The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with the Selected Financial Data and our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, projections, intentions, goals, strategies, plans, prospects and the beliefs and assumptions of our management including, without limitation, our expectations regarding our results of operations, general and administrative expenses, our ability to strengthen our capital base, the aggregate charges associated with our corporate restructuring and the estimated savings related to such restructuring, the carrying value of investments in our portfolio, the performance of our portfolio companies, our ability to recover unrealized losses, our ability to access alternative debt markets and additional capital, the estimated debt and equity allocation in our portfolio, our ability to monetize assets and the related timing of such monetizations, our asset originations, the timing and sufficiency of our cash for future operations, our ability to increase our asset coverage ratio, the timing, amount and tax attributes of dividend distributions, the approval of additional leverage for our SBIC by the SBA, general economic factors and regulatory matters. Forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "could increase the likelihood," "hope," "target," "project," "goals," "potential," "predict," "might," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "is planned," "may," "should," "will," "will enable," "would be expected," "look forward," "may provide," "would" or similar terms, variations of such terms or the negative of those terms. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict. Important factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements. Such factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those risk factors discussed in Item IA of Part II of this quarterly report on form 10-Q.

Although we believe that the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate, and as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also could be incorrect. In light of these and other uncertainties, the inclusion of a projection or forward-looking statement in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should not be regarded as a representation by us that our plans and objectives will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

We are a solutions-focused commercial finance company providing capital and advisory services to middle-market companies throughout the United States. We make debt and equity investments primarily in companies with annual revenue of $20 million to $200 million and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, of $3 million to $25 million, which we refer to as "middle-market" companies. Generally, our portfolio companies use our capital investment to finance acquisitions, recapitalizations, buyouts, organic growth and working capital. We identify and source new customers through multiple channels, including private equity sponsors, investment bankers, brokers, fund-less sponsors, institutional syndication partners, other club lenders and owner operators.

We are an internally managed, non-diversified, closed-end investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, or the 1940 Act. As a business development company, we are required to meet various regulatory tests, which include investing at least 70% of our total assets in private or thinly traded public U.S.-based companies and meeting a coverage ratio of total net assets to total senior securities, which include all of our borrowings (including accrued interest payable) and any preferred stock we may issue in the future, of at least 200%. In addition, we have elected to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company, or RIC, under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. In order to continue to qualify as a RIC for federal income tax purposes and obtain favorable RIC tax treatment, we must meet certain requirements, including certain minimum distribution requirements. If we satisfy these requirements, we generally will not have to pay corporate-level taxes on any income we distribute to

our stockholders as dividends, allowing us to substantially reduce or eliminate our corporate-level tax liability. From time to time our wholly owned subsidiaries may execute transactions that trigger corporate-level tax liabilities. In such cases, we recognize a tax provision in the period when it becomes more likely than not that the taxable event will occur.

The current capital market environment continues to be extremely challenging, creating pressure on access to both debt and equity capital. Our 2008 business plan assumed that we would be able to monetize several equity investments and have continuing access to capital. While we have been able to accomplish some capital market initiatives, they were completed with lower than expected proceeds and at higher than expected costs. Further, asset monetizations have been impacted by current economic conditions. Therefore, we are building our plans around the assumption that we will not access the capital markets for the balance of 2008 and into 2009 and potential monetizations will be reduced significantly.

Our business plan targets up to $200 million of assets that, if market conditions permit, we intend to monetize and redeploy from non-yielding equity investments into high-yielding cash paying debt investments, thereby reducing the portion of our assets represented by equity investments. If successful, this asset redeployment would increase our cash basis earnings per share, which we expect to be the foundation for our future dividends.

We are implementing a number of actions to strengthen our capital base, including suspending dividend payments for the remainder of 2008, reducing our headcount by 27%, eliminating bonus compensation for all but one of our named executive officers in 2008, and reducing other incentive compensation and other general and administrative expenses. The following discussion provides a summary of actions we are taking to strengthen our capital base and additional details about our financial and operating results during the quarter ended June 30, 2008. We believe that these actions, along with our existing capital resources, will provide us with sufficient liquidity for our operations for the foreseeable future.

