SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BROYHILL MARKHAM HUNT (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CAPITALA FINANCE CORP, 4201 CONGRESS STREET, SUITE 360 (Street) CHARLOTTE NC 28209 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Capitala Finance Corp. [ CPTA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/25/2017
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	09/25/2017		M		16,010.4(1)(2)	A	(1)(2)	97,548.4	D
Common Stock								1,598	I	via Margaret Christian Broyhill Irrevocable Trust
Common Stock								1,324	I	via Paul H. Broyhill II Irrevocable Trust
Common Stock								300	I	via Spouse
Common Stock								2,000	I	via Broyhill Memorial Park, Inc.
Common Stock								134,857	I	via Claron Investments, LP
Common Stock								37,764	I	via Broyhill Investments, Inc.
Common Stock								78,455	I	via BMC Fund, Inc.
Common Stock								19,580	I	via Broyhill Familiy Foundation Inc.
Common Stock								6,993	I	via Hibriten Investments of N.C. Limited Partnership

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Awards	(1)(2)	09/25/2017		M			16,010.4	(1)(2)	(1)(2)	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	16,010.4(1)(2)	$0	21,346.6	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mr. Broyhill previously held Awards with respect to 37,357 shares of Capitala Finance Corp.'s (the "Issuer") common stock held by Capitala Restricted Shares I, LLC ("CRS"), which is controlled by Joseph B. Alala, III and is an affiliate of Capitala Investment Advisors, LLC, pursuant to CRS's 2015 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan, dated September 18, 2015 (the "Plan"). The Plan and this acquisition were previously approved by the Issuer's Board of Directors. On September 25, 2017, CRS distributed to Mr. Broyhill 16,010.40 shares of the Issuer's common stock in accordance with the vesting schedule under the Plan. The remaining Awards under the Plan are scheduled to vest on September 25, 2018. Upon settlement, the remaining Awards will become payable on a one-for-one basis in shares of the Issuer's common stock.

2. Pursuant to the SEC staff no-action letters to Babson Capital Management LLC (pub. Avail. Dec. 14, 2006) and Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. (pub. Avail. Oct. 8, 2015), an employee benefit plan sponsored by an investment adviser (or an affiliated person of an investment adviser) to a registered closed-end investment company or a business development company regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that offers plan participants equity securities of such registered investment company or business development company is considered an "employee benefit plan sponsored by the issuer" for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

	/s/ Richard G. Wheelahan, III, attorney-in-fact	09/25/2017
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