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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-037584
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120702
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120702

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CION Investment Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001534254
		IRS NUMBER:				453058280
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12G
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-54755
		FILM NUMBER:		12938898

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		36TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212 - 418 - 4700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		36TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	C&#298;ON Investment Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20111104
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 8-A SECTION 12(G)
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 2, 2012 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-A </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF
SECURITIES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF
THE </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>C&#298;ON Investment Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
its Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Maryland</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">45-3058280</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(State of incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>3 Park Avenue, 36<SUP>th</SUP> Floor<BR>
New York, New York</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">10016</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>______________________________________</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant
to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Title of each class</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>to be so registered</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Name of each exchange on<BR>
<U>which each class is to be registered</U></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">None&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">_______________________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this
form relates: <B>333-178646 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of
the Act:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Title of class)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Description of Registrant&rsquo;s Securities
to be Registered </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The securities to be registered hereby are common stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of C&#298;ON Investment Corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;). For a description of the shares of
common stock being registered hereby, reference is made to the information contained in the sections entitled &ldquo;Description
of Our Securities,&rdquo; &ldquo;Suitability Standards,&rdquo; &ldquo;Distribution Reinvestment Plan&rdquo; and &ldquo;Share Repurchase
Program&rdquo; in the prospectus (the &ldquo;Prospectus&rdquo;) that forms part of the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement
on Form N-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-178646), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), on December 20, 2011 (as amended from time to time, the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;),
which is hereby incorporated by reference herein. A definitive copy of the Prospectus will be filed pursuant to Rule 497 under
the Securities Act, and shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this registration statement on Form 8-A. Any form of prospectus
or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently filed are hereby
also incorporated by reference herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Exhibits </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) of the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-178646), filed on June 29, 2012).</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top">3.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;(b) of
        the         Pre-Effective Amendment No. 4  to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File
        No.&nbsp;333-178646), filed on         June 29, 2012).</P>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Distribution Reinvestment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;(e) of the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-178646), filed on February 17, 2012).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: July 2, 2012</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><B>C&#298;ON INVESTMENT CORPORATION</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">/s/ Michael A. Reisner</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: #000000 1px solid">Name:
Michael A. Reisner<BR>Title:
Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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