Fifth Street Finance Corp. Commences 10M Share Public Offering

Fifth Street Finance Corp.

today announced that it has commenced a public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock. Fifth Street plans to grant the underwriters for the offering an option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. All shares will be offered by Fifth Street. Wells Fargo Securities, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities and RBC Capital Markets will act as joint book-running managers for the offering.