Exhibit (d)(4)

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

between

CM FINANCE INC

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

Dated as of July 2, 2018

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of July 2, 2018, is between CM FINANCE INC, a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture (as defined below).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of July 2, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ” and, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of the Company’s secured or unsecured indebtedness, which may or may not be convertible or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (as defined in the Indenture) (including the Company) (the “ Securities ”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture.

The Company desires to issue and sell up to $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount (or up to $34,500,000 aggregate principal amount if the underwriters’ overallotment option to purchase additional Notes is exercised in full) of the Company’s 6.125% Notes due 2023 (the “ Notes ”).

Sections 901(4) and 901(6) of the Base Indenture provide that without the consent of Holders of the Securities of any series issued under the Indenture, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to (i) change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of the supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision and (ii) establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 201 and Section 301 of the Base Indenture.

The Company desires to establish the form and terms of the Notes and to modify, alter, supplement and change certain provisions of the Base Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes (except as may be provided in a future supplemental indenture to the Indenture (each, a “ Future Supplemental Indenture ”)).

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Notes and all acts and things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding, and legal obligation of the Company and to constitute a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE I

TERMS OF THE NOTES

Section  1.01.      Terms of the Notes . The following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established:

(a)    The Notes shall constitute a series of Senior Securities having the title “6.125% Notes due 2023.” The Notes shall bear a CUSIP number of 12574Q 202 and an ISIN number of US12574Q2021, as may be supplemented or replaced from time to time.

(b)    The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Base Indenture, and except for any Securities that, pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture) shall be $30,000,000 (or up to $34,500,000 aggregate principal amount if the underwriters’ overallotment option to purchase additional Notes is exercised in full). Under a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Board Resolutions or an indenture supplement, the Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes (in any such case “ Additional Notes ”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes; provided that, if such Additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes (or any other tranche of Additional Notes) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then such Additional Notes will have different CUSIP numbers from the Notes (and any such other tranche of Additional Notes). Any Additional Notes and the existing Notes will constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the relevant Notes herein shall include the Additional Notes unless the context otherwise requires.

(c)    The entire outstanding principal of the Notes shall be payable on July 1, 2023, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased in accordance with the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture.

(d)    The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 6.125% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be July 2, 2018, or the most recent

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Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2018 (if an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the applicable interest payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment); the initial interest period will be the period from and including July 2, 2018, to, but excluding, the initial Interest Payment Date, and the subsequent interest periods will be the periods from and including an Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity, as the case may be; the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be December 15, March 15, June 15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any such interest on the Notes will be made at the office of the Trustee located at 111 Fillmore Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: CM Finance Inc (6.125% Notes Due 2023) or at such other address as designated by the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, further, however , that, at the request of the registered Holder, the Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account at a bank in New York City, on the date when such amount is due and payable and as further set forth in Section 1001 of the Indenture; provided , further , however , that so long as the Notes are registered to Cede & Co., such payment will be made by wire transfer in accordance with the procedures established by The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

(e)    The Notes shall be initially issuable in global form (each such Note, a “ Global Note ”). The Global Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this First Supplemental Indenture. Each Global Note shall represent the aggregate amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Security Registrar, in accordance with Sections 203 and 305 of the Base Indenture.

(f)    The depositary for such Global Notes (the “ Depositary ”) shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York. The Security Registrar with respect to the Global Notes shall be the Trustee.

(g)    The Notes shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1402 or Section 1403 of the Base Indenture. Covenant defeasance contained in Section 1403 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the covenants contained in Sections 1007, 1008, and 1009 of the Indenture.

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(h)    The Notes shall be redeemable pursuant to Section 1101 of the Base Indenture and as follows:

(i)    The Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time, at the option of the Company, on or after July 1, 2020, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest payments otherwise payable for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(ii)    Notice of redemption shall be given in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or by overnight courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed, not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, at the Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall contain the information set forth in Section 1104 of the Base Indenture.

(iii)    Any exercise of the Company’s option to redeem the Notes will be done in compliance with the Indenture and the Investment Company Act, to the extent applicable.

(iv)    If the Company elects to redeem only a portion of the Notes, the Trustee or, with respect to the Global Notes, the Depositary will determine the method for selecting the particular Notes to be redeemed, in accordance with Section 1103 of the Base Indenture and the Investment Company Act and the rules of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Notes are listed, in each case to the extent applicable.

(v)    Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes called for redemption hereunder.

(i)    The Notes shall not be subject to any sinking fund pursuant to Section 1201 of the Base Indenture.

(j)    The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $25.00 and integral multiples of $25.00 in excess thereof.

(k)    Holders of the Notes will not have the option to have the Notes repaid prior to the Stated Maturity.

(l)    The Notes are hereby designated as “Senior Securities” under the Indenture.

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ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section  2.01.     Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Article One of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following defined terms to Section 101 in appropriate alphabetical sequence, as follows:

“‘ Exchange Act ’ means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any statute successor thereto.”

“‘ GAAP ’ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, which are in effect from time to time.”

“‘ Investment Company Act ’ means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder, to the extent applicable, and any statute successor thereto.”

Section  2.02. Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Section 104 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clause (d) thereof with the following:

“(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which date shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.”

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ARTICLE III

REMEDIES

Section  3.01.     Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Section 501 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clauses (2) and (6) thereof with the following:

“(2)    default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity; or”.

“(6)    a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(A)    is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding, or

(B)    adjudges the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company, or

(C)    appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or

(D)    orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company,

and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or”.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

Section  4.01.     Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Article Ten of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new Sections 1007, 1008 and 1009 thereto, each as set forth below:

“Section 1007. Section  18(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act .

