EXHIBIT 99.1

Gladstone Capital Announces Monthly Cash Distributions for January, February and March, 2016 and First Fiscal Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:GLAD) (the “Company”) announced today that its board of directors declared the following monthly cash distributions and also announced its plan to report earnings for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015.

Cash Distributions:

Common Stock:$0.07 per share of common stock for each of January, February and March, 2016, payable per the table below. The Company has paid 147 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock. Prior to paying distributions on a monthly basis, the Company paid eight consecutive quarterly common stock cash distributions.

Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayment DateCash Distribution
January 20January 22February 2$0.07 
February 16February 18February 29$0.07 
March 17March 21March 31$0.07 
Total for the Quarter:$0.21 

Term Preferred Stock:$0.140625 per share of the Company’s 6.75% Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock (“Term Preferred Stock”) for each of January, February and March, 2016, payable per the table below. The Term Preferred Stock trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol “GLADO.”

Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayment DateCash Distribution
January 20January 22February 2$0.140625 
February 16February 18February 29$0.140625 
March 17March 21March 31$0.140625 
Total for the Quarter:$0.421875 

The Company offers a dividend reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”) to its common stockholders. For more information regarding the DRIP, please visit www.gladstonecapital.com.

Earnings Announcement:

The Company also announced today that it plans to report earnings for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015, after the stock market closes on Monday, February 8, 2016. The Company will hold a conference call Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. EST to discuss its earnings results.  Please call (855) 465-0177 to enter the conference call.  An operator will monitor the call and set a queue for questions.

A conference call replay will be available after the call and will be accessible through March 9, 2016.  To hear the replay, please dial (855) 859-2056 and use playback conference number 61321290.

The live audio broadcast of the Company’s conference call will be available online at www.gladstonecapital.com. The event will be archived and available for replay on the Company’s website through April 9, 2016.

If you have questions prior to or following the earnings release you may e-mail them to info@gladstonecompanies.com.

Gladstone Capital Corporation is a publicly traded business development company that invests in debt and equity securities consisting primarily of secured first and second lien term loans to small and medium sized businesses in the United States. Information on the business activities of all the Gladstone funds can be found at www.gladstonecompanies.com.

For Investor Relations inquiries related to any of the monthly dividend paying Gladstone funds, please visit www.gladstone.com.

Gladstone Capital Corporation
703-287-5893