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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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:
Names: PEACOCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Address and Principal Business Office: 248 EAST MAIN STREET
SAN JACINTO, CA 92583
Telephone Number: (909) 487-8911
Name & address of agent for service of process: Eric B. Rasmussen, Esq.
4400 MacArthur Blvd,
Suite 700
Newport Beach, Ca 92660
The Company has filed a registration statement for class of equity securities
pursuant to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Give the file
number of registration statement or, if the file is unknown or has not yet
been assigned, give the date on which the registration statement was filed:
2-91651-D.
The undersigned company certifies that it is a closed-end company organized
under the laws of Colorado and which its principal place of business is in
California; that it will be operated for the purpose of making investments in
securities described in section 2(48)(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 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
Las Vegas, the state of Nevada on the 15th day of September, 1998.
SIGNATURE PEACOCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION
BY /s/ STEVEN R. PEACOCK
Attest /s/ Bruce Merati
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