The Company hereby agrees that for the period of time during which Notes are Outstanding, the Company will not violate Section 18(a)(1)(A) as modified by such provisions of Section 61(a) of the Investment Company Act as may be applicable to the Company from time to time or any successor provisions thereto, whether or not the Company continues to be subject to such provisions of the Investment Company Act, but giving effect, in either case, to any exemptive relief granted to the Company by the Commission.”

“Section 1008. Section  18(a)(1)(B) of the Investment Company Act .

The Company hereby agrees that for the period of time during which Notes are Outstanding, the Company will not declare any dividend (except a dividend payable in stock of the Company), or declare any other distribution, upon a class of the Company’s capital stock, or purchase any such capital stock, unless, in every such case, at the time of the declaration of any such dividend or distribution, or at the time of any such purchase, the Company has an asset coverage (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of at least the threshold specified in Section 18(a)(1)(B) as modified by such provisions of Section 61(a) of the Investment Company Act as may be applicable to the Company from time to time or any successor provisions thereto of the Investment Company Act, as such obligation may be amended or superseded, after

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deducting the amount of such dividend, distribution or purchase price, as the case may be, and in each case giving effect to (i) any exemptive relief granted to the Company by the Commission and (ii) any no-action relief granted by the Commission to another business development company (or to the Company if it determines to seek such similar no-action or other relief) permitting the business development company to declare any cash dividend or distribution notwithstanding the prohibition contained in Section 18(a)(1)(B) as modified by such provisions of Section 61(a) of the Investment Company Act as may be applicable to the Company from time to time, as such obligation may be amended or superseded, in order to maintain such business development company’s status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.”

“Section 1009. Commission Reports and Reports to Holders .

If, at any time, the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act to file any periodic reports with the Commission, the Company agrees to furnish to the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee for the period of time during which the Notes are Outstanding: (i) within 90 days after the end of the each fiscal year of the Company, audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Company and (ii) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company (other than the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter), unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company. All such financial statements shall be prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP.”

ARTICLE V

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section  5.01.     Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Section 1103 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing the first paragraph thereof with the following:

“If less than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee, or by the Depositary in the case of global Securities, in compliance with the requirements of DTC, from the Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms not previously called for redemption, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Securities are listed (if the Securities are listed on any national securities exchange), or if the Securities are not held through DTC or listed on any national securities exchange, or DTC prescribed no method of selection, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and subject to and otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the applicable Depositary; provided that such method complies with the rules of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Securities are listed, and may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series.”

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ARTICLE VI

PAYMENT

Section  6.01.     Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Section 1001 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following at the end of such Section:

“Alternatively, at the request of the registered Holder, the Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account at a bank in New York City, on the date when such amount is due and payable. To request payment by wire transfer, the registered Holder must give the Paying Agent appropriate transfer instructions at least 15 Business Days before the requested payment is due. In the case of any interest payment due on an Interest Payment Date, the instructions must be given by the person who is the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date. Any wire instructions, once properly given, will remain in effect unless and until new instructions are given in accordance with this Section.”

ARTICLE VII

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

Section  7.01.     Except as may be provided in a Future Supplemental Indenture, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes but no other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding, Section 1505 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing clause (c) thereof with the following:

“(c) At any meeting of Holders, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $25.00 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by such Holder; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.”

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section  8.01.     This First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This First Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

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Section  8.02.     In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section  8.03.     This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be an original, but such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same First Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, .pdf transmission, email or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, .pdf transmission, email or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section  8.04.     The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument with respect to the Notes. All provisions included in this First Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section  8.05.     The provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.

Section  8.06.     Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, the terms and provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall apply only to the Notes and shall not apply to any other series of Securities under the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall not and does not otherwise affect, modify, alter, supplement or change the terms and provisions of any other series of Securities under the Indenture, whether now or hereafter issued and Outstanding.

Section  8.07.     The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or any Additional Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture, authenticate the Notes and any Additional Notes and perform its obligations hereunder. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or any Additional Notes or the proceeds thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

[ Signature page to First Supplemental Indenture ]

Exhibit A – Form of Global Note

This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered, and no transfer of this Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than The Depository Trust Company or a nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment and such certificate issued in exchange for this certificate is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful, as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

CM Finance Inc

6.125% Notes due 2023

CM Finance Inc, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Maryland (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                (U.S.                 ) on July 1, 2023, and to pay interest thereon from July 2, 2018, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, commencing October 1, 2018, at the rate of 6.125% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be December 15, March 15, June 15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. This Security may be issued as part of a series.

Exhibit A – 1

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office of the Trustee located at 111 Fillmore Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: CM FINANCE INC (6.125% Notes Due 2023) or at such other address as designated by the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, further, however , that, at the request of the registered Holder, the Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the Securities by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account at a bank in New York City, on the date when such amount is due and payable and as further set forth in Section 1001 of the Indenture; provided, further, however , that so long as this Security is registered to Cede & Co., such payment will be made by wire transfer in accordance with the procedures established by The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

Exhibit A – 2

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated: July 2, 2018

Exhibit A – 3

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: _________________

Exhibit A – 4

CM FINANCE INC

6.125% Notes due 2023

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of July 2, 2018 (herein called the “ Base Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Base Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of July 2, 2018, by and between the Company and the Trustee (herein called the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”, the First Supplemental Indenture and together with the Base Indenture, collectively are herein called the “ Indenture ”). In the event of any conflict between the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture shall govern and control.

