Exhibit 99.1

MAIN STREET CAPITAL ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN

COMMITMENTS UNDER ITS CREDIT FACILITY

TO $277.5 MILLION

HOUSTON, May 3, 2012 — Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) (“Main Street”) announced today the expansion of total commitments under its three-year credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) from $235.0 million to $277.5 million.  The $42.5 million increase in total commitments included commitment increases by three lenders currently participating in the Credit Facility.  The amended Credit Facility contains an upsized accordion feature that allows for a further increase in total commitments under the facility up to $350 million of total commitments from new and existing lenders on the same terms and conditions as the existing commitments.

The increase in total commitments under the Credit Facility provides Main Street with access to additional financing capacity in support of its future investment and operational activities.  Main Street currently has $151 million of outstanding debt under the Credit Facility.

ABOUT MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION

Main Street (www.mainstcapital.com) is a principal investment firm that provides long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street’s portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors.  Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides “one stop” financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio.  Main Street’s lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street’s middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.