PSEC 10-K Fiscal year ended June 30, 2020

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•	our future operating results;

•	our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies;

•	the impact of investments that we expect to make;

•	our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties;

•	the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its impact on the industries in which we invest;

•	the impact of global health epidemics, including, but not limited to, the recent and ongoing novel coronavirus (“Wuhan Virus”) pandemic, on our and our portfolio companies’ business and the global economy;

•	uncertainty surrounding the financial stability of the United States, Europe, and China;

•	the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives;

•	difficulty in obtaining financing or raising capital, especially in the current credit and equity environment, and the impact of a protracted decline in the liquidity of credit markets on our and our portfolio companies’ business;

•	the level and volatility of prevailing interest rates and credit spreads, magnified by the current turmoil in the credit markets;

•	the impact of changes in London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) on our operating results;

•	adverse developments in the availability of desirable loan and investment opportunities whether they are due to competition, regulation or otherwise;

•	a compression of the yield on our investments and the cost of our liabilities, as well as the level of leverage available to us;

•	our regulatory structure and tax treatment, including our ability to operate as a business development company and a regulated investment company;

•	the adequacy of our cash resources and working capital;

•	the timing of cash flows, if any, from the operations of our portfolio companies;

•	the ability of the Investment Adviser to locate suitable investments for us and to monitor and administer our investments; and

•	authoritative generally accepted accounting principles or policy changes from such standard-setting bodies as the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and other authorities that we are subject to, as well as their counterparts in any foreign jurisdictions where we might do business.

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•	Assessment of success in adhering to the portfolio company’s business plan and compliance with covenants;

•	Regular contact with portfolio company management and, if appropriate, the financial or strategic sponsor to discuss financial position, requirements and accomplishments;

•	Comparisons to other portfolio companies in the industry, if any;

•	Attendance at and participation in board meetings of the portfolio company; and

•	Review of monthly and quarterly financial statements and financial projections for the portfolio company.

1.	Each portfolio company or investment is reviewed by our investment professionals with independent valuation firms engaged by our Board of Directors.

2.	The independent valuation firms prepare independent valuations for each investment based on their own independent assessments and issue their report.

3.	The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors reviews and discusses with the independent valuation firms the valuation reports, and then makes a recommendation to the Board of Directors of the value for each investment.

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4.	The Board of Directors discusses valuations and determines the fair value of each investment in our portfolio in good faith based on the input of the Investment Adviser, the respective independent valuation firm and the Audit Committee.

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•	No incentive fee in any calendar quarter in which our pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the hurdle rate;

•	100.00% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income with respect to that portion of such pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate), i.e., the “catch-up”; and

•	20.00% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate).

•	Investment income (including interest, dividends, fees, etc.) = 1.25%

•	Hurdle rate(1) = 1.75%

•	Base management fee(2) = 0.50%

•	Other expenses (legal, accounting, custodian, transfer agent, etc.)(3) = 0.20%

•	Pre-incentive fee net investment income (investment income – (base management fee + other expenses)) = 0.55%

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•	Investment income (including interest, dividends, fees, etc.) = 2.70%

•	Hurdle rate(1) = 1.75%

•	Base management fee(2) = 0.50%

•	Other expenses (legal, accounting, custodian, transfer agent, etc.)(3) = 0.20%

•	Pre-incentive fee net investment income (investment income – (base management fee + other expenses)) = 2.00%

•	Investment income (including interest, dividends, fees, etc.) = 3.00%

•	Hurdle rate(1) = 1.75%

•	Base management fee(2) = 0.50%

•	Other expenses (legal, accounting, custodian, transfer agent, etc.)(3) = 0.20%

•	Pre-incentive fee net investment income (investment income – (base management fee + other expenses)) = 2.30%

(1)	Represents 7% annualized hurdle rate.

(2)	Represents 2% annualized base management fee.

(3)	Excludes organizational and offering expenses.

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•	Year 1: $20 million investment made

•	Year 2: Fair market value (“FMV”) of investment determined to be $22 million

•	Year 3: FMV of investment determined to be $17 million

•	Year 4: Investment sold for $21 million

•	Year 1: No impact

•	Year 2: No impact

•	Year 3: Decrease base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $3 million (unrealized capital depreciation)

•	Year 4: Increase base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $4 million ($1 million of realized capital gain and $3 million reversal in unrealized capital depreciation)

•	Year 1: $20 million investment made

•	Year 2: FMV of investment determined to be $17 million

•	Year 3: FMV of investment determined to be $17 million

•	Year 4: FMV of investment determined to be $21 million

•	Year 5: FMV of investment determined to be $18 million

•	Year 6: Investment sold for $15 million

•	Year 1: No impact

•	Year 2: Decrease base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $3 million (unrealized capital depreciation)

•	Year 3: No impact

•	Year 4: Increase base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $3 million ( reversal in unrealized capital depreciation)

•	Year 5: Decrease base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $2 million (unrealized capital depreciation)

•	Year 6: Decrease base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $3 million ($5 million of realized capital loss offset by a $2 million reversal in unrealized capital depreciation)

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•	Year 1: $20 million investment made in company A (“Investment A”) and $20 million investment made in company B (“Investment B”)

•	Year 2: FMV of Investment A is determined to be $21 million and Investment B is sold for $18 million

•	Year 3: Investment A is sold for $23 million

•	Year 1: No impact

•	Year 2: Decrease base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $2 million (realized capital loss on Investment B)

•	Year 3: Increase base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $3 million (realized capital gain on Investment A)

•	Year 1: $20 million investment made in company A (“Investment A”) and $20 million investment made in company B (“Investment B”)

•	Year 2: FMV of Investment A is determined to be $21 million and FMV of Investment B is determined to be $17 million

•	Year 3: FMV of Investment A is determined to be $18 million and FMV of Investment B is determined to be $18 million

•	Year 4: FMV of Investment A is determined to be $19 million and FMV of Investment B is determined to be $21 million

•	Year 5: Investment A is sold for $17 million and Investment B is sold for $23 million

•	Year 1: No impact

•	Year 2: Decrease base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $3 million (unrealized capital depreciation on Investment B)

•	Year 3: Decrease base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $1 million ($2 million in unrealized capital depreciation on Investment A and $1 million recovery in unrealized capital depreciation on Investment B)

•	Year 4: Increase base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $3 million ($1 million recovery in unrealized capital depreciation on Investment A and $2 million recovery in unrealized capital depreciation on Investment B)

•	Year 5: Increase base amount on which the second part of the incentive fee is calculated by $1 million ($3 million realized capital gain on Investment B offset by $3 million realized capital loss on Investment A plus a $1 million reversal in unrealized capital depreciation on Investment A from Year 4)

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•	A citizen or individual resident of the United States;

•	A corporation, or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

•	An estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

•	A trust if (1) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) it has a valid election in place to be treated as a U.S. person.

•	Qualify to be treated as a business development company or be registered as a management investment company under the 1940 Act at all times during each taxable year;

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Derive in each taxable year at least 90% of our gross income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or other securities or currencies or other income derived with respect to our business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies and net income derived from an interest in a “qualified publicly traded partnership” (as defined in the Code) (the “90% Income Test”); and

•	Diversify our holdings so that at the end of each quarter of the taxable year:

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At least 50% of the value of our assets consists of cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs, and other securities if such other securities of any one issuer do not represent more than 5% of the value of our assets or more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer (which for these purposes includes the equity securities of a “qualified publicly traded partnership”); and

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No more than 25% of the value of our assets is invested in the securities, other than U.S. government securities or securities of other RICs, (i) of one issuer (ii) of two or more issuers that are controlled, as determined under applicable tax rules, by us and that are engaged in the same or similar or related trades or businesses or (iii) of one or more “qualified publicly traded partnerships,” (the “Diversification Tests”).

