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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 1996
FILE NO. 814-____
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-54A
NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION TO BE SUBJECT TO
SECTIONS 55 THROUGH 65 OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 54(a) OF THE ACT
The undersigned business development company hereby notifies
the Securities and Exchange Commission that it elects, pursuant to the
provisions of section 54(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"),
to be subject to the provisions of sections 55 through 65 of the Act and, in
connection with such notification of election, submits the following
information:
Name: ALLIED CAPITAL SBLC CORPORATION
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
c/o ALLIED CAPITAL ADVISERS, INC.
1666 K STREET, N.W., 9TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-2803
Telephone Number (including area code): (202) 331-1112
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Name and address of agent for service of process: Copy to:
DAVID GLADSTONE, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER STEVEN B. BOEHM, ESQUIRE
ALLIED CAPITAL ADVISERS, INC. SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN, L.L.P.
1666 K STREET, N.W., 9TH FLOOR 1275 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-2803 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004-2404
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Check one of the following:
[x] The company has filed a registration statement for a class of equity
securities pursuant to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Give
the file number of the registration statement or, if the file number is unknown
or has not yet been assigned, give the date on which the registration statement
was filed: 0-21439
[ ] The company is relying on rule 12g-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 in lieu of filing a registration statement for a class of equity
securities under that Act.
The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant
to section 8(a) of the Act, if any, of the company: (Not applicable)
The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant
to section 8(a) of the Act, if any, of any subsidiary of the company:
(Not applicable)
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The undersigned company certifies that it is a closed-end company
organized under the laws of Maryland and with its principal place of business at
the office of Allied Capital Advisers, Inc., in the District of Columbia; that
it will be operated for the purpose of making investments in securities
described in sections 55(a)(1) through (3) of the Investment Company Act of
1940; and that it will make available significant managerial assistance with
respect to issuers of such securities to the extent required by the Act.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the undersigned company has
caused this notification of election to be subject to sections 55 through
65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to be duly signed on its behalf in the
city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 24th day of December, 1996.
[SEAL] ALLIED CAPITAL SBLC CORPORATION
/s/ David Gladstone
By:
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David Gladstone
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Tricia B. Daniels
Attest:
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Tricia B. Daniels
Secretary
