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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
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Election of
Directors
Effective
February 12, 2009, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Prospect Capital
Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Andrew C. Cooper as a member of its
Board. Mr. Cooper will serve as a Class II member of the Board and
will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee.
Mr.
Cooper has 24 years of experience in growth company management, venture
investing and investment banking. He has a wide range of operational,
marketing, technology, and debt and equity capital raising
expertise. Mr. Cooper is an entrepreneur, who over the last 11 years
has founded, built, ran and sold three companies. Prior to that, Mr.
Cooper focused on venture capital and investment banking for Morgan Stanley for
14 years. His current Board appointments include Unison Site
Management, LLC, Brand Asset Digital, LLC and Aquatic Energy, LLC.
For his
services as a member of the Board of the Company, Mr. Cooper is entitled to
receive the same compensation as the other independent directors of the
Board.
There are
no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Cooper or any other person and the
Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to which Mr. Cooper was selected to
serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. There are no
family relationships between Mr. Cooper and any director or executive officer
and there are no transactions between Mr. Cooper or any of his immediate family
members and the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
Item
9.01.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits
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(a)
Financial statements:
None
(b)
Pro forma financial information:
None
(c)
Shell company transactions:
None
(d)
Exhibits
None
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Dated:
February 13, 2009
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PROSPECT
CAPITAL CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
John F. Barry III
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John
F. Barry III
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Chief
Executive Officer
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