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Securities purchased in transactions not involving any public offering from the issuer of such securities, which issuer (subject to certain limited exceptions) is an eligible portfolio company, or from any person who is, or has been during the preceding 13 months, an affiliated person of an eligible portfolio company, or from any other person, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the SEC. An “eligible portfolio company” is defined in the 1940 Act and rules adopted pursuant thereto as any issuer which:

a.	is organized under the laws of, and has its principal place of business in, the United States;

b.	is not an investment company (other than a small business investment company wholly-owned by the business development company) or a company that would be an investment company but for certain exclusions under the 1940 Act for certain financial companies such as banks, brokers, commercial finance companies, mortgage companies and insurance companies; and

c.	satisfies any of the following:

i.	does not have any class of securities with respect to which a broker or dealer may extend margin credit;

ii.	is controlled by a business development company or a group of companies including a business development company and the business development company has an affiliated person who is a director of the eligible portfolio company;

iii.	is a small and solvent company having total assets of not more than $4 million and capital and surplus of not less than $2 million;

iv.	does not have any class of securities listed on a national securities exchange; or

v.	has a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange, but has an aggregate market value of outstanding voting and non-voting common equity of less than $250 million.

2.	Securities in companies that were eligible portfolio companies when we made our initial investment if certain other requirements are satisfied.

3.	Securities of any eligible portfolio company which we control.

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Securities purchased in a private transaction from a U.S. issuer that is not an investment company or from an affiliated person of the issuer, or in transactions incident thereto, if the issuer is in bankruptcy and subject to reorganization or if the issuer, immediately prior to the purchase of its securities was unable to meet its obligations as they came due without material assistance other than conventional lending or financing agreements.

5.	Securities of an eligible portfolio company purchased from any person in a private transaction if there is no ready market for such securities and we already own 60% of the outstanding equity of the eligible portfolio company.

6.	Securities received in exchange for or distributed on or with respect to securities described in (1) through (4) above, or pursuant to the exercise of warrants or rights relating to such securities.

7.	Cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities or high-quality debt securities maturing in one year or less from the time of investment.

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•	copies of its proxy voting policies and procedures;

•	copies of all proxy statements;

•	records of all votes cast by Prospect Capital Management;

•	copies of all documents created by Prospect Capital Management that were material to making a decision how to vote proxies or that memorializes the basis for that decision; and

•	copies of all written client requests for information with regard to how Prospect Capital Management voted proxies on behalf of the client as well as any written responses provided.

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•	sudden, unexpected and/or severe declines in the market price of our securities or net asset value;

•	inability of the Company to accurately or reliably value its portfolio;

•	inability of the Company to comply with certain asset coverage ratios that would prevent the Company from paying dividends to our common stockholders and that could result in breaches of covenants or events of default under our credit agreement or debt indentures;

•	inability of the Company to pay any dividends and distributions or service its debt;

•	inability of the Company to maintain its status as a regulated investment company under the Code;

•	potentially severe, sudden and unexpected declines in the value of our investments;

•	increased risk of default or bankruptcy by the companies in which we invest;

•	increased risk of companies in which we invest being unable to weather an extended cessation of normal economic activity and thereby impairing their ability to continue functioning as a going concern;

•	reduced economic demand resulting from mass employee layoffs or furloughs in response to governmental action taken to slow the spread of Wuhan Virus, which could impact the continued viability of the companies in which we invest;

•	companies in which we invest being disproportionally impacted by governmental action aimed at slowing the spread of Wuhan Virus or mitigating its economic effects;

•	limited availability of new investment opportunities;

•	inability for us to replace our existing leverage when it becomes due or replace it on terms as favorable as our existing leverage;

•	a reduction in interest rates, including interest rates based on LIBOR and similar benchmarks, which may adversely impact our ability to lend money at attractive rates; and

•	general threats to the Company’s ability to operate successfully as a business development company.

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•	sudden electrical or telecommunications outages;

•	natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes;

•	disease epidemics or pandemics;

•	events arising from local or larger scale political or social matters, including terrorist acts; and

•	cyber-attacks.

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•	These companies may have limited financial resources and may be unable to meet their obligations under their securities that we hold, which may be accompanied by a deterioration in the value of their securities or of any collateral with respect to any securities, and a reduction in the likelihood of our realizing on any guarantees we may have obtained in connection with our investment.

•	They may have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which tend to render them more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and market conditions as well as general economic downturns.

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Because many of these companies are privately held companies, public information is generally not available about these companies. As a result, we will depend on the ability of the Investment Adviser to obtain adequate information to evaluate these companies in making investment decisions. If the Investment Adviser is unable to uncover all material information about these companies, it may not make a fully informed investment decision, and we may lose money on our investments.

•	They are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons; therefore, the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a materially adverse impact on our portfolio company and, in turn, on us.

•	They may have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in changing businesses with products subject to a risk of obsolescence and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance expansion or maintain their competitive position.

•	They may have difficulty accessing the capital markets to meet future capital needs.

•	Changes in laws and regulations, as well as their interpretations, may adversely affect their business, financial structure or prospects.

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•	Increased taxes, regulatory expense or the costs of changes to the way they conduct business due to the effects of climate change may adversely affect their business, financial structure or prospects.

•	Any equity investment we make in a portfolio company could be subject to further dilution as a result of the issuance of additional equity interests and to serious risks as a junior security that will be subordinate to all indebtedness (including trade creditors) or senior securities in the event that the issuer is unable to meet its obligations or becomes subject to a bankruptcy process.

•	To the extent that the portfolio company requires additional capital and is unable to obtain it, we may not recover our investment.

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In some cases, equity securities in which we invest will not pay current dividends, and our ability to realize a return on our investment, as well as to recover our investment, will be dependent on the success of the portfolio company. Even if the portfolio company is successful, our ability to realize the value of our investment may be dependent on the occurrence of a liquidity event, such as a public offering or the sale of the portfolio company. It is likely to take a significant amount

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•	Preferred securities may include provisions that permit the issuer, at its discretion, to defer distributions for a stated period without any adverse consequences to the issuer. If we own a preferred security that is deferring its distributions, we may be required to report income for tax purposes before we receive such distributions.

•	Preferred securities are subordinated to debt in terms of priority to income and liquidation payments, and therefore will be subject to greater credit risk than debt.

•	Preferred securities may be substantially less liquid than many other securities, such as common stock or U.S. government securities.

•	Generally, preferred security holders have no voting rights with respect to the issuing company, subject to limited exceptions.

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•	Our debt investments may be in the form of unsecured loans, therefore our liens on the collateral, if any, are subordinated to those of the senior secured debt of the portfolio companies, if any. As a result, we may not be able to control remedies with respect to the collateral.

•	The collateral may not be valuable enough to satisfy all of the obligations under our secured loan, particularly after giving effect to the repayment of secured debt of the portfolio company that ranks senior to our loan.

•	Bankruptcy laws may limit our ability to realize value from the collateral and may delay the realization process.

•	Our rights in the collateral may be adversely affected by the failure to perfect security interests in the collateral.

•	The need to obtain regulatory and contractual consents could impair or impede how effectively the collateral would be liquidated and could affect the value received.

•	Some or all of the collateral may be illiquid and may have no readily ascertainable market value. The liquidity and value of the collateral could be impaired as a result of changing economic conditions, competition, and other factors, including the availability of suitable buyers.

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•	become delinquent in the payment of an outstanding obligation;

•	defaulted on a pre-existing debt obligation;

•	taken on additional debt; or

•	sustained other adverse financial events.

•	national economic conditions;

•	regional and local economic conditions (which may be adversely impacted by plant closings, business layoffs, industry slow-downs, weather conditions, natural disasters, and other factors);

•	local real estate conditions (such as over-supply of or insufficient demand for office space);

•	changing demographics;

•	perceptions by prospective tenants of the convenience, services, safety, and attractiveness of a property;

•	the ability of property managers to provide capable management and adequate maintenance;

•	the quality of a property’s construction and design;

•	increases in costs of maintenance, insurance, and operations (including energy costs and real estate taxes);

•	changes in applicable laws or regulations (including tax laws, zoning laws, or building codes);

•	potential environmental and other legal liabilities;

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•	the level of financing used by NPRC in respect of its properties, increases in interest rate levels on such financings and the risk that NPRC will default on such financings, each of which increases the risk of loss to us;

•	the availability and cost of refinancing;

•	the ability to find suitable tenants for a property and to replace any departing tenants with new tenants;

•	potential instability, default or bankruptcy of tenants in the properties owned by NPRC;

•	potential limited number of prospective buyers interested in purchasing a property that NPRC wishes to sell; and

•	the relative illiquidity of real estate investments in general, which may make it difficult to sell a property at an attractive price or within a reasonable time frame.

•	The higher interest rates of OID and PIK instruments reflect the payment deferral and increased credit risk associated with these instruments, and OID and PIK instruments generally represent a significantly higher credit risk than coupon loans.

•	Even if the accounting conditions for income accrual are met, the borrower could still default when our actual collection is supposed to occur at the maturity of the obligation.

•	OID and PIK instruments may have unreliable valuations because their continuing accruals require continuing judgments about the collectability of the deferred payments and the value of any associated collateral. OID and PIK income may also create uncertainty about the source of our cash distributions.

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•	A likelihood of greater volatility in the net asset value and market price of our common stock;

•	Diminished operating flexibility as a result of asset coverage or investment portfolio composition requirements required by lenders or investors that are more stringent than those imposed by the 1940 Act;

•	The possibility that investments will have to be liquidated at less than full value or at inopportune times to comply with debt covenants or to pay interest or dividends on the leverage;

•	Increased operating expenses due to the cost of leverage, including issuance and servicing costs;

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Convertible or exchangeable securities, such as the Convertible Notes outstanding or those issued in the future (including the Preferred Stock (as defined herein)), may have rights, preferences and privileges more favorable than those of our common stock including, the case of the Preferred Stock, the statutory right under the 1940 Act to vote, as a separate class, on the election of two of our directors and approval of certain fundamental transactions in certain circumstances;

•	Subordination to lenders’ superior claims on our assets as a result of which lenders will be able to receive proceeds available in the case of our liquidation before any proceeds will be distributed to our stockholders;

•	Difficulty meeting our payment and other obligations under the Unsecured Notes and our other outstanding debt or preferred equity;

•	The occurrence of an event of default if we fail to comply with the financial and/or other restrictive covenants contained in our debt agreements, including the credit agreement and each indenture governing the Unsecured Notes, which event of default could result in all or some of our debt becoming immediately due and payable;

•	Reduced availability of our cash flow to fund investments, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes, and limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for these purposes;

•	The risk of increased sensitivity to interest rate increases on our indebtedness with variable interest rates, including borrowings under our amended senior credit facility; and

•	Reduced flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, and increasing our vulnerability to, changes in our business, the industry in which we operate and the general economy.

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In addition, our ability to meet our payment and other obligations of the Preferred Stock, the Unsecured Notes and our credit facility depends on our ability to generate significant cash flow in the future. This, to some extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative and regulatory factors as well as other factors that are beyond our control. We cannot provide assurance that our business will generate cash flow from operations, or that future borrowings will be available to us under our existing credit facility or otherwise, in an amount sufficient to enable us to meet our payment obligations under the Preferred Stock, the Unsecured Notes and our other debt and to fund other liquidity needs. If we are not able to generate sufficient cash flow to service our debt and preferred equity obligations, we may need to refinance or restructure our debt or preferred equity, including the Unsecured Notes, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments, or seek to raise additional capital. If we are unable to implement one or more of these alternatives, we may not be able to meet our payment obligations under the Preferred Stock, the Unsecured Notes and our other debt.

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•	quarterly variations in our investment results;

•	operating results that vary from the expectations of management, securities analysts and investors;

•	changes in expectations as to our future financial performance;

•	the operating and securities price performance of other companies that investors believe are comparable to us;

•	future sales of our equity or equity‑related securities;

•	the rate at which investors purchase, sell, short sell or otherwise transact in shares of our common stock;

•	changes in general conditions in our industry and in the economy and the financial markets; and

•	departures of key personnel.

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•	Restrictions on the level of indebtedness that we are permitted to incur in relation to the value of our assets;

•	Restrictions on our ability to incur liens; and

•	Maintenance of a minimum level of stockholders’ equity.

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•	the time remaining to the maturity of these debt securities;

•	the outstanding principal amount of debt securities with terms identical to these debt securities;

•	the ratings assigned by national statistical ratings agencies;

•	the general economic environment;

•	the supply of debt securities trading in the secondary market, if any;

•	the redemption or repayment features, if any, of these debt securities;

•	the level, direction and volatility of market interest rates generally; and

•	market rates of interest higher or lower than rates borne by the debt securities.

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•	significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of business development companies or other companies in the energy industry, which are not necessarily related to the operating performance of these companies;

•	price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time;

•	changes in regulatory policies or tax guidelines, particularly with respect to RICs or business development companies;

•	loss of RIC qualification;

•	changes in earnings or variations in operating results;

•	changes in the value of our portfolio of investments;

•	any shortfall in revenue or net income or any increase in losses from levels expected by investors or securities analysts;

•	departure of one or more of Prospect Capital Management’s key personnel;

•	operating performance of companies comparable to us;

•	short-selling pressure with respect to shares of our common stock or BDCs generally;

•	future sales of our securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for our common stock or the conversion of such securities, including the Preferred Stock and the Convertible Notes;

•	uncertainty surrounding the strength of the U.S. economic recovery;

•	concerns regarding European sovereign debt;

•	changes in prevailing interest rates;

•	litigation matters;

•	general economic trends and other external factors; and

•	loss of a major funding source.

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The Maryland Business Combination Act, which, subject to certain limitations, prohibits certain business combinations between us and an “interested stockholder” (defined generally as any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the common stock or an affiliate thereof) for five years after the most recent date on which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder and, thereafter, imposes special minimum price provisions and special stockholder voting requirements on these combinations.

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The Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act, which provides that “control shares” of a Maryland corporation (defined as shares of common stock which, when aggregated with other shares of common stock controlled by the stockholder, entitles the stockholder to exercise one of three increasing ranges of voting power in electing directors, as described more fully below) acquired in a “control share acquisition” (defined as the direct or indirect acquisition of ownership or control of “control shares”) have no voting rights except to the extent approved by stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding all interested shares of common stock.

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•	$0.06 per share for July 2020 to holders of record on July 31, 2020 with a payment date of August 20, 2020.

•	$0.06 per share for August 2020 to holders of record on August 31, 2020 with a payment date of September 17, 2020.

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*	Assumes that we will not realize any capital gains computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation.

**	Assumes no unrealized capital depreciation or realized capital losses and 5% annual return resulting entirely from net realized capital gains (and therefore subject to the capital gains incentive fee).

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(1)	Will be included in any applicable prospectus supplement for an offering of our securities.

(2)	Will be included in any applicable prospectus supplement for an offering of our securities.

(3)

The expenses of the Plan are included in “other expenses.” The Plan administrator’s fees under the Plan are paid by us. There are no brokerage charges or other charges to stockholders who participate in reinvestment of dividends or other distributions under the Plan except that, if a participant elects by written notice to the Plan administrator to have the Plan administrator sell part or all of the shares held by the Plan administrator in the participant’s account and remit the proceeds to the participant, the Plan administrator is authorized to deduct a $15 transaction fee plus a $0.10 per share brokerage commissions from the proceeds. See “Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Repurchase Plan” in Part I of this Annual Report and in the related prospectus.

(4)	Will be included in any applicable prospectus supplement for an offering of our securities.

(5)

Our base management fee is 2% of our gross assets (which include any amount borrowed, i.e. , total assets without deduction for any liabilities, including any borrowed amounts for non-investment purposes, for which purpose we have not and have no intention of borrowing). Although we have no intent to borrow the entire amount available under our line of credit, assuming that we had total borrowings of $3.0 billion, the 2% management fee of gross assets would equal approximately 4.02% of net assets.

(6)	Based on the incentive fee paid during our year ended June 30, 2020 , all of which consisted of an income incentive fee. The capital gain incentive fee is paid without regard to pre-incentive fee income.

•	No incentive fee in any calendar quarter in which our pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the hurdle rate;

•	100.00% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income with respect to that portion of such pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate); and

•	20.00% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate).

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(7)	As of June 30, 2020 , we had $1.9 billion outstanding of Unsecured Notes in various maturities, ranging from July 15, 2022 to October 15 2043, and interest rates, ranging from 3.75% to 6.88%, some of which are convertible into shares of our common stock at various conversion rates.

