel company. Prior to joining Seavest,
    Mr.&#160;Ray worked in Washington,&#160;D.C. on the staff of
    U.S.&#160;Senator Arlen Specter and as a research analyst with
    the Republican National Committee. Mr.&#160;Ray holds a B.A.
    from the University of Pittsburgh.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Interested
    Directors</FONT></I></B>
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    <I>Leonard M. Tannenbaum,
    CFA.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum has been the chairman of
    our Board of Directors since October 2007. He is also our
    president and chief executive officer and the managing partner
    of our investment adviser. Since founding his first private
    investment firm in 1998, Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum has founded a
    number of private investment firms, including Fifth Street
    Capital LLC, and he has served as managing member of each firm.
    Prior to launching his first firm, Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum gained
    extensive small-company experience as an equity analyst for
    Merrill Lynch and a partner in a $50&#160;million small company
    hedge fund. Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum has served on the Boards of
    Directors of five public companies, including Einstein Noah
    Restaurant Group, Inc., Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., WesTower
    Communications, Inc., Cortech, Inc. and General Devices, Inc.
    Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum has also served on four audit committees and
    five compensation committees, of which he has acted as
    chairperson for one of such audit committees and four of such
    compensation committees. Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum graduated from the
    Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he
    received a B.S. in Economics. Subsequent to his undergraduate
    degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum
    received an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School as part of
    the Submatriculation Program. He is a holder of the Chartered
    Financial Analyst designation and he is also a member of the
    Young Presidents&#146; Organization.
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    <I>Bernard D. Berman.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Berman is our
    executive vice president and secretary. Mr.&#160;Berman is also
    a partner of Fifth Street Management LLC and a partner of Fifth
    Street Capital LLC. Mr.&#160;Berman joined Fifth Street Capital
    LLC in 2004. He is responsible for the structuring of all
    investments, overseeing legal issues, and firm-wide risk
    management. Mr.&#160;Berman has thirteen years of legal
    experience, including structuring and negotiating a variety of
    investment transactions. Prior to joining Fifth Street, he was a
    corporate attorney with the law firm Riemer&#160;&#038;
    Braunstein LLP from 2000&#160;&#151; 2004. Mr.&#160;Berman
    graduated from Boston College Law School (cum laude). He
    received a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University (with high
    honors).
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Executive
    Officers Who Are Not Directors</FONT></I></B>
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    <I>William H. Craig.</I>&#160;&#160;Mr.&#160;Craig has been our
    chief financial officer since October 2007 and he is also our
    chief compliance officer. Prior to joining FSC, from March 2005
    to October 2007, Mr.&#160;Craig was an executive vice
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    president and chief financial officer of Vital-Signs, Inc., a
    medical device manufacturer (NASDAQ: VITL). Prior to that, from
    January 2004 to March 2005, he worked as an interim chief
    financial officer and Sarbanes-Oxley consultant. From 1999 to
    2004, Mr.&#160;Craig served as an executive vice president for
    finance and administration and chief financial officer for
    Matheson Trigas, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of industrial
    gases and related equipment. Mr.&#160;Craig&#146;s prior
    experience includes stints at GE Capital, Deloitte&#160;&#038;
    Touche LLP, and GMAC, as well as merchant banking.
    Mr.&#160;Craig has an M.B.A. from Texas A&#038;M University and
    a B.A. from Wake Forest University. Mr.&#160;Craig is a
    Certified Public Accountant.
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    We have entered into an investment advisory agreement with Fifth
    Street Management, our investment adviser. Fifth Street
    Management is controlled by Leonard M. Tannenbaum, its managing
    member and our president and chief executive officer. Pursuant
    to the investment advisory agreement, fees payable to our
    investment adviser will be equal to (a)&#160;a base management
    fee of 2.0% of the value of our gross assets and (b)&#160;an
    incentive fee based on our performance.
