This form shall be used by a company that would be excluded from the definition of an investment company by section 3(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(1)], except that at the time of filing it proposes to make a public offering of its securities as a business development company, to notify the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company intends in good faith to file, within 90 days, a notification of election to become subject to the provisions of sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 U.S.C. 80a-54 through 64]. The text of the form is set forth in the appendix to this release. \1\---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ A copy of Form N-6F accompanied this release as originally filed in the Office of the Federal Register. [47 FR 10520, Mar. 11, 1982]