This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, which series is initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $                 (or up to $                aggregate principal amount if the underwriters’ overallotment option to purchase additional Securities is exercised in full). Under a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Board Resolutions or an indenture supplement, the Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of Securities, issue additional Securities of this series (in any such case “ Additional Securities ”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Securities; provided that, if such Additional Securities are not fungible with the Securities (or any other tranche of Additional Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then such Additional Securities will have a different CUSIP numbers from the Securities (and any such other tranche of Additional Securities). Any Additional Securities and the existing Securities will constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the relevant Securities herein shall include the Additional Securities unless the context otherwise requires. The aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented hereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption in whole or in part at any time or from time to time, at the option of the Company, on or after July 1, 2020 at a Redemption Price per Security equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest payments otherwise payable for the then-current quarterly interest period accrued to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption shall be given in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or by overnight courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed, not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, at the Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall contain the information set forth in Section 1104 of the Base Indenture.

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Any exercise of the Company’s option to redeem the Securities will be done in compliance with the Indenture and the Investment Company Act, to the extent applicable.

If the Company elects to redeem only a portion of the Securities, the Trustee or, with respect to global Securities, the Depositary will determine the method for selecting the particular Securities to be redeemed, in accordance with Section 1.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 1103 of the Base Indenture. In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities called for redemption.

Holders of Securities do not have the option to have the Securities repaid prior to July 1, 2023.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity, security, or both reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, and the Trustee shall not have received

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from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity and/or security. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $25.00 and any integral multiples of $25.00 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company, the Trustee, or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, or the Security Registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee, or the Security Registrar shall treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, or any agent thereof shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

To the extent any provision of this Security conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

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Exhibit (h)(2)

$30,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount 6.125% Notes Due 2023

CM Finance Inc

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

June 27, 2018

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

As Representative of the several Underwriters

787 7 ^th Avenue

Fourth Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attn: Capital Markets

Ladies and Gentlemen:

CM Finance Inc, a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and CM Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Adviser ”), confirm their agreement with respect to the proposed issuance and sale by the Company to the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (each, an “ Underwriter ” and, collectively the “ Underwriters ”), for whom Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. is acting as the representative (in such capacity, the “ Representative ”) $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Notes due 2023 (the “ Firm Securities ”) of the Company set forth in Schedule A hereto.

The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional $4,500,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Notes due 2023 (the “ Additional Securities ”) if and to the extent that the Representative shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such Additional Securities granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Securities and the Additional Securities are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Securities .”

The Securities will be issued under an indenture to be dated as of July 2, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture to be dated July 2, 2018, (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) by and between the Company and U.S. Bank, National Association, trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Securities will be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) pursuant to a blanket letter of representations (the “ DTC Agreement ”), to be dated on or prior to the Closing Date (as defined herein), between the Company and DTC.

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a universal shelf registration statement on Form N-2 (No. 333-223999), as amended, and a related prospectus for the registration of the offer and sale of the Securities and certain of the Company’s other securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ Securities Act ”). The registration statement, as it may have heretofore been amended at the time it became effective, including, all documents filed as a part thereof, and including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430C and Rule 497 under the Securities Act, and any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is hereinafter referred to as the “ Registration Statement ;” the prospectus, dated as of May 31, 2018, included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective on June 1, 2018, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Base Prospectus ”; the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 27, 2018, filed

with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ” (and together with the Base Prospectus, the “ Preliminary Prospectus ”); the prospectus supplement to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act after the execution and delivery of this Agreement is hereinafter referred to as the “ Prospectus Supplement ” (and together with the Base Prospectus, the “ Prospectus ”).

The Company has entered into (i) an investment advisory and management agreement, dated as of February 5, 2014 (the “ Investment Advisory Agreement ”), with the Adviser, which is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ Advisers Act ”) and (ii) an administration agreement, dated as of February 5, 2014 (the “ Administration Agreement ”), with the Adviser.

Pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ Investment Company Act ”), the Company has filed with the Commission a Form N-54A “Notification of Election to be Subject to Sections 55 Through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Filed Pursuant to Section 54(a) of the Investment Company Act” (File No. 814-01054) in which the Company has elected to be treated as a business development company (“ BDC ”) under the Investment Company Act.

The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ 1939 Act ”).

As used in this Agreement, the term “ Applicable Time ” means 4:15 p.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.

1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) The Company hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Date (as defined herein) and the Option Closing Date (as defined herein), that:

(i)     Compliance with Registration Requirements .

(A)    The Company meets the requirements for use of Form N-2 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, excluding exhibits thereto, has become effective under the Securities Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for any such purpose, have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information with respect thereto has been complied with.

(B)    At the time the Registration Statement became effective, the Registration Statement complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the Preliminary Prospectus together with the pricing terms and other information set forth on Schedule B hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), complied, as of its date, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus Supplement furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the last paragraph under the caption “Prospectus Supplement Summary—Conflicts of Interests—Stifel Arrangement” and the first and last paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting—Other Relationships.”

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(ii)     Investment Company Act . The Company has elected to be regulated by the Commission as a BDC under the Investment Company Act, and has not withdrawn that election, and the Commission has not ordered or initiated proceedings to effectuate such withdrawal, nor to the best of the Company’s knowledge, have proceedings to effectuate such withdrawal been threatened by the Commission. All required action has or will have been taken under the Securities Act, and any state securities laws and regulations to make the public offering and the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company, and the provisions of the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Investment Company Act.