STOCKHOLDERDISTRIBUTIONS

We have met our estimated distribution requirements as a regulated investment company for 2008 and do not expect to make additional distributions to our stockholders during 2008. Currently, we do not expect to realize significant gains or to consummate transactions during the second half of fiscal 2008 that would require us to make additional distributions during the second half of fiscal 2008. The suspension of dividends for the remainder of fiscal 2008 will preserve approximately $40 million of capital relative to July 30, 2008 distribution levels. We anticipate that this capital will be reinvested in our business and provide enhanced liquidity. Currently, we expect to resume making distributions in 2009.

CORPORATERESTRUCTURING

We are restructuring our business in response to changes in the capital markets. On August 6, 2008, our board of directors approved a plan to reduce our workforce by 27%, including 19 current employees and 9 vacancies. After effecting the plan, our headcount is 74 employees. The workforce reduction focuses primarily on sizing the organization at a level appropriate for our expected near-term objectives. Affected employees are eligible for a severance package that includes severance pay, continuation of benefits and, for employees who have been awarded restricted stock, additional lapsing of restrictions associated with restricted stock awards.

We estimate that the aggregate charges associated with the plan will be approximately $1.25 million to $2.25 million, most of which will be incurred during the remainder of fiscal 2008. We expect these charges to consist of approximately $1.0 million for severance pay and other related obligations and a range of approximately $0.25 million to $1.25 million for lease costs and associated obligations related to our office space and other miscellaneous costs. We will account for these costs in accordance with SFAS 146-Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. We expect these actions, when combined with the elimination of bonus compensation for all but one of our named executive officers, a reduction in incentive compensation for the balance of the staff and other planned reductions in our general and administrative expense, will result in approximately $12.0 million to $14.0 million of savings through December 31, 2009. However, there can be no assurance that these reductions will be realized.

REPAYMENT AND TERMINATION OF COMMERCIALLOAN TRUST 2006-2

On August 4, 2008, we repaid the remaining $7.5 million outstanding principal and terminated our warehouse credit facility with Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation. The original May 2, 2006, warehouse credit facility allowed MCG Commercial Loan Trust 2006-2 to acquire up to $250.0 million of commercial loans with borrowings of up to $200.0 million. The warehouse credit facility was secured primarily by the assets of MCG Commercial Loan Trust 2006-2, including commercial loans that we sold to the trust. On February 12, 2008, the agreement was amended to extend the maturity to August 31, 2008 and to establish a payback schedule. See Liquidity and Capital Resources-Borrowings for additional information about this facility.

SALE AND CONVERSION OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

On July 31, 2008, we sold our equity investment in JUPR Holdings, Inc., or JUPR, to Forrester Research, Inc., for $23.0 million of cash plus approximately $700,000 of cash on the balance sheet, of which, we received $18.4 million for our equity investment, $1.0 million for the repayment of our debt investment, and the remainder was used for closing costs, option payouts, and a working capital adjustment reserve. In connection with this transaction, in July 2008, we realized $6.0 million of previously unrealized gains on our equity investment in JUPR. Earlier in July 2008, JUPR made a $1.0 million payment to us on its outstanding debt. As of June 30, 2008, the fair value of our holdings in JUPR included $2.0 million of senior debt, $13.4 million of preferred stock and $5.0 million of common stock.

On July 28, 2008, in connection with a $15.0 million debt and equity investment by NCR Corporation, or NCR, into TNR Holdings Corp., or TNR Holdings, we converted our securities into preferred equity of TNR Holdings, and invested $2.0 million in debt.

As of June 30, 2008, the fair value of our investment portfolio was $1,431.1 million, which represents a $114.0 million, or 7.4%, decrease from the $1,545.1 million fair value as of December 31, 2007. During the six months ended June 30, 2008, we originated investments of $24.6 million in five portfolio companies and made advances of $53.1 million to existing portfolio companies. The originations of $24.6 million included $4.2 million of senior debt, $14.4 million of secured subordinated debt and $6.0 million of equity. During the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, our gross originations and advances totaled $77.7 million and $369.2 million, respectively. The following table summarizes our total portfolio investment activity during the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007:

                                                             Six months ended
                                                                 June 30,
  (in thousands)                                          2008(a)         2007(a)
  Beginning investment portfolio                        $ 1,545,090     $ 1,248,073
  Originations and advances                                  77,692         369,190
  Gross payments/reductions/sales of securities/other       (91,670 )      (172,277 )
  Net unrealized (loss) gains                              (101,053 )        14,443
  Net realized gains                                            225          12,555
  Amortization of (additions to) unearned income              1,386          (1,158 )
  Reversals of unrealized depreciation                         (586 )        (7,618 )

  Ending investment portfolio                           $ 1,431,084     $ 1,463,208

(a) Concurrent with our January 1, 2008 adoption of SFAS 157, we netted unearned fees against the associated debt investments for both June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007.

