Company: GAINI
Filing Date: 2025-06-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-143255
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Company: GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE
Filing Date: 2025-06-20
Form: DEF 14A
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 obtain a valid proxy from your Brokerage Firm. What am I voting on? There are two matters scheduled for a vote at the annual meeting:

| 1) | To elect two directors to hold office for terms that will expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify. |

Why should I vote my shares? Under applicable law, we must conduct an annual meeting to allow our stockholders to vote for directors and other matters properly before the meeting. Certain matters listed in this Proxy Statement require a minimum threshold of votes to pass. The number of votes needed to pass each item in this Proxy 2

Statement is described below under the question “How many votes are needed to approve each proposal?” When stockholders do not vote their shares on items material to conducting our business, we must spend additional money to contact stockholders seeking their vote. This is very expensive and uses funds that could better benefit our stockholders in other ways. It is important that each stockholder votes to ensure that these expenses are minimized. How do I vote? For proposal 1, you may either vote “ FOR ALL” nominees for director to our Board, “ WITHHOLD ALL,” meaning that you do not vote for any nominee for director to our Board, or you may vote “ FOR ALL EXCEPT,” meaning that you vote for all nominees for director to our Board except any nominee you specify. For proposal 2, you may vote “ FOR” or “ AGAINST” or “ ABSTAIN” from voting. The procedures for voting are as follows: Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote at the annual meeting or authorize a proxy to vote by using the enclosed proxy card by mail, over the telephone or through the Internet. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to authorize a proxy to vote your shares to ensure your vote is counted. You may still attend the meeting via webcast and vote, even if you have authorized a proxy to vote prior to the annual meeting.

| • |     | To vote virtually during the live webcast of the annual meeting, please follow the instructions for attending and voting at the annual meeting posted at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GAIN2025. You will need the company number and control number included on the enclosed proxy card. All votes must be received by the inspectors of election appointed for the meeting before the polls close at the annual meeting. |

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