(8)

Our stockholders indirectly bear the expenses of underlying investment companies in which we invest. This amount includes the fees and expenses of investment companies in which we are invested in as of June 30, 2020 . When applicable, fees and expenses are based on historic fees and expenses for the investment companies, and for those investment companies with little or no operating history fees and expenses are based on expected fees and expenses stated in the investment companies’ prospectus or other similar communication without giving effect to any performance. Future fees and expenses for certain investment companies may be substantially higher or lower because certain fees and expenses are based on the performance of the investment companies, which may fluctuate over time. The amount of our average net assets used in calculating this percentage was based on net assets of approximately $3.1 billion as of June 30, 2020 . Amount reflects the estimated annual asset management fees incurred indirectly by us in connection with our investment in CLOs during the next 12 months, including asset management fees payable to the collateral managers of CLO equity tranches and incentive fees due to the collateral managers of CLO equity tranches. As a percent of our net assets, the CLO acquired fund fees are 0.80%. The 0.80% is based on 3.43% of fees for the entire CLO portfolio. The 3.43% is composed of 3.43% of collateral manager fees and 0% of incentive fees. The 3.43% of collateral manager fees are determined by multiplying 0.40% (collateral managers fees historically paid) by 8.53 (the leverage in such CLOs). However, such amounts are uncertain and difficult to predict. Future fees and expenses may be substantially higher or lower because certain fees and expenses are based on the performance of the CLOs, which may fluctuate over time. As a result of such investments, our stockholders may be required to pay two levels of fees in connection with their investment in our shares, including fees payable under our Investment Advisory Agreement, and fees charged to us on such investments.

(9)

“Other expenses” are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. The amount shown above represents expenses during our year ended June 30, 2020 , which reflects all of our estimated recurring operating expenses (except fees and expenses reported in other items of this table) that are deducted from our operating income and reflected as expenses in our Statement of Operations. The estimate of our overhead expenses, including payments under the Administration Agreement is based on our projected allocable portion of overhead and other expenses incurred by Prospect Administration in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement. “Other expenses” does not include non-recurring expenses.

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(10)

On August 3, 2020, we entered into a Dealer Manager Agreement with Preferred Capital Securities, LLC, pursuant to which the Dealer Manager has agreed to serve as the Company’s agent, principal distributor and exclusive dealer manager for the Company’s offering of up to 40,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, which has a $1,000,000,000 aggregate liquidation preference. Although we do not have Preferred Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2020, we are currently offering the Preferred Stock to prospective investors. The Preferred Stock has a 5.50% per annum dividend rate applicable to the Series A1 Preferred Stock and the Series M Preferred Stock. Future series of Preferred Stock may bear different annual dividend rates. If all 40,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock are sold, our expenses would be:

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(1)	Per share data is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the years presented (except for dividends to stockholders which is based on actual rate per share).

(2)

Total return based on market value is based on the change in market price per share between the opening and ending market prices per share in each year and assumes that dividends are reinvested in accordance with our dividend reinvestment plan. Total return based on net asset value is based upon the change in net asset value per share between the opening and ending net asset values per share in each year and assumes that dividends are reinvested in accordance with our dividend reinvestment plan.

(3)	Excludes equity investments and non-performing loans.

(4)

We have changed our method of presentation relating to debt issuance costs in accordance with ASU 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30). Unamortized deferred financing costs of $40,526 previously reported as an asset on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2016 have been reclassified as a direct deduction to the respective Unsecured Notes. See Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates for further discussion.

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(1)	Participating Interest includes our participating equity investments, such as net profits interests, net operating income interests, net revenue interests, and overriding royalty interests.

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(1)	Our RSSN and SSN investments do not have industry concentrations and as such have been separated in the tables above. As of June 30, 2020 , Structured Finance includes $79,200 of senior secured debt investments held through our investment in NPRC and it’s wholly-owned subsidiary.

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(1)	Includes follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies and refinancings, if any.

(2)	Includes partial prepayments of principal, scheduled amortization payments, and refinancings, if any.

(3)	Weighted average interest rates for new investments by portfolio composition is calculated with the current rate at the end of the period. In addition, Revolving Line of Credit and Delayed Draw Term Loans are excluded from the calculation.

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(1)	As permitted by ASC 825-10-25, we have not elected to value our Revolving Credit Facility, Convertible Notes, Public Notes and Prospect Capital InterNotes® at fair value. The fair value of these debt obligations are categorized as Level 2 under ASC 820 as of June 30, 2020 .

(2)	The maximum draw amount of the Revolving Credit facility as of June 30, 2020 is $1,077,500 .

(3)	Net Carrying Value excludes deferred financing costs associated with the Revolving Credit Facility. See Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates for accounting policy details.

(4)	We use available market quotes to estimate the fair value of the Convertible Notes and Public Notes.

(5)	The fair value of Prospect Capital InterNotes® is estimated by discounting remaining payments using current Treasury rates plus spread based on observable market inputs.

(6)	Represents the rate on drawn down and outstanding balances. Deferred debt issuance costs are amortized on a straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation.

(7)	The effective interest rate is equal to the effect of the stated interest, the accretion of original issue discount and amortization of debt issuance costs. For the 2024 Notes, the 2028 Notes, and the 2029 Notes, the rate presented is a combined effective interest rate of their respective original Note issuances and Note Follow-on Programs.

(8)	For the Prospect Capital InterNotes®, the rate presented is the weighted average effective interest rate. Interest expense and deferred debt issuance costs, which are amortized on a straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation which approximates level yield, are weighted against the average year-to-date principal balance.

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(1)	Conversion rates denominated in shares of common stock per $1 principal amount of the Convertible Notes converted.

(2)	Represents conversion rate and conversion price, as applicable, taking into account certain de minimis adjustments that will be made on the conversion date.

(3)	The conversion price will increase only if the current monthly dividends (per share) exceed the dividend threshold amount (per share).

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(4)	The conversion rate is increased if monthly cash dividends paid to common shares exceed the monthly dividend threshold amount, subject to adjustment. Current dividend rates are at or below the minimum dividend threshold amount for further conversion rate adjustments for all bonds.

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(1)	Includes only the stated interest expense.

(2)	Includes the stated interest expense, amortization of deferred financing costs, accretion of discount on Public Notes and commitment fees on the undrawn portion of our Revolving Credit Facility.

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•	$0.06 per share for September 2020 to holders of record on September 30, 2020 with a payment date of October 22, 2020.

•	$0.06 per share for October 2020 to holders of record on October 30, 2020 with a payment date of November 19, 2020.

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i.	fair value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities—at the spot exchange rate on the last business day of the period; and

ii.	purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses—at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such investment transactions, income or expenses.

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1.	Each portfolio company or investment is reviewed by our investment professionals with independent valuation firms engaged by our Board of Directors.

2.	The independent valuation firms prepare independent valuations for each investment based on their own independent assessments and issue their report.

3.	The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors reviews and discusses with the independent valuation firms the valuation reports, and then makes a recommendation to the Board of Directors of the value for each investment.

4.	The Board of Directors discusses valuations and determines the fair value of each investment in our portfolio in good faith based on the input of the Investment Adviser, the respective independent valuation firm and the Audit Committee.

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(1)	Includes the impact of income inc entive fees. See Note 13 in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on income incentive fees.

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•	Evaluating the reasonableness of management’s fair value estimates of investments by assessing management’s and the third-party valuation firms' assumptions used for each investment type, testing the accuracy and relevance of significant underlying data and validating the mathematical accuracy of the fair value estimates. Significant underlying data testing includes:

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Portfolio companies - (i) assessing the reasonableness and accuracy of underlying data used by obtaining audited, interim and forecasted financial statements from portfolio companies containing revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) amounts, (ii) testing the reasonableness of EBITDA adjustments, (iii) testing the accuracy of the capital structure for control investments and (iv) recalculating the reasonableness of the contractual cash flows associated with non-control investments in accordance with the terms defined in the respective credit agreement.

◦	CLO - assessing the reasonableness and accuracy of the call date assumption by independently obtaining and verifying historical call dates and recalculating the projected call dates for a sample of investments.

◦	Real estate properties - assessing the reasonableness and accuracy of property net operating income through confirmations and audited financial statements obtained from underlying property managers.

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Utilizing personnel with specialized knowledge and skill in valuation to assist in performing the following procedures for a selection of investments: (i) assessing the appropriateness of valuation models, such as the market or income approach for portfolio companies, including discounted cash flow models for portfolio companies and CLOs or net asset value (“NAV”) analysis for real estate properties, (ii) evaluating whether assumptions used were reasonable including (a) historical or forecasted revenue or EBITDA multiples, discount rates, and market yields for portfolio companies (b) assumptions such as, but not limited to default rate, prepayment rate, recovery rate, and reinvestment spread for CLOs, and (c) capitalization rates for real estate properties, (iii) recalculating the fair value estimates for accuracy for portfolio companies and real estate properties, and (iv) performing independent fair value calculations for CLOs from independently derived assumptions.

