Brantley Capital Corporation Announces Executive Resignation and Appointment of Acting Chief Financial Officer

Brantley Capital Corporation Announces Executive Resignation and
Appointment of Acting Chief Financial Officer 


CLEVELAND, July 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brantley Capital Corporation
(NASDAQ:BBDCE), today announced that Tab A. Keplinger resigned as Chief
Financial Officer on July 15, 2005, effective August 1, 2005, and that the
Company appointed Curtis Witchey as Controller and acting Chief Financial
Officer on July 18, 2005.  Before joining Brantley Capital Corporation, Witchey
was an independent financial consultant for Five Star Technologies. Witchey was
also the corporate controller for Glastic Corporation in 2004 and the
controller for ComparisonMarket, Inc., a startup firm, from 2001 to 2003.

About Brantley Capital Corporation

Brantley Capital Corporation is a publicly traded business development company
primarily providing equity and long-term debt financing to small and
medium-sized private companies throughout the United States. The Company's
investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation in the value
of its investments and to provide current income primarily from interest,
dividends and fees paid by its portfolio companies. For further information,
please visit the Company's website at http://www.brantleycapital.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Brantley Capital Corporation



CONTACT:  Robert P. Pinkas of Brantley Capital Corporation,

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Web site:  http://www.brantleycapital.com/ 

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