The following table summarizes the composition of our investment portfolio at fair value:

                                                    June 30, 2008                            December 31, 2007
                                          Investments at        Percent of           Investments at        Percent of
(dollars in thousands)                      Fair Value        Total Portfolio          Fair Value        Total Portfolio
Debt investments(a)
Senior secured debt(a)                   $        441,500                30.9 %     $        479,214                31.0 %
Subordinated debt(a)
Secured(a)                                        478,107                33.4                522,742                33.9
Unsecured(a)                                       30,613                 2.1                 32,189                 2.1

Total debt investments(a)                         950,220                66.4              1,034,145                67.0

Equity investments
Preferred equity                                  411,700                28.8                447,229                28.9
Common/Common equivalents equity                   69,164                 4.8                 63,716                 4.1

Total equity investments                          480,864                33.6                510,945                33.0

Total investments(a)                     $      1,431,084               100.0 %     $      1,545,090               100.0 %

(a) Concurrent with our January 1, 2008 adoption of SFAS 157, we netted unearned fees against the associated debt investments for both June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

The following table shows our gross originations and advances during the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 by security type:

                                                    Six months ended June 30,
                                                 2008                       2007
 (dollars in thousands)                     $       % of Total         $       % of Total
 Debt investments
 Senior secured debt                     $ 26,045         33.5 %   $ 174,746         47.3 %
 Subordinated debt
 Secured                                   29,460         38.0       108,626         29.4
 Unsecured                                  1,495          1.9         1,043          0.3

 Total debt investments                    57,000         73.4       284,415         77.0
 Equity investments
 Preferred equity                          20,664         26.6        82,529         22.4
 Common/common equivalents equity              28           -          2,246          0.6

 Total equity investments                  20,692         26.6        84,775         23.0

 Total gross originations and advances   $ 77,692        100.0 %   $ 369,190        100.0 %

The following table shows our gross payments, reductions, and sales of securities during the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 by security type:

                                                          Six months ended June 30,
                                                     2008                           2007
(dollars in thousands)                         $         % of Total           $         % of Total
Debt investments
Senior secured debt                         $ 54,237           59.2 %     $  57,309           33.3 %
Subordinated debt
Secured                                       32,604           35.5          79,991           46.4
Unsecured                                         -              -            1,305            0.8

Total debt investments                        86,841           94.7         138,605           80.5
Equity investments
Preferred equity                               3,873            4.2          13,944            8.1
Common/common equivalents equity                 956            1.1          19,728           11.4

Total equity investments                       4,829            5.3          33,672           19.5

Total gross payments, reductions and
sales of securities                         $ 91,670          100.0 %     $ 172,277          100.0 %

During the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, our gross payments, reductions and sales of securities by transaction type included:

                                                                Six months ended
                                                                    June 30,
   (in thousands)                                               2008       2007
   Principal repayments                                       $ 49,694   $ 110,292
   Senior loan sales                                            10,733       4,603
   Scheduled principal amortization                             25,297      14,873
   Payment of accrued paid-in-kind interest and dividends        5,039      13,695
   Sale of equity investments                                      907      28,814

   Total gross payments, reductions and sales of securities   $ 91,670   $ 172,277

The following table summarizes our investment portfolio by industry at fair value:

                                    June 30, 2008                        December 31, 2007
                           Investments at      Percent of         Investments at      Percent of
(dollars in thousands)     Fair Value(b)     Total Portfolio      Fair Value(b)     Total Portfolio
Telecommunications-CLEC   $        232,958              16.3 %   $        255,483              16.5 %
Communications-other                34,721               2.4               39,789               2.6
Healthcare                         132,111               9.2              136,496               8.8
Cable                              112,667               7.9              114,958               7.4
Business services                   86,994               6.1               87,327               5.7
Food services                       80,332               5.6               79,471               5.1
Broadcasting                        70,443               4.9               88,105               5.7
Logistics                           64,050               4.5               70,005               4.5
Laboratory instruments              55,567               3.9               54,527               3.5
Publishing                          53,328               3.7               59,538               3.9
Entertainment                       49,439               3.5               42,676               2.8
Sporting goods                      46,381               3.2               46,959               3.0
Plastic products                    46,020               3.2               81,122               5.3
Electronics                         41,403               2.9               40,521               2.6
Education                           39,465               2.8               31,967               2.1
Technology                          36,649               2.6               34,067               2.2
Information services                36,509               2.5               37,465               2.4
Consumer products                   35,275               2.4               38,027               2.5
Home furnishings                    35,146               2.4               49,255               3.2
Auto parts                          30,836               2.2               34,393               2.2
Industrial products                 26,751               1.9               26,723               1.7
Insurance                           22,810               1.6               22,410               1.5
Other media                         19,935               1.4               20,092               1.3
Other(a)                            41,294               2.9               53,714               3.5

