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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-023977
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190426

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			New Mountain Finance Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001496099
		IRS NUMBER:				272978010
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		787 SEVENTH AVENUE, 48TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(212) 720-0300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		787 SEVENTH AVENUE, 48TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	New Mountain Guardian Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100706
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[Letterhead of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP]</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;26, 2019</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIA EDGAR</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John Ganley,&nbsp;Esq., Senior Counsel</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chad Eskildsen, Senior Staff Accountant</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of Investment Management</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>New Mountain Finance Corporation</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;N-2</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(File No.&nbsp;333-230326)</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Messrs.&nbsp;Ganley and Eskildsen:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of New Mountain Finance Corporation (the <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">&#147;Company&#148;</i></b>), set forth below are the Company&#146;s responses to the oral comments provided by the staff of the Division of Investment Management (the <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">&#147;Staff&#148;</i></b>) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">&#147;Commission&#148;</i></b>) to the Company on April&nbsp;15, 2019 with respect to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;N-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-230326) (the <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">&#147;Registration Statement&#148;</i></b>) and the prospectus included therein (the <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">&#147;Prospectus&#148;</i></b>), as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2019.&#160; The Staff&#146;s comments are set forth below and are followed by the Company&#146;s responses. Where revisions to the Registration Statement are referenced in the below responses, such revisions have been included in Pre-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement, filed concurrently herewith.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Legal Comments</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">1.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure on page&nbsp;3 of the Prospectus under the subsection titled &#147;Overview.&#148; Please revise the second paragraph under this subsection to make it more readable, and make conforming changes throughout the Prospectus as necessary.</i></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly throughout the Prospectus.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">2.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure on page&nbsp;8 of the Prospectus under the subsection titled &#147;Operating and Regulatory Structure.&#148; Please add a brief explanation of what 150% asset coverage means in plain English, and make conforming changes throughout the Prospectus as necessary. The Staff suggests</i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">adding the following in this regard: &#147;150% asset coverage means that the Company can borrow $2 for every $1 of equity.&#148;</font></i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly throughout the Prospectus.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">3.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure in the second to last sentence of the first paragraph on page&nbsp;13 of the Prospectus relating to the administrative expenses reimbursed to the Company&#146;s administrator.&#160; Please revise this sentence to read as follows (and make conforming changes throughout the Prospectus as necessary): &#147;For the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, we reimbursed our Administrator approximately $2.1 million for indirect administrative expenses that our Administrator did not waive, which represented approximately 0.09% of our gross assets.&#148;</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly throughout the Prospectus.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">4.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure on page&nbsp;18 of the Prospectus, which discloses two hypothetical expense examples. Please revise the captions to the calculations to clarify that the first example assumes a 5.0% annual return without realization of any capital gains and the second example assumes a 5.0% annual return completely in the form of net realized capital gains.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">5.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure on page&nbsp;23 of the Prospectus under the section titled &#147;Restructuring.&#148; Please consider adding a post-restructuring diagram of the Company or consider deleting the &#147;Restructuring&#148; section from the Prospectus.</i></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has deleted the &#147;Restructuring&#148; section from the Prospectus.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">6.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the risk factor on page&nbsp;26 of the Prospectus titled &#147;Global economic, political and market conditions may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, including our revenue growth and profitability.&#148; The second paragraph of this risk factor seems to focus only on domestic risks. Please separate the second paragraph into a separate risk factor with a heading that focuses on the U.S. legislative risks discussed in this paragraph or revise the heading of this risk factor to clarify that it addresses both global and domestic risks.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">7.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure on pages&nbsp;42 and 108 of the Prospectus, which lists all of the Company&#146;s outstanding debt instruments in one paragraph. Please revise this disclosure to make it more readable, such as listing the debt instruments in a table or a list, and make conforming changes throughout the Prospectus as necessary.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly throughout the Prospectus.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">8.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure in the risk factor on page&nbsp;47 of the Prospectus titled &#147;Recent legislation allows us to incur additional leverage, which could increase the risk of investing in our securities.&#148; Please revise the following disclosure to clarify that it refers to total assets: &#147;the amount of debt may not exceed 66.7% of the value of our assets,&#148; or revise this disclosure to indicate that the Company can borrow $2 for every $1 of equity.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">9.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure on page&nbsp;69 of the Prospectus, which describes the Company&#146;s top five industry concentrations, one of which is investment funds. Please clarify that the investment fund industry concentration includes the Company&#146;s investments in its joint ventures, and make conforming changes throughout the Prospectus as necessary.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has revised the requested disclosure accordingly throughout the Prospectus.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Accounting Comments</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">10.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the footnotes to the Portfolio Companies table on page&nbsp;127 of the Prospectus. Please add the following sentence from page&nbsp;F-20 of the Prospectus to the end of footnote **: &#147;As of December&nbsp;31, 2018, 13.5% of the Company&#146;s total investments were non-qualifying assets.&#148;</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment and has added the requested disclosure accordingly.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">11.</font></i><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><i><u style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment</u></i></b><i>: The Staff refers to the disclosure under &#147;Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies&#148; on page&nbsp;F-88 of the Prospectus.&#160; Please inform the Staff which line item in the Company&#146;s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities contains the $6 million payable related to the settlement agreement with a trustee of Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC described in the fourth paragraph of Note 9.</i></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response</font></u></i></b>:&#160; The Company advises the Staff on a supplemental basis that the $6 million payable related to the settlement agreement with a trustee of Black Elk Energy</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Offshore Operations, LLC is included in the &#147;Other liabilities&#148; line item in the Company&#146;s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you have any questions or additional comments concerning the foregoing, please contact the undersigned at (202) 383-0815 or Steven B. Boehm at (202) 383-0176.</font></p>
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