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NEWS RELEASE

Exhibit 99.1

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Main Street Announces First Quarter 2022 Private Loan Portfolio Activity

HOUSTON, April 14, 2022 -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) (“Main Street”) is pleased to announce the following recent activity in its private loan portfolio. During the first quarter of 2022, Main Street originated approximately $226.6 million in new commitments in its private loan portfolio across six new and two existing borrowers and funded total investments across its private loan portfolio with a cost basis totaling approximately $201.5 million.

The following represent notable new and increased private loan commitments and investments during the first quarter of 2022:

$37.3 million in a first lien senior secured loan and $6.2 million in a first lien senior secured revolver to a provider of outsourced marketing services that help brands and retailers manage all parts of the consumer lifecycle;
New commitments of $22.9 million in a first lien senior secured loan, $4.6 million in a first lien senior secured revolver, and $15.3 million in a first lien senior secured delayed draw loan to a provider of supply chain solutions for vendor managed inventory programs to refinance an existing borrower’s loan and revolver;
$25.6 million in a first lien senior secured loan and $7.9 million in a first lien senior secured revolver to an operator of a newspaper publishing business;


Increased commitments of $27.5 million in a first lien senior secured loan to an importer, mixer, roaster, and packager of bulk nuts and dried fruits;
$18.4 million in a first lien senior secured loan, $4.3 million in a first lien senior secured revolver, and $3.8 million in a first lien senior secured delayed draw loan to a provider of clinical infusion and pharmacy services;
$22.0 million in a first lien senior secured delayed draw loan to the largest express-only tunnel car wash operator in the U.S.;
$13.3 million in a first lien senior secured loan, $1.8 million in a first lien senior secured revolver, and $0.7 million in equity to a regional thrift retailer with locations throughout the Southeast U.S.; and
$10.8 million in a first lien senior secured loan, $2.4 million in a first lien senior secured delayed draw loan, and $1.5 million in equity to a leading independent provider of maintenance, repair, and operations services for the private aviation industry.

As of March 31, 2022, Main Street’s private loan portfolio included total investments at cost of approximately $1.3 billion across 79 unique borrowers. The private loan portfolio, as a percentage of cost, included 95.3% invested in first lien debt investments, 0.3% invested in second lien debt investments, and 4.4% invested in equity investments or other securities.

ABOUT MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION

Main Street (www.mainstcapital.com) is a principal investment firm that primarily 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 investment strategy.  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.

Main Street, through its wholly owned portfolio company MSC Adviser I, LLC (“MSC Adviser”), also maintains an asset management business through which it manages investments for external parties.  MSC Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.