(iii)     Due Incorporation . The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Material Agreements (as defined below). The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in New York. Such jurisdiction is the only jurisdiction in which the Company is required to be licensed or qualified to do business or in good standing except where the failure of the Company to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(iv)     Subsidiaries . The Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any investments or shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation or other entity other than (i) the subsidiaries set forth on Schedule I hereto (the “ Subsidiaries ”), and (ii) investments in those corporations or other entities (each a “ Portfolio Company ” and collectively, the “ Portfolio Companies ”) described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption “Portfolio Companies” (the “ Portfolio Assets ”). Each Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company or corporation, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect Except as otherwise disclosed the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, the Company does not control (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act), any of the Portfolio Companies. In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, the Company is not required to consolidate the financial statements of any corporation, association or other entity with the Company’s financial statements, except for the financial statements related to the Subsidiaries.

(v)     The Indenture . The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee), will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to the effect of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or thereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture relating thereto (clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”). As of the Closing Date, the Indenture will be qualified and meet the requirements for qualification under the 1939 Act. The Indenture conforms in all material respects to the statements thereto contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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(vi)     The Securities . The Securities have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company for the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when the Securities are issued and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture relating thereto, against payment of the consideration set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date such Securities will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Securities conform in all material respects to the statements thereto contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus

(vii)     Independent Accountant . Ernst & Young LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to certain of the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

(viii)     Expense Summary . The information set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the Fees and Expenses Table has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form N-2 and, to the extent estimated or projected, such estimates or projections are believed to be reasonably based.

(ix)     Preparation of the Financial Statements . The financial statements filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related notes and schedules, including the schedules of investments of the Company, present fairly the financial position of the Company as of and at the dates indicated and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. Other than the financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, no other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package. All adjustments to historical financial information to arrive at pro forma financial information are reasonably based. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable.

(x)     Capitalization.

(A) The Company’s authorized capitalization is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as of the date thereof under the caption “Capitalization”; the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Our Common Stock.”

(B) The stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities and none of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company has been issued in violation of any preemptive rights of any security holder.

(xi)     Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting . The Company maintains a system of internal accounting and other controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets and to maintain material compliance with the books and records requirements under the Investment Company Act; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and

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appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There has been (1) no “material weakness” or “significant deficiency” (whether or not remediated) in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially negatively affected, or is reasonably likely to materially negatively affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xii)     Disclosure Controls . The Company maintains effective disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

(xiii)     No Material Adverse Change . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, net asset value, prospects, business or operations of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (any such change or effect, where the context so requires is called a “ Material Adverse Change ” or a “ Material Adverse Effect ”); (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business or entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company.

(xiv)     Portfolio Assets . Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, the Company has good and marketable title to, the Portfolio Assets, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, charges, claims or encumbrances of any kind (collectively, the “ Liens ”). All of the applicable investment agreements and documents that constitute the Portfolio Assets (the “ Investment Documents ”) are in full force and effect, and the Company has no notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the right of the Company under the Investment Documents, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company under any of the Investment Documents. Except as described in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, each Portfolio Company described in the Prospectus under “Portfolio Companies” is current in all material respects with all of its obligations under the applicable Investment Documents and no event of default (or a default that with the giving of notice or the passage of time would become an event of default) has occurred or is continuing under such Investment Documents.

(xv)     Real and Personal Property . The Company does not own or lease any real property and has good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it, free and clear of all Liens, except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company; the Company owns, leases or has access to all properties and other assets that are necessary to the conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.

(xvi)     Officers and Directors . Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, (A) no person is serving or acting as an investment adviser, officer or director of the Company except in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act, and (B) no director of the Company is (i) an “interested person” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Company or (ii) an “affiliated person” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Underwriters. For the purposes of this Section  1(a)(xvi) , the Company shall be entitled to reasonably rely on representations from such officers and directors.

(xvii)     Material Agreements . This Agreement and the DTC Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to the effect of the Enforceability Exceptions. Each of the agreements filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (all such agreements being herein referred to collectively as the “ Material Agreements ”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitute valid, binding and enforceable agreements of the

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Company, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to the effect of the Enforceability Exceptions. The Investment Advisory Agreement has been approved by the Company’s board of directors and stockholders in accordance with Section 15 of the Investment Company Act and contains the applicable provisions required by Section 205 of the Advisers Act and Section 15 of the Investment Company Act.

(xviii)     Approval; Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required . The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Securities) (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other required action and, to the extent required, have been effected in accordance with Section 23(b) of the Investment Company Act (which is made applicable to BDCs pursuant to Section 63 of the Investment Company Act), as applicable; (ii) do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, result in any violation of (A) its or any Subsidiary’s organizational documents, including its charter or bylaws or (B) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, the Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties or operations, as applicable, except, with respect to clause (B) above, for such violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) do not and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, any of the Material Agreements or result in the creation or imposition of any Liens upon any property or assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any existing instrument, except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Liens as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, license, qualification or decrees of, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale of the Securities), except (x) such as have already been obtained or made under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Investment Company Act; or (y) such additional consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, or qualifications as may be required under state securities law or blue sky laws, or as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) or the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

(xix)     No Default . Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its respective organizational documents, including its charter or bylaws, (ii) in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any of the Material Agreements, to which it is a party, or any other indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument, including any Investment Documents, to which it is a party or bound or to which any of its properties or assets are subject, (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, (iv) in violation of any rule or regulation of any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Global Select Market), or (v) in violation of any decree, judgment or order, as applicable, except with respect to clauses (ii) and (v) herein, for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xx)     Absence of Labor Dispute . As of the date hereof, the Company does not have, and as of the Closing Date the Company will not have, any employees. To the knowledge of the Company, no labor dispute with the employees of the Adviser exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.

