Van Kampen American Capital has a history of managing senior floating-rate loans since 1989 and today manages more than $8.0 billion in this marketplace. With more than 17 years of experience, Jeffrey Maillet, portfolio manager for all of Van Kampen's senior loan funds which include the Prime Rate Income Trust and Senior Floating Rate Fund, has supervised more than $18 billion in senior loan Transactions. The senior loan management and research team, lead by Maillet, has established an investment process that helps identify opportunities within the senior loan market. Van Kampen American Capital is one of the nation's largest investment management companies with more than $62 billion in assets under management or supervision. The company offers more than 50 open-end mutual funds (including Morgan Stanley funds), manages 39 closed-ended funds, and supervises over 2,500 series of fixed, tax exempt and equity unit investment trusts.