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On a sample basis, testing CLO interest income through: (i) recalculating management’s accretable yield and resulting income from respective cash flow runs, and (ii) testing of management’s assumptions by recalculating and independently corroborating management provided inputs and outputs for significant assumptions, including but not limited to call dates, CLO manager specific default rate, prepayment rate, recovery rate and reinvestment term, in accordance with management’s policy, to external sources and confirmations received directly from the underlying collateral managers.

•	On a sample basis, evaluating the reasonableness of CLO projected cash flows against actual cash collections, where applicable. Evaluating significant variances, if any, to determine whether the methodology and assumptions utilized were appropriate.

•	Utilizing personnel with specialized skill and knowledge in valuation to assist in evaluating the reasonableness and appropriateness of management’s significant assumptions used to estimate projected future cash flows from CLOs, including but not limited to default rate, discount rate, prepayment rate, recovery rate, and reinvestment term and spread.

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(1)

The terms “Prospect,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean Prospect Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries unless the context specifically requires otherwise. The securities in which Prospect has invested were acquired in transactions that were exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). These securities may be resold only in transactions that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

(2)

Fair value is determined by or under the direction of our Board of Directors. As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 , all of our investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs. In accordance with ASC 820, such investments are classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. See Notes 2 and 3 within the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion.

(3)

Security, or a portion thereof, is held by Prospect Capital Funding LLC (“PCF”), our wholly-owned subsidiary and a bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, and is pledged as collateral for the Revolving Credit Facility and such security is not available as collateral to our general creditors (see Note 4). The fair values of the investments held by PCF at June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 were $1,491,022 and $1,636,067 , respectively, representing 28.5% and 28.9% of our total investments, respectively.

(4)	In addition to the stated returns, the net profits interest held will be realized upon sale of the borrower or a sale of the interests.

(5)

This investment is in the equity class of the collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) security, which is referred to as “Subordinated Structured Note,” or “SSN”. The SSN investments are entitled to recurring distributions which are generally equal to the excess cash flow generated from the underlying investments after payment of the contractual payments to debt holders and fund expenses. The current estimated yield, calculated using amortized cost, is based on the current projections of this excess cash flow taking into account assumptions which have been made regarding expected prepayments, losses and future reinvestment rates. These assumptions are periodically reviewed and adjusted. Ultimately, the actual yield may be higher or lower than the estimated yield if actual results differ from those used for the assumptions.

(6)	This investment is in the debt class of the CLO security, which is referred to as “Rated Secured Structured Note”, or “RSSN”.

(7)	Engine Group. Inc., EMX Digital, Inc. (f/k/a Clearstream TV, Inc.), and Engine International, Inc., are joint borrowers on the senior secured and the second lien term loans.

(8)	Syndicated investment which was originated by a financial institution and broadly distributed.

(9)	Investment on non-accrual status as of the reporting date (See Note 2).

(10)

Certain variable rate securities in our portfolio bear interest at a rate determined by a publicly disclosed base rate plus a basis point spread. The 1-Month LIBOR, or “1ML”, was 0.16% as of June 30, 2020 and 2.40% as of June 30, 2019 . The 3-Month LIBOR, or “3ML”, was 0.30% as of June 30, 2020 and 2.32% as of June 30, 2019 . The 6-Month LIBOR, or “6ML”, was 0.37% as of June 30, 2020 and 2.20% as of June 30, 2019 .

(11)	PeopleConnect Holdings, Inc. and Pubrec Holdings, Inc. are joint borrowers.

(12)	The consolidated revenue interest is equal to the lesser of (i) 2.0% of consolidated revenue for the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the prior fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) and (ii) 25% of the amount of interest accrued on the Notes at the cash interest rate for such fiscal quarter (or portion thereof).

(13)	The overriding royalty interests held receive payments at the stated rates based upon operations of the borrower.

(14)

Investment has been designated as an investment not “qualifying” under Section 55(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). Under the 1940 Act, we may not acquire any non-qualifying asset unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of our total assets. As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 , our qualifying assets as a percentage of total assets, stood at 74.44% and 73.85% , respectively. We monitor the status of these assets on an ongoing basis.

(15)	Undrawn committed revolvers and delayed draw term loans to our portfolio companies incur commitment and unused fees ranging from 0.00% to 5.00% . As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 , we had $41,487 and $23,375 , respectively, of undrawn revolver and delayed draw term loan commitments to our portfolio companies.

(16)	Represents non-income producing security that has not paid a dividend in the year preceding the reporting date.

(17)

The effective yield has been estimated to be 0% as expected future cash flows are anticipated to not be sufficient to repay the investment at cost. If the expected investment proceeds increase, there is a potential for future investment income from the investment. Distributions, once received, will be recognized as return of capital with any remaining unamortized investment costs written off if the actual

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(18)

Ellett Brothers, LLC, Evans Sports, Inc., Jerry’s Sports, Inc., Simmons Gun Specialties, Inc., Bonitz Brothers, Inc., and Outdoor Sports Headquarters, Inc. are joint borrowers on the second lien term loan. United Sporting Companies, Inc. (“USC”) is a parent guarantor of this debt investment, and is 100% owned by SportCo Holdings, Inc. (“SportCo”). Prospect previously held a 3.48% equity interest in SportCo and following an additional issuance of common stock by SportCo, Prospect’s ownership increased to 22.0% as of September 30, 2018. As a result, Prospect’s investment in USC is classified as an affiliate investment beginning the period ended September 30, 2018. In June, 2019, USC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and began liquidating its remaining assets. During the year ended June 30, 2020, USC used a portion of the proceeds from the ongoing liquidation to partially repay $20,594 of our Second Lien Term Loan and our 22.0% equity interest was canceled, resulting in a transfer of our investment to non-control/non-affiliate classification as of June 30, 2020.

(19)

CCPI Holdings Inc., a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the common stock, held 94.59% of CCPI Inc. (“CCPI”), the operating company, as of June 30, 2018. On March 1, 2019, we sold our 94.59% common equity interest in CCPI, Inc. for $18,865 in net proceeds. Concurrently, CCPI Inc. fully repaid the $2,797 Senior Secured Term Loan A and the $17,566 Senior Secured Term Loan B receivable to us. We recorded a realized gain of $0 on the sale of our equity position in CCPI, Inc. In connection with the sale, $2,364 was held in escrow and due to us as of June 30, 2019. The full escrow was subsequently distributed to us and is recorded as a realized gain in our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended June 30, 2020.

(20)

CP Holdings of Delaware LLC (“CP Holdings”), a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the membership interests, owns 99.8% of CP Energy Services Inc. (“CP Energy”) as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 . CP Energy owns directly or indirectly 100% of each of CP Well Testing, LLC; Wright Foster Disposals, LLC; Foster Testing Co., Inc.; ProHaul Transports, LLC; and Wright Trucking, Inc. We report CP Energy as a separate controlled company. On April 6, 2018, Arctic Oilfield Equipment USA, Inc. (“Arctic Equipment”), a previously controlled portfolio company, merged with and into CP Energy, with CP Energy continuing as the surviving corporation. In June 2019, CP Energy purchased a controlling interest in the common equity of Spartan Energy Holdings, Inc. (“Spartan Holdings”), which owns 100% of Spartan Energy Services, LLC (“Spartan”), a portfolio company of Prospect with $38,390 in senior secured term loans (the “Spartan Term Loans”) due to us as of June 30, 2020. As a result of CP Energy’s purchase, and given Prospect’s controlling interest in CP Energy, our Spartan Term Loans are presented as control investments under CP Energy beginning June 30, 2019. Spartan remains the direct borrower and guarantor to Prospect for the Spartan Term Loans.  In December 2019, Wolf Energy Holdings, Inc. (“Wolf Energy Holdings”), our Consolidated Holding Company that previously owned 100% of Appalachian Energy LLC (“AEH”); Wolf Energy Services Company, LLC (Wolf Energy Services”); and Wolf Energy, LLC (collectively our previously controlled membership interest and net profit interest investments in “Wolf Energy”), merged with and into CP Energy, with CP Energy continuing as the surviving entity. CP Energy acquired 100% of our equity in Wolf Energy, which is reflected in our valuation of CP Energy common stock as of December 31, 2019. (See Note 14).