(xxi)     Intellectual Property Rights . The Company owns, has been licensed or otherwise possesses sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) reasonably necessary to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted intellectual property rights of

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others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the technology used by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons.

(xxii)     All Necessary Permits, etc . The Company possesses such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct its business, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiii)     Absence of Proceedings . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company that is required to be disclosed in Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package (and not so disclosed), or that might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or that might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the Company or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Material Agreements, or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

(xiv)     Accuracy of Exhibits . There are no contracts or documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package or to be filed as exhibits thereto by the Securities Act that have not been so described and filed as required.

(xxv)     Regulated Investment Company . The Company qualified to be treated as a regulated investment company (“ RIC ”) beginning with its taxable year ending 2014, and the Company is in compliance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) necessary to continue to qualify as a RIC under the Code. The Company intends to direct the investment of the net proceeds of the offering of the Securities and continue to conduct its activities in such manner as to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC under of Subchapter M of the Code.

(xxvi)     Insurance . The Company maintains insurance covering its properties, operations, personnel and business as the Company deems adequate; such insurance insures against such losses and risks to an extent which is adequate in accordance with customary industry practice to protect the Company and its business; all such insurance is fully in force on the date hereof and will be fully in force at the Closing Date and Option Closing Date. The Company’s directors and officers/errors and omissions insurance policy and the Company’s fidelity bond required by Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act at the Closing Date and Option Closing Date will be in full force and effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms of such policy and fidelity bond in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company under any such policy or fidelity bond as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company does not have any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

(xxvii)     Statistical, Demographic or Market-Related Data . Any statistical, demographic or market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, all such data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package accurately reflect the materials upon which it is based or from which it was derived.

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(xxviii)     Investments . Except for those provided in the Investment Company Act and the Code, there are no material restrictions, limitations or regulations with respect to the ability of the Company to invest its assets as described in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.

(xxix)     Tax Law Compliance . The Company has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against it. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the financial statements included in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company has not been finally determined. The Company is not aware of any tax deficiency that has been or might be asserted or threatened against the Company that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxx)     FINRA Matters . All of the information provided to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters by the Company and its officers and, to the knowledge of the Company, its directors and the holders of any securities of the Company, in connection with letters, filings or other supplemental information provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA Conduct Rule 5110 in connection with this offering is true, complete and correct in all material respects.

(xxxi)     SOX Matters . The Company and its officers and directors, in their capacities as such, are in compliance with the applicable provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(xxxii)     No Price Stabilization or Manipulation . Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(xxxiii)     Material Relationship with the Underwriters . Except as may be disclosed in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, the Company does not have any material lending or other relationship with a bank, lending institution or other entity affiliated with any of the Underwriters.

(xxxiv)     No Finder’s Fees . Except with respect to the Underwriters or as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not incurred any liability for any finder’s fees or similar payments in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities.

(xxxv)     No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments . Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package.

(xxxvi)     No Outstanding Loans or Other Indebtedness . Except as may be disclosed in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, there are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees or indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company.

(xxxvii)     No Violation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, affiliate or other person acting behalf of the Company has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such entities or persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”). The Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its directors, officers, employees and other affiliates (other than the Underwriters) have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

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(xxxviii)     No Sanctions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate (other than the Underwriters) or person acting on behalf of the Company is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (the “ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use any of the proceeds received by the Company from the Securities Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any sanctions administered by the OFAC.

(xxxix)     Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(xxxx)     Related Party Transactions . There are no business relationships or related party transactions involving the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other person that are required to be described in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package that have not been described as required.

(b) The Adviser hereby represents and warrants, as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, that:

(i)     No Material Adverse Change . With respect to the Adviser, except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business, prospects or operations of the Adviser, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (any such change or effect, where the context so requires is called an “Adviser Material Adverse Change” or an “ Adviser Material Adverse Effect ”), or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Change and (ii) the Adviser has not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business or entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business.

(ii)     Good Standing . The Adviser is a limited liability company that is duly formed and validly existing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company to transact business, and is in good standing in New York. Such jurisdiction is the only jurisdiction in which the Adviser is required to be licensed or qualified to do business or in good standing except where the failure of the Adviser to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing would not result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect.

(iii)     Absence of Default . The Adviser is not in violation of or default under: (i) its certificate of formation, the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Adviser, dated December 17, 2013, or other organizational documents; (ii) any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its properties are subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties, as applicable, except with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) herein, for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect.

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(iv)     Description of Business . The description of the Adviser and its business, and the statements attributable to the Adviser, in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package complied and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act and the Advisers Act and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(v)     Authorization of Agreements . This Agreement and any other Material Agreements, to the extent it is a party thereto, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company actions, executed and delivered by the Adviser. This Agreement and the Material Agreements, to the extent it is a party thereto, constitute valid, binding and enforceable agreements of the Adviser, subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(vi)     Authorization of Services Agreement . The Services Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, as amended from time to time (the “ Services Agreement ”), with Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. (“ Cyrus Capital ”) (as described in the Registration Statement and an executed copy of which has been provided to the Underwriters), to the knowledge of the Adviser, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Cyrus Capital and constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Adviser, subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(vii)     Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required . The Adviser’ execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Services Agreement and any other Material Agreements to the extent it is a party thereto, and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of the Adviser, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Adviser pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any existing instrument, except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Adviser. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is required for the Adviser’ execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, or any other Material Agreements, to the extent a party thereto, or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Adviser, except such as have already been obtained or made under the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act and the Advisers Act.

(viii)     Absence of Labor Dispute . To the knowledge of the Adviser, no labor dispute with its employees exists or, to the knowledge of the Adviser, is imminent.

(ix)     Intellectual Property Rights . The Adviser owns, has been licensed or otherwise possesses sufficient Intellectual Property Rights reasonably necessary to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect. The Adviser has not received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted intellectual property rights of others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Adviser, none of the technology used by the Adviser has been obtained or is being used by the Adviser in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Adviser, or any of its respective officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons.

(x)     Absence of Proceedings . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Adviser, threatened, against the Adviser that is required to be disclosed in Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package (and not so disclosed), or that might reasonably

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be expected to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect, or that might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the Company or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Material Agreements (to the extent the Adviser is a party), or the performance by the Adviser of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

(xi)     Title to Property . The Adviser owns or leases or has access to all properties as are necessary to conduct its business and operations as presently conducted and as described in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.

(xii)     Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Adviser possesses such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, the “ Adviser Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; the Adviser is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Adviser Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; all of the Adviser Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Adviser Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Adviser Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect; and the Adviser has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Adviser Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect.

(xiii)     Advisers Act . The Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the Investment Company Act from acting under the Investment Advisory Agreement or the Administration Agreement for the Company as contemplated by the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.

(xiv)     Registered Management Investment Company Status . The Adviser is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be, a “registered management investment company” or an entity “controlled” by a “registered management investment company,” as such terms are defined by the Investment Company Act.

(xv)     Tax Law Compliance . The Adviser has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against it. The Adviser has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Adviser has not been finally determined. The Adviser is not aware of any tax deficiency that has been or might be asserted or threatened against the Adviser that could reasonably be expected to result in an Adviser Material Adverse Effect.

(xvi)     Insurance . The Adviser maintains insurance covering its properties, operations, personnel and business as it deems adequate; such insurance insures against such losses and risks to an extent which is adequate in accordance with customary industry practice to protect the Adviser and its business.

(xvii)     No Price Stabilization or Manipulation . Neither the Adviser nor any affiliate of the Adviser has taken, nor will the Adviser or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(xviii)     Material Relationship with the Underwriters . Except as may be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, which include certain of the transactions conducted pursuant to the Material Agreements, the Adviser has no material lending or other relationship with a bank, lending institution or other entity affiliated with the Underwriters.

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(xix)     Financial Resources . The Adviser has the financial resources available to it necessary for the performance of its services and obligations as contemplated in the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, this Agreement, and any other Material Agreement, to the extent it is a party thereto, and the Adviser, directly or through the Services Agreement, owns, leases or has access to all properties and other assets that are necessary to the conduct of its business and to perform the services, as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.

(xx)     Employment Status . The Adviser has no knowledge that (i) any executive, key employee or significant group of employees of the Adviser plans to terminate employment with the Adviser, or (ii) any such executive or key employee is subject to any non-compete, nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the Adviser, except where such termination or violation would not reasonably be expected to have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect.

(c)     Any certificate required by this Agreement that is signed by any officer of the Company or the Adviser and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such party to the Underwriters, as to the matters covered thereby.

2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase.  The Company hereby agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company, the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter on Schedule A hereof, plus any additional aggregate principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9, at a price of 97% of the aggregate principal amount thereof (representing a public offering price of 100% less underwriting discount of 3%) (“ Purchase Price ”).

On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Securities, and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to an additional $4,500,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities at a purchase price of 97% of the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities (representing a public offering price of 100% less underwriting discount of 3%) (without giving effect to any accrued interest from the Closing Date to the relevant Option Closing Date, as those terms are defined herein). The Representative may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one (1) business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the Firm Securities nor later than ten (10) business days after the date of such notice. Additional Securities may be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Securities. On each day, if any, that Additional Securities are to be purchased (an “ Option Closing Date ”), each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities that bears the same proportion to the total aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities set forth in Schedule A hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities.

3. Public Offering of Securities.  The Underwriters advise the Company that they propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after this Agreement has been executed and delivered as in its judgment is advisable.

4. Payment and Delivery.  Payment for the Firm Securities shall be made to the Company by the wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company against delivery of such Firm Securities through the facilities of DTC for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 2, 2018, or at such other time on the same or such other date, no later than three (3) business days after the date of this Agreement as the Underwriters and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date .”

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Payment for any Additional Securities shall be made to the Company by the wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company against delivery of such Additional Securities through the facilities of DTC for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event not later than July 27, 2018, as shall be designated in writing by the Representative.

The Firm Securities and the Additional Securities shall be transferred electronically and registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representative shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The Securities shall be delivered through the facilities of DTC.

