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Prospect Capital Announces 55% Increase in Net Investment Income per Share and $0.12 Increase in Net Asset Value per Share for Second Fiscal Quarter Over Prior Year Second Fiscal Quarter

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Second Quarter and Fiscal Year to Date Portfolio and Investment Activity:
Portfolio investments in quarter: $772.13 million
Portfolio investments during the six months ended December 31, 2012: $1.520 billion
Total Portfolio investments at cost at December 31, 2012: $3.117 billion
Total portfolio investments at fair value at December 31, 2012: $3.039 billion
Number of portfolio companies at December 31, 2012: 106

PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Our origination efforts during the December 2012 quarter prioritized secured lending, with an emphasis on first-lien loans, although we also seek to close selected subordinated debt and equity investments. In addition to targeting investments senior in corporate capital structures with our new originations, we have also increased our new investments in third-party private equity sponsor-owned companies, which tend to have more third-party equity capital supporting our debt investments than in non-sponsor transactions, while still maintaining our flexibility to pursue attractive non-sponsor investments. With our scale team of more than 60 professionals, one of the largest dedicated middle-market credit groups in the industry, we believe we are well positioned to select in a disciplined manner a small number of investments out of thousands of investment opportunities sourced annually.

As a result of our continuing credit risk, yield, and other portfolio management initiatives, our portfolio's annualized current yield stood at 14.7% across all performing interest bearing investments as of December 31, 2012. Distributions from equity positions that we hold are not included in this yield calculation. In many of our portfolio companies, we hold equity positions, ranging from minority interests to majority stakes, which we expect over time to contribute to our investment returns.

At December 31, 2012, our portfolio consisted of 106 long-term investments with a fair value of $3.039 billion, a record total, compared to 85 long-term investments with a fair value of $2.094 billion at June 30, 2012, and compared to 72 long-term investments with a fair value of $1.463 billion at June 30, 2011.

During the December 2012 quarter, we completed 33 new and follow-on investments aggregating a record $772.1 million (approximately five times our origination dollar volume in the prior year December 2011 quarter), sold two investments, and received repayment on eleven other investments. Our repayments in the December 2012 quarter were $349.3 million, resulting in investments net of repayments of $422.9 million.

•On October 3, 2012, we made a senior secured investment of $21.5 million to support the acquisition of CP Well Testing, LLC, a leading provider of flowback services to oil and gas companies operating in Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.

•On October 5, 2012, Northwestern Management Services, LLC ("Northwestern") repaid our $15.1 million loan, and we sold our shares of Northwestern common stock for total proceeds of $2.2 million, realizing a gain of $1.9 million.

•On October 11, 2012, we made a secured second lien investment of $12.0 million in Deltek, Inc., an enterprise software and information solutions provider for professional services firms, government contractors, and government agencies.

•On October 12, 2012, we made a senior secured investment of $42.0 million to support the acquisition of Gulf Coast Machine and Supply Company, a preferred provider of value-added forging solutions to energy and industrial end markets.

•On October 16, 2012, Blue Coat Systems, Inc. repaid our $25.0 million loan.

•On October 18, 2012, we made a follow-on senior secured debt investment of $20.0 million in First Tower Holdings of Delaware LLC, to support seasonal growth in finance receivables due to increased holiday borrowing activity from its customer base.

•On October 18, 2012, Hi-Tech Testing Service, Inc. and Wilson Inspection X-Ray Services, Inc. repaid our $7.2 million loan.

•On October 19, 2012, Mood Media Corporation repaid our $15.0 million loan.

•On October 24, 2012, we made an investment of $7.8 million in APH Property Holdings, LLC ("APH"), to acquire an industrial real estate property occupied by Filet-of-Chicken, a chicken processor in Georgia. We invested $1.8 million of equity and $6.0 million of debt in APH.

•On October 31, 2012, Shearer's Foods, Inc. repaid our $38.0 million loan.

•On November 5, 2012, we made an investment of $39.5 million to purchase subordinated notes in ING IM CLO 2012-IV, Ltd.

•On November 7, 2012, we redeemed our membership interests in connection with the sale of Shearer's, receiving $6.0 million of net proceeds and realizing a gain of approximately $2.0 million on the redemption.

•On November 8, 2012, Potters Holdings II, L.P. repaid our $15.0 million loan.

•On November 9, 2012, we made a secured second lien investment of $22.0 million to support the recapitalization of EIG Investors Corp. Concurrent with the financing, we received a repayment of our previous $12.0 million loan.

•On November 15, 2012, Renaissance Learning, Inc. repaid our $6.0 million loan.

•On November 26, 2012, we made a secured second lien investment of $22.0 million in The Petroleum Place, Inc., a provider of enterprise resource planning software focused on the oil & gas industry.

