Oct. 23, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today that it will report third quarter 2009 earnings after market close on November 3. Shareholders, prospective shareholders and analysts may listen to the shareholder call on November 4 at 11:00 am ET via a free live webcast at www.AmericanCapital.com or by dialing (800) 230-1059 (U.S. domestic) or +1 (612) 332-0107 (international). Please advise the operator you are dialing in for the American Capital shareholder call. If you do not plan on asking a question on the call and have access to the internet, please take advantage of the webcast.

A slide presentation will accompany the shareholder call and will be available at www.AmericanCapital.com. Select the Q3 2009 Earnings Presentation link to download and print the presentation in advance of the shareholder call.

An archived audio of the call combined with the slide presentation will be made available on our website after the call. In addition, there will be a phone recording available from 3:00 pm November 4 until Midnight November 18. If you are interested in hearing the recording of the presentation, please access it for free on our website or dial (800) 475-6701 (U.S. domestic) or +1 (320) 365-3844 (international). The access code for both domestic and international callers is 118517.

For further information or questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Investor Relations Department at (301) 951-5917 or IR@AmericanCapital.com.

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL

American Capital 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 and structured products. Founded in 1986, American Capital has $11 billion(1)( )in capital resources under management and nine offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. For further information, please refer to www.AmericanCapital.com.

(1)As of June 30, 2009.

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SOURCE American Capital Ltd.