NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Dec 4, 2012) - PennantPark Investment Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ: PNNT) declares its first fiscal quarter 2013 distribution of $0.28 per share, payable on January 2, 2013 to stockholders of record as of December 21, 2012. Distributions are paid from taxable earnings and may include return of capital and/or capital gains. The specific tax characteristics of the distribution will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year and in the Company's periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.