Main Street Capital Announces New Portfolio Investment

HOUSTON, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") announced today that it recently closed a new lower middle market portfolio investment totaling $5.0 million in Bridge Capital Solutions Corporation ("Bridge Capital"). Main Street's investment in Bridge Capital consists of $5.0 million in first lien, senior secured debt with equity warrant participation. Headquartered on Long Island in Hauppauge, New York, Bridge Capital is a financial services firm that provides accelerated cash flow solutions to small businesses. Bridge Capital provides business owners immediate access to working capital by fast-tracking the processing of business checks to make funds available instantly and by working directly with their customers to develop tailored cash flow management strategies that deliver results for their businesses. The proceeds of Main Street's investment were used to refinance certain debt obligations of Bridge Capital and to provide additional liquidity to finance certain growth initiatives and for general working capital purposes.

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.

SOURCE Main Street Capital Corporation