 NEW YORK, May 25, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Harvest Capital Credit Corporation NASDAQ: HCAP HCAP and Portman Ridge Finance Corporation NASDAQ: PTMN PTMN today announced that the deadline the Election Deadline for HCAPs stockholders of record to elect to receive cash consideration in lieu of shares of PTMN common stock in connection with the pending merger of PTMN and HCAP the Merger is 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 2, 2021. The Election Deadline is based on PTMNs and HCAPs expectation that HCAPs special meeting of stockholders to approve matters relating to the Merger will be held as scheduled on June 7, 2021. 