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Exhibit (n)(3)

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July 12, 2018

The Board of Directors of
New Mountain Finance Corporation
New York, New York

          We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the unaudited interim financial information of New Mountain Finance Corporation and subsidiaries for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 and have issued our report dated May 7, 2018. As indicated in such report, because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

          We are aware that our report referred to above, which was included in your Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, is being used in this Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-218040 on Form N-2.

          We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP




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