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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-252896
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180820
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180820

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001321741
		IRS NUMBER:				830423116
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34007
		FILM NUMBER:		181028334

	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
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gladstone
Investment Corporation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">83-0423116</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State of incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1521 Westbranch Drive</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 100</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>McLean,
Virginia</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>22102</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>to be so registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>6.375% Series E Cumulative Term Preferred Stock, $0.001&nbsp;par&nbsp;value&nbsp;per&nbsp;share</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-225447</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>None </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Title of class)
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to Be Registered. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The description of the 6.375% Series E Cumulative Term Preferred Stock due 2025, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Series E Term Preferred Stock&#148;), of
Gladstone Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), is incorporated by reference to the information set forth under the caption &#147;Description of the Series E Term Preferred Stock&#148; in the prospectus
supplement dated August&nbsp;14, 2018 and filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in the form in which it was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;15, 2018, posting publicly on EDGAR on
August&nbsp;16, 2018. The prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-225447),</FONT> which was most recently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;13, 2018. The Registrant has been approved to list the Series E Term Preferred Stock on
the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol &#147;GAINL.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Instructions as to exhibits for registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> the documents listed below are
filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000095013305002252/w07191a1exv99waw2.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit a.2 to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Effective
</FONT> Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-123699),</FONT> filed May&nbsp;13, 2005. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312514403631/d816809dex33.htm">Certificate of Designation of 6.75% Series B Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Due 2021 of Gladstone Investment Corporation, incorporated by reference
 to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-34007),</FONT> filed November&nbsp;7, 2014. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312515182191/d923824dex34.htm">Certificate of Designation of 6.50% Series C Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Due 2022 of Gladstone Investment Corporation, incorporated by reference
 to Exhibit 3.4 of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-34007),</FONT> filed May&nbsp;11, 2015. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312515276537/d67552dex36.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation of 6.75% Series B Cumulative Term Preferred Stock of Gladstone Investment Corporation,
 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;814-00704),</FONT> filed August&nbsp;4, 2015. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312516717010/d436927dex35.htm">Certificate of Designation of 6.25% Series D Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Due 2023 of Gladstone Investment Corporation, incorporated by reference
 to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-34007),</FONT> filed September&nbsp;22, 2016. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312518250036/d603656dex31.htm">Certificate of Designation of 6.375% Series E Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Due 2025 of Gladstone Investment Corporation, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;814-00704),</FONT> filed August&nbsp;16, 2018 </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000095013305002730/w07191a3exv99wbw2.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit b.2 to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Effective</FONT> Amendment
 No.&nbsp;3 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-123699),</FONT> filed June&nbsp;21, 2005. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000110465907053198/a07-18510_1ex99d1.htm">First Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;814-00704),</FONT> filed July&nbsp;10, 2007. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000095013305002730/w07191a3exv99wd.htm">Specimen Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.d to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Effective</FONT> Amendment No.&nbsp;3
to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-123699),</FONT> filed June&nbsp;21, 2005. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312514403631/d816809dex43.htm">Specimen 6.75% Series B Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-34007),</FONT> filed November&nbsp;7, 2014. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312515182191/d923824dex44.htm">Specimen 6.50% Series C Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-34007),</FONT> filed May&nbsp;11, 2015. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312516717010/d436927dex45.htm">Specimen 6.25% Series D Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Certificate incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement on
 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-34007),</FONT> filed September&nbsp;22, 2016. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312518250036/d603656dex41.htm">Specimen 6.375% Series E Cumulative Term Preferred Stock Certificate incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;814-00704),</FONT> filed August&nbsp;16, 2018. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: August&nbsp;20, 2018</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David Gladstone</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</P></TD></TR>
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