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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-282564
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250206
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001143513
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				542040781
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	814-00237
		FILM NUMBER:		241565331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22102
		BUSINESS PHONE:		703-287-5800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22102
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy
Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
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Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box) </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY&nbsp;6, 2025 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;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:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">To the
Stockholders of Gladstone Capital Corporation: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Notice Is Hereby Given that the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
&#147;Annual Meeting&#148;) of Gladstone Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, will be held on Thursday, February&nbsp;6, 2025, at 11:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting 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 <I>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD202</I><I>5</I> and entering the company number and control number included on your
proxy card or in the instructions that accompany your proxy materials. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to consider
and vote upon the following proposals: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">To elect two directors, John H. Outland and David Gladstone, to be elected by the holders of common stock and
preferred stock, voting together as a single class, to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending September&nbsp;30, 2025. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The
foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We intend to mail
these materials on or about December&nbsp;20, 2024 to all stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Our Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on Friday, December&nbsp;6, 2024 as the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-top:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to be </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>held on Thursday, February&nbsp;6, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, virtually, in a live webcast at
</B><B><I>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD</I></B><B></B><B><I>2025</I></B><B></B><B><I>.</I></B><B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The Proxy
Statement and our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024 are also available at <I>www.proxyvote.com</I>. </P></div>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">December&nbsp;20, 2024 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>ALL OF OUR STOCKHOLDERS
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING VIA WEBCAST. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU ARE URGED TO COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, SUBMIT YOUR PROXY ELECTRONICALLY
VIA THE INTERNET, OR VOTE BY PROXY OVER THE TELEPHONE, AS INSTRUCTED IN THESE MATERIALS. SUBMITTING YOUR PROXY OR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS PROMPTLY WILL ASSIST US IN REDUCING THE EXPENSES OF ADDITIONAL PROXY SOLICITATION, BUT IT WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR
RIGHT TO VOTE IF YOU ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING (AND, IF YOU ARE NOT A STOCKHOLDER OF RECORD, YOU HAVE OBTAINED A LEGAL PROXY FROM THE BANK, BROKER, TRUSTEE OR OTHER NOMINEE THAT HOLDS YOUR SHARES GIVING YOU THE RIGHT TO VOTE THE SHARES AT THE ANNUAL
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc869567_1"></A>PROXY STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>To Be Held On February&nbsp;6, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc869567_2"></A>QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THIS PROXY MATERIAL AND VOTING </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Why am I receiving these materials? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We have sent you this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card because the board of directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of
Gladstone Capital Corporation (&#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;meeting&#148; or &#147;annual meeting&#148;), including adjournments or
postponements thereof, if any. You are invited to attend the annual meeting to vote on the proposals described in this Proxy Statement, which meeting will take place through a live webcast by visiting
<I>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD2025</I>. However, you do not need to attend the meeting through the webcast to vote your shares. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card, or follow the instructions below to
vote by proxy over the telephone or through the Internet prior to the annual meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We intend to mail these materials
on or about December&nbsp;20, 2024 to all stockholders of record entitled to vote at the annual meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>YOUR VOTE IS
IMPORTANT. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE PROMPTLY VOTE YOUR SHARES EITHER BY MAIL, BY
TELEPHONE, OR THROUGH THE INTERNET. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL
MEETING TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY&nbsp;6, 2025: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>The Notice of Annual Meeting, this Proxy Statement and our Annual
Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024 are available at the following Internet address: </B><B><I>www.proxyvote.com</I></B><B>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>How can I attend the annual meeting? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The meeting will be held on Thursday, February&nbsp;6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, virtually, in a live webcast on the
website <I>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD2025</I> where you will be able to vote your shares during the meeting and submit any questions. You will need to enter the company number and the control number included on your proxy card or in the
instructions that accompany your proxy materials to enter the meeting. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Only holders of record of our common stock and preferred stock at the close of business on December&nbsp;6, 2024 will be
entitled to vote at the annual meeting. On the record date, there were&nbsp;22,329,852 shares of common stock and 448,725 shares of preferred stock outstanding and entitled to vote. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If at the close of business on December&nbsp;6, 2024, your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer
agent, Computershare, Inc., then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote at the meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to fill out and return the enclosed proxy card or
vote by proxy over the telephone or through the Internet as instructed below to ensure your vote is counted. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Beneficial Owner: Shares Held in the Name
of a Broker, Bank, Nominee, or other Similar Organization </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If at the close of business on December&nbsp;6, 2024, your
shares were held, not in your name, but in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer, or other similar organization or nominee (collectively, a &#147;Brokerage Firm&#148;), then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in &#147;street
name&#148; and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that Brokerage Firm because the Brokerage Firm holding your account or its nominee is considered to be the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the annual meeting. As a
beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your Brokerage Firm regarding how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the annual meeting via live webcast on the website:
<I>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD2025</I>. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares at the meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your Brokerage Firm. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>What am I voting on? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">There are two matters scheduled for a vote: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Proposal 1, to elect two directors, John H. Outland and David Gladstone, to be elected by the holders of
common stock and preferred stock, voting together as a single class, to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Proposal 2, to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of our Board (the &#147;Audit Committee&#148;) of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (&#147;PwC&#148;) as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending September&nbsp;30, 2025. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>How do I vote? </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">For
Proposal 1, you may either vote &#147;<B>FOR ALL</B>&#148; nominees for directors of our Board, &#147;<B>WITHHOLD ALL</B>,&#148; meaning that you do not vote for any nominee for director, or you may vote &#147;<B>FOR</B>
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<B>ALL EXCEPT</B>,&#148; meaning that you vote for all nominees for director except any nominee you specify. For Proposal 2, you may vote &#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148; or &#147;<B>AGAINST</B>&#148; or
&#147;<B>ABSTAIN</B>&#148; from voting. The procedures for voting are as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote at the annual meeting, vote by proxy using the enclosed proxy card and return
envelope, or vote by proxy over the telephone or through the Internet. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted. You may still attend the meeting via webcast and vote in person, even
if you have already voted by proxy. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To vote virtually during the live webcast of the annual meeting, please follow the instructions for attending
and voting at the annual meeting posted at <I>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD2025</I>. You will need the company number and control number included on the enclosed proxy card. All votes must be received by the inspectors of election appointed
for the meeting before the polls close at the annual meeting. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To vote using the enclosed proxy card, simply complete, sign, date, and return it promptly in the envelope
provided. To be counted, we must receive your signed proxy card by 11:59&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time on February&nbsp;5, 2025, the day prior to the annual meeting. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To vote by proxy over the telephone, dial toll-free, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-690-6903,</FONT></FONT></FONT> using a touch-tone phone and follow the recorded instructions. You will be asked to provide the company number and control number included on the
enclosed proxy card. To be counted, we must receive your vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on February&nbsp;5, 2025, the day prior to the annual meeting. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To vote by proxy through the Internet, go to <I>www.proxyvote.com</I> to complete an electronic proxy card.
