Prospect Capital Corporation Extends and Increases Revolving Credit Facility to Over $2.1 Billion of Aggregate Commitments
October 07 2024 - 10:28AM
Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) extended
and increased total commitments for its revolving credit facility
(the “Facility”) for Prospect Capital Funding LLC, a GAAP
consolidated subsidiary of Prospect, with the most recent upsize in
the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
Facility commitments currently aggregate $2.1215 billion from a
group of 48 banks (with a combined asset base of over $7.5
trillion), which Prospect considers the largest number of lenders
to any business development company’s credit facility. The Facility
includes an accordion feature allowing aggregate commitments to be
increased up to $2.25 billion.
The Facility term comprises five years from the initial closing,
with a maturity of June 28, 2029. The Facility has a revolving
period of four years from the initial closing, extending through
June 28, 2028 and followed by an additional one-year amortization
period.
"Prospect Capital is pleased to have the longstanding support of
so many strong relationship banks, some of which date all the way
back to 2009 with our credit relationship," said Grier Eliasek,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Prospect. "We look forward
to continuing such relationships for many years to come, with our
industry leading facility providing Prospect with efficient capital
to help meet the investment and financing needs of our business and
portfolio companies."
About Prospect Capital Corporation
Prospect is a business development company that focuses on
lending to and investing in private businesses. Prospect’s
investment objective is to generate both current income and
long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity
investments.
Prospect has elected to be treated as a business development
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”).
Prospect is 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.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, whose safe harbor for forward-looking statements does not
apply to business development companies. Any such statements, other
than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be
affected by other unknowable future events and conditions,
including elements of the future that are or are not under our
control, and that we may or may not have considered; accordingly,
such statements cannot be guarantees or assurances of any aspect of
future performance. Actual developments and results are highly
likely to vary materially from any forward-looking statements. Such
statements speak only as of the time when made, and we undertake no
obligation to update any such statement now or in the future.
For further information, contact:
Grier Eliasek, President and Chief Operating Officer
grier@prospectcap.com
Telephone (212) 448-0702
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