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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, DC 20549</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION</B>
</DIV>

<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>Maryland</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>06-1798488</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite&nbsp;104<BR>
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Full title of the plan)
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Garland S. Tucker, III<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite&nbsp;104<BR>
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(919)&nbsp;719-4770</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code,<BR>
of agent for service of process)
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>share (2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>price (2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>registration fee</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock
$.001 par value per
share</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">900,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">13.78</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">12,402,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">380.74</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an
indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may be issued as a result of
adjustment by reason of share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the high and low price for shares of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March&nbsp;29, 2007.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
by Triangle Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (&#147;Triangle&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), are
incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2007;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since
December&nbsp;31, 2006 (but excluding all information furnished to the Commission pursuant
to Items 2.01 and 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K); and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">c.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of our common stock referenced in our Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;001-33130), filed on November&nbsp;3, 2006, as amended on February&nbsp;14, 2007,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description
prior to the termination of the offering of the common stock offered hereby.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c) 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the
liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages
except for liability resulting from (a)&nbsp;actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money,
property or services or (b)&nbsp;active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as
being material to the cause of action. Our charter contains such a provision that eliminates
directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, subject to the
requirements of the 1940 Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our charter authorizes us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and subject to the
requirements of the 1940 Act, to indemnify any present or former director or officer or any
individual who, while a director or officer and at our request, serves or has served another
corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee, from and against any claim or
liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his
or her service in any such capacity.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our bylaws obligate us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and subject to the
requirements of the 1940 Act, to indemnify any present or former director or officer or any
individual who, while a director or officer and at our request, serves or has served another
corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee and who is made, or threatened to be
made, a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in any such capacity from and
against any claim or liability to which that person may become subject or which that person may
incur by reason of his or her service in any such capacity. Our bylaws also provide that, to the
maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, with the approval of our board of directors and provided
that certain conditions described in our bylaws are met, we may pay certain expenses incurred by
any such indemnified person in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnified person to repay amounts we have so paid if it is
ultimately determined that indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under our bylaws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which our charter
does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any
proceeding to which he or she is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of his or her
service in that capacity. Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former
directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and
reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may
be made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities
unless it is established that (a)&nbsp;the act or omission of the director or officer was material to
the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (1)&nbsp;was committed in bad faith or (2)&nbsp;was the result
of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b)&nbsp;the director or officer actually received an improper
personal benefit in money, property or services or (c)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, the
director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However,
under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by
or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal
benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification, and then
only for expenses. In addition, Maryland law permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses
to a director or officer upon the corporation&#146;s receipt of (a)&nbsp;a written affirmation by the
director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct
necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (b)&nbsp;a written undertaking by him or her or on
his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately
determined that the standard of conduct was not met.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Triangle Capital Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (attached as Exhibit
(i) to the pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-2
(No.&nbsp;333-138418) filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2007, which is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Common Stock Certificate (Filed as Exhibit (d)&nbsp;to the Registrant&#146;s post
-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-2/N-5 (File No.
333-138418) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;15,
2007 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Registrant (Filed as Exhibit (a)(3)
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;N-2/N-5</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-138418)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;29, 2006 and
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (Filed as Exhibit (b)&nbsp;to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2/N-5 (File No.&nbsp;333-138418) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;29, 2006 and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Venable LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Venable LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (incorporated in the Signature Page).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply to
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs that is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities being offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
an initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be an
initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or other controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on April&nbsp;2, 2007.
</DIV>

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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Garland S. Tucker, III</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Garland S. Tucker, III<BR>
President, Chief Executive Officer, and<BR>
Chairman</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Garland S. Tucker, III and Steven C. Lilly, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Garland S. Tucker, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Garland S. Tucker, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer, and<BR>
Chairman of the Board<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Steven C. Lilly
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven C. Lilly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary,<BR>
Treasurer and Director<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ C. Robert Knox, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Robert Knox, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Brent P. W. Burgess
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brent P. W. Burgess</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Investment Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. McComb Dunwoody</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas M. Garrott, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas M. Garrott, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Benjamin S. Goldstein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Benjamin S. Goldstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Simon B. Rich, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Simon B. Rich, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Triangle Capital Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (attached as Exhibit
(i) to the pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-2
(No.&nbsp;333-138418) filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2007, which is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Common Stock Certificate (Filed as Exhibit (d)&nbsp;to the Registrant&#146;s post
-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-2/N-5 (File No.
333-138418) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;15,
2007 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Registrant (Filed as Exhibit (a)(3)
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;N-2/N-5</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-138418)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;29, 2006 and
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (Filed as Exhibit (b)&nbsp;to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2/N-5 (File No.&nbsp;333-138418) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;29, 2006 and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Venable LLP.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Venable LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (incorporated in the Signature Page).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;LETTERHEAD OF VENABLE LLP&#093;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">April&nbsp;2, 2007
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Triangle Capital Corporation<BR>
Suite&nbsp;104<BR>
3600 Glenwood Avenue<BR>
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Re:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8</U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have served as Maryland counsel to Triangle Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation
(the &#147;Company&#148;), and a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the
registration of up to 900,000 shares (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of
the Company (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) to be issued from time to time pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2007
Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Shares are covered by the above-referenced Registration
Statement, and all amendments thereto (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), filed by the Company with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion
hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to
our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
&#147;Documents&#148;):
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;The Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;The charter of the Company (the &#147;Charter&#148;), certified as of a recent date by the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the &#147;SDAT&#148;);
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an
officer of the Company;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent
date;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Triangle Capital Corporation<BR>
April&nbsp;2, 2007<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company relating to, among other
matters, the adoption of the Plan and the registration and issuance of the Shares (the &#147;Board
Resolutions&#148;), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;Resolutions adopted by the sole stockholder of the Company relating to, among other
matters, the approval of the Plan (the &#147;Stockholder Resolutions&#148; and, together with the Board
Resolutions, the &#147;Resolutions&#148;), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;The Plan;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.&nbsp;A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.&nbsp;Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the
opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or any
other person, is legally competent to do so.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the
Company) is duly authorized to do so.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and
validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such
party&#146;s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in
accordance with all stated terms.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all
Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this
opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents
submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All
signatures on all such Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or
on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information
contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification
of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Triangle Capital Corporation<BR>
April&nbsp;2, 2007<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or
otherwise.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;The Shares will not be issued or transferred in violation of any restriction or limitation
contained in the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;Each option, restricted stock unit, right or other security exercisable or exchangeable for
a Share pursuant to the Plan (each, an &#147;Option&#148;) will be duly authorized and validly granted in
accordance with the Plan and exercised or exchanged in accordance with the terms of the Plan,
including any stock option or restricted stock agreement entered into in connection therewith, at
the time of any exercise or exchange of such Option.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications
stated herein, it is our opinion that:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws
of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued in
accordance with the Resolutions, the Plan and the Registration Statement, and any stock option or
restricted stock agreement utilized under the Plan, the Shares will be (assuming that, upon
issuance, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding will not exceed the
total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the
Charter) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express
any opinion herein concerning any other law. We express no opinion as to compliance with federal
or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or the 1940 Act.
To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by any
jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter. The
opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which may permit the
introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no
other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to
supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware
of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Triangle Capital Corporation<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we
do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section&nbsp;7 of
the 1933 Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt; margin-left: 50%">Very truly yours,

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">/s/ Venable LLP

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">We consent to the incorporation by reference of our reports in the Registration Statement (Form&nbsp;S-8) pertaining to the Triangle Capital Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan of
Triangle Capital Corporation (a)&nbsp;dated March&nbsp;22, 2007, with respect to the financial statements of
Triangle Capital Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the period from October
10, 2006 (inception)&nbsp;to December&nbsp;31, 2006, and (b)&nbsp;dated March&nbsp;22, 2007, with respect to the
financial statements and financial highlights of Triangle Mezzanine Fund LLLP included in the
Triangle Capital Corporation Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt; margin-left: 50%">/s/ Ernst &#038; Young LLP

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Raleigh, North Carolina<BR>
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