UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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:
Name: TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
Address of Principal Business Office: 10801 Mastin Boulevard, Suite 222,
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Telephone Number: (913) 981-1020
Name and address of agent for service of process: David J. Schulte
Chief Executive Officer
Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation
10801 Mastin Boulevard, Suite 222
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Copies to: Steven F. Carman
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
4801 Main Street, Suite 1000
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Check one of the following:
[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.
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: February 1, 2007
[ ] The company is relying on rule 12g-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 in lieu of filing a registration statement for a class of equity
securities under that Act.
The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant to section
8(a) of the Act, if any, of the company: Not Applicable
The file number of the registration as an investment company pursuant to section
8(a) of the Act, if any, of any subsidiary of the
company: Not Applicable
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 Kansas;
that it will be operated for the purpose of making investments in securities
described in section 55(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 such 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
Overland Park, Kansas on the 1st day of February, 2007.
TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
By /s/ David J. Schulte
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Name: David J. Schulte
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Attest: /s/ Terry C. Matlack
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Name: Terry C. Matlack
Title: Chief Financial Officer