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      <amendmentNo>12</amendmentNo>
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      <dateOfEvent>05/19/2026</dateOfEvent>
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        <issuerName>PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>10 EAST 40TH STREET 44TH FL</com:street1>
          <com:city>NEW YORK</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10016</com:zipCode>
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          <personName>John F. Barry III</personName>
          <personPhoneNum>212-448-1858</personPhoneNum>
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            <com:street1>700 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 204</com:street1>
            <com:street2>West Palm Beach, FL, 33401</com:street2>
            <com:city>West Palm Beach</com:city>
            <com:stateOrCountry>FL</com:stateOrCountry>
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        <reportingPersonName>Barry John F</reportingPersonName>
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        <reportingPersonName>John &amp; Daria Barry Foundation</reportingPersonName>
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        <securityTitle>Common Stock, par value $ 0.001 per share</securityTitle>
        <issuerName>PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>10 EAST 40TH STREET 44TH FL</com:street1>
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        <commentText>This Schedule 13D/A constitutes Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D on behalf of the John and Daria Barry Foundation (the Foundation) and Amendment No. 12 to the Schedule 13D of John F. Barry III originally filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016 (the Original Schedule 13D), as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on November 21, 2017 (Amendment No. 1), Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on November 28, 2017 (Amendment No. 2), Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on December 29, 2017 (Amendment No. 3), Amendment No. 4 filed with the SEC on July 2, 2018 (Amendment No.4), Amendment No. 5 filed with the SEC on January 7, 2019 (Amendment No. 5), Amendment No. 6 filed with SEC on March 23, 2020 (Amendment No. 6), Amendment No. 7 filed with the SEC on July 6, 2020 (Amendment No. 7), Amendment No. 8 filed with the SEC on January 8, 2021 (Amendment No. 8), Amendment No. 9 filed with the SEC on March 22, 2024 (Amendment No. 9), Amendment No. 10 file with the SEC on November 22, 2024 (Amendment No. 10) and Amendment No. 11 file with the SEC on March 3, 2026 (Amendment No. 11). Except as expressly set forth herein, there have been no changes in the information set forth in the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10 or Amendment No. 11, and such prior disclosure, as so amended, is incorporated into this Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D on behalf of the Foundation and Amendment No. 12 to the Schedule 13D of John F. Barry III.</commentText>
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        <fundsSource>Since the filing of Amendment No. 11 on March 3, 2026 through May 21, 2026, (i) Mr. Barry acquired an aggregate of 278,396.77 Shares, which include Shares held in an IRA account in his name (the John F. Barry III IRA) and consist of 78,396.77 Shares purchased with dividends through the Issuers dividend reinvestment plan and 200,000.00 Shares purchased with personal funds on the open market, and (ii) 22,186.41 Shares were purchased with dividends through the Issuers dividend reinvestment account by an IRA account controlled by Mr. Barrys spouse, Daria Barry (the Daria Barry IRA), and 0 Shares purchased with existing cash on hand on the open market by the Daria Barry IRA.</fundsSource>
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      <item5>
        <percentageOfClassSecurities>The information set forth in rows 7 through 13 of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by reference. The percentage set forth in row 13 is based on 501,007,653 outstanding Shares as of May 6, 2026, as reported in the Issuers Form 10Q filed on May 7, 2026.  </percentageOfClassSecurities>
        <numberOfShares>Mr. Barry has sole voting and dispositive power over the 130,184,416.49 Shares held by him directly and through the Foundation as of May 21, 2026. Mr. Barry has shared voting and dispositive power over the 426,199.38 Shares acquired through the Daria Barry IRA as of May 21, 2026.</numberOfShares>
        <transactionDesc>Date of Transaction	Account	 Amount of Securities	Weighted Average Price per Share	Type
5/21/2026	John F. Barry III	     100,000.00	                                 $2.2766 	                   Purchase
5/21/2026	John F. Barry III	      100,000.00	                         $2.2413 	                   Purchase
5/19/2026	Daria Barry IRA	       8,581.20	                                 $2.0805	                   Dividend
5/19/2026	John F. Barry III IRA	30,268.27	                         $2.0805 	                   Dividend
4/21/2026	Daria Barry IRA	          6,668.62	                         $2.6315 	                   Dividend
4/21/2026	John F. Barry III IRA	 23,522.08	                         $2.6315	                   Dividend
4/21/2026	John F. Barry III	         19.612	                                 $2.6315	                   Dividend
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        <listOfShareholders>Not applicable.</listOfShareholders>
        <date5PercentOwnership>Not applicable.</date5PercentOwnership>
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      <signaturePerson>
        <signatureReportingPerson>Barry John F</signatureReportingPerson>
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          <signature>John F Barry</signature>
          <title>John F Barry</title>
          <date>05/21/2026</date>
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        <signatureReportingPerson>John &amp; Daria Barry Foundation</signatureReportingPerson>
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          <signature>John F Barry</signature>
          <title>John F Barry</title>
          <date>05/21/2026</date>
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