U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2007
American Capital Strategies, Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE | 814-00149 | 52-1451377 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2 Bethesda Metro Center, 14th Floor Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(301) 951-6122
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.05. Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.
On June 7, 2007, the Board of Directors of American Capital Strategies, Ltd. (the "Company"), acting on behalf of the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Company, granted a waiver concerning a procedural departure from certain provisions of the Company's Code of Ethics (the "Code") pertaining to the blackout period for trading in the Company's securities, to the Company's Senior Vice President, Accounting, Richard Konzmann, and to its Vice President and Controller, Bernice Bell (each, a "Financial Executive"). The waiver permits each of them to enter into a pre-determined plan for trades of specified amounts of Company stock in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("10b5-1 Plan"). Each Financial Executive's 10b5-1 Plan covers shares of Company stock that will be distributed to the Financial Executive pursuant to the Company's Incentive Bonus Plan, and allows the Financial Executive to authorize the sale of all or a portion of th e shares during certain prearranged windows of time, including blackout periods, for the remainder of 2007. The 10b5-1 Plans may generally be terminated at any time. The Financial Executives will have no control over the timing of any sales under the 10b5-1 Plans, other than specifying the prearranged windows as noted above, and there is no assurance that the shares covered by the 10b5-1 Plans will actually be sold.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | AMERICAN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, LTD. |
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Dated: June 11, 2007 | By: | /s/ SAMUEL A. FLAX |
| | | Samuel A. Flax
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary |
