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):  October 9, 2008

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 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 9, 2008, Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended August 31, 2008.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 2.02, and Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
(d)
Exhibits
   
99.1
Press Release dated October 9, 2008
   

 
 

 


 

 
SIGNATURES

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:  October 14, 2008                                                                                         By:  /s/ Terry Matlack
                                              Terry C. Matlack
                                              Chief Financial Officer






Exhibit Index



Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release dated October 9, 2008