NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 05/21/13 — Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that Prospect–s portfolio company Wolf Energy Holdings, Inc. (“Wolf”) has sold its oil and gas assets located in Martin County, Texas (previously held by H&M Oil and Gas, LLC, or “H&M”), and Prospect has received a net profits interest cash distribution and other payments, for a combined gross $66 million.
Wolf continues as a portfolio company of Prospect with other energy-related operations, including other assets formerly associated with H&M.
Prospect estimates the recent cash flows received from Wolf in the current quarter have increased net asset value for Prospect by more than $0.06 per share.
If these Wolf cash flows had been received on March 31, 2013, the fair market value of Prospect–s loan assets on non-accrual as a percentage of total assets would have stood at approximately 0.2% on such date, down from the previously reported 1.3%.
“We are pleased Wolf has found a buyer for these assets at an attractive price, allowing Prospect to enhance our net asset value and to redeploy this capital in new investments at attractive yields for our shareholders,” said David Belzer, a Managing Director of Prospect Capital Management LLC. “We welcome the opportunity to review new investment opportunities in the energy sector and beyond.”
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