Gladstone Capital Announces Monthly Dividends For April, May and June of $0.14 per Common Share

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MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Gladstone Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:GLAD) (the "Company") announced today that the Board of Directors declared monthly dividends of $0.14 per common share for each of the months of April, May and June of 2008. Monthly dividends will be payable per the table below. The dividends equate to a quarterly dividend of $0.42 and an annual dividend of $1.68 at the current rate.

Gladstone Capital offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP). For more information regarding the DRIP, please visit our website at www.GladstoneCapital.com.

Summary Table for Common Stock Dividends for the Quarter Ending June
                               30, 2008:
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    Declared       X-Dividend   Record Date  Payment Date    Amount
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    April 8         April 18      April 22     April 30       $0.14
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    April 8          May 19        May 21       May 30        $0.14
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    April 8         June 18       June 20       June 30       $0.14
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                     Total for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2008: $0.42
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In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Company will post a Section 19(a) notice through the Depository Trust Company's Legal Notice System (LENS) and send out to its registered shareholders a Section 19(a) notice along with the payment of dividends declared for April, May, and June. This notice will not be for tax reporting purposes and will be provided only for informational purposes.

Gladstone Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company that invests in debt securities consisting primarily of senior term loans, second lien loans, and senior subordinate loans in small and medium sized businesses. For more information please visit our website at www.GladstoneCapital.com.

For further information contact Investor Relations at 703.287.5835.

This press release may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements," including statements with regard to the future performance of the Company. Words such as "believes," "expects," "estimated," "projects," "seeks," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements inherently involve certain risks and uncertainties, although they are based on the Company's current plans that are believed to be reasonable as of the date of this press release. Factors that may cause the Company's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, among others, those factors listed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's "Risk factors" of the Company's Prospectus dated January 23, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 23, 2008. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Source: Gladstone Capital Corp.

Released April 8, 2008