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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 11-K
(Mark One):
X ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
- ---- 1934 [FEE REQUIRED].
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
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OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
- ---- ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED].
For the transition period from to
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Commission file number
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A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different
from that of the issuer named below: Allied Capital Lending Corporation Stock
Option Plan
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office: Allied Capital Lending
Corporation, c/o Allied Capital Advisers Inc., 1666 K Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20006
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The Allied Capital Lending Corporation Stock Option Plan does not hold
any assets on behalf of its participants. Accordingly, no financial statements
are filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit
plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ALLIED CAPITAL LENDING CORPORATION
STOCK OPTION PLAN
Date: March 19, 1997 /s/Jon A. Deluca
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Name: Jon A. DeLuca
Title: Executive Vice President, Treasurer
and Chief Executive Officer
