---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 274.218"
title: "17"
number: "274.218"
heading: "Form N-8F, application for deregistration of certain registered investment companies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/274.218"
---

# §274.218. Form N-8F, application for deregistration of certain registered investment companies.


This form must be used as the application for an order of the Commission in cases in which the applicant is a registered investment company that:

- (a) Has sold substantially all of its assets to another registered investment company or merged into or consolidated with another registered investment company;
- (b) Has distributed substantially all of its assets to its shareholders and has completed, or is in the process of, winding up its affairs;
- (c) Qualifies for an exclusion from the definition of “investment company” under [section 3(c)(1)](/cfr/17/3.md?p=c-1) ([15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(1)](/usc/15/80a-3.md?p=c-1)) or [section 3(c)(7)](/cfr/17/3.md?p=c-7) ([15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(7)](/usc/15/80a-3.md?p=c-7)) of the Act; or
- (d) **Has become a business development company.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 19471, Apr. 21, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77s, 78c(b), 78 l, 78m, 78n, 78n-1, 78 o (d), 80a-8, 80a-24, 80a-26, 80a-29, and sec. 939A, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 19003, Dec. 20, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 19471, Apr. 21, 1999]