ALLIED CAPITAL LENDING CORP, 497J, 1996-05-03

ALLIED CAPITAL LENDING CORP
497J, 1996-05-03
Previous: ACMAT CORP, S-4, 1996-05-03
Next: AMACAN RESOURCES CORP, 10-C, 1996-05-03


<PAGE>   1


                                    [LOGO OF
                                     ALLIED
                                    CAPITAL]

                                 ALLIED CAPITAL



                                  May 3, 1996



Via EDGAR Transmission

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

     Re:      Allied Capital Lending Corporation (File
              No. 333-02185)--Rule 497(j) Certification

Dear Commissioners:

              In lieu of filing with the Commission its definitive
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated April 29, 1996, as
otherwise required by Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933
Act"), Allied Capital Lending Corporation hereby certifies that:

     (1)      the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information 
              that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not have 
              differed from that contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to 
              its registration statement on Form N-2 under the 1933 Act 
              ("Amendment No. 2"), as filed with the Commission on April 29,
              1996; and

     (2)      the text of Amendment No. 2 has been filed with the Commission 
              electronically.

                                    ALLIED CAPITAL LENDING CORPORATION
                                   
                                   
                                    By: /s/ Tricia B. Daniels            
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Tricia B. Daniels
                                           Senior Vice President