Exhibit 4.13.

EXECUTION COPY

This Security
is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered,
and no transfer of this Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than The Depository Trust Company or a nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company to the issuer or its agent for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment and such certificate issued in exchange for this certificate is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, any
transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful, as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

American Capital Strategies, Ltd.



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|Series: 6.85 % Senior Notes due 2012 |  | $500,000,000       
|No. 1                                |  | CUSIP No. 024937AA2

American Capital Strategies, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $500,000,000 Dollars on August 1, 2012, and to pay interest thereon from
July 19, 2007, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing February 1, 2008, at the rate of 6.85% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the January 15 or July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the
option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.



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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.



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|Dated: July 19, 2007 |  | AMERICAN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, LTD.
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|                     |  |                                   |  | By: |  | /s/ Samuel A. Flax
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Attest:



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|/s/ Cydonii Fairfax
|Cydonii Fairfax    



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This Security is one of the 6.85% Senior Notes due 2012 described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

Date: July 19, 2007



WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as TrusteeBy:

/s/ Amy L. MartinAmy L. MartinAuthorized Signatory




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American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

6.85% Senior Notes Due 2012

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities) issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2007 (herein called the Base Indenture, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Base Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture relating
to the Securities, dated July 19, 2007, by and between the Company and the Trustee (herein called the First Supplemental Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture collectively are herein called the
Indenture). Any conflict between the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed and controlled by the First Supplemental Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

The Securities are subject to redemption in whole at any time or in part from time to time at the Companys option, at a redemption
price equal to accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed on the redemption date plus the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis at the
Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the date of redemption to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed.

Any exercise of the Companys option to redeem the Securities will be done in compliance with the Investment Company Act, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, to the extent applicable.

In the event of redemption of this Security in part
only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

The interest rate payable on the Securities will be subject to adjustment from time to time if at least two Rating Agencies downgrades
(or subsequently upgrades) the debt rating assigned to the Securities (a rating) as set forth below.



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If the ratings from at least two Rating Agencies are decreased to ratings set forth in the
immediately following table, the initial interest rate on the Securities will increase from the initial interest rate by each of the percentages set forth opposite the two ratings:



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|Fitch
Rating |  | Interest RateAdjustment |   |  | S&PRating   |  | Interest RateAdjustment |   |  | MoodysRating |  | Interest RateAdjustment |  
|BB+          |  | 0.25                    | % |  | BB+         |  | 0.25                    | % |  | Ba1           |  | 0.25                    | %
|BB           |  | 0.50                    | % |  | BB          |  | 0.50                    | % |  | Ba2           |  | 0.50                    | %
|BB-          |  | 0.75                    | % |  | BB-         |  | 0.75                    | % |  | Ba3           |  | 0.75                    | %
|B+ or below  |  | 1.00                    | % |  | B+ or below |  | 1.00                    | % |  | B1 or below   |  | 1.00                    | %

If at
least two Rating Agencies subsequently increase their ratings of the Securities to any of the ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Securities will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Securities equals the applicable initial
interest rate set forth on the first page of this Security plus (if applicable) each of the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the table above in effect immediately following the increase.

Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in the ratings set forth above shall be made independent of any and all other
adjustments, provided that if the ratings from three Rating Agencies are decreased to ratings set forth in the table above, then only the lowest two of the three ratings shall be utilized for such adjustments. In no event shall (1) the interest
rate for the Securities be reduced to below the initial interest rate set forth on the first page of this Security or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Securities exceed 2.00% above the initial interest rate set forth on the
first page of this Security.

If at least two Rating Agencies cease to provide ratings for the Securities, any subsequent
increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Securities necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the Rating Agency continuing to provide the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. No
adjustments in the interest rate of the Securities shall be made solely as a result of two Rating Agencies ceasing to provide a rating. If all of the Rating Agencies cease to provide a rating, the interest rate on the Securities will increase to, or
remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the initial interest rates set forth on the first page of this Security.

Any
interest rate increase or decrease, as described above, will take effect from the first day of the interest period during which a rating change requires an adjustment in the interest rate. If the interest rate adjusts up and then subsequently
adjusts down during the same interest period, the interest rate shall be determined based on the ratings in effect at the end of the interest period.

The Company will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay, as additional interest, such additional amounts
(Additional Amounts) as are necessary so that the net payment by the Company or a Paying Agent of the principal of and interest on this Security to a person that is a Non-U.S. Holder (as defined below) with respect to the Securities,
after deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or governmental charge of the United States or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein,



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imposed by withholding with respect to the payment, will not be less than the amount that would have been payable in respect of the Securities had no withholding or deduction been required;
provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts shall not apply:

(1) to any
tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely because the beneficial owner, or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary or member of the beneficial owner if the beneficial owner is an estate, trust or partnership, limited
liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary Holder:

(a) is or was present or engaged in, or is or was treated as present or engaged in, a trade or business in the United States or has
or had a permanent establishment in the United States;

(b) has or had any connection (other than the mere fact of
ownership of a Security) with the United States, including, without limitation, being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or being treated as being or having been a resident of the United States;

(c) is or was a foreign or domestic personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company, a controlled foreign
corporation with respect to the United States, a foreign tax exempt organization, or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; or

(d) owns or owned (or, for United States federal income tax purposes, is deemed to own or have owned), directly or indirectly, 10%
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company;

(2) to any Holder that is not the
sole beneficial owner of the Securities, or a portion thereof, or that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, or other fiscally transparent entity, but only to the extent that the beneficial owner, a beneficiary or settlor with
respect to the fiduciary, or a member of the partnership, limited liability company, or other fiscally transparent entity, would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had such beneficial owner, beneficiary, settlor or member
received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment;

(3) to any tax, assessment or governmental charge
that is imposed or withheld solely because the beneficial owner or any other person failed to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the
United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Securities (including the statement requirement of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code and Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, as applicable) if compliance is required by
statute, by regulation of the United States Treasury Department or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(4) to any tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed other than by deduction or withholding by the Company or a Paying
Agent from the payment;



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(5) to any tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely
because of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective after the day on which the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(6) to an estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth or personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or
governmental charge;

(7) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge any Paying Agent (which term may include
the Company) must withhold from any payment of principal of or interest on any Security, if such payment can be made without such withholding by any other Paying Agent; or

(8) in the case of any combination of the above items.

Except as specifically provided herein, the Company does not have to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed
by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority. In particular, the Company will not pay Additional Amounts on any Security:



| |  |  | where withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to an individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Union Council Directive
2003/48/EC of June 3, 2003 on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to that directive; or
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| |  |  | presented for payment by or on behalf of a beneficial owner who would have been able to avoid the withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant
Security to another paying agent in a member state of the European Union.
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The term Non-U.S. Holder means a
person that is not, for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or other entity treated as a corporation or other entity created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof, (iii) a trust (a) subject to the control of one or more United States persons and the primary supervision of a court in the United States, or (b) that has a valid
election (under applicable Treasury Regulations) to be treated as a United States person, or (iv) an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants
and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.



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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof
and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each
series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have
made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the
Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are



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exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of
this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used
in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

The Indenture
and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.