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)

                                October 28, 2004

                                    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)

                              RIVERVIEW AT PURCHASE
                                287 BOWMAN AVENUE
                                    3RD FLOOR
                               PURCHASE, NY 10577
              (Address of registrant's principal executive office)

                                  212-687-8080
                         (Registrant's telephone number)
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          (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

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    Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))






ITEM 1.01.  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

The information provided in Item 2.03 below is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 2.03.  CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL  OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.

On October 28, 2004, MVC Capital, Inc. (the "FUND") entered into a new one-year,
$20 million revolving credit facility (the "CREDIT  FACILITY") with LaSalle Bank
National  Association (the "BANK").   On October 28, 2004, the Fund borrowed $10
million under the Credit  Facility.  The proceeds from borrowings made under the
Credit  Facility are  expected to be used for general  corporate  purposes.  The
Credit  Facility will expire on October 31, 2005, at which time all  outstanding
amounts under the Credit Facility will be due and payable.

Borrowings  under the Credit Facility will bear interest,  at the Fund's option,
at either a fixed  rate  equal to the LIBOR  rate  (for one,  two,  three or six
months),  plus a spread of 1.00% per annum,  or at a floating  rate equal to the
Bank's  prime  rate in  effect  from  time to time,  minus a spread of 1.00% per
annum.

Borrowings  under  the  Credit  Facility  will be  subject  to  certain  minimum
collateral value  requirements  based on the types of collateral  pledged by the
Fund to the Bank, using the following designated collateral values - 100% of all
pledged  cash and  cash  equivalents;  95% of the  current  market  value of all
pledged U.S. Treasury  Securities with maturities of six months or less; and 90%
of the  current  market  value of all  pledged  U.S.  Treasury  Securities  with
maturities  of greater than six months and less than five years.  If at any time
the total outstanding amount of borrowings under the Credit Facility exceeds the
total designated collateral value of all such pledged collateral,  the Fund must
repay a sufficient amount of the borrowings and/or pledge sufficient  additional
collateral  so that the total  outstanding  amount of  borrowings is equal to or
less than the designated  collateral value of all such pledged  collateral.

The Credit  Facility  contains  customary  representations  and  warranties  and
affirmative  and negative  covenants.  The Credit  Facility  contains  customary
events of default,  including  (without  limitation):  nonpayment  of principal,
interest,  fees or other  amounts  after a stated grace  period;  inaccuracy  of
material  representations  and warranties;  violations of covenants,  subject in
certain cases to stated cure periods; certain bankruptcies and liquidations; and
attachment  or  seizures  of a material  part of the Fund's  assets that are not
stayed or dismissed within a stated cure period.

If an event of default  occurs and is  continuing,  the Fund may be  required to
repay all amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility.

The Fund has also entered into a non-exclusive  custody  agreement with the Bank
with respect to the collateral pledged to secure the Credit Facility,  for which
the Bank will receive customary compensation and reimbursement of expenses.





                                   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
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    Michael Tokarz
    Chairman





Dated:  October 29, 2004