Company: OXLCZ
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001213900-25-084505
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Company: Oxford Lane Capital Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 _____________________________________ SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 _____________________________________

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| ☐ |     | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |
| ☐ |     | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
| ☒ |     | Definitive Proxy Statement                                                      |
| ☐ |     | Definitive Additional Materials                                                 |
| ☐ |     | Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-12                                     |

Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) ______________________________________________________________ (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

| ☒ |     | No fee required.                                                                                     |
| ☐ |     | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.                                                      |
| ☐ |     | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. |

OXFORD LANE CAPITAL CORP.
8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 September 4, 2025 Dear Stockholder: You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Stockholders of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (the “Company”) to be held on October 24, 2025 at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time, in the second floor conference room of the Company’s corporate headquarters, located at 8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. Stockholders of record of the Company at the close of business on August 27, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are provided in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting and the 2025 Proxy Statement. It is very