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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, including his service as our chairman and chief executive officer since our inception. |

| • |     | Mr. Outland was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board due to his more than 20 years of experience in the real estate and mortgage industry as well as his past service on our Board since 2005. |

Qualifications of Incumbent Directors Serving Until the 2026 or 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders When considering whether our directors have the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, taken as a whole, to enable our Board to satisfy its oversight responsibilities effectively in light of our operational and organizational structure, the Ethics Committee and the Board focused primarily on the information discussed in each of the individual backgrounds set forth above and on the following particular attributes:

| • |     | Ms. English was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board due to her greater than twenty years of senior management experience at various corporations and non-profit organizations as well as her past service on our Board since 2005. |

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| • |     | Ms. Gorka was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board due to her background and experience, including her management expertise and strategic analyses. Ms. Gorka adds value to our Board by further expanding its knowledge and expertise base, as well as its diversity of views. |

| • |     | Ms. Novara was selected to serve as a director on our Board due to the fact that she has in-depth knowledge of the Company and has been an integral part of the Company’s operations since its inception. Ms. Novara also adds to the Board’s diversity of views. |

| • |     | Mr. Parker was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board due to his expertise and experience in the field of corporate taxation as well as his past service on our Board since our inception in 2005. Mr. Parker’s knowledge of corporate tax was instrumental in his appointment to the chairmanship of our Audit Committee. |

| • |     | Mr. Wilkinson was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board due to his over 40-year career in the venture capital industry where he has helped to start or expand dozens of rapidly growing companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Wilkinson brings a unique perspective to our Board from his experience in overseeing the successful growth and evolution of numerous businesses and understanding the challenges of leading both private and public companies through changing economic conditions. |

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND