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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-104409
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200911
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200911

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:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35183
		FILM NUMBER:		201170986

	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 STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;8-A</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF
SECURITIES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g)&nbsp;OF</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New Mountain Finance Corporation </B></P>

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in its charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 48%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>27-2978010</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>787 Seventh Avenue, 48<SUP>th
</SUP>Floor</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York </B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 48%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>10019</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></TD>
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to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act:</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; width: 48%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Name of each exchange on which each class is to be<BR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>5.75% Notes due 2023</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC</B></P></TD></TR>
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pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following
box.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following
box.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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statement file number to which this form relates:&nbsp;<B>Not Applicable</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of
the Act:&nbsp;<B>None</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;<B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Registrant&rsquo;s Securities to be Registered.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">This Form 8-A is being filed in
connection with New Mountain Finance Corporation&rsquo;s, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), transfer of
the listing of its shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), and its 5.75% Notes due
2023 (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;), from the New York Stock Exchange (the &ldquo;NYSE&rdquo;) to The Nasdaq Global Select Market
(the &ldquo;NASDAQ&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The Common Stock and the Notes are expected
to be listed on the NASDAQ and to trade thereon on or around September 14, 2020 under the trading symbols &ldquo;NMFC&rdquo; and
 &ldquo;NMFCL&rdquo;, respectively. The Registrant is voluntarily delisting the Common Stock and the Notes from the NYSE as of the
close of business on September 11, 2020.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The following summaries are descriptions
of the Common Stock and the Notes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><U>Common Stock</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The description of the Common Stock is
incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth under the caption &ldquo;Description of Capital Stock&rdquo; in the
Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-238554) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), on May 21, 2020 (the &ldquo;2020
Registration Statement&rdquo;). Any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the 2020 Registration Statement that includes
such description and that are subsequently filed are also incorporated by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><U>Notes</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">For a description of the Notes, reference
is made to (i) the information set forth under the heading &ldquo;Description of Debt Securities&rdquo; in the Registrant&rsquo;s
prospectus included in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form N-2 (Registration No. 333-218040), as filed with the SEC on July 12, 2018 under the Securities Act (the &ldquo;2018 Registration Statement&rdquo;), and (ii)&nbsp;the
information set forth under the headings &ldquo;Specific Terms of The Notes and the Offering&rdquo; and &ldquo;Description of
the Notes&rdquo; in the Registrant&rsquo;s prospectus supplement dated September 20, 2018, as filed with the SEC on September 21, 2018 pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act. The foregoing descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. Any form
of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the 2018 Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that is subsequently
filed is hereby also incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the Instructions as to exhibits
for registration statements on Form&nbsp;8-A,&nbsp;the documents listed below are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:</P>

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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000110465911046166/a11-23954_1ex3d3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">3.1</FONT></A></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000110465911046166/a11-23954_1ex3d3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Mountain Finance Corporation (filed previously in connection with New Mountain Finance Corporation's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on August 11, 2011)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000089534511000249/sg8kex3_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">3.2</FONT></A></TD>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000089534511000249/sg8kex3_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Certificate of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office of New Mountain Finance Corporation (filed previously in connection with New Mountain Finance Corporation and New Mountain Finance AIV Holdings Corporation report on Form 8-K filed on August 25, 2011)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000149609919000008/certificateofamendmenttoar.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">3.3</FONT></A></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000149609919000008/certificateofamendmenttoar.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Mountain Finance Corporation (filed previously in connection with New Mountain Finance Corporation's report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2019)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000110465911046166/a11-23954_1ex3d5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">3.4</FONT></A></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000110465911046166/a11-23954_1ex3d5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Amended and Restated Bylaws of New Mountain Finance Corporation (filed previously in connection with New Mountain Finance Corporation's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on August 11, 2011)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1491925/000104746911004799/a2202420zex-99_d.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1491925/000104746911004799/a2202420zex-99_d.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Form of Stock Certificate of New Mountain Finance Corporation (filed previously&nbsp;&nbsp;in connection with New Mountain Finance Holdings, L.L.C.&rsquo;s registration statement on Form N-2 Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 (File Nos. 333-168280 and 333-172503) filed on May 9, 2011)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000104746918005689/a2236502zex-99_d6.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000104746918005689/a2236502zex-99_d6.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Indenture by and between New Mountain Finance Corporation, as Issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, dated August 20, 2018 (filed previously in connection with Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to New Mountain Finance Corporation&rsquo;s registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-218040) filed on August 20, 2018)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000104746918006391/a2236737zex-99_d8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496099/000104746918006391/a2236737zex-99_d8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Second Supplemental Indenture by and between New Mountain Finance Corporation, as Issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, dated September 25, 2018 (filed previously in connection with Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to New Mountain Finance Corporation&rsquo;s registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-218040) filed on September 25, 2018)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; width: 47%">/s/ Robert A. Hamwee</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Robert A. Hamwee</FONT></TD></TR>
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