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American Capital Ltd (ACAS) to Split Into Three Separate Companies

November 5, 2014 4:39 PM EST

American Capital Ltd (NASDAQ: ACAS) announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to split the Company's businesses by transferring most of the Corporation's investment assets to two newly established business development companies ("BDCs") and having American Capital continue primarily in the asset management business. It is contemplated that American Capital will spin off the new BDCs to its shareholders, resulting in three, publicly-traded companies.

The two new BDCs are anticipated to qualify and elect to be taxed as regulated investment companies with the objective of paying... More