UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 1, 2012

Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Maryland
1-33292
20-3431375
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS
  
66211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

 
(913) 981-1020
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01
Other Events

Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation (the “Company”) announced on November 2, 2012 that it entered into a definitive agreement for Public Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”) to purchase the Company’s 40-percent undivided interest in the Eastern Interconnect Project (“EIP”) upon lease termination on April 1, 2015.  The Company acquired an existing lease for the EIP—a 216 mile, 345-kV bulk power transmission line and related equipment and substations—on June 30, 2011 and the Company will continue to lease its interest in the EIP to PNM through April 1, 2015.

A copy of the press release is furnished under Item 9.01 of this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)           EXHIBITS.  The following exhibits are filed herewith:

99.1                      Press Release dated November 2, 2012.





 
 
 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
    TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION  
 
Dated:  November 6, 2012    By:  /s/ David J. Schulte  
    David J. Schulte  
    Chief Executive Officer and President