5. Covenants of the Company . The Company and the Adviser, jointly and severally, covenant with the Underwriters as follows:

(a)     Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Company, subject to Section 5(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430C and will notify the Representative as soon as practicable, and, in the case of clauses (ii)-(iv) of this Section 5(a), confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective, or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will promptly effect the filings required by Rule 497 and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 497 was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to the Securities Act, and, if any such stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(b)     Filing of Amendments . The Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)) or any supplement or revision either the General Disclosure Package or to the Prospectus and will furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such documents within a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

(c)     Delivery of Registration Statements . Upon request, the Company will deliver to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d)     Delivery of Prospectuses . The Company has delivered or will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus as the Underwriters reasonably request, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, without charge, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

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(e)     Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Company will comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the 1939 Act and the Investment Company Act so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with the sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package in order that the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 5(b), such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

(f)     Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company shall use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, to qualify the Securities for sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States (or outside of the United States) as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the extent that the Securities are “covered securities” that are exempt from state regulation of securities offerings pursuant to Section 18 of the Securities Act; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(g)     Rule 158 . The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the date of the audited balance sheet contained in the Prospectus, an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

(h)     Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(i)     Listing . The Company will use its best efforts effect the listing of the Securities within 30 days of the Closing Date.

(j)     Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the 1939 Act and the Investment Company Act within the respective time periods required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the 1939 Act and the Investment Company Act.

(k)     Subchapter M . The Company will use its best efforts to maintain its qualification and election to be taxed as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.

(l)     BDC Status . The Company will use its best efforts to maintain its status as a business development company under the Investment Company Act, except unless authorized by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company as defined by the Investment Company Act.

(m)     No Manipulation of Market for Securities . Except for the authorization of actions permitted to be taken by the Underwriters as contemplated herein or in the Prospectus, the Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities in violation of federal or state securities laws.

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(n)     Lock-Up . For a period of 90 days from the date of this Agreement, the Company agrees to not, without the prior consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, enter into any agreement to sell, or otherwise dispose of, any debt securities of the Company which are substantially similar to the Securities or securities convertible into such debt securities which are substantially similar to the Securities.

(o)     Expenses . The Company shall pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the word processing, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities (and certificates therefor, if any) to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisers, (v) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters up to a maximum of $25,000 (excluding the fees, disbursements and expenses described in (viii), (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities (not to exceed $5,000 in the aggregate), (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under any applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as necessary and for the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ, (x) all costs and expenses of qualifying the Securities for inclusion in the book-entry settlement system of DTC, (xi) the fees paid to Egan-Jones Ratings Company in connection with the rating of the Securities, and (xii) the disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the copying and delivery of closing documents delivered by the Company or the Company’s accountants or counsel (including any local counsel) and (xiii) the transportation, lodging, graphics and other expenses of the Company and its officers related to the preparation for and participation by the Company and its officers in the road show. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section and in Section 7, entitled “Indemnification and Contribution,” the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

6. Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations; Additional Covenants . The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company’s officers made in each certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof and to the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein or its part to be performed and observed, and to the following further conditions:

(a) As of the Closing Date, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Change or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change.

(b) On the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Underwriters shall have received:

(i) The opinions, dated the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (“ Eversheds Sutherland ”), counsel for the Company and the Adviser, in the form reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and their negative assurance letter dated the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in the form reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters. In rendering such opinions, Eversheds Sutherland may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Adviser and public officials;

(ii) Such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of Dechert LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

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(c) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or other senior officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect that, to the best of the signer’s knowledge:

(i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied in all material respects hereunder on or before the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to his knowledge, threatened; and

(iii) since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Prospectus, there has been no Material Adverse Change, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus.

The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

(d) On each of the date hereof and the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Representative shall have received from RSM US LLP, a letter addressed to the Underwriters, dated hereof and the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, and stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” in connection with registered public offerings;  provided, however,  that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof and, if applicable, the letter delivered on the Option Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” of not more than three business days prior to the Option Closing Date.

(e) On each of the date hereof and the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Representative shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, a letter addressed to the Underwriters, dated hereof and the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, and stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” in connection with registered public offerings;  provided, however,  that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof and, if applicable, the letter delivered on the Option Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” of not more than three business days prior to the Option Closing Date.

(f) Prior to the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further appropriate information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.

(g) All filings with the Commission required by Rule 497 of the Securities Act to have been filed by the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 497 of the Securities Act.

(h) On the Closing Date, the Company and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture (including the First Supplemental Indenture), which shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(i) Between the Applicable Time and the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any debt of the Company or any Subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, and no such organization shall have publicly announced it has under surveillance or review any such rating.

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(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters on the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the date hereof and the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to Underwriters.

(k) The Securities have received a rating of BBB or higher from Egan-Jones Rating Company.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be satisfactory in the form and substance to the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Representative hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representative. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or telegraph and confirmed in writing.

7. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) Each of the Company and the Adviser shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “ Indemnified  Party ”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Adviser will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, damage or liability arises out or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the 1939 Act (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Indenture, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “ Underwriter Indemnified Party ”), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omissions or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigation or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the

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following information in the Prospectus Supplement furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the last paragraph under the caption “Prospectus Supplement Summary—Conflicts of Interests—Stifel Arrangement” and the first and last paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting—Other Relationships.”

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification.  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above, except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.

(d) Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this Section 7(d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 7(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 7(d).

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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7, no party shall be entitled to indemnification and contribution under this Agreement in violation of Section 17(i) of the Investment Company Act.

8. Termination of Agreement.

(a) The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, by notice given to the Company if, prior to the delivery and payment for the Securities there shall have occurred (i) any Material Adverse Change or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; (ii) any material adverse change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities; (iii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or New York authorities; (v) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States; or (vi) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by the United States Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representative, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities.

9. Default of Underwriters.

(a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Securities hereunder on the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, and not jointly, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10.0% of the aggregate Principal amount of Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Securities after the Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Securities purchased prior to termination). If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than 10.0% of the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional Securities to be sold on such Option Closing Date or (ii) purchase not less than the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” also includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations.

