NEW YORK, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solar Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLRC) announced that Michael Gross, Chief Executive Officer, and Bruce Spohler, Chief Operating Officer, will present at RetailInvestorConferences.com.

DATE:    June 7, 2012
TIME:     11:00 AM EDT
LINK:      www.retailinvestorconferences.com > red "register / watch event now" button

This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time – both in the presentation hall as well as the company's "virtual trade booth." If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an on-demand archive will be available for 90 days.

It is recommended that investors pre-register to save time and receive event updates.

About Solar Capital

Solar Capital (SLRC) is a closed-end, externally managed investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and intends to be taxed as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code.

Solar Capital invests primarily in leveraged, middle-market companies in the form of senior secured loans, mezzanine loans and equity securities. Solar Capital's investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. Solar Capital does this through applying private equity style investing to credit and non-control equity opportunities as well as a value-oriented focus on preservation of capital. Solar Capital maintains this investment philosophy through a disciplined approach to rigorous monitoring.

About RetailInvestorConferences.com

Since 2010, RetailInvestorConferences.com, created by BetterInvesting (NAIC), PR Newswire, and MUNCmedia, has been the only monthly virtual investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for presenting companies to meet directly with retail investors using a graphically-enhanced online platform.

Designed to replicate the look and feel of location-based investor conferences, Retail Investor Conferences unites PR Newswire's leading-edge online conferencing and investor communications capabilities with BetterInvesting's extensive retail investor audience network and MUNCmedia's sophisticated retail investor targeting.

SOURCE Solar Capital Ltd.