(21)

Credit Central Holdings of Delaware, LLC (“Credit Central Delaware”), a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the membership interests, owns 98.63% of Credit Central Loan Company, LLC (f/k/a Credit Central Holdings, LLC (“Credit Central”)) as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 . Credit Central owns 100% of each of Credit Central, LLC; Credit Central South, LLC; Credit Central of Texas, LLC; and Credit Central of Tennessee, LLC, the operating companies. We report Credit Central as a separate controlled company.

(22)	Prospect holds an 11.51% membership interest in Edmentum Ultimate Holdings, LLC (“Edmentum Holdings”), which owns 100% of the equity of Edmentum, Inc.

(23)	First Tower Holdings of Delaware LLC, a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the membership interests, owns 80.1% of First Tower Finance Company LLC (“First Tower Finance”), which owns 100% of First Tower, LLC, the operating company as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 . We report First Tower Finance as a separate controlled company.

(24)	Energy Solutions Holdings Inc., a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the equity, owns 100% of Freedom Marine Solutions, LLC (“Freedom Marine”), which owns Vessel Company, LLC, Vessel Company II, LLC and Vessel Company III, LLC. We report Freedom Marine as a separate controlled company.

(25)

MITY Holdings of Delaware Inc. (“MITY Delaware”), a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the common stock, owns 100% of the equity of MITY, Inc. (f/k/a MITY Enterprises, Inc.) (“MITY”). MITY owns 100% of each of MITY-Lite, Inc. (“Mity-Lite”); Broda Enterprises USA, Inc.; and Broda Enterprises ULC (“Broda Canada”). We report MITY as a separate controlled company. Our subordinated unsecured note issued and outstanding to Broda Canada is denominated in Canadian Dollars (“CAD”). As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 , the principal balance of this note was CAD 8,679. In accordance with ASC 830, Foreign Currency Matters (“ASC 830”), this note was remeasured into our functional currency, US Dollars (USD), and is presented on our Consolidated Schedule

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(26)

NPH Property Holdings, LLC (“NPH”), a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the membership interests, owns 100% of the common equity of National Property REIT Corp. (“NPRC”) (f/k/a National Property Holdings Corp.), a property REIT which holds investments in several real estate properties. Additionally, NPRC invests in online consumer loans and rated secured structured notes through American Consumer Lending Limited (“ACLL”) and National General Lending Limited (“NGL”), respectively, its wholly owned subsidiaries. We report NPRC as a separate controlled company. See Note 3 for further discussion of the investments held by NPRC. Effective December 31, 2018, we amended and restated the terms of our credit agreement with NPRC. As part of the amendment, we increased our investment through a New Term Loan A Secured Note (“New TLA”) in the aggregate principal amount of $433,553, a New Term Loan B Secured Note (“New TLB”) in the aggregate principal amount of $205,000, and our net operating income interest was revised to a residual profit interest (refer to endnote 37 for residual profit interest calculation). NPRC utilized a portion of the proceeds from the New TLA and New TLB to repay the previously outstanding Senior Secured Term Loan A and Senior Secured Term Loan E. The remaining proceeds of $140,351 were returned to us as a return of capital, reducing our equity investment in NPRC. Effective October 31, 2019, we amended the terms of our credit agreement to increase our investment in NPRC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries through a new $51,428 Senior Secured Term Loan C (“TLC”) and $12,857 in equity financing. Effective June 19, 2020, we amended and restated the terms of our credit agreement with NPRC, as part of the amendment we increased our investment through a new Term Loan D secured note (“TLD”) in the aggregate principal amount of $183,425 and the proceeds were returned to us as a return of capital, reducing our equity investment in NPRC.

(27)

Nationwide Acceptance Holdings LLC, a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the membership interests, owns 94.48% of Nationwide Loan Company LLC (f/k/a Nationwide Acceptance LLC ), the operating company, as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 . We report Nationwide Loan Company LLC as a separate controlled company. On June 1, 2015, Nationwide Acceptance LLC completed a reorganization and was renamed Nationwide Loan Company LLC (“Nationwide”) and formed two new wholly-owned subsidiaries: Pelican Loan Company LLC (“Pelican”) and Nationwide Consumer Loans LLC. Nationwide assigned 100% of the equity interests in its other subsidiaries to Pelican which, in turn, assigned these interests to a new operating company wholly-owned by Pelican named Nationwide Acceptance LLC (“New Nationwide”). New Nationwide also assumed the existing senior subordinated term loan due to Prospect.

(28)

NMMB Holdings, a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the equity, owns 92.25% and 94.10% of the fully diluted equity of NMMB, Inc. (“NMMB”) as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 , respectively. NMMB owns 100% of Refuel Agency, Inc., which owns 100% of Armed Forces Communications, Inc. We report NMMB as a separate controlled company. On December 30, 2019, NMMB executed a dividend recapitalization whereby Prospect invested $15,100 of a first lien term loan to repay NMMB’s existing term loan, provide a shareholder distribution, and pay fees and expenses. As part of the recapitalization, Prospect converted its Series A and Series B preferred securities into 92.42% common equity and received a dividend distribution of $2,797.

(29)	During the year ended June 30, 2018, Prospect exercised its rights and remedies under its loan documents to exercise the shareholder voting rights in respect of the stock of InterDent, Inc. (“InterDent”) and to appoint a new Board of Directors of InterDent. As a result, Prospect’s investment in InterDent is classified as a control investment.

(30)	Prospect owns 99.96% of the equity of USES Corp. as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 .

(31)

Valley Electric Holdings I, Inc., a consolidated entity in which we own 100% of the common stock, owns 100% of Valley Electric Holdings II, Inc. (“Valley Holdings II”), another consolidated entity. Valley Holdings II owns 94.99% of Valley Electric Company, Inc. (“Valley Electric”). Valley Electric owns 100% of the equity of VE Company, Inc., which owns 100% of the equity of Valley Electric Co. of Mt. Vernon, Inc. We report Valley Electric as a separate controlled company.

(32)

On March 14, 2017, assets previously held by Ark-La-Tex Wireline Services, LLC (“Ark-La-Tex”) were assigned to Wolf Energy Services Company, LLC, a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Wolf Energy Holdings, in exchange for a full reduction of Ark-La-Tex’s Senior Secured Term Loan A and a partial reduction of the Senior Secured Term Loan B cost basis, in total equal to $22,145. The cost basis of the transferred assets is equal to the appraised fair value of assets at the time of transfer. During the three months ended June 30, 2017, Ark-La-Tex Term Loan B was written-off and a loss of $19,818 was realized. On June 30, 2017, the 18.00% Senior Secured Promissory Note, due April 15, 2018, in Wolf Energy, LLC was contributed to the equity of Wolf Energy LLC. There was no impact from the transaction due to the note being on non-accrual status and having zero cost basis. In December 2019, Wolf Energy Holdings merged with and into CP Energy, with CP Energy continuing as the surviving entity. See endnote 20.

(33)	Prospect owns 9.67% of the equity in Targus Cayman HoldCo Limited (“Targus”), the parent company of Targus International LLC (“Targus International”) as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 .

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(34)

On December 10, 2018, UTP Holdings Group, Inc. (“UTP Holdings”) purchased all of the voting stock of Universal Turbine Parts, LLC (“UTP”) and appointed a new Board of Directors to UTP Holdings, consisting of three employees of the Investment Advisor. At the time UTP Holdings acquired UTP, UTP Holdings (f/k/a Harbortouch Holdings of Delaware) was a wholly-owned holding company controlled by Prospect and therefore Prospect’s investment in UTP became classified as a control investment during the year ended June 30, 2019.

(35)	Centerfield Media Holding Company and Oology Direct Holdings, Inc. are joint borrowers and guarantors on the senior secured loan facilities.

(36)	Keystone Acquisition Corp. is the parent borrower on the second lien term loan. Other joint borrowers on this debt investment include Keystone Peer Review Organization, Inc., KEPRO Acquisitions, Inc., APS Healthcare Bethesda, Inc., Ohio KEPRO, Inc., and APS Healthcare Quality Review, Inc.

(37)	As of June 30, 2019, the residual profit interest was equal to 25% of NPRC’s residual profit, calculated quarterly in arrears. As of June 30, 2020, the residual profit interest includes both (i) 8.33% of New TLA and TLD residual profit and (ii) 100% of TLC residual profits, with both calculated quarterly in arrears.

