NEW YORK, NY — (MARKET WIRE) — 12/12/05 — Prospect Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC)(“Prospect”) announced today that it has declared a second fiscal quarter(for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006) dividend of $0.28 per share,payable on December 29, 2005, to shareholders of record as of December 22,2005. The ex-dividend date is December 20, 2005. This dividend marks anincrease of $0.08 or 40% from the prior quarter’s dividend of $0.20 pershare, and the fifth consecutive quarterly increase. Prospect’s annualizeddividend yield is now approximately 8% based on its September 30, 2005 netasset value.
Prospect estimates its net investment income in the current quarter willreach approximately $2.0 million, or approximately $0.28 per share. Aftereliminating non-recurring expenses and adding investment return onpreviously setaside cash into treasuries for the full quarter, both on apro forma basis, Prospect estimates its net investment income in thecurrent quarter would have reached approximately $2.3 million, orapproximately $0.33 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend yieldof approximately 9%, based on its September 30, 2005 net asset value.
Dividend History
Dividend Per Share Quarter Ended-------- --- ----- ------- -----$0.28 December 31, 2005$0.20 September 30, 2005$0.15 June 30, 2005$0.125 March 31, 2005$0.10 December 31, 2004
About Prospect Energy Corporation
Prospect Energy Corporation (www.prospectenergy.com) is a closed-endinvestment company that lends to and invests in energy-related businessesand assets. Prospect Energy’s investment objective is to generate bothcurrent income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equityinvestments.
Prospect Energy has elected to be treated as a business development companyunder the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”). Accordingly, we arerequired to comply with a series of regulatory requirements under the 1940Act as well as applicable NASDAQ, state, and federal rules and regulations.In addition, we have elected to be treated as a regulated investmentcompany under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Failure to comply with anyof the laws and regulations that apply to Prospect Energy could have amaterial adverse effect on Prospect Energy and its shareholders.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaningof the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any suchstatements, other than statements of historical fact, are likely to beaffected by other unknowable future events and conditions, includingelements of the future that are or are not under the Company’s control, andthat the Company may or may not have considered; accordingly, suchstatements cannot be guarantees of any aspect of future performance.Actual developments and results are highly likely to vary materially fromthese estimates and projections of the future. Such statements speak onlyas of the time when made, and the Company undertakes no obligation toupdate any such statement now or in the future.
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