As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 1996
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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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: Western Pennsylvania Adventure Capital Fund
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
4516 Henry Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Telephone Number (including area code): (412) 578-3481
Name and address of agent for service
of process: Copy to:
G. Richard Patton, President Jeffrey W. Letwin, Esq.
Western Pennsylvania Adventure Doepken Keevican & Weiss, P.C.
Capital Fund 37th Floor, USX Tower
4516 Henry Street 600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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 and 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: September 6, 1996
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/ / 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)
The undersigned company certifies that it is a closed-end company organized
under the laws of Pennsylvania and with its principal place of business in
Pennsylvania 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
Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the ____ day of October, 1996.
[SEAL] WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ADVENTURE CAPITAL FUND
By: /s/ G. Richard Patton
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G. Richard Patton
President and Chief Executive Officer
Attest:__________________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
