Small Business Index
 

OBJECTIVE
The Fifth Street Small Business Index reflects the performance of an equally weighted basket of qualifying companies taken from the investment portfolio of Fifth Street Capital and its affiliates. The Index will be updated monthly and is calculated by S&P Custom Indices.

 

METHODOLOGY
The Index tracks changes in the consolidated trailing twelve month EBITDA of qualified companies. To qualify for inclusion in the Index, a company must be in the investment portfolio of Fifth Street Capital or an affiliate for at least 13 months. EBITDA is defined as Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. Acquisitions and divestitures are accounted for through pro forma adjustments.

 

DISCLAIMER
Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. The contents of this document are for indicative purposes only, have no contractual value and should not be relied upon to formulate investment decisions. The accuracy, completeness or relevance of the information provided is not guaranteed although it has been drawn from sources believed to be reliable. The information presented in this document is based on quarterly updated portfolio data and may change from time to time due to pro-forma adjustments. Pro-forma performance assumptions are purely hypothetical and are provided in this document solely for informational purposes. Pro-forma performance assumptions do not represent actual performance and should not be interpreted as an indication of actual performance.

The Fifth Street Small Business Index is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) or its third party licensors. Neither S&P nor its third party licensors make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Fifth Street Small Business Index or any member of the public regarding any aspect of the Fifth Street Small Business Index, including its ability to provide insight into the performance trends of privately held companies throughout the U.S. S&P's and its third party licensor’s only relationship to Fifth Street Capital is the licensing of certain trademarks, service marks and trade names of S&P and/or its third party licensors and for the providing of calculation and maintenance services related to the Fifth Street Small Business Index. S&P has no obligation or liability in connection with the Fifth Street Small Business Index. In addition, because the Index is composed of portfolio company investments made by entities other than Fifth Street Finance Corp., it should not be considered, nor is it intended to be, an indicator of the financial performance of the portfolio company investments held by Fifth Street Finance Corp. or of Fifth Street Finance Corp. Instead, the Index is intended to provide a barometer of the performance trends of privately held small businesses throughout the U.S.

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