American Capital Announces Purchase of 8.8M of Its Shares

American Capital, Ltd.

announced today that in the fourth quarter of 2012, it made open market purchases of approximately 8.8 million shares of American Capital common stock, or 2.8% of the Company's outstanding shares as of September 30, 2012.  The shares were purchased at an average price of $11.72 per share, totaling approximately $103 million.