Form 8-K

Gladstone Investment Corporation

(Registrant)

/s/ David Watson

August 12, 2014

(David Watson, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer)

0001193125-14-306625.txt : 20140813 0001193125-14-306625.hdr.sgml : 20140812 20140812160635 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-306625 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140812 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20140812 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140812 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001321741 IRS NUMBER: 830423116 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 814-00704 FILM NUMBER: 141034028 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: MCLEAN STATE: VA ZIP: 22102 BUSINESS PHONE: 7032875800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: MCLEAN STATE: VA ZIP: 22102 8-K 1 d773389d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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): August 12, 2014

Gladstone Investment Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

814-00704

83-0423116

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100

McLean, Virginia 22102

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 287-5800

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)

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On August 7, 2014, Gladstone Investment Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). There were present at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, stockholders holding an aggregate of 16,579,526 shares of the Company’s common stock and 694,472 shares of the Company’s preferred stock. The following matters were submitted to the stockholders for consideration:

To elect two directors, as outlined below:

(a)

One director to be elected by the holders of common stock and preferred stock, voting together as a single class, such director to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until his successor is elected and qualified; and

(b)

One director to be elected by the holders of the preferred stock, voting as a single class, such director to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until her successor is elected and qualified; and

To approve a proposal to authorize the Company, with the approval of its Board of Directors, to issue and sell shares of common stock (during the next 12 months) at a price below its then current net asset value per share subject to certain limitations set forth in the proxy statement (including, without limitation, that the number of shares issued and sold pursuant to such authority does not exceed 25% of its then outstanding common stock immediately prior to each such sale).

The voting results, as tabulated by and received from the inspector of election for the Annual Meeting, relating to the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting indicate that: Anthony W. Parker and Michela A. English were elected to serve as directors until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and proposal 2 was also approved by the Company’s stockholders. The full voting results are as follows:

1(a.)

Election of directors to hold office until the 2017 Annual Meeting:

Such matter was voted upon by the stockholders holding common stock and preferred stock, voting together as a single class.


	For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Anthony W. Parker		16,432,592		841,406		0

1(b.)

Election of a director to hold office until the 2016 Annual Meeting:

Such matter was voted upon solely by the stockholders holding preferred stock.


	For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Michela A. English		673,566		20,906		0

Continuing directors whose terms did not expire at the Annual Meeting were as follows: Terry Lee Brubaker, David A.R. Dullum and John D. Reilly (each serving until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders) and Paul W. Adelgren, David Gladstone and John H. Outland (each serving until the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders), and

Ratification of proposal to authorize the Company, with the approval of its Board of Directors, to issue and sell shares of its common stock (during the next 12 months) at a price below its then current net asset value per share, subject to certain limitations set forth in the proxy (including, without limitation, that the number of shares issued and sold pursuant to such authority does not exceed 25% of its then outstanding common stock immediately prior to each such sale):


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
14,466,667	2,370,205	437,126	0

Such matter was voted upon by the Company’s stockholders holding common stock and preferred stock, voting together as a single class. As required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this proposal was approved by more than 67% of all voting securities of the Company present at the Annual Meeting and more than 67% of the unaffiliated voting securities of the Company present at the Annual Meeting.

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.