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):  February 9, 2010

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 2.01.
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
 
As previously announced in a report on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2010, on December 31, 2009, Mowood, LLC (“Mowood”), a subsidiary portfolio company of Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation (the “Company”), entered into a definitive Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Landfill Energy Systems LLC (“LES”) to sell Mowood’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Timberline Energy, LLC (“Timberline”) to LES.  Timberline is an owner and developer of projects that convert landfill gas to energy.

On February 9, 2010, the Company announced that Mowood closed the sale of Timberline to LES.  The Company expects to receive a distribution of proceeds totaling approximately $9.0 million from the sale, subject to customary closing adjustments.  Over the next two years, the Company could receive additional proceeds of up to $2.4 million, based on contingent and escrow terms. 

Following the transaction, Mowood will continue its ownership and operation of Omega Pipeline Company, LLC, a local distribution company which serves the natural gas and propane needs of Fort Leonard Wood and other customers in south central Missouri.

A copy of the press release announcing the closing of the transaction is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.


Item 8.01.
Other Events.

On February 9, 2010, the Company announced the declaration of its first quarter 2010 distribution of $0.13 per common share.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
(d)
Exhibits
   
99.1
  Press Release dated February 9, 2010
   
      99.2     Press Release dated February 9, 2010


 
 
 


 

 
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:  February 11, 2010                                                                                 By:  /s/ Terry Matlack               
                                      Terry Matlack
                                  Chief Financial Officer





 
 
 

Exhibit Index



Exhibit No.
Description
   
 99.1
  Press Release dated February 9, 2010
   
  99.2  Press Release dated February 9, 2010