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<STREET1>WHITE PLAINS PLAZA
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Current Report Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of<BR>
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April&nbsp;17, 2009 (April&nbsp;14, 2009)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Fifth Street Finance Corp.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>White Plains Plaza<BR>
445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1206<BR>
White Plains, NY 10601</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <B>(914)&nbsp;286-6800</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On April&nbsp;14, 2009, at a meeting of the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of Fifth Street
Finance Corp., (the &#147;Company&#148;), the Board appointed Marc A. Goodman as the Company&#146;s Chief
Investment Officer. In addition, the Board appointed Bernard D. Berman as the Company&#146;s Chief
Compliance Officer, in place of William H. Craig, who retained his position as Chief Financial
Officer of the Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Goodman is 51&nbsp;years old and serves as a senior
partner of the Company&#146;s investment adviser, Fifth Street
Management LLC (&#147;Fifth Street Management&#148;), and co-head of the Investment Committee of Fifth Street Management. Mr.&nbsp;Goodman has over 18&nbsp;years of experience advising
on, restructuring, and negotiating investments. Mr.&nbsp;Goodman is responsible for all portfolio
management. Prior to joining Fifth Street Capital&nbsp;LLC, an
affiliate of Fifth Street Management, in 2004, from 2003 to 2004, Mr.&nbsp;Goodman was a
partner of Triax Capital Advisors, a consulting firm that provides management and financial
advisory services to distressed companies. Mr.&nbsp;Goodman also served as the president of Cross River
Consulting, Inc. from June&nbsp;1998 to January&nbsp;2005. Previously, he was with the law firm of Kramer,
Levin, Naftalis&nbsp;&#038; Frankel&nbsp;LLP and the law firm of Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston&nbsp;&#038; Rosen,&nbsp;P.C.
Mr.&nbsp;Goodman graduated from Cardozo Law School, and has a B.A. in Economics from New York
University.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Berman is 38&nbsp;years old and is the Company&#146;s executive vice president and secretary.
Mr.&nbsp;Berman is also a partner of Fifth Street Management and a partner of Fifth Street Capital LLC.
Mr.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;Berman has thirteen years
of legal experience, including structuring and negotiating a variety of investment transactions.
Prior to joining Fifth Street Capital LLC, he was a corporate attorney with the law firm Riemer&nbsp;&#038;
Braunstein LLP from 2000&nbsp;- 2004. Mr.&nbsp;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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between Mr.&nbsp;Goodman or Mr.&nbsp;Bernard and any other persons pursuant to which Messrs.&nbsp;Goodman and
Bernard were appointed officers of the Company. Other than as a result of their respective
positions at Fifth Street Management, described above, neither Mr.&nbsp;Goodman nor Mr.&nbsp;Bernard is a
party to any transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">    Date:      April 17, 2009 &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">FIFTH STREET FINANCE CORP.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">William H. Craig&nbsp;</TD>
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