UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

July 18, 2013

814-00201
(Commission File Number)

MVC CAPITAL, INC.
(the "Fund")
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE, 943346760
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification Number)

287 Bowman Avenue
2nd Floor
Purchase, NY  10577
(Address of registrant's principal executive office)

914-701-0310
(Registrant's telephone number)
 

 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 8.01. Other Events

On July 18, 2013, MVC Capital, Inc. Chairman and Portfolio Manager Michael Tokarz issued a semi-annual letter to shareholders providing an operational update on the Company.  A copy of the letter is attached as Exhibit 20.01 to this filing.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
20.01
Semi-Annual Letter to Shareholders.

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MVC CAPITAL, INC.
 
By:
/s/  Michael Tokarz
 
Michael Tokarz
 
Chairman
Dated:  July 18, 2013