You will be asked to provide the company number and control number included on the enclosed proxy card. To be counted, we must receive your vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on February&nbsp;5, 2025, the day prior to the annual meeting.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Beneficial Owner: Shares Held in the Name of Broker, Bank, Nominee, or other Similar Organization </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of your Brokerage Firm, you should have received a proxy card
and voting instructions with these proxy materials from that organization, rather than from us. Simply follow the instructions provided by your Brokerage Firm to ensure that your vote is counted. To vote virtually during the live webcast of the
annual meeting, you must obtain a valid proxy from your Brokerage Firm. Follow the instructions from your Brokerage Firm, included with these proxy materials, or contact your Brokerage Firm to request a proxy form. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>How many votes do I have? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">On all matters that properly come before the annual meeting, you have one vote for each share of common stock and preferred
stock that you owned as of the close of business on December&nbsp;6, 2024. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>How are votes counted? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Votes will be counted by the inspectors of election appointed for the annual meeting, who will separately count
&#147;<B>FOR</B> <B>ALL</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>WITHHOLD ALL,</B>&#148; and &#147;<B>FOR ALL EXCEPT</B>&#148; for the election of directors and, with respect to proposals other than the election of directors, &#147;<B>FOR</B>,&#148;
&#147;<B>AGAINST</B>&#148; and &#147;<B>ABSTAIN</B>&#148; votes. The effects of abstentions and broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes</FONT> on each proposal are described below under the question &#147;How many votes are needed to
approve each proposal?&#148; We expect that Nicole Schaltenbrand, our chief financial officer and treasurer, and Michael LiCalsi, our general counsel and secretary, will be appointed as the inspectors of election. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>How many votes are needed to approve each proposal? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Vote Required </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B><I>Proposal 1&#151;Election of Directors</I></B>. Each of John H. Outland and David Gladstone<B> </B>must be elected by a
plurality of votes cast at the annual meeting by holders of our outstanding common stock and preferred stock, voting together as a single class. Only votes &#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148; a particular nominee for director will affect the outcome of the
election of such nominee. Under a plurality vote standard, the nominees that receive the highest number of votes cast will be elected regardless of whether they receive a majority of votes cast. Broker
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes</FONT> and withheld votes will not be counted as votes cast with respect to the proposal and will have no effect on the outcome of such proposal; however, they will be counted towards the quorum
requirement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B><I>Proposal 2&#151;Ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm.</I></B>&nbsp;The
affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by holders of common stock and preferred stock, voting together as a single class, at the annual meeting is required to ratify the Audit Committee&#146;s selection of PwC as our independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September&nbsp;30, 2025. Abstentions will not be counted as votes cast for this proposal; however, they will be counted towards the quorum requirement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>What are &#147;broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes&#148;?</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes</FONT> occur when a beneficial owner of shares held in &#147;street
name&#148; does not give instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares as to how to vote on matters deemed <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-routine.&#148;</FONT> Generally, if shares are held in street name, the beneficial owner
of the shares is entitled to give voting instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares. If the beneficial owner does not provide voting instructions, the broker or nominee can still vote the shares with respect to matters that are
considered to be &#147;routine,&#148; but not with respect to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-routine&#148;</FONT> matters. In the event that a broker, bank, or other agent indicates on a proxy that it does not have discretionary
authority to vote certain shares on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-routine</FONT> proposal, then those shares will be treated as broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>Because it is a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-routine</FONT> proposal, your broker, bank or other agent is not
entitled to vote your shares without your instructions with respect to Proposal 1 (election of directors). However, Proposal 2 (ratification of the appointment of PwC) is a routine proposal and your broker, bank or other agent may vote your shares
with respect to Proposal 2 even if it does not receive instructions from you. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">A quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present if a majority of all of our outstanding
shares of common stock and preferred stock are represented by stockholders present at the meeting or by proxy. On the record date there were 22,329,852 shares of common stock and 448,725 shares of preferred stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
Thus,&nbsp;11,389,289 shares must be represented by stockholders present at the meeting or by proxy to have a quorum. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your
Brokerage Firm or other nominee) or if you vote in person at the meeting. Withhold votes, abstentions and broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes</FONT> will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If there is no quorum, the
stockholders present and entitled to vote at the meeting may adjourn the meeting to another date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>What if I return a proxy card but do not make
specific choices? </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If you return a signed and dated proxy card, or otherwise vote by proxy without making any voting
selections, your shares will be voted &#147;<B>FOR ALL</B>&#148; nominees for director in Proposal 1 and &#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148; Proposal&nbsp;2. If any other matter is properly presented at the meeting, your proxy holder (one of the individuals
named on the enclosed proxy card) will vote your shares using his or her best judgment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Can I change my vote after submitting my proxy? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Yes. You can revoke your proxy at any time before the final vote at the meeting. If you wish to revoke your proxy after
11:59&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time on February&nbsp;5, 2025, you may only do so at the annual meeting. If you are the record holder of your shares, you may revoke your proxy in any one of the following ways: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">You may grant a subsequent proxy by telephone or through the Internet through <I>www.proxyvote.com</I> on a
later date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">You may attend the annual meeting and vote virtually during the live webcast. Simply attending the meeting
will not, by itself, revoke your proxy. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If your shares are held by your Brokerage Firm, you should
follow the instructions provided by your broker or bank. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>What does it mean if I receive more than one set of proxy materials? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If you receive more than one set of proxy materials, your shares may be registered in more than one name or in different