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    Pursuant to the administration agreement with FSC, Inc., which
    is controlled by Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum, FSC, Inc. will furnish us
    with the facilities and administrative services necessary to
    conduct our day-to-day operations, including equipment,
    clerical, bookkeeping and recordkeeping services at such
    facilities. In addition, FSC, Inc. will assist us in connection
    with the determination and publishing of our net asset value,
    the preparation and filing of tax returns and the printing and
    dissemination of reports to our stockholders. We will pay FSC,
    Inc. our allocable portion of overhead and other expenses
    incurred by it in performing its obligations under the
    administration agreement, including a portion of the rent and
    the compensation of our chief financial officer and chief
    compliance officer, and their respective staffs. Each of these
    contracts may be terminated by either party without penalty upon
    no fewer than 60&#160;days&#146; written notice to the other.
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    Mr.&#160;Toll, a member of our Board of Directors, who is not
    standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting and whose term
    will expire at such meeting, and the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">father-in-law</FONT>
    of Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum, our president and chief executive
    officer and the managing partner of our investment adviser, was
    one of the three guarantors under a $50&#160;million loan
    agreement between Fifth Street Mezzanine Partners III, L.P., our
    predecessor fund, from Wachovia Bank, N.A. Fifth Street
    Mezzanine Partners III, L.P. paid Mr.&#160;Toll a fee of 1% per
    annum of the $50&#160;million loan for such guarantee, which was
    paid quarterly or monthly at our election. Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum,
    our president and chief executive officer, and FSMPIII GP, LLC,
    the general partner of our predecessor fund, were each also
    guarantors under the loan, although they received no
    compensation for their respective guarantees. As of
    November&#160;27, 2007, we terminated this loan with Wachovia
    Bank, N.A.
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    We have also entered into a license agreement with Fifth Street
    Capital LLC pursuant to which Fifth Street Capital LLC has
    agreed to grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use
    the name &#147;Fifth Street.&#148; Under this agreement, we will
    have a right to use the &#147;Fifth Street&#148; name, for so
    long as Fifth Street Management LLC or one of its affiliates
    remains our investment adviser. Other than with respect to this
    limited license, we will have no legal right to the &#147;Fifth
    Street&#148; name. Fifth Street Capital LLC is controlled by
    Mr.&#160;Tannenbaum, its managing member.
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    On April&#160;4, 2008, the Board approved a certificate of
    amendment to our restated certificate of incorporation
    reclassifying 200,000&#160;shares of our common stock as shares
    of non-convertible, non-participating preferred stock, with a
    par value of $0.01 and a liquidation preference of $500 per
    share (&#147;Series&#160;A Preferred Stock&#148;) and
    authorizing the issuance of up to 200,000&#160;shares of
    Series&#160;A Preferred Stock. The Company&#146;s certificate of
    amendment was also approved by the holders of a majority of the
    shares of its outstanding common stock through a written consent
    first solicited on April&#160;7, 2008. On April&#160;24, 2008
    the Company filed its certificate of amendment and on
    April&#160;25, 2008, it sold 30,000&#160;shares of Series&#160;A
    Preferred Stock to a company controlled by Mr.&#160;Toll Toll,
    one of the Company&#146;s directors, who is not standing for
    re-election at the Annual Meeting and whose term will expire at
    such meeting. The Company paid dividends of approximately
    $234,000 on the 30,000&#160;shares of Series&#160;A Preferred
    Stock. On June&#160;30, 2008, the Company redeemed
    30,000&#160;shares of Series&#160;A Preferred Stock at the
    mandatory redemption price of 101% of the liquidation preference
    or $15,150,000.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Review,
    Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related
    Parties</FONT></B>
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    In the ordinary course of business, we enter into transactions
    with portfolio companies that may be considered related party
    transactions. In order to ensure that we do not engage in any
    prohibited transactions with any persons affiliated with us, we
    have implemented certain policies and procedures whereby our
    executive officers screen each of our transactions for any
    possible affiliations, close or remote, between the proposed
    portfolio investment, us, companies controlled by us and our
    employees and directors. We will not enter into any agreements
    unless and until we are satisfied that no affiliations
    prohibited by the 1940 Act exist or, if such affiliations exist,
    we have taken appropriate actions to seek board review and
    approval or exemptive relief for such transaction. Our Board
    reviews these procedures on an annual basis.
