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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-105937
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241003

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40859
		FILM NUMBER:		241352631

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		25TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-418-4700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		25TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	C&#298;ON Investment Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20111104
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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>

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<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">&nbsp;</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 12(g) 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">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; width: 49%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>45-3058280</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>100 Park Avenue, 25th Floor</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York </B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>10017</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Act:</P>

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Each Class is to be so Registered</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">7.50% Notes due 2029</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The New York Stock Exchange</FONT></TD></TR>
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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 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. <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">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</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">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently
with a Regulation A offering, check the following box&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; text-align: center">Securities Act registration statement file number
to which this form relates: <B>333-278658</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Act: <B>None&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><B>Item 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 the 7.50% Notes due 2029
(the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;) of C&#298;ON Investment Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;). The Notes are expected
to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and to trade thereon within 30 days of the original issue date under the trading symbol &ldquo;CICB.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The description of the Notes is incorporated herein by reference to
(i) the information set forth under the heading &ldquo;Description of Debt Securities We May Issue&rdquo; in the Registrant&rsquo;s&nbsp;Prospectus&nbsp;included
in its Registration Statement on&nbsp;Form N-2&nbsp;(Registration No. 333-278658) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &ldquo;<B><I>SEC</I></B>&rdquo;) on June 14, 2024 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&rdquo;),
and (ii) the information under the headings &ldquo;Specific Terms of the Notes and the Offering&rdquo; and &ldquo;Description of Our Notes&rdquo;
in the Registrant&rsquo;s&nbsp;Prospectus Supplement&nbsp;dated September 26, 2024, as filed with the SEC on September 30, 2024 pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act. The foregoing descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.</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 2. Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Pursuant to the Instructions as to exhibits
for registration statements on Form&nbsp;8-A,&nbsp;the documents listed below are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding: 0; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534254/000110465924105934/tm2425461d1_ex4-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534254/000110465924105934/tm2425461d1_ex4-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Indenture, dated
    as of October 3, 2024, between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust Company, (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company&rsquo;s
    Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 3, 2024).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding: 0; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534254/000110465924105934/tm2425461d1_ex4-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534254/000110465924105934/tm2425461d1_ex4-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">First Supplemental
    Indenture, dated as of October 3, 2024 between the Registrant and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (incorporated by
    reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 3, 2024).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding: 0; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534254/000110465924105934/tm2425461d1_ex4-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534254/000110465924105934/tm2425461d1_ex4-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Global
    Note (included in Exhibit 4.2).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">C&#298;ON INVESTMENT CORPORATION &nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; width: 62%; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;Date: October 3, 2024</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; width: 4%; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; width: 34%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s Michael A. Reisner</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Michael A. Reisner</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Co-Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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