accounts at your Brokerage Firm(s). Please follow the voting instructions on the proxy cards in each set of the proxy materials to ensure that all of your shares are voted. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Preliminary voting results will be announced at the annual meeting. Final voting results will be published in a Current Report
on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that we expect to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) within four business days after the annual meeting. If final voting results are not available to us to
timely file a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K,</FONT> we intend to file a Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> to publish preliminary results and, within four business days after the final results are known to us, file an
additional Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> to publish the final results. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>When are stockholder proposals due for next year&#146;s
annual meeting? </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We will consider for inclusion in our proxy materials for the 2026 annual meeting proposals that we
receive no later than August&nbsp;22, 2025 and that comply with all applicable requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-8</FONT> promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), and our
bylaws, as amended (&#147;Bylaws&#148;). Stockholders must submit their proposals to our secretary at 1521&nbsp;Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">In addition, any stockholder who wishes to propose a nominee to our Board or propose any other business to be considered by
the stockholders (other than a stockholder proposal to be included in our proxy materials pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-8</FONT> of the 1934 Act) must comply with the advance notice provisions and other requirements of
Article II, Section&nbsp;4(b) of our Bylaws, a copy of which is on file with the SEC and may be obtained without charge from our secretary upon request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">These notice provisions require that nominations of persons for election to our Board and proposals of business to be
considered by the stockholders for the 2026 annual meeting must be made in writing and submitted to our secretary at the address above no earlier than November&nbsp;8, 2025 (90 days before the first anniversary of our 2025 Annual Meeting) and no
later than December&nbsp;8, 2025 (60&nbsp;days before the first anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting). You are also advised to review our Bylaws, which contain additional requirements about advance notice of stockholder proposals and director
nominations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Who is paying for this proxy solicitation? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Gladstone Capital Corporation will bear the cost of solicitation of proxies, including preparation, assembly, printing and
mailing of this Proxy Statement, the proxy card and any additional information furnished to stockholders. Copies of solicitation materials will be furnished to banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries and other custodians holding in their names shares
of our common stock or preferred stock beneficially owned by others to forward to such beneficial owners. We may reimburse persons representing beneficial owners of our common stock or preferred stock for their costs of forwarding solicitation
materials to such beneficial owners. Original solicitation of proxies by mail may be supplemented by telephone, electronic mail or personal solicitation by directors, officers or other regular employees of Gladstone Management Corporation, our
investment adviser (the &#147;Adviser&#148;), or Gladstone Administration,&nbsp;LLC (the &#147;Administrator&#148;). No additional compensation will be paid to directors, officers or other regular employees for such services. In addition to these
written proxy materials, our officers and directors may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication; however, </P>
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our officers and directors will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We may also reimburse Brokerage Firms and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials
to beneficial owners and obtaining your voting instructions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>What proxy materials are available on the Internet? </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Notice of the Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for
the year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024 is also available at<I>&nbsp;www.proxyvote.com</I>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ELECTION OF DIRECTORS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board is divided into three classes, with staggered three-year terms. Currently our Board is comprised of seven directors,
five of whom are independent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Company&#146;s Ethics, Nominating&nbsp;&amp; Corporate Governance Committee (the
&#147;Ethics Committee&#148;) nominated two incumbent directors to stand for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election:</FONT> John H. Outland, an independent director, and David Gladstone, an interested director. Proxies cannot be voted for a
greater number of persons than the number of nominees named. If elected at the annual meeting, each nominee would serve until the 2028 annual meeting and until his successor is elected and qualified, or, if sooner, until his death, resignation or
removal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Each director is elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the annual meeting. Shares represented by executed
proxies will be voted, if the authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of the two nominees. In the event that any of the nominees should be unavailable for election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, such shares will be voted for
the election of such substitute nominees as management may propose. Each person nominated for election has agreed to serve if elected, and management has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Holders of preferred stock are entitled, as a class, to the exclusion of the holders of all other classes of stock, to elect
two directors (regardless of the total number of directors serving on our Board). Michela A. English and Anthony W. Parker have been designated as the preferred directors and each is serving a term that expires at the 2026 annual meeting, thus
neither of the two preferred directorships is up for election at this year&#146;s annual meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We encourage all of our
directors and nominees for director to attend the annual meeting; however, attendance is not required. None of our directors attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Set forth below is biographical information for each person nominated, each person whose term of office as a director will
continue after the annual meeting, each executive officer and certain other officers who are not also directors. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 100</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">McLean, Virginia 22102</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Gladstone Commercial Corporation; Gladstone Land Corporation; Gladstone Investment Corporation; Gladstone Acquisition Corporation; Gladstone Alternative Income Fund</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Davd Gladstone (82)*</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gladstone Capital</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 100</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">McLean, Virginia 22102</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our inception in 2001, of Gladstone Investment Corporation since its inception in 2005, of Gladstone Commercial Corporation since its inception in 2003, of Gladstone
Land Corporation since its inception in 1997 and of Gladstone Alternative Income Fund since its inception in 2024. Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of our Adviser. Since 2010, Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone also serves on the board of
managers of Gladstone Securities, LLC (&#147;Gladstone Securities&#148;), a broker dealer that is an affiliate of the Company. Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Investment Officer. Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Investment Officer
and Director of Gladstone Acquisition from January 2021 until October 2022.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Gladstone Commercial Corporation; Gladstone Land Corporation; Gladstone Investment Corporation; Gladstone Acquisition Corporation; Gladstone Alternative Income Fund</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English (74)</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gladstone Capital</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive,</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Term expires at 2026 annual meeting. Director since June 2002.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director on multiple <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-profit</FONT> boards.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Founder and former Chairman of the Board of Parker Tide Corp., a federal government contracting company providing human resources, procurement and adjudication services to the federal government, with projects in 12 different
states, from 1997 until 2024.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.&nbsp;(78)</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gladstone
Capital</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Term expires at 2027 annual&nbsp;meeting. Director since October 2014.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, from its founding in 1980 through 2016.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katharine C. Gorka (64)</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gladstone Capital</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 100</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">McLean, Virginia 22102</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Term expires at 2027 annual&nbsp;meeting.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director since August 2024</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President of Threat Knowledge Group, which provides training and expertise on threats to U.S. national security. Chair of the Fairfax County Republican Party. Previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Policy at
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2017 until 2020. Press Secretary for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and from 2020 to 2022. Director for the Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Gladstone Commercial Corporation; Gladstone Land Corporation; Gladstone Investment Corporation; Gladstone Alternative Income Fund</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paula Novara (55)*</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gladstone Capital</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 100</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">McLean, Virginia 22102</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Head of Resource Management</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Term expires at 2027 annual meeting. Director since 2022</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Head of Resource Management since our inception. Head of Human Resources, Facilities&nbsp;&amp; Office Management and IT at Gladstone Land Corporation, Gladstone Investment Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone
Alternative Income Fund, since 1997, 2005, 2003 and 2024, respectively.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Gladstone Commercial Corporation; Gladstone Land Corporation; Gladstone Investment Corporation; Gladstone Alternative Income Fund</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gladstone&nbsp;Capital&nbsp;Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">General&nbsp;Counsel and Secretary</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">General&nbsp;Counsel&nbsp;since October 2009; Secretary since October 2012.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">General Counsel for Gladstone Land Corporation, Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Commercial Corporation since October 2009 and Gladstone Alternative Income Fund since 2024. Secretary of Gladstone Land Corporation,
Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Commercial Corporation since October 2012 and Gladstone Alternative Income Fund since 2024. President of Gladstone Administration, LLC since July 2013. Managing Principal and Chief Legal Officer of
Gladstone Securities, LLC and member of its board of managers since 2010.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 100</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">McLean, Virginia 22102</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President since January 2014.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President since January 2014. Executive Vice President and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-Head</FONT> of Asset Management with MCG Capital Corp. from 2007 to December 2013.</TD></TR>
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Corporation</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1521 Westbranch Drive</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 100</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief&nbsp;Financial Officer; Treasurer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Accounting Officer&nbsp;from&nbsp;November 2015 to March 2016; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since March 2016.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Accounting Officer&nbsp;from&nbsp;November 2015 to March 2016; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since March 2016. Senior Manager of SEC reporting and accounting policy at National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance
Corporation from May 2012 to November 2015. Senior Audit Manager and other positions within the assurance practice at KPMG LLP from September 2004 through May 2012.</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone and Ms.&nbsp;Novara are interested persons of Gladstone Capital Corporation, within the
meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), due to their positions as officers of the Company, and our Adviser and their employment by our Adviser. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Qualifications of Director Nominees </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">When considering whether our director nominee has 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 our Board focused primarily on the information discussed in each of the individual backgrounds
set forth above and on the following particular attributes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>Mr.</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;Gladstone </I>was selected to serve as a director on our Board due to the fact that
he is our founder and has greater than thirty years of experience in the industry, including his service as our chairman and chief executive officer since our inception. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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more than twenty years of experience in the real estate and mortgage industry.<I> </I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Qualifications of Incumbent Directors Serving Until the 2026 or 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">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 our Board focused primarily on the information discussed in each of the individual
backgrounds set forth above and on the following particular attributes: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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experience at various corporations and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-profit</FONT> organizations as well as her past service on our Board since 2002. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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management expertise and strategic analyses, as well as a diversity of views. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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has <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-depth</FONT> knowledge of the Company and has been an integral part of the Company&#146;s operations since its inception. Ms.&nbsp;Novara also adds to the Board&#146;s diversity of views.
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expertise and experience in the field of corporate taxation as well as his past service on our Board since our inception in 2001. Mr.&nbsp;Parker&#146;s knowledge of corporate tax was instrumental in his appointment to the chairmanship of our Audit
Committee. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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a nominee for another directorship term, due to his vast experience in various areas of the investment industry as well as his experience in serving on boards of various organizations. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; EACH NAMED NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR IN PROPOSAL 1. </B></P>

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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GOVERNANCE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Director
Independence </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">As required under The Nasdaq Stock Market (&#147;Nasdaq&#148;) listing standards, our Board annually
determines each director&#146;s independence. The Nasdaq listing standards provide that a director of a business development company is considered to be independent if he or she is not an &#147;interested person&#148; of ours, as defined in
Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act defines an &#147;interested person&#148; to include, among other things, any person who has, or within the last two years had, a material business or professional
relationship with us. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Consistent with these considerations, after review of all relevant transactions or relationships
between each director, or any of his or her family members, and us, our senior management and our independent registered public accounting firm, our Board has affirmatively determined that the following five directors are independent directors
within the meaning of the applicable Nasdaq listing standards: Messrs. Outland, Parker, and Wilkinson and Mses.&nbsp;English and Gorka. In making this determination, our Board found that none of these directors or nominees for director had a
material or other disqualifying relationship with us. Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone, the chairman of our Board and our chief executive officer, and Ms.&nbsp;Novara, Head of Resource Management, are not independent directors by virtue of their positions as
officers of the Company and our Adviser and their employment by our Adviser. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Diversity</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following table summarizes certain self-identified characteristics of our directors, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing
Rules 5605(f) and 5606. Each term used in the table has the meaning given to it in the rule and related instructions. Our current Nasdaq Board Diversity Matrix is also posted on our website at
https://www.gladstonecapital.com/investors/corporate-governance/governance-documents.</P>
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<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gladstone Capital Corporation Board Diversity Matrix</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="13" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>As of June&nbsp;1, 2023</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="13" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>As of August&nbsp;22, 2024</B></TD>
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<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total&nbsp;Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Directors</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="13" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="13" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>Female</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>Male</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Binary</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>Did not<BR>disclose<BR>gender</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>Did not<BR>disclose<BR>gender</B></TD>
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<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>Part II: Demographic Information</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Black or African</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">American</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hispanic/Latinx</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">1</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">1</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Native American or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Alaskan Native</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Native Hawaiian or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pacific Islander</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">White</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Two or more Races</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Did Not Disclose</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Demographic Background</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="13" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Directors who are</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Military Veterans</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="13" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">4</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Stockholder Engagement and Outreach</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">In 2022, our Administrator hired our first Director of Investor Relations and Environmental, Social and Governance
(&#147;ESG&#148;), Catherine Gerkis, to lead our Investor Relations and ESG team.&nbsp;Our Investor Relations and ESG team typically conducts stockholder outreach following our annual meeting and periodically throughout the year to engage with
stockholders on a variety of corporate governance matters including those matters stockholders identify as important. Following such outreach, any specific issues and the overall scope of stockholder engagement is discussed with the Board at the
next quarterly meeting.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Following the 2022 annual meeting season and identification of voting trends at certain of our
affiliated funds, our Investor Relations and ESG team engaged with certain of our stockholders and those of our affiliated funds to identify the rationale for voting trends, including &#147;withhold&#148; votes at some of our affiliated funds, and
applicable action items.&nbsp;As a result, and as previously disclosed in our Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on October&nbsp;12, 2022, following the Board&#146;s internal review and assessment, the Board appointed Paula
Novara as its first racially/ethnically diverse member in October 2022.</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Meetings of the Board of Directors </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board met four times during fiscal year 2024. Each Board member attended 75% or more of the aggregate of the meetings
during fiscal year 2024 of our Board and of the committees on which he or she served that were held while the director was a member of the Board or such committee, as applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our independent directors met four times during fiscal year 2024 in regularly scheduled executive sessions, at which only
independent directors were present. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Corporate Leadership Structure </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Since our inception, Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone has served as chairman of our Board and our chief executive officer. He also served as
our president from February 2013 through December 2013. Our Board believes that our chief executive officer is best situated to serve as chairman because he is the director most familiar with our business and industry, and most capable of
effectively identifying strategic priorities and leading the discussion and execution of strategy. In addition, Mr.&nbsp;Wilkinson, one of our independent directors, serves as the Lead Independent Director. The Lead Independent Director has the
responsibility of presiding at all executive sessions of our independent directors, consulting with the chairman and chief executive officer on Board and committee meeting agendas, acting as a liaison between management and the independent directors
and facilitating teamwork and communication between the independent directors and management. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board believes the
combined role of chairman and chief executive officer, together with an independent Lead Independent Director, is in the best interest of stockholders because it provides the appropriate balance between strategic development and independent
oversight of risk management. In coming to this conclusion, our Board considered the importance of having an interested chairperson that is familiar with our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">day-to-day</FONT></FONT>
management activities, our portfolio companies and the operations of our Adviser. Our Board concluded that the combined role enhances, among other things, our Board&#146;s understanding of our investment portfolio, business, finances and risk
management efforts. In addition, our Board believes that Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone&#146;s employment by the Adviser better allows for the efficient mobilization of the Adviser&#146;s resources at our Board&#146;s behest and on its behalf. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following table identifies our standing committees and their current members and the number of meetings held by each
committee during the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David Gladstone</P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Lead Independent Director </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Below is a description of each committee of our Board. All committees other than the Executive Committee have the authority to
engage legal counsel or other experts or consultants as they deem appropriate to carry out their responsibilities. Our Board has determined that each member of the Audit, Compensation and Ethics Committees meets the applicable Nasdaq rules and
regulations regarding &#147;independence&#148; of such committees&#146; members and that each member is free of any relationship that would interfere with his or her individual exercise of independent judgment with regard to us. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Audit Committee </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Audit Committee oversees our corporate accounting and financial reporting process. For this purpose, the Audit Committee
performs several functions. It evaluates the performance and assesses the qualifications of the independent registered public accounting firm; determines and approves the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm; determines
whether to retain or terminate the existing independent registered public accounting firm or to appoint and engage a new independent registered public accounting firm; reviews and approves the retention of the independent registered public
accounting firm to perform any proposed permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services; monitors the rotation of partners of the independent registered public accounting firm on our audit engagement team as required by law;
confers with management and the independent registered public accounting firm regarding the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting; establishes procedures, as required under applicable law, for the receipt, retention and
treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and the confidential and anonymous submission by employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters; and meets to
review our annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, including reviewing our disclosures under &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations.&#148; The Audit Committee has adopted a written charter that is available to stockholders in the <I>Investors </I>section of our website at <I>www.gladstonecapital.com</I>. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board has determined that all members of our Audit Committee are
independent (as independence is currently defined in Rules 5605(a)(2) and 5605(c)(2) of the Nasdaq listing standards). No member of the Audit Committee received any compensation from us during the last three fiscal years other than directors&#146;
fees. Our Board has unanimously determined all Audit Committee members are financially literate under current Nasdaq rules and that Messrs. Outland, Parker and Wilkinson and Ms.&nbsp;English each qualifies as an &#147;audit committee financial
expert,&#148; as defined in applicable SEC rules. Our Board made a qualitative assessment of the members&#146; level of knowledge and experience based on a number of factors, including formal education and experience. Messrs. Parker and Outland and
Ms.&nbsp;English also served on the audit committees of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Land Corporation and Gladstone Investment Corporation during the last fiscal year. Our board has determined that this simultaneous service did not
impair the respective director&#146;s ability to effectively serve on our Audit Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Compensation Committee </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Compensation Committee operates pursuant to a written charter that is available to stockholders in the <I>Investors
</I>section of our website at <I>www.gladstonecapital.com</I>. The Compensation Committee conducts periodic reviews of our investment advisory and management agreement with our Adviser (the &#147;Advisory Agreement&#148;) and our administration
agreement with our Administrator (the &#147;Administration Agreement&#148;) to evaluate whether the fees paid to our Adviser and our Administrator under the agreements are in the best interests of us and our stockholders. The committee considers in
such periodic reviews, among other things, whether the fees paid to our Adviser and our Administrator are reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services performed and whether the provisions of the Advisory and Administration Agreements
are being satisfactorily performed. The Compensation Committee also reviews with management our Compensation Discussion and Analysis to consider whether to recommend that it be included in proxy statements and other filings. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board has determined that all members of our Compensation Committee are independent (as independence is currently defined
in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq listing standards). No members of the Compensation Committee received compensation from us during the last fiscal year other than directors&#146; fees. Messrs. Outland and Wilkinson also serve on the compensation
committees of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Land Corporation, Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Alternative Income Fund. Our Board has determined that this simultaneous service does not impair the respective
directors&#146; ability to effectively serve on our Compensation Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">No member of the Compensation Committee ever served as one of our executive officers. Further, none of our executive officers
has ever served as a member of the Compensation Committee or as a director of another entity any of whose executive officers served on our Compensation Committee. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Ethics Committee is responsible for identifying, reviewing and evaluating candidates to serve as our directors (consistent
with criteria approved by our Board), reviewing and evaluating incumbent directors, recommending to our Board for selection candidates for election to our Board, making recommendations to our Board regarding the membership of the committees of our
Board, assessing the performance of our Board, and developing our corporate governance principles. Our Ethics Committee charter can be found in the <I>Investors </I>section of our website at <I>www.gladstonecapital.com</I>. Each member of the Ethics
Committee is independent (as independence is currently defined in Rule&nbsp;5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq listing standards). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Information Regarding the
Process for Nominating Director Candidates </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Ethics Committee believes that candidates for director should have
certain minimum qualifications, including being able to read and understand basic financial statements, being over 21 years of age and having the highest personal integrity and ethics. The Ethics Committee also considers such factors as possessing
relevant expertise upon which to be able to offer advice and guidance to management, having sufficient time to devote to our affairs, demonstrated excellence in his or her field, having the ability to exercise sound business judgment and having the
commitment to rigorously represent the long-term interests of our stockholders. However, the Ethics Committee retains the right to modify these qualifications from time to time. Candidates for director nominees are reviewed in the context of the
current composition of our Board, our operating requirements and the long-term interests of our stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Ethics
Committee and Board believe that diversity is an important attribute of directors and that our Board should be the culmination of an array of backgrounds and experiences and be capable of articulating a variety of viewpoints. Accordingly, under the
Ethics Committee charter, the Ethics Committee considers and discusses diversity in its annual review of the Board and its review of director nominees. Factors considered by the Board in reviewing the diversity on our Board include honesty, loyalty,
personal lifestyle, values, disciplines, ethics, age, experience, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, expertise, background and skills, all in the context of an assessment of the perceived needs of us and our Board at that point in
time in order to create and maintain a balance of knowledge, experience and capability that will best serve us and our stockholders. Similarly, upon the occurrence of any vacancy on the Board, the Ethics Committee will actively seek out highly
qualified candidates (including female candidates and racially or ethnically diverse candidates) to include in the pool from which an ultimate nominee for director is chosen. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">In the case of incumbent directors whose terms of office are set to expire, the Ethics Committee reviews such directors&#146;
overall service to us during their term, including the number of meetings attended, level of participation, quality of performance, and any other relationships and transactions that might impair such directors&#146; independence. In the case of new
director candidates, the Ethics Committee also determines whether such new nominee must be independent for Nasdaq purposes, which determination is based upon applicable Nasdaq listing standards, applicable SEC rules and regulations and the advice of
counsel, if necessary. The Ethics Committee then uses its network of contacts to compile a list of potential </P>
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candidates, but may also engage, if it deems appropriate, a professional search firm. The Ethics Committee conducts any appropriate and necessary inquiries into the backgrounds and qualifications
of possible candidates after considering the function and needs of our Board. The Ethics Committee meets to discuss and consider such candidates&#146; qualifications and then selects a nominee for recommendation to our Board by majority vote. To
date, the Ethics Committee has not paid a fee to any third party to assist in the process of identifying or evaluating director candidates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>Stockholder Recommendation of Director Candidates to the Ethics, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Ethics Committee will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders. The Ethics Committee does not intend to
alter the manner in which it evaluates candidates, including the minimum criteria set forth above, based on whether the candidate was recommended by a stockholder or not. Stockholders who wish to recommend individuals for consideration by the Ethics
Committee to become nominees for election to our Board may do so by delivering a written recommendation to our secretary at the address set forth on the cover page of this Proxy Statement and containing the information required by our Bylaws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">For nominations for election to our Board to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder
must comply with the advance notice provisions and other requirements of Article II, Section&nbsp;4 of our Bylaws. These notice provisions require that nominations for directors for the 2026 annual meeting must be received no earlier than
November&nbsp;8, 2025 (90 days before the first anniversary of our 2025 Annual Meeting) and not later than December&nbsp;8, 2025 (60&nbsp;days before the first anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Submissions must include the full name of the proposed nominee, a description of the proposed nominee&#146;s business
experience for at least the previous five years, complete biographical information, a description of the proposed nominee&#146;s qualifications as a director and a representation that the nominating stockholder is a beneficial or record owner of our
stock. Any such submission must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. The Ethics Committee has not received or rejected a timely director nominee proposal from a
stockholder or stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board has adopted a formal process by which our stockholders may communicate with our Board or any of our directors.
Persons interested in communicating their concerns or issues may address correspondence to our Board, to a particular director, or to the independent directors generally, in care of Gladstone Capital Corporation, Attention: Investor Relations, at
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102. This information is also contained in the <I>Investors </I>section of our website at <I>www.gladstonecapital.com</I>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the &#147;Code&#148;) that applies to all of our officers and directors
and to the employees of our Adviser and our Administrator. The Ethics Committee reviews, approves and recommends to our Board any changes to the Code. It also reviews any violations of the Code and makes recommendations to our Board on those
violations. The Code is available in the <I>Investors </I>section of our website at <I>www.gladstonecapital.com</I>. If we make any substantive amendments to the Code or grant any waiver from a provision of the Code to any executive officer or
director, we will promptly disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on our website. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The Executive Committee </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Executive Committee, which is composed of Messrs.&nbsp;Gladstone (Chairman) and Parker, has the authority to exercise all
powers of our Board except for actions that must be taken by a majority of independent directors or the full Board under applicable rules and regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The Offering Committee </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Offering Committee is responsible for assisting our Board in discharging its responsibilities regarding the offering from
time to time of our securities. The Offering Committee has all powers of our Board that are necessary or appropriate and may lawfully be delegated to the Offering Committee in connection with an offering of our securities. Our Offering Committee
operates pursuant to a written charter, which can be found in the <I>Investors </I>section of our website at <I>www.gladstonecapital.com</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>The
Valuation Committee </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Valuation Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in determining the fair value
of our investment portfolio or other assets in compliance with the 1940 Act and assisting the Board&#146;s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, as well as risk management, related to valuation. The Valuation Committee operates pursuant
to a written charter, which can be found in the <I>Investors </I>section of our website at <I>www.gladstonecapital.com</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Oversight of Risk
Management </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Since September 2007, Jack Dellafiora has served as our chief compliance officer and, in that position,
Mr.&nbsp;Dellafiora directly oversees our enterprise risk management function and reports to our chief executive officer, the Audit Committee and our Board in this capacity. Mr.&nbsp;Dellafiora also serves as chief compliance officer of Gladstone
Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Land Corporation, Gladstone Investment Corporation, Gladstone Alternative Income Fund, the Adviser, the Administrator and Gladstone Securities, LLC (&#147;Gladstone Securities&#148;). Mr.&nbsp;Dellafiora also serves
as a managing principal of and is on the board of managers of Gladstone Securities In fulfilling his risk management responsibilities, Mr.&nbsp;Dellafiora works closely with our general counsel and other members of senior management including, among
others, our chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer and chief operating officer. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board, in its entirety, plays an active role in overseeing management of
our risks. Our Board regularly reviews information regarding our credit, liquidity and operations, as well as the risks associated with each. Each of the following committees of our Board plays a distinct role with respect to overseeing management
of our risks: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>Audit Committee</I>: Our Audit Committee oversees the management of enterprise risks. To this end, our
Audit Committee meets at least quarterly (i)&nbsp;to discuss our risk management guidelines, policies and exposures and (ii)&nbsp;with our independent registered public accounting firm to review our internal control environment and other risk
exposures. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>Compensation Committee</I>: Our Compensation Committee oversees the management of risks relating to the
fees paid to our Adviser and Administrator under the Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement, respectively. In fulfillment of this duty, the Compensation Committee meets at least annually to review these agreements. In addition, the
Compensation Committee reviews the performance of our Adviser and our Administrator to determine whether the fees paid to our Adviser and Administrator were reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services performed and whether the
provisions of the Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement were being satisfactorily performed. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>Ethics, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee</I>: Our Ethics Committee manages risks associated
with the composition and independence of our Board and potential conflicts of interest. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>Valuation Committee</I>: Our Valuation Committee manages risks associated with valuation of our investment
portfolio and other assets. In addition, the Valuation Committee facilitates communication between the Board, our senior and financial management and our independent public accountants related to valuation matters. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">While each committee is responsible for evaluating certain risks and overseeing the management of such risks, the committees
each report to our Board on a regular basis to apprise our Board regarding the status of remediation efforts of known risks and of any new risks that may have arisen since the previous report. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Audit Committee of our Board has selected PwC as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, which
will audit the Company&#146;s financial statements for the fiscal year ending September&nbsp;30, 2025. The Board has further directed that management submit the selection of PwC as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for
ratification by the stockholders at the annual meeting. PwC has audited the Company&#146;s financial statements since its fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2003. Representatives of PwC are expected to be present at the annual meeting, will have
an opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Neither
our Bylaws nor other governing documents or law require stockholder ratification of the selection of PwC as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm. If the stockholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will
reconsider whether or not to retain PwC as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion and subject to approval by our Board in accordance with the 1940
Act, may direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the annual meeting will be required to ratify the selection of PwC.
