USD 226 million of debt securities affected

New York, November 22, 2011 — Moody’s Investors Service announced today that it has upgraded the rating of the following notes issued by Prospect Capital Funding LLC:

U.S. $400,000,000 Facility Amount Due September 30, 2020 (current outstanding balance of $226,000,000), Upgraded to Aa3 (sf); previously on June 22, 2011 A2 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Upgrade.

RATINGS RATIONALE

According to Moody’s, the rating actions taken on the notes are primarily a result of applying Moody’s revised CLO assumptions described in Moody’s Approach to Rating Collateralized Loan Obligations published in June 2011. The primary changes to the modeling assumptions include (1) a removal of the temporary 30% default probability macro stress implemented in February 2009 as well as (2) increased BET liability stress factors and increased recovery rate assumptions.

Due to the impact of revised and updated key assumptions referenced in Moody’s Approach to Rating Collateralized Loan Obligations published in June 2011, key model inputs used by Moody’s in its analysis, such as par, weighted average rating factor, diversity score, and weighted average recovery rate, may be different from the trustee’s reported numbers. In its base case, Moody’s analyzed the underlying collateral pool to have a performing par and principal proceeds balance of $800 million, a weighted average default probability of 35.94% (implying a WARF of 4646), a weighted average recovery rate upon default of 38.8%, and a diversity score of 17. The default and recovery properties of the collateral pool are incorporated in cash flow model analysis where they are subject to stresses as a function of the target rating of each CLO liability being reviewed. The default probability is derived from the credit quality of the collateral pool and Moody’s expectation of the remaining life of the collateral pool. The average recovery rate to be realized on future defaults is based primarily on the seniority of the assets in the collateral pool. In each case, historical and market performance trends and collateral manager latitude for trading the collateral are also factors.

Prospect Capital Funding LLC, issued in June of 2009, is a collateralized loan obligation backed primarily by a portfolio of loans to middle market issuers.

The principal methodology used in this rating was Moody’s Approach to Rating Collateralized Loan Obligations published in June 2011. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.

Moody’s modeled the transaction using the Binomial Expansion Technique, as described in Section 2.3.2.1 of the Moody’s Approach to Rating Collateralized Loan Obligations rating methodology published in June 2011. In addition, due to the low diversity of the collateral pool, CDOROM 2.8 was used to simulate a default distribution that was then applied as an input in the cash flow model.

For securities whose default probabilities are assessed through credit estimates (CEs), Moody’s applied additional default probability stresses. For each CE where the related exposure constitutes more than 3% of the collateral pool, Moody’s applied a 2-notch equivalent assumed downgrade (but only on the CEs representing in aggregate the largest 30% of the pool).

Moody’s notes that this transaction is subject to a high level of macroeconomic uncertainty, as evidenced by 1) uncertainties of credit conditions in the general economy and 2) the large concentration of speculative-grade debt maturing between 2013 and 2015 which may create challenges for issuers to refinance. CLO notes’ performance may also be impacted by 1) the manager’s investment strategy and behavior and 2) divergence in legal interpretation of CLO documentation by different transactional parties due to embedded ambiguities.

Sources of additional performance uncertainties are described below:

1) Weighted average life: The notes’ ratings are sensitive to the weighted average life assumption of the portfolio, which may be extended due to the manager’s decision to reinvest into new issue loans or other loans with longer maturities and/or participate in amend-to-extend offerings. Moody’s tested for a possible extension of the actual weighted average life in its analysis.

2) Other collateral quality metrics: The deal is allowed to reinvest and the manager has the ability to deteriorate the collateral quality metrics’ existing cushions against the covenant levels. Moody’s analyzed the impact of assuming the worse of reported and covenanted values for weighted average rating factor, weighted average spread, weighted average coupon, and diversity score. However, as part of the base case, Moody’s considered diversity levels higher than the covenant levels due to the large difference between the reported and covenant levels.

3) Exposure to credit estimates: The deal is exposed to a large number of securities whose default probabilities are assessed through credit estimates. In the event that Moody’s is not provided the necessary information to update the credit estimates in a timely fashion, the transaction may be impacted by any default probability stresses Moody’s may assume in lieu of updated credit estimates. Moody’s also conducted stress tests to assess the collateral pool’s concentration risk in obligors bearing a credit estimate that constitute more than 3% of the collateral pool.

4) Lack of portfolio granularity: The performance of the portfolio depends to a large extent on the credit conditions of a few large obligors that are rated Caa1 or lower/non investment grade, especially when they experience jump to default. Due to the deal’s low diversity score and lack of granularity, Moody’s supplemented its typical Binomial Expansion Technique analysis with a simulated default distribution using Moody’s CDOROMTM software and/or individual scenario analysis.

Further information on Moody’s analysis of this transaction is available on www.moodys.com. In addition, Moody’s publishes a weekly summary of structured finance credit, ratings and methodologies, available to all registered users of our web site, at www.moodys.com/SFQuickCheck.

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Information sources used to prepare the rating are the following: parties involved in the ratings, public information, and confidential and proprietary Moody’s Investors Service information.

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Oswald Espinoza

Associate Analyst

Structured Finance Group

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.