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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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 INVESTMENT COMPANY 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, as amended (the "Investment Company
Act"), to be subject to the provisions of Sections 55 through 65 of the
Investment Company Act and, in connection with such notification of election,
submits the following information:
Name: Gladstone Capital Corporation
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code): 1750
Tysons Blvd., 4TH Floor, McLean, Virginia 22102
Telephone Number (Including Area Code): (703) 744-1165
Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process: The Corporation Trust
Incorporated, 300 East Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Copy to: Cooley Godward LLP, One Freedom Square, Reston Town Center, 11951
Freedom Drive, Reston, VA 20190 Attention: Thomas R. Salley, Esq. and Darren K.
DeStefano, Esq.
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/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, as
amended. 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: August 23, 2001
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/ / The Company is relying on Rule 12g-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, in lieu of filing a registration statement for a class of
equity securities under that Act.
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The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant to
Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act, if any, of the Company: NOT
APPLICABLE
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The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant to
Section 8(a) of the Investment Company 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 in Virginia;
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; and
that it will make available significant managerial assistance with respect to
issuers of such securities to the extent required by the Investment Company Act.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
the undersigned has caused this Notification of Election to be Subject to
Sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Fairfax,
Commonwealth of Virginia, this 23RD day of August, 2001.
GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ DAVID GLADSTONE
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David Gladstone
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ TERRY L. BRUBAKER
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Terry Lee Brubaker
President & Chief Operating Officer
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