American Capital Announces the Repurchase of 6.5 Million Shares of Its Common Stock

BETHESDA, Md., June 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital, Ltd. ACAS ("American Capital" or the "Company") announced today that in the second quarter of 2015 it made open market purchases of approximately 6.5 million shares of American Capital common stock, or 2.4% of the Company's outstanding shares as of March 31, 2015.  The shares were purchased at an average price of $14.32 per share, totaling approximately $92.6 million.

Starting in the third quarter of 2011, American Capital has made open market purchases of 108.1 million shares, or 31.3% of the Company's outstanding shares as of June 30, 2011, at an average price of $11.90 per share, totaling $1.3 billion.  Purchases starting in the third quarter of 2011 through March 2015 were $1.91 per share accretive to the Company's $20.12 net asset value ("NAV") per share as of March 31, 2015.  Accretion from the purchases in the second quarter of 2015 will be disclosed in the Company's second quarter earnings release. 

These share purchases were completed in accordance with the Company's Share Repurchase and Dividend Program (the "Program") under which American Capital will consider quarterly setting an amount to be utilized for stock repurchases or dividends.  Generally, the amount may be utilized for repurchases if the price of American Capital's common stock represents a discount to its NAV per share, and the amount may be utilized for the payment of cash dividends if the price of American Capital's common stock represents a premium to its NAV per share.  In determining the quarterly amount, the Board of Directors will be guided by American Capital's net cash provided by operating activities in preceding quarters, its capital requirements associated with completion of its previously announced spin-off transaction, its cash position, operational issues, economic conditions, the current trading price of American Capital's common stock and other factors.

The Board adopted the Program in September 2011, but suspended purchases in March 2014 as the Company undertook a process to evaluate potential capital requirements related to the spin-off.  During the first quarter of 2015, American Capital's Board of Directors reinstated authorization for share purchases under the Program.

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL
American Capital, Ltd. ACAS is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager.  American Capital, both directly and through its asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance, real estate, energy & infrastructure and structured products.  American Capital manages $23 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with $92 billion of total assets under management (including levered assets).  Through a wholly owned affiliate, American Capital manages publicly traded American Capital Agency Corp. AGNC, American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. MTGE and American Capital Senior Floating, Ltd. ACSF with approximately $11 billion of total net book value.   From its eight offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia, American Capital and its wholly owned affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment opportunities from $10 million to $600 million.  For further information, please refer to www.AmericanCapital.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. The statements regarding expected results of American Capital are subject to various factors and uncertainties, including the uncertainties associated with the timing of transaction closings, changes in interest rates, availability of transactions, changes in regional, national or international economic conditions, or changes in the conditions of the industries in which American Capital has made investments.

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SOURCE American Capital, Ltd.