(a) The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or

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any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof, Section 8(a)(ii), Section 8(a)(iii), Section 8(a)(iv), Section 8(a)(v) or Section 8(a)(vi), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 hereof shall also remain in effect. In addition, if any Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 1 and all obligations under Section 4 shall remain in effect.

11. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to:

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

787 7 ^th Avenue

Fourth Floor

New York, New York 10019

Facsimile: (212) 581-1592

Attn: Capital Markets

as Representative of the Several Underwriters

with a copy, which shall not constitute notice to:

Dechert LLP

One International Place, 40 ^th Floor

100 Oliver Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Facsimile: (617) 275-8389

Attn: Thomas J. Friedmann, Esq.

and if sent to the Company:

CM Finance Inc

601 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Michael Mauer, Chief Executive Officer

with a copy, which shall not constitute notice to:

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

700 Sixth Street NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20001

Attn: Steven B. Boehm, Esq.

12. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and will inure to the benefit of the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “ successors and assigns ” as used in this Agreement shall not include a purchaser, as such purchaser, of Securities from the Underwriters.

13. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) No Other Relationship . The Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriters has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;

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(b) Arms’ Length Negotiations . The price of the Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose . The Company has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

(d) Waiver . The Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Representative shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters.

14. Governing Law; Construction . This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement (“ Claim ”), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The Section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.

15. Submission to Jurisdiction . Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. The Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against the Underwriter or any indemnified party. Each of the Underwriters and the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

16. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

17. Severability . In case any provision in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Underwriters.

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

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[ Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement ]

The foregoing Agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted as of the date first

above written by

KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.

For itself and acting as Representative of

the several Underwriters named in Schedule

A hereto.

[ Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement ]

SCHEDULE B

$30,000,000

CM FINANCE INC

6.125% Notes due 2023

1.     The aggregate principal amount of the Firm Securities is $30,000,000.

2.     The purchase price for the Firm Securities shall be 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance.

3.     The purchase price for the Firm Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be 97% of the aggregate principal amount thereof.

4.     The interest rate is 6.125%.

SCHEDULE I

CM FINANCE INC

CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

CM Finance SPV Ltd. (Cayman)

CM Finance SPV LLC (Delaware)

CM Portfolio Companies LLC (Delaware)

Bird Electric Blocker, LLC (Delaware)

U.S. Well Services Blocker, LLC (Delaware)

Zinc Borrower Blocker, LLC (Delaware)

Exhibit (l)(2)

July 2, 2018

CM Finance Inc

601 Lexington Ave, 26 ^th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to CM Finance Inc, a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-223999) (as amended as of the date hereof, the “ Registration Statement ”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), previously declared effective by the Commission, relating to the public offering of securities of the Company that may be offered by the Company from time to time as set forth in the prospectus dated June 1, 2018, which was included in pre-effective amendment no. 1 to the Registration Statement, and which forms a part of the Registration Statement (the “ Prospectus ”), and as may be set forth from time to time in one or more supplements to the Prospectus. This opinion letter is rendered in connection with the public offering of $30,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (or up to $34,500,000 aggregate principal amount if the underwriters’ overallotment option is exercised in full) of the Company’s unsecured notes due 2023 (the “ Notes ”), as described in the Prospectus and a prospectus supplement dated June 27, 2018 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”). All of the Notes are to be sold by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and related Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement.

The Notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of July 2, 2018, entered into between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to be entered into between the Company and the Trustee (collectively, the “ Indenture ”).

As counsel to the Company, we have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and have examined the originals or copies of the following:

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With respect to such examination and our opinion expressed herein, we have assumed, without any independent investigation or verification, (i) the genuineness of all signatures on all documents submitted to us for examination, (ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as conformed or reproduced copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copied documents, (v) that all certificates issued by public officials have been properly issued, (vi) the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records made available to us by the Company and (vii) that the Indenture will be a valid and legally binding obligation of the parties thereto (other than the Company).

This opinion letter has been prepared, and should be interpreted, in accordance with customary practice followed in the preparation of opinion letters by lawyers who regularly give, and such customary practice followed by lawyers who on behalf of their clients regularly advise opinion recipients regarding, opinion letters of this kind.

As to certain matters of fact relevant to the opinions in this opinion letter, we have relied up certificates and/or representations of officers of the Company. We have also relied on certificates and confirmations of public officials. We have not independently established the facts, or in the case of certificates or confirmations of public officials, the other statements, so relied upon.

The opinion set forth below is limited to the contract laws of the State of New York, as in effect on the date hereof, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws of the State of New York or the laws of any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the preceding sentence, we express no opinion as to any state securities or broker-dealer laws or regulations thereunder relating to the offer, issuance or sale of the Notes.

On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the all of the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in this opinion letter, we are of the opinion that, when the Notes are duly executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee, all in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed

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consideration therefor, the Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, and other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and to general principles of equity (including without limitation the availability of specific performance or injunctive relief and the application of concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

The opinions expressed in this opinion letter (a) are strictly limited to the matters stated in this opinion letter, and without limiting the foregoing, no other opinions are to be implied and (b) are only as of the date of this opinion letter, and we are under no obligation, and do not undertake, to advise the Company or any other person or entity either of any change of law or fact that occurs, or of any fact that comes to our attention, after the date of this opinion letter, even though such change or such fact may affect the legal analysis or a legal conclusion in this opinion letter.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the “Legal Matters” section in the Registration Statement. We do not admit by giving this consent that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

/s/ EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP