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UNITED
STATES
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OMB APPROVAL
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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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OMB Number: 3235-0167
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FORM 15
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CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF
REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR
SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission
File Number:
333-133755
Allied Capital Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20006 (202) 721-6100
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants
principal executive offices)
6.625% Notes due July 15, 2011 (2011 Notes);
6.000% Notes due April 1, 2012 (2012 Notes); 6.875% Notes due April 15, 2047
(2047 Notes)
(Title
of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles
of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under
section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please
place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provisions(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
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o
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Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
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o
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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x
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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o
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Rule 15d-6
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o
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Approximate
number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: As of
3/31/10, 2011 Notes: 58; 2012 Notes: 54; 2047 Notes: 77
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Ares Capital
Corporation, as successor by merger to Allied Capital Corporation, has caused
this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.
Date:
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September 15, 2010
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By:
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/s/Joshua M.
Bloomstein
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Joshua M. Bloomstein
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Authorized Person
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Instruction: This form
is required by Rule 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the
Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It
may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly
authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be
typed or printed under the signature.
SEC
2069 (02-08)
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