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Exhibit 99.1

Prospect Capital Reports
June 2017 Annual and Quarterly Results and
Declares Distributions for October and November 2017
NEW YORK - (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - August 28, 2017 - Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”, “our”, or “we”) today announced financial results for our fiscal year and fourth fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017.
All amounts in $000’s except
   per share amounts
Quarter Ended
Quarter Ended
Quarter Ended
June 30, 2017
March 31, 2017
June 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
Net Investment Income (“NII”)
$69,678
$73,080
$91,367
Interest as % of Total Investment Income
96.3%
94.6%
90.6%
 
 
 
 
NII per Share
$0.19
$0.20
$0.26
 
 
 
 
Net Income (“NI”)
$51,168
$19,492
$95,157
NI per Share
$0.14
$0.05
$0.27
 
 
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders
$89,998
$89,892
$89,190
Distributions per Share
$0.25
$0.25
$0.25
 
 
 
 
NAV per Share at Period End
$9.32
$9.43
$9.62
 
 
 
 
Net of Cash Debt to Equity Ratio
70.5%
75.6%
69.6%
For the June 2017 quarter, we earned net investment income (“NII”) of $69.7 million, or $0.19 per weighted average share, down $0.01 from the March 2017 quarter. Carrying out our plan to reduce risk decreased originations, structuring fees, and management fees.
Executing our strategy to preserve capital, reduce risk, and avoid “chasing yield” through investments deemed too risky with a poor risk/return profile at this point in the economic cycle, we reduced originations this quarter to about half the levels of the prior quarter. We remain committed to our historic credit discipline. We currently have a robust pipeline of potential investments in our target range for credit quality and yield. We believe our disciplined approach to credit will serve us well in the coming years, just as that disciplined approach has served us well in past years.
In the June 2017 quarter we also implemented our objective to reduce risk by decreasing our net debt to equity ratio from 75.6% at March 2017 to 70.5% at June 2017.
For the June 2017 quarter, our net income (“NI”) was $51.2 million, or $0.14 per weighted average share, an increase of $0.09 from the March 2017 quarter. Lower management fees and improvement in unrealized depreciation in our energy, consumer finance, and structured credit investments in the June 2017 quarter over the March 2017 quarter contributed to increased NI.
Our interest income as a percentage of total investment income increased to 96.3% in the June 2017 quarter, further reducing the contribution of one-time structuring fees in favor of recurring interest income.





All amounts in $000’s except
   per share amounts
Year Ended
June 30, 2017
Year Ended
June 30, 2016
 
 
 
Net Investment Income (“NII”)
$306,082
$371,128
NII per Share
$0.85
$1.04
 
 
 
Net Income (“NI”)
$252,906
$103,362
NI per Share
$0.70
$0.29
 
 
 
Distributions to Shareholders
$358,987
$356,110
Distributions per Share
$1.00
$1.00
 
 
 
NAV per Share at Year End
$9.32
$9.62

For the year ended June 30, 2017, we earned NII of $306.1 million, or $0.85 per weighted average share, down $0.19 from the prior year. For the year ended June 30, 2017, we earned NI of $252.9 million, or $0.70 per weighted average share, up $0.41 from the prior year.

DISTRIBUTION DECLARATION

Prospect is declaring distributions as follows:
$0.06 per share for September 2017 to September 29, 2017 record holders with October 19, 2017 payment date; and
$0.06 per share for October 2017 to October 31, 2017 record holders with November 22, 2017 payment date.
These distributions mark Prospect’s 110th and 111th consecutive cash distributions to shareholders.

Based on the declarations above, Prospect’s closing stock price of $7.13 at August 25, 2017 delivers to shareholders a 10.1% dividend yield.

Based on past distributions and our current share count for declared distributions, Prospect since inception through our October 2017 distribution will have distributed $16.07 per share to original shareholders, exceeding $2.3 billion in cumulative distributions to all shareholders.

