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, as amended (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: | BC Partners Lending Corporation | |
| Address of Principal Business Office: | 650 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022 | |
| Telephone number: | (212) 891-2880 | |
| Name and address of agent for service of process: | CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 | |
Check one of the following:
| ☒ | 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: 000-55905 | |
| ☐ | 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 the State of Maryland and with its principal place of business in the State of New York; that it will be operated for the purpose of making investments in securities described in section 55(a)(1) through (3) of the Act; 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 Act to be duly signed on its behalf in the City of New York in the State of New York on the 23rd day of April, 2018.
| BC Partners Lending Corporation | ||||
| By: | /s/ Edward Goldthorpe | |||
| Name: | Edward Goldthorpe | |||
| Title: | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Attest: | /s/ Jacki Hamilton | |||
| Name: | Jacki Hamilton | |||
| Title: | Secretary | |||