8-K

Gladstone Investment Corporation

Date: September 4, 2026

/s/ Taylor Ritchie

Taylor Ritchie

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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): September 4, 2026

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)

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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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
4.875% Notes due 2028	GAINZ	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
7.875% Notes due 2030	GAINI	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
7.125% Notes due 2031	GAING	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 September 4, 2026, Gladstone Investment Corporation (the “Company”) reconvened its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) that was previously adjourned on August 6, 2026. 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 18, 2026.

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

The election of two directors to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.


	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Michela A. English	18,537,008	1,732,727	0
Anthony W. Parker	18,591,517	1,678,218	0

The proposal to authorize the Company, with the subsequent approval of its board of directors (the “Board”), to issue and sell shares of the Company’s common stock (during the 12 months following such authorization) at a price below its then current net asset value per share, provided that the number of shares issued and sold pursuant to such authority does not exceed 25% of the Company’s then outstanding common stock immediately prior to each such sale:


For	Against	Abstain
14,460,192	4,733,646	1,075,897