NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 03/21/13 — PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PFLT) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 3,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $14.00 per share, raising approximately $42,000,000 in gross proceeds. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. are acting as joint bookrunning underwriters. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, JMP Group, Inc and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. are acting as lead managers. Maxim Group LLC is acting as co-manager.
The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and the shares are expected to be delivered on March 26, 2013. The Company also has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 450,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds to reduce outstanding indebtedness, to fund investments in accordance with its investment objectives, or for general corporate or strategic purposes.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor will there be any sale of the shares referred to in this press release in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
ABOUT PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL LTD.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is a business development company which primarily invests in U.S. middle-market private companies in the form of floating rate senior secured loans. From time to time, the Company may also invest in mezzanine debt and equity investments. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is managed by PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release are forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made in this release. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
CONTACT:
Aviv Efrat
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.
(212) 905-1000