(38)

As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 , Prospect owns 8.57% of the equity in Encinitas Watches Holdco, LLC (f/k/a Nixon Holdco, LLC), the parent company of Nixon, Inc. On February 26, 2018, Prospect entered into a debt forgiveness agreement with Nixon, Inc., which terminated $17,472 Senior Secured Term Loan receivable due to us. We recorded a realized loss of $14,197 in our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended June 30, 2018 as a result of this transaction.

(39)	Prospect owns 100% of the preferred equity of Pacific World Corporation (“Pacific World”), which represents a 99.96% and 99.94% ownership interest of Pacific World as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively. As a result, Prospect’s investment in Pacific World is classified as a control investment.

(40)	BAART Programs, Inc. and MedMark Services, Inc. are joint borrowers of the second lien term loan.

(41)	Turning Point Brands, Inc. and North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc. are joint borrowers and guarantors on the secured loan facility.

(42)	Medusind Acquisition, Inc., Medusind Intermediate, Inc., Medusind Solutions Inc. and Medusind Inc. are joint borrowers.

(43)	The following shows the composition of our investment portfolio at cost by control designation, investment type, and by industry as of June 30, 2020 :

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(44)	The following shows the composition of our investment portfolio at cost by control designation, investment type, and by industry as of June 30, 2019 :

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(45)	The interest rate on these investments, excluding those on non-accrual, contains a paid in kind (“PIK”) provision, whereby the issuer has either the option or the obligation to make interest payments with the issuance of additional securities. The interest rate in the schedule represents the current interest rate in effect for these investments.

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(46)	As defined in the 1940 Act, we are deemed to “Control” these portfolio companies because we own more than 25% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the year ended June 30, 2020 with these controlled investments were as follows:

(A)	Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of the investments resulting from new portfolio investments, OID accretion and PIK interest, and any transfer of investments.

(B)	Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investments repayments or sales, impairments, and any transfer of investments.

(47)	As defined in the 1940 Act, we are deemed to be an “Affiliated company” of these portfolio companies because we own more than 5% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the year ended June 30, 2020 with these affiliated investments were as follows:

(A)	Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of the investments resulting from new portfolio investments, PIK interest, and any transfer of investments.

(B)	Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investments repayments or sales, impairments, and any transfer of investments.

(C)	Investment was transferred from non-controlled/non-affiliate investments at $57,239, the fair market value at the beginning of the three month period ended June 30, 2020.

(D)	Investment was transferred to non-controlled/non-affiliate investments at $4,716, the fair market value at the beginning of the three month period ended June 30, 2020. Refer to endnote 18.

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(48)	As defined in the 1940 Act, we are deemed to “Control” these portfolio companies because we own more than 25% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the year ended June 30, 2019 with these controlled investments were as follows:

(D)	Investment was transferred from non-controlled/non-affiliate investments at $45,129, the fair market value at the beginning of the three month period ended December 31, 2018. Refer to endnote 34.

(49)	As defined in the 1940 Act, we are deemed to be an “Affiliated company” of these portfolio companies because we own more than 5% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the year ended June 30, 2019 with these affiliated investments were as follows:

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(50)	Acquisition date represents the date of PSEC's initial investment. Follow-on acquisitions have occurred on the following dates to arrive at PSEC's current investment (excluding effects of capitalized PIK interest, premium/original issue discount amortization/accretion, and partial repayments) (See endnote 51 for NPRC follow-on acquisitions):

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(51)

Since Prospect's initial common equity investment in NPRC on December 31, 2013, we have made numerous additional follow-on investments that have been used to invest in new and existing properties as well as online consumer loans and rated secured structured notes. These follow-on acquisitions are summarized by fiscal year below (excluding effects of return of capital distributions). Details of specific transactions are included in the respective fiscal year Form 10-K filing:

(52)

During the year ended June 30, 2020, we increased our investment in PGX Holdings, Inc. (“PGX”) through a new 1.5 Lien Term Loan in the aggregate principal amount of $1,981. Attached to the incremental term loan investment were shares of common stock representing an 11.4% equity interest in PGX. As a result, our investment in PGX was transferred from non-control/non-affiliate to affiliate classification as of June 30, 2020.

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i.	fair value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities—at the spot exchange rate on the last business day of the period; and

ii.	purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses—at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such investment transactions, income or expenses.

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1.	Each portfolio company or investment is reviewed by our investment professionals with independent valuation firms engaged by our Board of Directors.

2.	The independent valuation firms prepare independent valuations for each investment based on their own independent assessments and issue their report.

3.	The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors reviews and discusses with the independent valuation firms the valuation reports, and then makes a recommendation to the Board of Directors of the value for each investment.

4.	The Board of Directors discusses valuations and determines the fair value of each investment in our portfolio in good faith based on the input of the Investment Adviser, the respective independent valuation firm and the Audit Committee.

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•	Revolving Line of Credit includes our investments in delayed draw term loans.

•	Senior Secured Debt includes investments listed on the SOI such as senior secured term loans, senior term loans, secured promissory notes, senior demand notes, and first lien term loans.

•	Subordinated Secured Debt includes investments listed on the SOI such as subordinated secured term loans, subordinated term loans, senior subordinated notes, 1.5 lien term loans, second lien term loans, and third lien term loans.

•	Subordinated Unsecured Debt includes investments listed on the SOI such as subordinated unsecured notes and senior unsecured notes.

•	Small Business Loans includes our investments in SME whole loans purchased from OnDeck.

•	Rated Secured Structured Notes includes our investments in the “debt” class of security of CLO funds.

•	Subordinated Structured Notes includes our investments in the “equity” security class of CLO funds such as income notes, preference shares, and subordinated notes.

•	Equity, unless specifically stated otherwise, includes our investments in preferred stock, common stock, membership interests, net profits interests, net operating income interests, net revenue interests, overriding royalty interests, escrows receivable, and warrants.

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(1)	Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the quarter during which the asset was transferred.

(2)	Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the quarter during which the asset was transferred. During the three months ended September 30, 2019 one of our senior secured notes transferred out of Level 3 to Level 2 because the inputs to the valuation became observable.

(3)	Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the quarter during which the asset was transferred. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 two of our senior secured notes transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 because the inputs to the valuation became unobservable.

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(1)	Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the quarter during which the asset was transferred.

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(1)

Represents an investment in a Real Estate Investment Trust subsidiary. The Enterprise Value analysis includes the fair value of our investments in such indirect subsidiary’s consumer loans purchased from online consumer lending platforms, which are valued using a discounted cash flow valuation technique. The key unobservable input to the discounted cash flow analysis is noted above. In addition, the valuation also used projected loss rates as an unobservable input ranging from 0.0%-4.8%, with a weighted average of 0.3%

(2)	Represents an investment in a Real Estate Investment Trust subsidiary. The Enterprise Value analysis includes the fair value of our investments in such indirect subsidiary’s rated secured structured notes, which are valued using a discounted cash flow valuation technique. The key unobservable input to the discounted cash flow analysis is noted above.

(3)	Represents the implied discount rate based on our internally generated single-cash flow model that is derived from the fair value estimated by the corresponding multi-path cash flow model utilized by the independent valuation firm.

(4)

Represents investments in consumer finance subsidiaries. The enterprise value waterfall methodology utilizes book value multiples as noted above. In addition, the valuation of certain consumer finance companies utilizes the enterprise value waterfall technique whereby the significant unobservable input is the earnings multiple and the discounted cash flow technique whereby the significant unobservable input is the discount rate. For these companies the earnings multiple ranges from 7.3x to 8.4x with a weighted average of 7.9x and the discount rate ranges from 13.1% to 14.1% with a weighted average of 13.6%.

(5)	Represents Residual Profit Interests in Real Estate Investments.

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(1)

Represents an investment in a Real Estate Investment Trust subsidiary. The Enterprise Value analysis includes the fair value of our investments in such indirect subsidiary’s consumer loans purchased from online consumer lending platforms, which are valued using a discounted cash flow valuation technique. The key unobservable input to the discounted cash flow analysis is noted above. In addition, the valuation also used projected loss rates as an unobservable input ranging from 0.0%-12.5%, with a weighted average of 1.3%.

(2)	Represents our REIT investments. EV waterfall methodology uses both the net asset value analysis and discounted cash flow technique, which are weighted equally (50%).