•On November 30, 2012, we made a secured second lien investment of $9.5 million to support the recapitalization of R-V Industries, Inc ("R-V"). As part of the recapitalization, we received a dividend of $11.1 million for our investment in R-V's common stock.

•On December 3, 2012, VanDeMark Chemicals, Inc. repaid our $29.7 million loan.

•On December 6, 2012, we made an investment of $38.3 million to purchase subordinated notes in Apidos CLO XI, LLC.

•On December 7, 2012, Hudson Products Holdings, Inc. repaid our $6.3 million loan.

•On December 13, 2012, we completed a $33.9 million debt and equity recapitalization of CCPI, Inc. ("CCPI"), an international manufacturer of refractory materials and other consumable products for industrial applications. Through the recapitalization, Prospect acquired a controlling interest in CCPI for $28.3 million in cash and 467,928 unregistered shares of our common stock.

•On December 14, 2012, we provided $10.0 million of first-lien financing to support the recapitalization of Prince Mineral Holding Corp., a leading global specialty mineral processor and consolidator.

•On December 14, 2012, we made a $3.0 million follow-on secured debt investment in Focus Brands, Inc.

•On December 17, 2012, we made a $39.8 million first-lien investment in Coverall Health-Based Cleaning Systems, a leading franchiser of commercial cleaning businesses.

•On December 17, 2012, we made a $38.2 million first-lien follow-on investment in Material Handling Services, LLC, d/b/a Total Fleet Solutions, to support the acquisition of Miner Holding Company, Inc.

•On December 17, 2012, we made a secured debt investment of $30.0 million to support the recapitalization of BNN Holdings Corp. After the financing, we received repayment of our previous $26.2 million loan.

•On December 19, 2012, we provided $17.5 million of senior secured second-lien financing to Grocery Outlet, Inc., to support the recapitalization of this retailer of food, beverages, and general merchandise.

•On December 19, 2012, we provided $23.2 million of senior secured second-lien financing to support the recapitalization of TB Corp., a Mexican restaurant chain.

•On December 20, 2012, we made an additional follow-on senior secured debt investment of $19.5 million to support the recapitalization of Progrexion Holdings, Inc. ("Progrexion"). After the financing, we now hold $154.5 million of senior secured debt of Progrexion.

•On December 21, 2012, ST Products, LLC repaid our $23.2 million loan.

•On December 21, 2012, SG Acquisition, Inc. repaid our $83.2 million loan.

•On December 21, 2012, we made a $10.0 million senior secured second-lien follow-on investment in Seaton Corp.

•On December 21, 2012, we made a $37.5 million senior secured first-lien investment in Lasership, Inc., a leading provider of regional same day and next day distribution services for premier e-commerce and product supply businesses.

•On December 21, 2012, we made a $12.0 million senior secured first-lien follow-on investment in FPG, LLC, a supplier of branded consumer and commercial products sold to the retail, foodservice, and hospitality sectors.

•On December 24, 2012, we made a follow-on secured debt investment of $5.0 million in New Star Metals, Inc.

•On December 24, 2012, we made a $7.0 million second-lien secured investment in Aderant North America, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software solutions to professional services organizations.

•On December 28, 2012, we made a $9.6 million second-lien secured investment in APH, to acquire Abbington Pointe, Inc., a multi-family property in Marietta, Georgia. We invested $3.2 million of equity and $6.4 million of debt in APH.

•On December 28, 2012, we made a $5.0 million second-lien secured investment in TransFirst Holdings, Inc., a payments processing firm that provides electronic credit card authorization to merchants located throughout the United States.

•On December 28, 2012, we completed a $47.9 million debt and equity recapitalization of Credit Central Holdings, LLC ("Credit Central") a branch-based provider of installment loans. Through the recapitalization, we acquired a controlling interest in Credit Central for $38.1 million in cash and 897,906 unregistered shares of our common stock.

•On December 28, 2012, we made a $3.6 million follow-on subordinated unsecured debt investment in Ajax Rolled Ring & Machine, Inc.

•On December 28, 2012, we made a $30.0 million first-lien senior secured investment to support the recapitalization of Spartan Energy Services, LLC, a leading provider of thru tubing and flow control services to oil and gas companies.

•On December 31, 2012, we provided a $32.0 million senior secured loan to support the acquisition of System One Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of professional staffing services, by investment funds managed by MidOcean Partners.

•On December 31, 2012, we funded a recapitalization of Valley Electric Co. of Mt. Vernon, Inc. ("Valley") with $52.1 million of combined debt and equity financing. Through the recapitalization, we acquired a controlling interest in Valley for $7.4 million in cash and 4,141,547 unregistered shares of our common stock.

•On December 31, 2012, we provided $70.0 million of secured second-lien debt financing for the acquisition of Thomson Reuters Property Tax Services by Ryan, LLC.

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