Prospect expects to declare November 2017, December 2017, and January 2018 distributions in November 2017.





PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
We continue to prioritize secured lending. At June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017, and June 30, 2016, our portfolio consisted of the following:
All amounts in $000’s except
   per unit amounts
As of
As of
As of
June 30, 2017
March 31, 2017
June 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
Total Investments (at fair value)
$5,838,305
$6,024,766
$5,897,708
Number of Portfolio Companies
121
125
125
% Controlled Investments (at fair value)
32.7%
31.4%
29.7%
 
 
 
 
Secured First Lien
48.3%
48.8%
50.0%
Secured Second Lien
19.1%
20.5%
20.6%
Structured Credit
18.5%
17.8%
17.1%
Equity Investments
13.2%
12.0%
10.9%
Unsecured Debt
0.8%
0.7%
1.2%
Small Business Whole Loans
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
 
 
 
 
Annualized Current Yield(1)
12.2%
12.3%
13.2%
 
 
 
 
Top Industry Concentration(2)
10.7%
9.6%
8.2%
 
 
 
 
Energy Industry Concentration(2)
2.4%
2.6%
3.1%
 
 
 
 
Non-Accrual Loans as % of Total Assets
2/5/2003
1.4%
1.4%
Non-Accrual Loans as % of Total Assets, Energy Industry
0.2%
0.3%
0.5%
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average Portfolio Net Leverage(4)
4.19x
4.15x
4.18x
Weighted Average Portfolio EBITDA
$48,340
$49,425
$48,138
(1)
Across all performing interest bearing investments.
(2)
Excluding our underlying industry-diversified structured credit portfolio.
(3)
Includes 1.3% from USC, which timely paid income-producing, contractual interest to us in June 2017 quarter.
(4)
Through our investment in the portfolio company’s capital structure.






During the June 30, 2017 and March 31, 2017 quarters, our investment origination and repayment activity was as follows:
All amounts in $000’s
Quarter Ended
Quarter Ended
June 30, 2017
March 31, 2017
 
 
 
Total Originations
$223,176
$449,607
 
 
 
Structured Credit
32%
2%
Third-Party Sponsor Deals
31%
66%
Syndicated Debt
31%
12%
Online Lending
4%
6%
Real Estate
1%
10%
Operating Buyouts
1%
4%
 
 
 
Total Repayments
$352,043
$302,513
Originations, Net of Repayments
$(128,867)
$147,094

During the years ended June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016, our investment origination and repayment activity was as follows:
All amounts in $000’s
Year Ended
Year Ended
June 30, 2017
June 30, 2016
 
 
 
Total Originations
$1,489,470
$979,102
 
 
 
Structured Credit
12%
10%
Third-Party Sponsor Deals
38%
44%
Syndicated Debt
27%
12%
Online Lending
12%
31%
Real Estate
8%
2%
Operating Buyouts
2%
1%
Aircraft Leasing
1%
--
 
 
 
Total Repayments
$1,413,882
$1,338,875
Originations, Net of Repayments
$75,588
($359,773)

For a listing of transactions completed during the quarter and fiscal year, please see section titled “Portfolio Investment Activity” in our form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2017.





We have invested in structured credit investments with individual standalone financings non-recourse to Prospect and with our risk limited in each case to our net investment amount. At June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017, and June 30, 2016, our structured credit portfolio at fair value consisted of the following:
All amounts in $000’s except
   per unit amounts
As of
As of
As of
June 30, 2017
March 31, 2017
June 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
Total Structured Credit Investments
$1,079,712
$1,072,517
$1,009,696
 
 
 
 
# of Investments
43
41
38
 
 
 
 
TTM Average Cash Yield(1)(2)
21.4%
22.6%
28.8%
Annualized Cash Yield(2)
18.8%
17.9%
22.8%
Annualized GAAP Yield(2)
13.6%
13.6%
15.4%
 
 
 
 
Cumulative Cash Distributions
$939,048
$857,111
$695,865
% of Original Investment
63.8%
64.9%
53.6%
 
 
 
 
# of Underlying Collateral Loans
2,491
2,568
3,031
Total Asset Base of Underlying Portfolio
$19,254,846
$19,867,965
$18,529,331
 
 
 
 
Prospect TTM Default Rate
0.75%
1.05%
1.37%
Broadly Syndicated Market TTM Default Rate
1.54%
1.49%
1.97%
Prospect Default Rate Outperformance vs. Market
0.79%
0.44%
0.60%
(1)
Calculation based on fair value.
(2)
Excludes deals in the process of redemption as of June 30, 2017.

To date, we have exited seven structured credit investments totaling $153.6 million with an average realized IRR of 16.8% and cash on cash multiple of 1.42 times.

Since August 29, 2016 (the date of our June 2016 earnings release), 18 of our structured credit investments have completed refinancings to reduce their liability spreads, and four additional structured credit investments have completed multi-year extensions of their reinvestment periods (also at reduced liability spreads). We believe further upside exists in our structured credit portfolio through additional refinancings and reinvestment period extensions.





To date during the September 2017 quarter, we have completed new and follow-on investments as follows:

All amounts in $000’s
Quarter Ended
September 30, 2017
 
 
Total Originations
$41,986
 
 
Syndicated Debt
43%
Online Lending
38%
Third-Party Sponsor Deals
12%
Real Estate
7%
 
 
Total Repayments
$141,960

LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL RESULTS
The following table summarizes key leverage statistics at June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017, and June 30, 2016:
All amounts in $000’s
As of
June 30, 2017
As of
March 31, 2017
As of
June 30, 2016
Net of Cash Debt to Equity Ratio
70.5%
75.6%
69.6%
% of Assets at Floating Rates
90.4%
90.7%
91.0%
% of Liabilities at Fixed Rates
99.9%
99.9%
99.9%
 
 
 
 
Unencumbered Assets
$4,546,147
$4,611,293
$4,892,542
% of Total Assets
73.7%
74.9%
78.0%

We repaid our $167.5 million August 2016 convertible notes at maturity. We have refinanced (or provided notice to call) a majority of our debt maturing in less than one year as follows:
All amounts in $000’s
Principal
Rate
Maturity
 
 
 
 
Debt Issuances
 
 
 
      2022 Notes
$225,000
4.95%
July 2022
Repurchases
 
 
 
      2017 Notes
$78,766
5.375%
October 2017
      2018 Notes
$114,581
5.75%
March 2018
      Prospect Capital InterNotes®
$139,477
3.75% - 5.85%
December 2017 - September 2019


For the remainder of calendar year 2017, we have liability maturities of $60.6 million.




On August 29, 2014, we renegotiated and closed an expanded five and a half year revolving credit facility (the “Facility”), summarized as follows:

All amounts in $000’s
As of
June 30, 2017
 
 
Total Extended Commitments
$885,000
Total Commitments with Accordion Feature
$1,500,000
Interest Rate on Borrowings
1M LIBOR + 225 bps (no floor)
Moody’s Rating
Aa3

We have diversified our counterparty risk. At June 30, 2017, 21 institutional lenders were committed to the Facility compared to five lenders at June 30, 2010, one of the most diversified bank groups in our industry. The revolving period of the Facility extends through March 2019, with an additional one-year amortization period to March 2020, with distributions allowed after the completion of the revolving period. We currently have no borrowings drawn under our Facility.
We have eight separate unsecured debt issuances aggregating $1.7 billion outstanding, not including our program notes, with maturities ranging from October 2017 to June 2024. At June 30, 2017, $980.5 million of program notes were outstanding with staggered maturities through October 2043.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Prospect will host an earnings call on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:00 am. Eastern Time. Dial 888-338-7333. For a replay prior to September 29, 2017, call 877-344-7529 passcode 10111573. The call will be available prior to September 29, 2017 on Prospect’s website, www.prospectstreet.com. For copies of our corporate presentation, our recent shareholder letter, and our performance data please see http://shareholder.prospectstreet.com.





PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
June 30, 2017
 
June 30, 2016
 
 
Assets
 
 
 

Investments at fair value:
 

 
 

Control investments (amortized cost of $1,840,731 and $1,768,220, respectively)
$
1,911,775

 
$
1,752,449

Affiliate investments (amortized cost of $22,957 and $10,758, respectively)
11,429

 
11,320

Non-control/non-affiliate investments (amortized cost of $4,117,868 and $4,312,122, respectively)
3,915,101

 
4,133,939

Total investments at fair value (amortized cost of $5,981,556 and $6,091,100, respectively)
5,838,305

 
5,897,708

Cash
318,083

 
317,798

Receivables for:
 
 
 
Interest, net
9,559

 
12,127

Other
924

 
168

Prepaid expenses
1,125

 
855

Due from Affiliate
14

 

Deferred financing costs on Revolving Credit Facility
4,779

 
7,525

Total Assets 
6,172,789

 
6,236,181

 
 
 
 
Liabilities 
 

 
 

Revolving Credit Facility

 

Prospect Capital InterNotes® 
966,254

 
893,210

Convertible Notes
937,641

 
1,074,361

Public Notes
738,300

 
699,368

Due to Prospect Capital Management
48,249

 
54,149

Interest payable
38,630

 
40,804

Dividends payable
30,005

 
29,758

Due to Prospect Administration
1,910

 
1,765

Accrued expenses
4,380

 
2,259

Other liabilities
2,097

 
3,633

Due to broker
50,371

 
957

Total Liabilities 
2,817,837

 
2,800,264

Commitments and Contingencies

 

Net Assets 
$
3,354,952

 
$
3,435,917

 
 
 
 
Components of Net Assets 
 

 
 

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share (1,000,000,000 common shares authorized; 360,076,933 and 357,107,231 issued and outstanding, respectively)
$
360

 
$
357

Paid-in capital in excess of par
3,991,317

 
3,967,397

Accumulated overdistributed net investment income
(54,039
)
 
(3,623
)
Accumulated net realized loss
(439,435
)
 
(334,822
)
Net unrealized loss
(143,251
)
 
(193,392
)
Net Assets 
$
3,354,952

 
$
3,435,917

 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value Per Share
$
9.32

 
$
9.62






PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Year Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Control investments
$
41,953

 
 
$
53,242

 
 
$
177,496

 
 
$
207,377

 
Affiliate investments
297
 
 
 
0
 
 
 
297
 
 
 
896
 
 
Non-control/non-affiliate investments
84,777
 
 
 
81,277
 
 
 
342,696
 
 
 
347,132
 
 
Structured credit securities
33,538
 
 
 
40,301
 
 
 
148,228
 
 
 
176,213
 
 
Total interest income
160,565
 
 
 
174,820
 
 
 
668,717
 
 
 
731,618
 
 
Dividend income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Control investments
1,000
 
 
 
1,389
 
 
 
5,250
 
 
 
26,435
 
 
Non-control/non-affiliate investments
99
 
 
 
50
 
 
 
429
 
 
 
66
 
 
Total dividend income
1,099
 
 
 
1,439
 
 
 
5,679
 
 
 
26,501
 
 
Other income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Control investments
1,721
 
 
 
15,092
 
 
 
11,470
 
 
 
22,528
 
 
Non-control/non-affiliate investments
3,317
 
 
 
1,687
 
 
 
15,180
 
 
 
11,326
 
 
Total other income
5,038
 
 
 
16,779
 
 
 
26,650
 
 
 
33,854
 
 
Total Investment Income
166,702
 
 
 
193,038
 
 
 
701,046
 
 
 
791,973
 
 
Operating Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Base management fee
30,647
 
 
 
30,811
 
 
 
122,874
 
 
 
126,523
 
 
Income incentive fee
17,419
 
 
 
