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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-189739
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190705
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190705
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190705

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001321741
		IRS NUMBER:				830423116
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	814-00704
		FILM NUMBER:		19943824

	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:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Filed by the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed by a party other than the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Check the appropriate box: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Soliciting Material Under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;240.14a-12</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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The Registrant) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;0-11</FONT> (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On Friday, July&nbsp;5, 2019, Gladstone Investment Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) mailed a letter to certain of its
stockholders of record as of June&nbsp;3, 2019 (&#147;Record Date Stockholders&#148;) in connection with its 2019 Annual Meeting, urging Record Date Stockholders to cast their votes on the proposals described in the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2019.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The text of the letter is attached below.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">July&nbsp;5, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Fellow Stockholder: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are writing to remind you that the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Gladstone Investment Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) is scheduled for
Thursday, August&nbsp;1, 2019 at 11:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (&#147;Eastern Time&#148;). The 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be a completely &#147;virtual meeting.&#148; You will be able to attend the meeting as well as vote and
submit your questions during the live webcast of the meeting by visiting <U>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GAIN2019</U> and entering the company number and control number included on your proxy card or in the instructions that accompanied your
proxy materials. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our records indicate that as of June&nbsp;3, 2019, the &#147;Record Date&#148; for the annual meeting, you held shares of the Company
and, therefore, you are entitled to vote on the matters as described in the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement (the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148;) and set forth on the proxy card attached thereto, which were mailed to you and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on June&nbsp;14, 2019.&nbsp;Our records indicate that we have not yet received your vote. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>REMEMBER:&nbsp;Your vote is important, no matter how large or small your holdings may be.&nbsp;Please take a moment to vote your shares. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Voting promptly will help reduce solicitation costs and will eliminate your receiving <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">follow-up</FONT> phone calls or
mailings.&nbsp;Your vote can be cast quickly and easily by signing, dating and mailing in the proxy card accompanying your Proxy Statement; by calling
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-(800)-690-6903</FONT></FONT></FONT> to vote over the telephone, toll free; or by voting over the Internet at <U>www.proxyvote.com</U>. Please note
that voting over the phone or Internet will require that you have your proxy control number available. That number is printed on the proxy card or voting instruction form accompanying your Proxy Statement. For your convenience, a duplicate copy of
the proxy card or voting instruction form containing your proxy control has been included with this mailing. Stockholders with questions on how to vote are strongly encouraged to contact the Company&#146;s proxy solicitor, Georgeson LLC
(&#147;Georgeson&#148;), at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-(800)-790-6795,</FONT></FONT></FONT> or the Company at
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-(866)-366-5745.</FONT></FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stockholders
also may vote virtually during the live broadcast of the annual meeting on Thursday, August&nbsp;1, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Please follow the instructions for attending and voting at the annual meeting posted at
<U>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GAIN2019</U>. You will need the company number and control number delineated on the previously provided proxy card. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In particular, the Company&#146;s Board of Directors encourages you to vote your shares in favor of all of the proposals described in the Proxy Statement and
set forth on the proxy card.&nbsp;Voting promptly will help reduce solicitation costs and will eliminate you receiving <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">follow-up</FONT> phone calls or mailings.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we have not received your proxy as the date of the annual meeting approaches, you may receive a call asking you to exercise your right to
vote.&nbsp;Georgeson has been retained by the Company to make <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">follow-up</FONT> phone calls to help secure the remaining votes needed for the annual meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thank you in advance for your participation and your consideration in this extremely important matter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sincerely, </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David Gladstone </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman and
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On June&nbsp;14, 2019, Gladstone Investment Corporation filed a Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148;) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) in connection with Gladstone Investment Corporation&#146;s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.&nbsp;Stockholders are strongly advised to read the Proxy Statement carefully before making any
voting or investment decision because the Proxy Statement contains important information. Gladstone Investment Corporation&#146;s Proxy Statement and any other materials filed by Gladstone Investment Corporation with the SEC can be obtained free of
charge at the SEC&#146;s website at <U>www.sec.gov</U> or from Gladstone Investment Corporation at <U>www.gladstoneinvestment.com</U>. </P>
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