Total                     $      1,431,084             100.0 %   $      1,545,090             100.0 %

(a) No individual industry within this category exceeds 1%.

(b) Concurrent with our January 1, 2008 adoption of SFAS 157, we netted unearned fees against the associated debt investments for both June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

As of June 30, 2008, our ten largest portfolio companies comprised 40.7% of the fair value of our investment portfolio. These ten customers accounted for 33.8% of our total revenue during the six months ended June 30, 2008. As of June 30, 2008, approximately 18.7% of the fair value of our portfolio was invested in companies in the communications industry, of which 16.3% were competitive local exchange carriers, or CLECs. Our largest portfolio company, Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc., or Broadview, is a CLEC, which represents 13.5% of the fair value of our portfolio. Our remaining investments in the communications industry include telecommunications tower companies, rural local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, wireless companies and security alarm companies. See Results of Operations for additional information regarding our investment in Broadview.

Generally, asset quality is a function of portfolio company performance, economic conditions, and our underwriting and ongoing management of our investment portfolio. In addition to various risk management and monitoring tools, we also use an investment rating system to characterize and monitor our expected level of returns on each investment in our portfolio. We use the following 1 to 5 investment rating scale:

Investment
  Rating      Summary Description
    1         Capital gain expected or realized

    2         Full return of principal and interest or dividend expected with
              customer performing in accordance with plan

    3         Full return of principal and interest or dividend expected, but
              customer requires closer monitoring

    4         Some loss of interest or dividend expected, but still expect an overall
              positive internal rate of return on the investment

    5         Loss of interest or dividend and some loss of principal investment
              expected, which would result in an overall negative internal rate of
              return on the investment

The following table shows the distribution of our investments on our 1 to 5 investment rating scale at fair value as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007:

(dollars in thousands)             June 30, 2008                       December 31, 2007
      Investment          Investments at        % of Total      Investments at        % of Total
        Rating              Fair Value          Portfolio         Fair Value          Portfolio
          1              $        989,536 (a)         69.1 %   $      1,107,050 (a)         71.6 %
          2                       195,576             13.7              207,668             13.4
          3                       219,230             15.3              180,193             11.7
          4                        11,713              0.8               20,113              1.3
          5                        15,029              1.1               30,066              2.0

                         $      1,431,084            100.0 %   $      1,545,090            100.0 %

(a) As of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, Investment Rating "1" includes $543.4 million and $620.6 million, respectively, of loans to companies in which we also hold equity securities or for which we realized a gain on our equity investment.

We place a loan on non-accrual status when it becomes more than 90 days past due or when we believe the probability of collection of interest is not sufficient to warrant further accrual. Such loans remain on non-accrual status until the borrower makes all past-due principal and interest payments or a restructuring occurs that makes it probable we will collect interest income. We do not recognize interest income while loans are on non-accrual status, unless the loan has sufficient collateral or until we receive all past due interest and principal payments or we are in the process of collecting the past-due balance. The following table summarizes loans more than 90 days past due and loans on non-accrual status:

                                                 June 30, 2008(a)            December 31, 2007(a)
                                                Fair       % of Loan          Fair         % of Loan
(dollars in thousands)                         Value       Portfolio          Value        Portfolio
Loans greater than 90 days past due
On non-accrual status                         $ 10,493          1.10 %     $        28            -  %
Not on non-accrual status                           -             -                 -             -

Total loans greater than 90 days past due     $ 10,493          1.10 %     $        28            -  %

Loans on non-accrual status
0 to 90 days past due                         $ 48,484          5.11 %     $    67,378          6.52 %
Greater than 90 days past due                   10,493          1.10                28            -

Total loans on non-accrual status             $ 58,977          6.21 %     $    67,406          6.52 %

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