Allied Capital To Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange; New Ticker Symbol is 'ALD'.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001 Allied Capital Corporation will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. tomorrow under the symbol "ALD ALD abbr. adrenoleukodystrophy ALD, n.pr See adrenoleukodystrophy. ALD aldolase. ". To celebrate the listing, Bill Walton, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , will ring the opening bell at the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange at 9:30 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2001. "We are proud to join the outstanding companies listed on the world's premier stock exchange," said Bill Walton. "Our transfer to the NYSE is intended to let those in the investment community who are not yet Allied Capital shareholders in on one of Wall Street's best-kept secrets. We expect the increased visibility with the financial community and enhanced access to investors abroad to help us to continue to build shareholder value." Allied Capital had been quoted under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "ALLC ALLC Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing ALLC Allied Capital Corporation (stock symbol) ALLC Army Logistics Leadership Center (Red River Defense Complex, Texarkana, TX) " on Nasdaq since its initial public offering in 1960. Effective June 6, Allied Capital will be traded on the NYSE and will discontinue its Nasdaq listing. Photos will be available via Associated Press/New York (212.621.1902). For video footage, the feed for the opening bell (starting at 9:25 a.m.) will be available and can be accessed by fiber line at Waterfront no. 1630. The NYSE Daily News Feed will be available from 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. (EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy ) via satellite at the following coordinates: Telstar 6, Transponder 4, C-Band and by fiber line at Waterfront no. 1630. A rebroadcast of the NYSE Daily News Feed is also available following the closing bell feed (starting at 3:55 p.m.) and can be accessed by fiber line at Waterfront no. 1630. About Allied Capital Allied Capital is the nation's largest business development company, and provides long-term investment capital to support the expansion of growing middle-market companies. The company provides mezzanine debt and equity financing, and also participates in the real estate capital markets as an investor in commercial mortgage-backed securities. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit the web site at www.alliedcapital.com, call Allied Capital Investor Relations toll-free at 888/818-5298, or e-mail us at ir@alliedcapital.com. |
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