Main Street Capital Corporation
  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
  (numbers in thousands)    
    
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2013 | Year Ended December 31, 2012 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Earnings: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 96,855 | $ | 104,444 | $ | 64,106 | $ | 39,970 | $ | 11,956 | ||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) and excise taxes | (35 | ) | 10,820 | 6,288 | 941 | (2,290 | ) | |||||||||
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| Total earnings before taxes | $ | 96,820 | $ | 115,264 | $ | 70,394 | $ | 40,911 | $ | 9,666 | ||||||
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| Fixed Charges: | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | 20,238 | $ | 15,631 | $ | 13,518 | $ | 9,058 | $ | 3,791 | ||||||
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| Total fixed charges | $ | 20,238 | $ | 15,631 | $ | 13,518 | $ | 9,058 | $ | 3,791 | ||||||
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| Earnings available to cover fixed charges | $ | 117,058 | $ | 130,895 | $ | 83,912 | $ | 49,969 | $ | 13,457 | ||||||
| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 5.78 | 8.37 | 6.21 | 5.52 | 3.55 | |||||||||||