UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): August 7, 2025

 

Gladstone Investment Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware		814-00704		83-0423116
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(703) 287-5800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(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:

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share		GAIN		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
5.00% Notes due 2026		GAINN		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
4.875% Notes due 2028		GAINZ		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
8.00% Notes due 2028		GAINL		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
7.875% Notes due 2030		GAINI		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On August 7, 2025, Gladstone Investment Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders voted and approved each of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2025.

The matters considered and voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the vote of the stockholders were as follows:

 

1.

The election of two directors to hold office until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

		For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
David Gladstone			9,148,967				404,389				13,534,499
John Outland			9,115,086				438,270				13,534,499

 

2.

The ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending March 31, 2026:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
22,611,810		263,436		212,609		0

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.

 

				Gladstone Investment Corporation
						(Registrant)
				By:		/s/ Taylor Ritchie
August 7, 2025						Taylor Ritchie
						Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer