NEW YORK, NY — (MARKET WIRE) — 07/19/05 — Prospect Energy Corporation(NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that it has agreed to provide$9.25 million of senior secured debt financing to Arctic Acquisition Corp.(“Arctic”), an oilfield services company based in Houston, Texas.
As part of Prospect’s financing, Arctic has acquired the business andassets of Arctic Recoil, Inc. Arctic is a privately owned and operated oilwell services company specializing in high pressure coiled tubingworkovers. Currently focusing on East, Central, and South Texas, Arctic hasseveral full suites of heavy equipment that include coiled tubing units,nitrogen pumps, fluid power pumps, trucks, cranes, and trailers. Arctic hasa diversified customer base that includes many of the largest oil and gasproducers in the Gulf Coast region. Coiled tubing is one of the fastestgrowing segments of the oilfield services sector, with applications such aswellbore cleanouts, acid stimulations, fracing, drilling, and logging.
Prospect is investing $9.25 million of senior secured debt alongside $6.75million of equity from Petro Capital IV, LP, of Dallas, Texas. The fundingis being utilized to acquire the business and assets of Arctic Recoil,Inc., and to provide working and expansion capital to Arctic. Prospect isreceiving a significant equity ownership position in Arctic as part of theinvestment.
“The Arctic investment reflects our strong interest in the oilfieldservices sector, which is currently experiencing robust fundamentals,profits, and growth,” said Grier Eliasek, Prospect’s President and ChiefOperating Officer. “We welcome the opportunity to review other investmentsin the oilfield services sector as well as other sectors of the energyvalue chain,” said Bart de Bie, a Prospect investment professional.
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. Since completing its initial public offering in July 2004, thecompany has invested in Gas Solutions, an East Texas gas gathering andprocessing business; Unity Virginia Holdings, a Virginia coal miningoperator; Natural Gas Systems, a Texas-based oil and gas productioncompany; Stryker Energy II, LLC, an Appalachian oil and gas productioncompany based in Cleveland, Ohio; Whymore, a Kentucky coal mining operator;Miller Petroleum, a Tennessee oil and gas production company; and ArcticAcquisition Corp., a Texas-based oilfield services company.
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 (“Code”). The Codespecifies certain quarterly asset diversification and annual source ofincome requirements. To the extent we remain in compliance with theapplicable provisions of the Code, we will not be required to paycorporate-level taxes on any income that we earn. To the extent we do notqualify as elected, corporate-level taxes may be imposed upon our netincome.
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Contact:Please send investment proposals to:Prospect Energy CorporationJohn Barryjbarry@prospectstreet.com(212) 448-0702Grier Eliasekgrier@prospectstreet.com(212) 448-0702