Securities and Exchange Commission
- [Investment Company Act Release No. 36288; 812-16018]
AGENCY:
Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”).
ACTION:
Notice.
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) for an exemption from section 19(b) of the Act and rule 19b-1 under the Act to permit registered closed-end investment companies to make periodic distributions of long-term capital gains more frequently than permitted by section 19(b) or rule 19b-1.
Summary of Application:
Applicants request an order to permit certain registered closed-end management investment companies to pay as frequently as twelve times in any one taxable year in respect of its ( printed page 52104) common stock and as often as specified by, or determined in accordance with the terms of, any preferred stock issued by the investment company subject to the terms and conditions stated in the application.
Applicants:
Source Capital and First Pacific Advisors, LP.
Filing Dates:
The application was filed on April 21, 2026.
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 Secretarys-Office@sec.gov 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. The email should include the file number referenced above. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 1, 2026, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the 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.
ADDRESSES:
The Commission: Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. Applicants: Laurie A. Dee, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, laurie.dee@morganlewis.com, with copies to Diane Drake, Source Capital, diane.drake@mfac-ca.com and Eric R. Brown, Esq., Chief Legal Officer, First Pacific Advisors, LP, ebrown@fpa.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Loko, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).