Prospect Capital Provides $15 Million in Acquisition Financing for SkillSoft


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 27, 2010) -  Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) ("Prospect") announced today that Prospect has made a debt investment of $15 million in senior notes issued by an affiliate of SkillSoft PLC ("SkillSoft") to support a take-private acquisition by a private equity sponsor consortium comprised of Berkshire Partners, Advent International, and Bain Capital Partners. The sponsors are investing over $580 million of equity as part of the acquisition.

SkillSoft is a leading "Software as a Service" provider of on-demand, e-learning, and performance support solutions. Customers include large multinational corporations, governments, educational institutions, and small-to-medium-sized businesses. SkillSoft enables business organizations to maximize business performance through a combination of comprehensive e-learning content, online information resources, flexible learning technologies, and support services.

"We are pleased to support this strong sponsor team in helping to finance a world-class company that has generated impressive growth through multiple market cycles," said Sachin Sarnobat, an investment professional with Prospect Capital Management.

ABOUT PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION

Prospect Capital Corporation (www.prospectstreet.com) is a closed-end investment company that lends to and invests in private and microcap public businesses. Our investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments.

We have elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). We are required to comply with a series of regulatory requirements under the 1940 Act as well as applicable NASDAQ, federal and state rules and regulations. We have elected to be treated as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Failure to comply with any of the laws and regulations that apply to us could have an adverse effect on us and our shareholders.

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