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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BROYHILL MARKHAM HUNT   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) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CAPITALA FINANCE CORP,, 4201 CONGRESS STREET, SUITE 360 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/25/2017 (Street) CHARLOTTE, NC 28209 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BROYHILL MARKHAM HUNT C/O CAPITALA FINANCE CORP, 4201 CONGRESS STREET, SUITE 360 CHARLOTTE, NC 28209	X

Signatures

/s/ Richard G. Wheelahan, III, attorney-in-fact		09/25/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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.

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