Main Street Announces New Portfolio Investment

HOUSTON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") announced today that it recently closed a new portfolio investment totaling $11.7 million of invested capital in Indianhead Pipeline Services, LLC ("Indianhead Pipeline"). Main Street's investment in Indianhead Pipeline consists of $10.0 million in first lien, senior secured debt with equity warrant participation and a $1.7 million direct equity investment.

Indianhead Pipeline is headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and provides products and support services to transcontinental pipeline construction companies in North America.  Indianhead Pipeline's service offering primarily consists of buoyancy control, site preparation and restoration, foam services and erosion control.  Main Street partnered with Indianhead Pipeline's founder and third party investors to facilitate the recapitalization and growth financing of Indianhead Pipeline.  

ABOUT MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION

Main Street (www.mainstcapital.com) is a principal investment firm that provides long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors.  Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio.  Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.

Contacts:
Main Street Capital Corporation
Dwayne L. Hyzak, CFO and Senior Managing Director
dhyzak@mainstcapital.com
713-350-6000 

Dennard Rupp Gray & Lascar, LLC
Ken Dennard  |  ksdennard@drg-l.com
Ben Burnham |  bburnham@drg-l.com
713-529-6600 

SOURCE Main Street Capital Corporation