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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM N-6F

 

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ELECT TO BE SUBJECT TO SECTIONS 55

THROUGH 65 OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

The undersigned hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to file a notification of election to be subject to sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, (the “Act”) and in connection with such notice submits the following information:

 

Name:		Solar Capital Ltd.
Address of Principal Business Office:		500 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
		New York, NY 10022
Telephone Number:		(212) 993-1670
Name and Address of Agent		Michael S. Gross
For Service of Process:		Chief Executive Officer
		Solar Capital Ltd.
		500 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
		New York, NY 10022

The undersigned hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to file a notification of election to be subject to sections 55 through 65 of the Act within ninety days of this filing. The company would be excluded from the definition of an investment company by section 3(c)(1) of the Act, except that it presently proposes to make a public offering of its securities as a business development company.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of section 6(f) of the Act, the undersigned company has caused this notice of intent to elect to be subject to sections 55 through 65 of the Act pursuant to section 54(a) of the Act to be duly executed on its behalf in the city of White Plains and the State of New York on the 7th day of December, 2007.