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    The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors is required to
    review and approve any transactions with related parties (as
    such term is defined in Item&#160;404 of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Regulation&#160;S-K).</FONT>
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    In addition, our code of business conduct and ethics, which is
    applicable to all our all employees, officers and directors,
    requires that all employees, officers and directors avoid any
    conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, between an
    individual&#146;s personal interests and our interests. Our code
    of business conduct and ethics is available on our website.
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    Section&#160;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    requires our directors and executive officers, and persons who
    own 10% or more of our voting stock, to file reports of
    ownership and changes in ownership of our equity securities with
    the Commission. Directors, executive officers and 10% or more
    holders are required by Commission regulations to furnish us
    with copies of all Section&#160;16(a) forms they file. Based
    solely on a review of the copies of those forms furnished to us,
    or written representations that no such forms were required, we
    believe that our directors, executive officers and 10% or more
    beneficial owners complied with all Section&#160;16(a) filing
    requirements during the year ended September&#160;30, 2008,
    except for one late filing on Form&#160;4 by Mr.&#160;Craig on
    August&#160;20, 2008 relating to the purchase of our common
    stock and one late filing on Form&#160;3 by the Greenlight
    Entities, who filed their Form&#160;3 on June&#160;12, 2008
    after the Company&#146;s initial public offering registration
    statement went effective on June&#160;11, 2008.
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    Governance Documents</FONT></B>
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    FSC has a corporate governance webpage at the &#147;Corporate
    Governance&#148; link under the &#147;Investor Relations&#148;
    link at<U>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.fifthstreetfinance.com</FONT></U>.
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    Our Corporate Governance Policy, Code of Business Conduct and
    Ethics, Fifth Street Finance Corp Code of Ethics (applicable to
    the employees of our investment adviser) and Board Committee
    charters are available at our corporate governance webpage at<U>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://ir.fifthstreetfinance.com/governance.cfm</FONT></U>
    and are also available to any stockholder who requests them by
    writing to our secretary, Bernard Berman, at Fifth Street
    Finance Corp., 445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite&#160;1206, White
    Plains, NY 10016, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
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    FSC has established corporate governance procedures to guard
    against, among other things, an improperly constituted Board.
    Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Policy, whenever the
    chairman of the Board is not an independent director, the
    chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
    will act as the presiding independent director and will preside
    at meetings of the &#147;Non-Management Directors&#148; (which
    will include the independent directors and other directors who
    are not officers of the Company even though they may have
    another relationship to the Company or its management that
    prevents them from being independent directors).
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Director
    Independence</FONT></B>
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    In accordance with rules of the NYSE, the Board annually
    determines the independence of each director. No director is
    considered independent unless the Board has determined that he
    or she has no material relationship with the Company. The
    Company monitors the status of its directors and officers
    through the activities of the Company&#146;s Nominating and
    Corporate Governance Committee and through a questionnaire to be
    completed by each director no less frequently than annually,
    with updates periodically if information provided in the most
    recent questionnaire has changed.
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    In order to evaluate the materiality of any such relationship,
    the Board uses the definition of director independence set forth
    in the NYSE Listed Company Manual. Section&#160;303A.00 of the
    NYSE Listed Company Manual provides that business development
    companies, or BDCs, such as the Company, are required to comply
    with all of the provisions of Section&#160;303A applicable to
    domestic issuers other than Sections&#160;303A.02, the section
    that defines director independence. Section&#160;303A.00
    provides that a director of a BDC shall be considered to be
    independent if he or she is not an &#147;interested person&#148;
    of the Company, as defined in Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the 1940
    Act. Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act defines an
    &#147;interested person&#148; to include, among other things,
    any person who has, or within the last two years had, a material
    business or professional relationship with the Company.
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    The Board has determined that each of the directors and nominees
    is independent and has no relationship with the Company, except
    as a director and stockholder of the Company, with the exception
    of Bernard D. Berman and Leonard M. Tannenbaum.
    Messrs.&#160;Bernard and Tannenbaum are interested persons of
    the Company due to their positions as officers of the Company.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Annual
    Evaluation</FONT></B>
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    FSC&#146;s directors shall perform an evaluation, at least
    annually, of the effectiveness of the Board and its committees.
