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  0001653384
  Runway Growth Finance Corp
  814-01180
  205 N. Michigan Ave
  Suite 4200
  Chicago
  IL
  60601
  312-281-6270
  OCM Growth Holdings LLC
  Owner
  Director
  Common Stock (1)
  Liquidnet, Inc.
  620 Eighth Avenue,
  18th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10018
  155000
  1956100
  40509269
  12/20/2023
  NASDAQ
  Common Stock
  04/10/2017
  Private Placement
  Issuer
  N
  373002
  04/10/2017
  Cash
  Common Stock
  06/15/2017
  Private Placement
  Issuer
  N
  450583
  06/15/2017
  Cash
  N
  OCM Growth Holdings LLC and Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb Holdings (Delaware), L.P.
  c/o Oaktree Capital Management
  333 S. Grand Ave 28th Floor
  Los Angeles,
  CA
  90017
  Common Stock (2)
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  4312500
  51998400
  OCM Growth Holdings LLC and Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb Holdings (Delaware), L.P.
  c/o Oaktree Capital Management
  333 S. Grand Ave 28th Floor
  Los Angeles
  CA
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  3016111
  OCM Growth Holdings LLC and Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb Holdings (Delaware), L.P.
  c/o Oaktree Capital Management
  333 S. Grand Ave 28th Floor
  Los Angeles
  CA
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  (1) The seller ("OCMGH"), along with an affiliate of OCMGH, Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb Holdings (Delaware), L.P. ("Fund Xb Delaware"), are significant stockholders of the Issuer.
  (2) OCMGH and Fund Xb Delaware sold 4,207,564 and 4,936 shares of the Issuer, respectively, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. OCMGH and Fund Xb Delaware sold the Issuer shares, which are inclusive of shares sold on December 12, 2023 pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of the overallotment option, pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated November 13, 2023 by and among OCMGH, Fund Xb Delaware, the Issuer, and the underwriters party thereto.
  (3) OCMGH and Fund Xb Delaware sold 249,714 and 286 shares of the Issuer, respectively, in sales under Rule 144, as reported on the Form 144 filed December 14, 2023 and the Form 4 filed December 19, 2023.
  12/20/2023
  OCM Growth Holdings, LLC & Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb Holdings (Delaware), L.P., by their manager, Oaktree Capital Group, LLC, /s/ Henry Orren, SVP