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Solar Capital Ltd.
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**** IMPORTANT ****
Dear Solar Capital Ltd. Shareholder:
Enclosed you will find additional proxy materials relating to Solar Capital Ltd.’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 30, 2013.
Your broker will be unable to vote your shares with respect to any matters to be voted on at the meeting if you do not provide instructions to your broker. We strongly encourage you to submit your enclosed voting form and exercise your right to vote.
Because we have not yet heard from you, we are sending you this reminder notice, and we urge you to vote your shares immediately. As a shareholder, you have the right to vote over the Internet or by telephone, and we are asking you to do so now to save Solar Capital Ltd. further expense and to ensure that your vote is counted. Instructions on how to vote over the telephone or Internet are enclosed in this package.
Your shares cannot be represented at the Annual Meeting with respect to any matters to be voted on at the meeting unless you either sign and return the enclosed voting form, or vote by telephone or over the Internet.
If you sign and return the enclosed form without indicating a different choice, your shares will be voted “FOR” the election of the named nominee for director and “FOR” the proposal to authorize the sale of shares of common stock at below net asset value per share.
**** PLEASE VOTE TODAY****
Thank you for your investment in Solar Capital Ltd. and for voting your shares. If you have questions or need help voting your shares, please call our proxy solicitation firm, Morrow & Co., LLC at 800-267-0201.
| Sincerely yours, |
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| Michael S. Gross |
| Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President |