(3)

Represents investments in consumer finance subsidiaries. The enterprise value waterfall methodology utilizes tangible book value multiples as noted above. In addition, the valuation of certain consumer finance companies utilizes the enterprise value waterfall technique whereby the significant unobservable input is the earnings multiple and the discounted cash flow technique whereby the significant unobservable input is the discount rate. For these companies the earnings multiple ranges from 8.8x to 12.5x with a weighted average of 11.5x and the discount rate ranges from 12.7% to 14.6% with a weighted average of 13.3%.

(4)	Represents the implied discount rate based on our internally generated single-cash flow model that is derived from the fair value estimated by the corresponding multi-path cash flow model utilized by the independent valuation firm.

(5)

Represents investments in consumer finance subsidiaries. The enterprise value waterfall methodology utilizes book value multiples as noted above. In addition, the valuation of certain consumer finance companies utilizes the enterprise value waterfall technique whereby the significant unobservable input is the earnings multiple and the discounted cash flow technique whereby the significant unobservable input is the discount rate. For these companies the earnings multiple ranges from 8.8x to 12.5x with a weighted average of 11.8x and the discount rate ranges from 12.7%-14.6% with a weighted average of 13.3%.

(6)	Represents Residual Profit Interests in Real Estate Investments.

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(1)	Conversion rates denominated in shares of common stock per $1 principal amount of the Convertible Notes converted.

(2)	Represents conversion rate and conversion price, as applicable, taking into account certain de minimis adjustments that will be made on the conversion date.

(3)	The conversion price will increase only if the current monthly dividends (per share) exceed the dividend threshold amount (per share).

(4)	The conversion rate is increased if monthly cash dividends paid to common shares exceed the monthly dividend threshold amount, subject to adjustment. Current dividend rates are at or below the minimum dividend threshold amount for further conversion rate adjustments for all bonds.

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(1)	Except as noted, the total amount of each class of senior securities outstanding at the end of the year/period presented (in 000’s).

(2)

The asset coverage ratio for a class of secured senior securities representing indebtedness is calculated as our consolidated total assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities, divided by secured senior securities representing indebtedness. The asset coverage ratio for a class of unsecured senior securities is inclusive of all senior securities. This asset coverage ratio is multiplied by $1,000 to determine the Asset Coverage Per Unit.

(3)	This column is inapplicable.

(4)	This column is inapplicable, except for the 6.95% 2022 Notes, the 2024 Notes, the 2028 Notes and the 2029 Notes. The average market value per unit is calculated as an average of quarter-end prices and shown as the market value per $1,000 of indebtedness.

(5)	We repaid the outstanding principal amount of the 2015 Notes on December 15, 2015.

(6)	We repaid the outstanding principal amount of the 2016 Notes on August 15, 2016.

(7)	We repaid the outstanding principal amount of the 2017 Notes on October 15, 2017.

(8)	We repaid the outstanding principal amount of the 2018 Notes on March 15, 2018.

(9)	We redeemed the 6.95% 2022 Notes on May 15, 2015.

(10)	We repaid the outstanding principal amount of the 2019 Notes on January 15, 2019.

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(11)	We redeemed the 5.00% 2019 Notes on September 26, 2018.

(12)	For the period ended June 30, 2020 and all fiscal years ended June 30th, the notes are presented net of unamortized discount.

(13)	While we do not consider commitments to fund under revolving arrangements to be Senior Securities, if we were to elect to treat such unfunded commitments, which were $41,487 as of June 30, 2020 as Senior Securities for purposes of Section 18 of the 1940 Act, our asset coverage per unit would be $2,363.

(14)	We repaid the outstanding principal amount of the 2020 Notes on April 15, 2020.

(1)	As permitted by ASC 825-10-25, we have not elected to value our Revolving Credit Facility, Convertible Notes, Public Notes and Prospect Capital InterNotes® at fair value. The fair value of these debt obligations are categorized as Level 2 under ASC 820 as of June 30, 2020 .

(2)	The maximum draw amount of the Revolving Credit facility as of June 30, 2020 is $1,077,500 .

(3)	Net Carrying Value excludes deferred financing costs associated with the Revolving Credit Facility. See Note 2 for accounting policy details.

(4)	We use available market quotes to estimate the fair value of the Convertible Notes and Public Notes.

(5)	The fair value of Prospect Capital InterNotes® is estimated by discounting remaining payments using current Treasury rates plus spread based on observable market inputs.

(6)	Represents the rate on drawn down and outstanding balances. Deferred debt issuance costs are amortized on a straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation.

(7)	The effective interest rate is equal to the effect of the stated interest, the accretion of original issue discount and amortization of debt issuance costs. For the 2024 Notes, the 2028 Notes, and the 2029 Notes, the rate presented is a combined effective interest rate of their respective original Note issuances and Note Follow-On Programs.

(8)	For the Prospect Capital InterNotes®, the rate presented is the weighted average effective interest rate. Interest expense and deferred debt issuance costs, which are amortized on a straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation which approximates level yield, are weighted against the average year-to-date principal balance.

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(1)	As permitted by ASC 825-10-25, we have not elected to value our Revolving Credit Facility, Convertible Notes, Public Notes and Prospect Capital InterNotes® at fair value. The fair value of these debt obligations are categorized as Level 2 under ASC 820 as of June 30, 2019 .

(2)	The maximum draw amount of the Revolving Credit facility as of June 30, 2019 is $1,132,500 .

(3)	Net Carrying Value excludes deferred financing costs associated with the Revolving Credit Facility. See Note 2 for accounting policy details.

(4)	We use available market quotes to estimate the fair value of the Convertible Notes and Public Notes.

(5)	The fair value of Prospect Capital InterNotes® is estimated by discounting remaining payments using current Treasury rates plus spread based on observable market inputs.

(6)	Represents the rate on drawn down and outstanding balances. Deferred debt issuance costs are amortized on a straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation.

(7)	The effective interest rate is equal to the effect of the stated interest, the accretion of original issue discount and amortization of debt issuance costs. For the 2024 Notes, the rate presented is a combined effective interest rate of the 2024 Notes and 2024 Notes Follow-on Program.

(8)	For the Prospect Capital InterNotes®, the rate presented is the weighted average effective interest rate. Interest expense and deferred debt issuance costs, which are amortized on a straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation which approximates level yield, are weighted against the average year-to-date principal balance.

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(1)	Shares were issued in connection with our at-the-market offering program which we enter into from time to time with various counterparties.

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•	$0.06 per share for July 2020 to holders of record on July 31, 2020 with a payment date of August 20, 2020.

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•	$0.06 per share for August 2020 to holders of record on August 31, 2020 with a payment date of September 17, 2020.

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•	No incentive fee in any calendar quarter in which our pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the hurdle rate;

•	100.00% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income with respect to that portion of such pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate); and

•	20.00% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate).

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(1)	Per share data amount is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year presented (except for dividends to stockholders which is based on actual rate per share).

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(2)	Common stock transactions include the effect of our issuance of common stock in public offerings (net of underwriting and offering costs), shares issued in connection with our dividend reinvestment plan, shares issued to acquire investments and shares repurchased below net asset value pursuant to our Repurchase Program.

(3)

Total return based on market value is based on the change in market price per share between the opening and ending market prices per share in each period and assumes that dividends are reinvested in accordance with our dividend reinvestment plan. Total return based on net asset value is based upon the change in net asset value per share between the opening and ending net asset values per share in each period and assumes that dividends are reinvested in accordance with our dividend reinvestment plan. For periods less than a year, total return is not annualized.

(4)	Amount is less than $0.01.

(1)	Per share amounts are calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period presented. As such, the sum of the quarterly per share amounts above will not necessarily equal the per share amounts for the fiscal year.

(2)	Amount is less than $0.01.

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•	$0.06 per share for September 2020 to holders of record on September 30, 2020 with a payment date of October 22, 2020.

•	$0.06 per share for October 2020 to holders of record on October 30, 2020 with a payment date of November 19, 2020.

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1.	Financial Statements – See the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this report.

2.	Financial Statement Schedules – The financial statements of National Property REIT Corp. required by Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X will be provided as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 to this report. The financial statements of First Tower Finance Company LLC required by Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X will be provided as Exhibit 99.3 to this report.

3.	Exhibits – The following exhibits are filed as part of this report or hereby incorporated by reference to exhibits previously filed with the SEC (according to the number assigned to them in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

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