    This evaluation shall include an annual questionnaire and Board
    and Committee discussion.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Board
    Meetings and Committees</FONT></B>
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    Our Board met 6 times during fiscal 2008. Each director attended
    at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and
    committees on which the director served that were held while the
    director was a member, except for Mr.&#160;Toll. The
    Board&#146;s standing committees are set forth below. We require
    each director to make a diligent effort to attend all Board and
    committee meetings, as well as each Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders. This is our first Annual Meeting.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Communications
    with Directors</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Stockholders and other interested parties may contact any member
    (or all members) of the Board by mail. To communicate with the
    Board, any individual directors or any group or committee of
    directors, correspondence should be addressed to the Board or
    any such individual directors or group or committee of directors
    by either name or title. All such correspondence should be sent
    to Fifth Street Finance Corp., 445 Hamilton Avenue,
    Suite&#160;1206, White Plains, NY 10016, Attention: Corporate
    Secretary. Any communication to report potential issues
    regarding accounting, internal controls and other auditing
    matters will be directed to the Audit Committee. Appropriate
    Fifth Street Finance Corp. personnel will review and sort
    through communications before forwarding them to the
    addressee(s).
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Audit
    Committee</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting, engaging and
    discharging our independent accountants, reviewing the plans,
    scope and results of the audit engagement with our independent
    accountants, approving professional services provided by our
    independent accountants (including compensation therefore),
    reviewing the independence of our independent accountants and
    reviewing the adequacy of our internal control over financial
    reporting. The members of the Audit Committee are
    Messrs.&#160;Berkman, Dunn and Haney, each of whom is not an
    interested person of us for purposes of the 1940 Act and is
    independent for purposes of the NYSE corporate governance
    listing standards. Mr.&#160;Haney serves as the chairman of the
    Audit Committee. Our Board of Directors has
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    determined that Mr.&#160;Haney is an &#147;audit committee
    financial expert&#148; as defined under Commission rules. The
    Audit Committee met three times during the 2008 fiscal year.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A charter of the Audit Committee is available in print to any
    stockholder who requests it and it is also available on the
    Company&#146;s website at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://ir.fifthstreetfinance.com/governance.cfm.</FONT></U>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Compensation
    Committee</FONT></B>
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    The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and
    approving the reimbursement by the Company of the compensation
    of the Company&#146;s chief financial officer and chief
    compliance officer, and his staff. The current members of the
    Compensation Committee are Messrs.&#160;Dunn, Meyer and Ray,
    each of whom is not an interested person of us for purposes of
    the 1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NYSE
    corporate governance listing standards. Mr.&#160;Ray serves as
    the chairman of the Compensation Committee. As discussed below,
    currently, none of our executive officers are compensated by the
    Company. The Compensation Committee met one time during the 2008
    fiscal year.
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    A charter of the Compensation Committee is available in print to
    any stockholder who requests it and is also available on the
    Company&#146;s website at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://ir.fifthstreetfinance.com/governance.cfm.</FONT></U>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Nominating
    and Corporate Governance Committee</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible
    for determining criteria for service on the board, identifying,
    researching and nominating directors for election by our
    stockholders, selecting nominees to fill vacancies on our Board
    or a committee of the Board, developing and recommending to the
    Board a set of corporate governance principles and overseeing
    the self-evaluation of the Board of Directors and its committees
    and evaluation of our management. The Nominating and Corporate
    Governance Committee considers nominees properly recommended by
    our stockholders. The members of the Nominating and Corporate
    Governance Committee are Messrs.&#160;Dunn, Haney and Ray, each
    of whom is not an interested person of us for purposes of the
    1940 Act and is independent for purposes of the NYSE corporate
    governance listing standards. Mr.&#160;Dunn serves as the
    chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
    The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met two times
    during the 2008 fiscal year. In October 2008, the Nominating and
    Corporate Governance Committee met to discuss, among other
    things, nominating the directors for election by our
    stockholders at this Annual Meeting.
