New Mountain Finance Corporation Announces Special Dividend of $0.14/Share

New Mountain Finance Corporation

(the "Company," "we," "us" or "our") announced today that its board of directors has declared a special dividend of $0.14 per share, which will be payable on January 31, 2013 to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2012. This dividend is intended to minimize to the greatest extent possible the Company's federal income or excise tax liability. ABOUT NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION New Mountain Finance Corporation is a closed-end, non-diversified and externally managed investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company used all of the proceeds from its initial public