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Prospect Capital Provides Financing for Private Equity Sponsor’s Acquisition of American Gilsonite Company

March 17, 2008

NEW YORK, NY – (MARKET WIRE) – 03/17/08 – Prospect Capital Corporation
(NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that it has provided debt
financing of $14.5 million to support the acquisition by a private
equity sponsor of American Gilsonite Compa…