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    The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider
    qualified director nominees recommended by stockholders when
    such recommendations are submitted in accordance with our
    restated and amended bylaws and any other applicable law, rule
    or regulation regarding director nominations. Stockholders may
    submit candidates for nomination for our board of directors by
    writing to: Board of Directors, Fifth Street Finance Corp., 445
    Hamilton Avenue, Suite&#160;1206, White Plains, NY 10016. When
    submitting a nomination to us for consideration, a stockholder
    must provide certain information about each person whom the
    stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director,
    including: (i)&#160;the name, age, business address and
    residence address of the person; (ii)&#160;the principal
    occupation or employment or the person; (iii)&#160;the class or
    series and number of shares of our capital stock owned
    beneficially or of record by the persons; and (iv)&#160;any
    other information relating to the person that would be required
    to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required
    to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for
    election of directors pursuant to Section&#160;14 of the
    Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated
    thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by the proposed
    nominee&#146;s written consent to be named as a nominee and to
    serve as a director if elected.
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    In evaluating director nominees, the Nominating and Corporate
    Governance Committee considers the following facts:
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    the appropriate size and composition of our Board;
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    our needs with respect to the particular talents and experience
    of our directors;
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    the knowledge, skills and experience of nominees in light of
    prevailing business conditions and the knowledge, skills and
    experience already possessed by other members of our Board;
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    the capacity and desire to serve as a member of our board of
    directors and to represent the balance, best interests of our
    stockholders as a whole;
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    experience with accounting rules and practices;&#160;and
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    the desire to balance the considerable benefit of continuity
    with the periodic addition of the fresh perspective provided by
    new members.
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    The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee&#146;s goal is
    to assemble a board of directors that brings us a variety of
    perspectives and skills derived from high quality business and
    professional experience.
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    Other than the foregoing there are no stated minimum criteria
    for director nominees, although the Nominating and Corporate
    Governance Committee may also consider such other factors as it
    may deem are in our best interests and those of our
    stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
    also believes it appropriate for certain key members of our
    management to participate as members of the Board.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifies
    nominees by first evaluating the current members of the Board
    willing to continue in service. Current members of the Board
    with skills and experience that are relevant to our business and
    who are willing to continue in service are considered for
    re-nomination, balancing the value of continuity of service by
    existing members of the Board with that of obtaining a new
    perspective. If any member of the Board does not wish to
    continue in service or if the Nominating and Corporate
    Governance Committee or the Board decides not to re-nominate a
    member for re-election, the Nominating and Corporate Governance
    Committee identifies the desired skills and experience of a new
    nominee in light of the criteria above. Current members of the
    Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Board are
    polled for suggestions as to individuals meeting the criteria of
    the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Research may
    also be performed to identify qualified individuals. We have not
    engaged third parties to identify or evaluate or assist in
    identifying potential nominees to the Board. With regard to each
    nominee approved by the nominating committee for inclusion on
    our proxy card, our chief executive officer recommended each
    nominee for inclusion on our proxy card.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A charter of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
    is available in print to any stockholder who requests it, and it
    is also available on the Company&#146;s website at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://ir.fifthstreetfinance.com/governance.cfm.</FONT></U>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Valuation
    Committee</FONT></B>
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    The Valuation Committee establishes guidelines and makes
    recommendations to our Board regarding the valuation of our
    loans and investments. The Valuation Committee is presently
    composed of Messrs.&#160;Berkman, Meyer and Ray, each of whom is
    not an interested person of us for purposes of the 1940 Act and
    is independent for purposes of the NYSE corporate governance
    listing standards. Mr.&#160;Meyer serves as the chairman of the
    Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee met on four
    occasions during the 2008 fiscal year.
