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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>November 8, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Business Development Corporation of America</B></P>

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Its Charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;27-2614444</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 2.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 2.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>405 Park Avenue, 15th Floor</B></P>

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of Principal Executive Offices)</P>

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Number, Including Area Code)</P>

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if Changed Since Last Report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.6pt; font-size: 10pt">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.6pt; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.6pt; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.6pt; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On November 8, 2012, Business Development Corporation of America
issued a press release discussing its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. A copy of the press release
is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information furnished under this Item 2.02 of this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section. The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(d) Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press Release dated November 8, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 2.8pt; font-weight: bold">BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.4pt">Date: November 8, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt">/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding-right: 2.4pt">Name:</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):
November 8, 2012
Business Development Corporation of America
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter)
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
814-00821
27-2614444
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
405 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Address, Including Zip Code,
of Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 415-6500
(Registrant's Telephone
Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 8, 2012, Business Development Corporation of America
issued a press release discussing its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. A copy of the press release
is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
The information furnished under this Item 2.02 of this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section. The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated November 8, 2012
SIGNATURES
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.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Date: November 8, 2012
By:
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Name:
Nicholas S. Schorsch
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman