MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: GLAD) (the "Company") announced today that its board of directors declared monthly cash distributions:

$0.07 per common share for each of the months of January, February and March of 2012, payable per the table below. Including the payments below, the Company has paid 102 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock. Prior to paying distributions on a monthly basis, the Company paid eight consecutive quarterly cash distributions. The Company has paid distributions to its common stockholders for over ten years.

Table 1: Summary Table for Common Stock Distributions for Quarter Ending March 31, 2012:

     Declaration
         Date    Ex-Dividend Date Record Date       Payment Date     Cash Distribution
     ----------- ---------------- -----------       ------------     -----------------
      January
         10         January 19     January 23        January 31                        $0.07
      -------       ----------     ----------        ----------                        -----
      January
         10        February 16    February 21       February 29                        $0.07
      -------      -----------    -----------       -----------                        -----
      January
         10          March 20       March 22          March 30                         $0.07
      -------        --------       --------          --------                         -----
                                              Total for the Quarter:                   $0.21
                                              ----------------------                   -----

$0.1484375 per share of the Company's 7.125% Series 2016 Term Preferred Stock for each of the months of January, February and March 2012. The Series 2016 Term Preferred Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GLADPRA". Monthly distributions will be payable per Table 2 below.

Table 2: Summary Table for Preferred Stock Distributions for Quarter Ending March 31, 2012:

     Declaration
         Date    Ex-Dividend Date Record Date       Payment Date     Cash Distribution
     ----------- ---------------- -----------       ------------     -----------------
       January
          10        January 19     January 23        January 31                     $0.1484375
       -------      ----------     ----------        ----------                     ----------
       January
          10       February 16    February 21       February 29                     $0.1484375
       -------     -----------    -----------       -----------                     ----------
       January
          10         March 20       March 22          March 30                      $0.1484375
       -------       --------       --------          --------                      ----------
                                              Total for the Quarter:                $0.4453125
                                              ----------------------                ----------

The Company offers a dividend reinvestment plan (the "DRIP") to its common stockholders. For more information regarding the DRIP, please visit www.gladstonecapital.com.

Gladstone Capital Corporation is a publicly traded business development company that invests in debt securities consisting primarily of senior term loans, second term lien loans, and senior subordinate term loans in small and medium-sized businesses. Information on the business activities of all the Gladstone funds can be found at www.gladstonecompanies.com.

For Investor Relations inquiries related to any of the monthly dividend paying Gladstone funds, please visit www.gladstone.com.

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SOURCE Gladstone Capital Corporation