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    A charter of the Valuation Committee is available in print to
    any stockholder who requests it, and it is also available on the
    Company&#146;s website at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://ir.fifthstreetfinance.com/governance.cfm.</FONT></U>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Code of
    Business Conduct and Ethics</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that
    applies to which applies to, among others, our senior officers,
    including our Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial
    Officer, as well as every officer, director and employee of the
    Company. In addition, our investment adviser has adopted a Code
    of Ethics applicable to all of its employees. Requests for
    copies of either document should be sent in writing to Fifth
    Street Finance Corp., 445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite&#160;1206,
    White Plains, NY 10016. The Company&#146;s Code of Business
    Conduct and Ethics is also available on our website at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://ir.fifthstreetfinance.com/governance.cfm.</FONT></U>
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    If we make any substantive amendment to, or grant a waiver from,
    a provision of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, we will
    promptly disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on our
    website at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://ir.fifthstreetfinance.com/governance.cfm</FONT></U>
    as well as file a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;8-K.</FONT>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">EXECUTIVE
    COMPENSATION</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Compensation
    of Executive Officers</FONT></B>
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    None of our executive officers receive direct compensation from
    us. The compensation of the principals and other investment
    professionals of our investment adviser are paid by our
    investment adviser. Compensation paid to William H. Craig, our
    chief financial officer and our chief compliance officer, is set
    by our administrator, FSC, Inc., and is subject to reimbursement
    by us of an allocable portion of such compensation for services
    rendered to us. During fiscal year 2008, we reimbursed FSC, Inc.
    approximately $978,387 for the allocable portion of compensation
    expenses incurred by FSC, Inc. on behalf of Mr.&#160;Craig and
    other support personnel, pursuant to the administration
    agreement with FSC, Inc.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Director
    Compensation</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Compensation
    of Directors</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth compensation of the
    Company&#146;s directors, for the year ended September&#160;30,
    2008.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="62%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="9%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="10%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fees Earned or<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>All Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Paid in Cash(1)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Compensation(2)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Total</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Interested Directors</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Leonard M. Tannenbaum
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Bruce E. Toll(3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Independent Directors</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Adam C. Berkman
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    39,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    39,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Brian S. Dunn
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    46,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    46,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Byron J. Haney
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    58,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    58,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Frank C. Meyer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    65,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    65,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Douglas F. Ray
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    36,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    36,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    For a discussion of the independent directors&#146;
    compensation, see below.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    We do not maintain a stock or option plan, non-equity incentive
    plan or pension plan for our directors.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Mr.&#160;Toll is not standing for re-election at the Annual
    Meeting and his term will expire at such meeting.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The independent directors receive an annual retainer fee of
    $25,000, payable once per year if the director attends at least
    75% of the meetings held during the previous year, plus $2,000
    for each board meeting in which the director attended in person
    and $1,000 for each board meeting in which the director
    participated other than in person, and reimbursement of
    reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with
    attending each board meeting. The independent directors also
    receive $1,000 for each committee meeting in which they attend
    in person and $500 for each committee meeting in which they
    participate other than in person, in connection with each
    committee meeting of the Board of Directors that they attend,
    plus reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
    in connection with attending each committee meeting not held
    concurrently with a board meeting.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an
    annual retainer of $20,000, while the Chairman of the Valuation
    Committee and the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate
    Governance Committee each receive an annual retainer of $30,000
    and $5,000, respectively. No compensation is paid to directors
    who are interested persons of FSC as defined in the 1940 Act,
    except that we paid Mr.&#160;Toll all applicable board fees.
</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROPOSAL&#160;2&#160;&#151;
    TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS FSC&#146;S
    INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE 2009
    FISCAL YEAR</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Independent
    Auditor&#146;s Fees</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The audit committee and the Board have appointed Grant Thornton
    LLP as the Company&#146;s independent registered public
    accounting firm for the year ending September&#160;30, 2009,
    subject to ratification by stockholders.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Grant Thornton LLP has advised the Company that neither the firm
    nor any present member or associate of it has any material
    financial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company or its
    subsidiary. It is expected that a representative of Grant
    Thornton LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting and will have
    an opportunity to make a statement if he or she chooses and will
    be available to answer questions.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table presents fees for professional services
    rendered by Grant Thornton LLP for fiscal year 2008.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Audit Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    351,020
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Aggregate Non-Audit Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Audit-Related Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Tax Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    35,070
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    All Other Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    316,875
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total Aggregate Non-Audit Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    351,945
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    702,965
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <I>Audit Fees.</I>&#160;&#160;Audit fees consist of fees billed
    for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end
    financial statements and services that are normally provided by
    Grant Thornton LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory
    filings.
