Document ID: SEC-2022-0736-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Lafayette Square Empire BDC, Inc., et al.
Posted Date: 2022-05-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11285]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 34590; File No. 812-15208]

Lafayette Square Empire BDC, Inc., et al

May 20, 2022.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of application for an order (``Order'') under sections 17(d) 
and 57(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 
17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint transactions otherwise 
prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1 
under the Act.
    Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit 
certain business development companies (``BDCs'') and closed-end 
management investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies 
with each other and with certain affiliated investment entities.
    Applicants: Lafayette Square Empire BDC, Inc., Lafayette Square 
Mid-Atlantic BDC, Inc., Lafayette Square Far West BDC, Inc., Lafayette 
Square Gulf Coast BDC, Inc., and LS BDC Adviser, LLC.
    Filing Dates: The application was filed on March 11, 2021 and 
amended on September 16, 2021, December 21, 2021, and April 8, 2022.
    Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the SEC's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the 
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is 
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a 
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on June 14, 
2022, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in 
the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 
Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the 
nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at 
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: David 
Kraut, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Ehrlich, Senior Counsel, or Lisa 
Reid Ragen, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment 
Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' third amended and 
restated application, dated April 8, 2022, which may be obtained via 
the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of 
this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field, 
on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at, 
at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You 
may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-11285 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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