22,842
 
 
 
76,520
 
 
 
92,782
 
 
Interest and credit facility expenses
40,867
 
 
 
41,838
 
 
 
164,848
 
 
 
167,719
 
 
Allocation of overhead from Prospect Administration
3,475
 
 
 
3,533
 
 
 
13,246
 
 
 
12,647
 
 
Audit, compliance and tax related fees
1,412
 
 
 
(237
)
 
 
5,088
 
 
 
4,428
 
 
Directors’ fees
116
 
 
 
97
 
 
 
454
 
 
 
379
 
 
Excise Tax
0
 
 
 
595
 
 
 
(1,100
)
 
 
2,295
 
 
Other general and administrative expenses
3,088
 
 
 
2,192
 
 
 
13,034
 
 
 
14,072
 
 
Total Operating Expenses
97,024
 
 
 
101,671
 
 
 
394,964
 
 
 
420,845
 
 
Net Investment Income
69,678
 
 
 
91,367
 
 
 
306,082
 
 
 
371,128
 
 
Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net realized gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Control investments
(66,099
)
 
 
(5,413
)
 
 
(65,915
)
 
 
(5,406
)
 
Affiliate investments
0
 
 
 
0
 
 
 
137
 
 
 
(14,194
)
 
Non-control/non-affiliate investments
(31,017
)
 
 
(767
)
 
 
(30,528
)
 
 
(4,817
)
 
Net realized losses
(97,116
)
 
 
(6,180
)
 
 
(96,306
)
 
 
(24,417
)
 
Net change in unrealized gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Control investments
117,754
 
 
 
(47,972
)
 
 
86,817
 
 
 
(88,751
)
 
Affiliate investments
2,407
 
 
 
(768
)
 
 
553
 
 
 
(233
)
 
Non-control/non-affiliate investments
(34,749
)
 
 
58,400
 
 
 
(37,229
)
 
 
(154,589
)
 
Net change in unrealized gains (losses)
85,412
 
 
 
9,660
 
 
 
50,141
 
 
 
(243,573
)
 
Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Losses from Investments
(11,704
)
 
 
3,480
 
 
 
(46,165
)
 
 
(267,990
)
 
Net realized (losses) gains on extinguishment of debt
(6,806
)
 
 
310
 
 
 
(7,011
)
 
 
224
 
 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
$
51,168

 
 
$
95,157

 
 
$
252,906

 
 
$
103,362

 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations per share
$
0.14

 
 
$
0.27

 
 
$
0.70

 
 
$
0.29

 
Dividends declared per share
$
(0.25
)
 
 
$
(0.25
)
 
 
$
(1.00
)
 
 
$
(1.00
)
 




PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
ROLLFORWARD OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
(in actual dollars)

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Year Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Per Share Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net asset value at beginning of period
$
9.43

 
$
9.61

 
$
9.62

 
$
10.31

Net investment income(1)
0.19
 
 
0.26
 
 
0.85
 
 
1.04
 
Net realized and change in unrealized losses(1)
(0.05
)
 
0.01
 
 
(0.15
)
 
(0.75
)
Distributions of net investment income
(0.25
)
 
(0.25
)
 
(1.00
)
 
(1.00
)
Common stock transactions(2)
 
(3)
(0.01
)
 
 
(3)
0.02
 
Net asset value at end of period
$
9.32

 
$
9.62

 
$
9.32

 
$
9.62

(1)
Per share data amount is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year/period presented (except for dividends to shareholders which is based on actual rate per share).
(2)
Common stock transactions include the effect of issuance and repurchases common stock, if any.
(3)
Amount is less than $0.01.




ABOUT PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
Prospect Capital Corporation (www.prospectstreet.com) is a business development company that focuses on lending to and investing in private 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.
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. We undertake no obligation to update any such statement now or in the future.
For additional information, contact:
Grier Eliasek, President and Chief Operating Officer
grier@prospectstreet.com
Telephone (212) 448-0702