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    <I>Audit-Related Fees.</I>&#160;&#160;Audit-related services
    consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that
    are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review
    of our financial statements and are not reported under
    &#147;Audit Fees.&#148; These services include attest services
    that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations
    concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.
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    <I>Tax Fees.</I>&#160;&#160;Tax fees consist of fees billed for
    professional services for tax compliance. These services include
    assistance regarding federal, state, and local tax compliance.
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    <I>All Other Fees.</I>&#160;&#160;All other fees would include
    fees for products and services other than the services reported
    above.
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    <B>Our Board unanimously recommends a vote &#147;FOR&#148;
    Proposal&#160;2, to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP
    as our independent registered public accounting firm for the
    2009 fiscal year. Proxies solicited by the Board will be voted
    &#147;FOR&#148; Proposal&#160;2 unless otherwise instructed.</B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Audit
    Committee Report</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As part of its oversight of the Company&#146;s financial
    statements, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with both
    management and the Company&#146;s independent registered public
    accounting firm all of the Company&#146;s financial statements
    filed with the Commission for each quarter during fiscal year
    2008 and as of and for the year ended September&#160;30, 2008.
    Management advised the Audit Committee that all financial
    statements were prepared in accordance with U.S.&#160;generally
    accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and reviewed significant
    accounting issues with the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee
    discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm
    the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing
    Standards No.&#160;61, <I>Communication with Audit Committees,
    </I>as amended. The independent registered public accounting
    firm also provided to the Audit Committee the written
    disclosures required by applicable requirements of the Public
    Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent
    accountant&#146;s communications with the Audit Committee
    concerning
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    independence, and the Audit Committee discussed with the
    independent registered public accounting firm the firm&#146;s
    independence.
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    The Audit Committee of the Board has established a pre-approval
    policy that describes the permitted audit, audit-related, tax,
    and other services to be provided by Grant Thornton LLP, the
    Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm.
    Pursuant to the policy, the Audit Committee pre-approves the
    audit and non-audit services performed by the independent
    registered public accounting firm in order to assure that the
    provision of such service does not impair the firm&#146;s
    independence.
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    Any requests for audit, audit-related, tax, and other services
    that have not received general pre-approval must be submitted to
    the Audit Committee for specific pre-approval, irrespective of
    the amount, and cannot commence until such approval has been
    granted. Normally, pre-approval is provided at regularly
    scheduled meetings of the Audit Committee. However, the Audit
    Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of
    its members. The member or members to whom such authority is
    delegated shall report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit
    Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee
    does not delegate its responsibilities to pre-approve services
    performed by the independent registered public accounting firm
    to management.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Audit Committee has reviewed the audit fees paid by the
    Company to the independent registered public accounting firm. It
    has also reviewed non-audit services and fees to assure
    compliance with the Company&#146;s and the Audit
    Committee&#146;s policies restricting the independent registered
    public accounting firm from performing services that might
    impair its independence.
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    Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the
    Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the
    financial statements as of and for the year ended
    September&#160;30, 2008, be included in the Company&#146;s
    Annual Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-K</FONT>
    for the year ended September&#160;30, 2008, for filing with the
    Commission. The Audit Committee also recommended the selection
    of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the independent registered
    public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending
    September&#160;30, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Audit Committee<BR>
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    Adam C. Berkman, Member<BR>
    Brian S. Dunn, Member<BR>
    Byron J. Haney, Chairman<BR>
    Frank C. Meyer, Member<BR>
    Douglas F. Ray, Member
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">OTHER
    MATTERS</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Stockholder
    Proposals</FONT></B>
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    Any stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to the
    Commission&#146;s
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;14a-8</FONT>
    for inclusion in the Company&#146;s proxy statement and form of
    proxy for the 2010 Annual Meeting of stockholders must be
    received by the Company on or before September&#160;17, 2009.
