Company: GAINI
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-269767
Chunk: 105

Company: GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 424B2
Chunk 105
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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qis incorporated by reference herein. 33

CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS The following description of certain provisions of Delaware law and of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (our “certificate of incorporation”) and our amended and restated bylaws, as amended (our “bylaws”), is only a summary. For a complete description, we refer you to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws. We have filed our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as amended, as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Classified Board of Directors Pursuant to our certificate of incorporation, our Board of Directors is divided into three classes of directors. Each class consists, as nearly as possible, of one-thirdof the total number of directors, and each class has a three-year term. The holders of outstanding shares of common stock elect our directors. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the class in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor is elected and qualified. Holders of shares of our stock have no right to cumulative voting in the election of directors. Consequently, at each annual meeting of our stockholders, the holders of a plurality of the shares of our common stock are able to elect all of the successors to the class of directors whose term expires at such meeting. Our classified board could have the effect of making the replacement of incumbent directors more time consuming and difficult. Because our directors may only be removed for cause, at least two annual meetings of stockholders, instead of one, will generally be required to effect a change in a majority of our Board of Directors. Thus, our classified board could increase the likelihood that incumbent directors will retain their positions. The staggered terms of directors may delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or an attempt to change control of us or another transaction that might involve a premium price for our common stock that might be in the best interest of our stockholders. Removal of Directors Any director may be removed only for cause by the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirdsof all the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting called for the purpose of the proposed removal. The notice of the meeting shall indicate that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to determine if the director shall be removed. Business Combinations Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law generally