As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2019

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 14d-100)
 
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Prospect Capital Corporation
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))

4.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2020
(Title of Class of Securities)

74348TAQ5
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

John F. Barry III
Prospect Capital Corporation
10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor
New York, New York 10016
(212) 448-0702
(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

Copies to:
Michael K. Hoffman, Esq.
Michael J. Schwartz, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036
(212) 735-3000

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
TRANSACTION VALUATION (1)
 
AMOUNT OF FILING FEE (2)
$226,131,026.00
 
$27,407.08
(1)
Calculated solely for purposes of determining the amount of the filing fee. The calculation of the Transaction Valuation assumes that all $224,114,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 4.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2020 are purchased at the tender offer price of $1,009 per $1,000 principal amount of such notes.
(2)
The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Fee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal Year 2019, equals $121.20 for each $1,000,000 of the value of the transaction.
o
Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify persons filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
o Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
 
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
 
o
Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
 
x
Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
 
o
Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
 
o
Amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
o Check the box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer.






This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO is filed by Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and relates to the Company’s offer to purchase (“Tender Offer”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the attached Offer to Purchase, dated June 28, 2019 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”), any and all of its $224,114,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.750% Senior Convertible Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”), for cash in an amount equal to $1,009 per $1,000 principal amount of notes purchased (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest).
A copy of the Offer to Purchase is filed with this Schedule TO as Exhibit (a)(1)(A). The Tender Offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on July 27, 2019 (one minute after 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on July 26, 2019), or any other date and time to which the Company extends the Tender Offer, unless earlier terminated. This Schedule TO is intended to satisfy the disclosure requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as amended.
The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated by reference herein in response to Items 1 through 13 of Schedule TO, including as more specifically set forth below.
Item 1. Summary Term Sheet.
The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Summary Term Sheet” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Subject Company Information.
(a)
Name and Address . The name of the subject company is Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10016. The telephone number of its principal office is (212) 448-0702.
(b)
Securities . The securities that are the subject of the Tender Offer are the Company’s outstanding Notes. As of June 27, 2019, there were $224,114,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Summary Term Sheet” is incorporated herein by reference.
(c)
Trading Market and Price . The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Market Price Information” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3. Identity and Background of Filing Person.
(a)
Name and Address . The name of the filing person is Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10016. The telephone number of its principal office is (212) 448-0702. The filing person is the subject person.
The following persons are directors and executive officers of Prospect Capital Corporation.
Name
Position
John F. Barry III
Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
M. Grier Eliasek
Director, President and Chief Operating Officer
Andrew C. Cooper
Lead Independent Director
William J. Gremp
Director
Eugene S. Stark
Director
Kristin Van Dask
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
The business address and telephone number for all of the above directors and executive officers are c/o Prospect Capital Corporation, 10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10016 and (212) 448-0702.





Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.
(a)
Material Terms. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings “Summary Term Sheet,” “Tender Offer,” “Certain Considerations,” “Source of Funds” and “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” is incorporated herein by reference.
(b)
Purchases . To the knowledge of the Company, based on reasonable inquiry, no Notes are owned by the Company or any officer, director or affiliate of any of the foregoing and therefore no Notes will be acquired from the Company or any officer, director or affiliate of the foregoing. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Notes” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.
(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Not applicable.
(d)
Not applicable.
(e)
Agreements Involving the Subject Company’s Securities . The Company is a party to the following agreements, arrangements or understandings that involve its subject securities:
Indenture (including form of Note) dated as of April 11, 2014, by and between Prospect Capital Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 16, 2014) and incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth in the documents referred to under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information” in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings “Summary Term Sheet,” “Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Notes,” “Certain Considerations-Treatment of Notes Not Tendered in the Tender Offer” and “The Dealer Manager and the Information and Tender Agent” is incorporated herein by reference.
For information regarding the Company’s dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan, see the information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.
(a)
Purposes . The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Tender Offer-Purpose of the Tender Offer” is incorporated herein by reference.
(b)
Use of Securities Acquired . The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Tender Offer-Payment for Notes” is incorporated herein by reference.
(c)
Plans . At any given time, the Company may be evaluating or in discussions regarding one or more strategic transactions although, the Company currently has no material plans, proposals or negotiations described in Item 1006(c) of Regulation M-A under the Exchange Act to disclose at this time. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase including under the headings “Certain Considerations-Treatment of Notes Not Tendered in the Tender Offer” and “Source of Funds” (and the documents incorporated by reference therein) is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The information in the Offer to Purchase under the headings “Tender Offer-Conditions to the Tender Offer,” “Certain Considerations-Conditions to the Consummation of the Tender Offer” and “Source of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference in response to Regulation M-A Items 7(a), (b) and (d).





Item 8. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.
(a)
Securities Ownership . To the knowledge of the Company, based on reasonable inquiry, no Notes are owned by the Company or any officer, director or affiliate of any of the foregoing and therefore no Notes will be acquired from the Company or any officer, director or affiliate of the foregoing. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Notes” is incorporated herein by reference.
(b)
Securities Transactions . The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading “Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Notes” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Persons/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.
(a)
Solicitations or Recommendations. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings “Summary Term Sheet” and “The Dealer Manager and the Information and Tender Agent” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 10. Financial Statements.
(a)
Financial Statements . Not applicable.
(b)
Pro Forma . Not applicable.
Item 11. Additional Information .
(a)
Agreements, Regulatory Requirements and Legal Proceedings . Not applicable.
(c)
Other Material Information . The information contained in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
(a)(1)(A)
Offer to Purchase, dated June 28, 2019.
(a)(5)
Press Release, dated June 28, 2019, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 28, 2019.
(b)
Sixth Amended and Restated Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated August 1, 2018, among Prospect Capital Funding LLC, Prospect Capital Corporation, the lenders from time to time party thereto, the managing agents from time to time party thereto, U.S. Bank National Association as Calculation Agent, Paying Agent and Documentation Agent, KeyBank National Association as Facility Agent, Key Equipment Finance Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada as Syndication Agents, and KeyBank National Association as Structuring Agent, Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner (filed as exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 6, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
(d)
Indenture, dated as of April 11, 2014, by and between Prospect Capital Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Trustee (filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 16, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).
(g)
Not applicable.
(h)
Not applicable.
Item 13. Information Required by Schedule 13E-3.
Not applicable.






SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
 
 
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
 
By: /s/ M. Grier Eliasek                                    
Name: M. Grier Eliasek
Title: President and Chief Operating Officer
Dated: June 28, 2019



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