SEC Form 8-K filed by Gladstone Investment Corporation Business Development Company
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| 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 | ||||||