NYSE, AFC - Allied Capital Corp
We are a business development company, or BDC, in the private equity
business and we are internally managed. Specifically, we provide long-term debt
and equity capital to primarily private middle market companies in a variety of
industries. We believe the private equity capital markets are important to the
growth of small and middle market companies because such companies often have
difficulty accessing the public debt and equity capital markets. We believe that
we are well positioned to be a source of capital for such companies. We provide
our investors the opportunity to participate in the U.S. private equity industry
through an investment in our publicly traded stock.
We have participated in the private equity business since we were founded in
1958. Since then through December 31, 2007, we have invested more than
$13 billion in thousands of companies nationwide. ...
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