    Such proposals must also comply with the requirements as to form
    and substance established by the Commission if such proposals
    are to be included in the proxy statement and form of proxy. Any
    such proposal should be mailed to: Fifth Street Finance Corp.,
    445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite&#160;1206, White Plains,
    NY&#160;10016, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
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    Stockholder proposals or director nominations to be presented at
    the 2010 Annual Meeting of stockholders, other than stockholder
    proposals submitted pursuant to the Commission&#146;s
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;14a-8,</FONT>
    must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal
    executive offices of the Company not less than ninety
    (90)&#160;days in advance of the one year anniversary of the
    date the Company&#146;s proxy statement was released to
    stockholders in connection with the previous year&#146;s Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders. For the Company&#146;s 2010 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders, the Company must receive such proposals
    and nominations no later than October&#160;17, 2009. If the date
    of the Annual Meeting has been changed by more than thirty
    (30)&#160;calendar days from the date contemplated at the time
    of the previous year&#146;s proxy statement, stockholder
    proposals or director nominations must be so received not later
    than the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the
    date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or such
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    public disclosure is made. Proposals must also comply with the
    other requirements contained in the Company&#146;s bylaws,
    including supporting documentation and other information.
    Proxies solicited by the Company will confer discretionary
    voting authority with respect to these proposals, subject to
    Commission rules governing the exercise of this authority.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Other
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    The Board of Directors does not presently intend to bring any
    other business before the Annual Meeting, and, so far as is
    known to the Board, no matters may properly be brought before
    the Annual Meeting except as specified in the Notice of the
    Annual Meeting. As to any other business that may properly come
    before the Annual Meeting, however, the proxies, in the form
    enclosed, will be voted in respect thereof in accordance with
    the discretion of the proxyholders.
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    Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, please
    complete, date, sign and promptly return the accompanying proxy
    in the enclosed postage paid envelope so that you may be
    represented at the Annual Meeting.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Annual
    Reports</FONT></B>
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    A copy of our Annual Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-K</FONT>
    for the year ended September&#160;30, 2008, which includes
    financial statements, is being mailed with this proxy statement.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PROXY<BR>
<font style="font-size: 12pt">FIFTH STREET FINANCE CORP.</font><BR>
Annual Meeting of Stockholders &#151; February&nbsp;4, 2009</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS</B>

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned hereby appoints Bernard D. Berman and William H. Craig, and each of them, as
proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend the 2009
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Fifth Street Finance Corp, a Delaware Corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), to be held at the Ritz-Carleton Westchester, Three Renaissance Square, White Plains,
New York 10601, on February&nbsp;4, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., local time, and any adjournment or postponement
thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the undersigned is entitled to cast
and to otherwise represent the undersigned with all powers that the undersigned would possess if
personally present at the meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the
2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company and the accompanying Proxy Statement, the terms
of each of which are incorporated by reference, and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect
to such meeting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>THIS PROXY IS REVOCABLE. UNLESS A CONTRARY DIRECTION IS INDICATED, VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST </B><B><I>FOR </I></B><B>THE THREE NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1 AND </B><B><I>FOR </I></B><B>PROPOSAL 2, AS
DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT. IF SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ARE INDICATED, VOTES
ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH. THE VOTES ENTITLED TO
BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXYHOLDER ON ANY OTHER MATTER
THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.<BR>
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Complete, sign, date and promptly return this proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided or
return it to Fifth Street Finance Corp., 445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1206, White Plains, NY 10016,
Attention: Corporate Secretary.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND MAIL YOUR PROXY CARD<BR>
IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Please Detach and Mail in the Envelope Provided</B>

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PROPOSAL 1: </B>To elect three directors of the Company to hold office until our 2012 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PROPOSAL 2: </B>To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&#146;s Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year ending September&nbsp;30, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PROPOSAL 3: </B>To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any
adjournments or postponements thereof.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>Please sign exactly as your name appears hereon. If the stock is
registered in the names of two or more persons, each should sign.
Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians and attorneys-in-fact
should add their titles. If signer is a corporation, please give
full corporate name and have a duly authorized officer sign, stating
title. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name
by authorized person.</I></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Please sign, date and promptly return this proxy in the enclosed return envelope which is
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