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EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350)

        In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2011 (the "Report") of New Mountain Finance Holdings, L.L.C., New Mountain Finance Corporation and New Mountain Finance AIV Holdings Corporation (the "Registrants"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Robert A. Hamwee, the Chief Executive Officer of the Registrants, hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge, that:

/s/ ROBERT A. HAMWEE

   
Name:   Robert A. Hamwee    
Date:   March 7, 2012    



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CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350)