Abstentions and broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes</FONT> will be considered present and entitled to vote for the purpose of determining whether a quorum exists, although they will not be counted for any purpose in determining whether
this matter has been approved. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following table represents the aggregate amount of fees capitalized or expensed by the Company for the fiscal years ended
September&nbsp;30, 2024 and September&nbsp;30, 2023 that were billed by PwC, our principal independent registered public accounting firm. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>2024</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Audit Fees</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$<B></B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>679,725</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B></B>(1)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">724,032</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">(2)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Audit-related Fees</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tax Fees</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All Other Fees</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$<B></B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>679,725</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B></B>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">724,032</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes approximately $46,700<B> </B>in fees related to our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">at-the-market</FONT></FONT> offering program, continuous preferred stock offering and an underwritten notes offering. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes approximately $104,032 in fees related to our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">at-the-market</FONT></FONT> offering program and an underwritten notes offering. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>Audit Fees.</I><I></I>&nbsp;Audit fees include fees for services that
normally would be provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements and that generally only the independent accountant can provide. In addition to fees for the audit of our annual financial statements and
the review of our quarterly financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, this category contains fees for comfort letters, statutory audits, consents, and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>Audit Related Fees.</I><I></I>&nbsp;Audit related fees are assurance related services that traditionally are performed
by the independent accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under &#147;Audit Fees.&#148; These types of assurance services include attest services that are not
required by statute or regulation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>Tax Fees.</I><I></I>&nbsp;Tax fees include corporate and subsidiary compliance and
consulting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>All Other Fees.</I><I></I>&nbsp;Fees for other services would include fees for products and services other
than the services reported above, including any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> fees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">During the fiscal
years ended September&nbsp;30, 2024 and September&nbsp;30, 2023, the aggregate <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> fees paid to PwC for services rendered to our Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control
with our Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Company were $257,681<B> </B>and $435,610, respectively. These fees were for primarily for tax and compliance services. The Audit Committee has considered whether, and determined that, the
rendering of these services to our Adviser and the entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with our Adviser is compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm&#146;s independence. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-Approval</FONT> Policies and Procedures </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Audit Committee has adopted a policy and procedures for the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> of audit
and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm, PwC. The policy generally <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approves</FONT> specified services in the defined categories
of audit services, audit-related services, and tax services up to specified amounts. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-approval</FONT> may also be given as part of the Audit Committee&#146;s approval of the scope of the engagement of the
independent registered public accounting firm or on an individual explicit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">case-by-case</FONT></FONT> basis before the independent registered public accounting firm is engaged to
provide each service. The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> of services may be delegated to one or more of the Audit Committee&#146;s members, but the decision must be reported to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled
meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Audit Committee has determined that the rendering of the services other than audit services currently being
provided by PwC is compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm&#146;s independence. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">During fiscal years 2024 and 2023, 100% of our audit fees associated with our independent registered public accounting firm
were <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approved</FONT> by our Audit Committee. </P>
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&#147;FOR&#148; THE RATIFICATION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE COMPANY&#146;S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER&nbsp;30, 2025. </B></P>
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STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the Company&#146;s
audited financial statements with management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, with and without management present. The Audit Committee included in its review results of the independent
registered public accounting firm&#146;s examinations, the Company&#146;s internal controls, and the quality of the Company&#146;s financial reporting. The Audit Committee also reviewed the Company&#146;s procedures and internal control processes
designed to ensure full, fair and adequate financial reporting and disclosures, including procedures for certifications by the Company&#146;s chief executive officer and chief financial officer that are required in periodic reports filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Audit Committee is satisfied that the Company&#146;s internal control system is adequate and that the Company employs appropriate accounting and auditing procedures. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Management represented to the Audit Committee that the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements for the year ended
September&nbsp;30, 2024 were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed under Auditing Standard
No.&nbsp;1301 (<I>Communications with Audit Committees</I>) as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (&#147;PCAOB&#148;), which addresses communication between audit committees and independent registered public accounting firms.
The Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent registered public accounting firm&#146;s
communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the independent registered public accounting firm&#146;s independence (Communications with Audit Committees).
The Audit Committee discussed and reviewed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP the Company&#146;s critical accounting policies and practices, internal controls, other material written communications to management, and the scope of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP&#146;s audit and all fees paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP during the fiscal year. The Audit Committee adopted guidelines requiring review and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> by the Audit Committee of audit and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Audit
Committee has reviewed and considered the compatibility of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP&#146;s performance of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services with the maintenance of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP&#146;s independence as the
Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm and has concluded that independence has been maintained. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Based on the Audit Committee&#146;s review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board of
Directors that the Company&#146;s audited financial statements be included in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024, for filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Audit Committee has engaged </P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">The material in this report is not &#147;soliciting material,&#148; is not deemed &#147;filed&#148; with the
SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933&nbsp;Act&#148;), or the 1934 Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general
incorporation language contained in such filing. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September&nbsp;30, 2025. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Submitted by the Audit Committee </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony W. Parker,
Chairperson </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Outland </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">November&nbsp;7, 2024 </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc869567_7"></A>SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership of the common stock and preferred stock of the
Company as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, by: (i)&nbsp;each current director; (ii)&nbsp;each of our named executive officers; (iii)&nbsp;all of our executive officers and directors as a group; and (iv)&nbsp;all those known by us to be beneficial owners
of more than 5% of our common stock. None of our executive officers or directors own shares of our 6.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (&#147;Preferred Stock&#148;), and, to our knowledge, no person beneficially owns more than 5% of
our Preferred Stock. Except as otherwise noted, the address of the individuals below is c/o Gladstone Capital Corporation, 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA 22102. As of November&nbsp;27, 2024, no independent director (or his/her
immediate family members) owned securities of our Adviser. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name and Address(1)(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Common<BR>Shares</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Percent<BR>of<BR>Total<BR>Common<BR>Shares</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <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>Directors:</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David Gladstone</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">598,061</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">(3)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.69</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">794</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">(4)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katharine C. Gorka</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paula Novara</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">777</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Outland</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,292</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony W. Parker</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12,438</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <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>Named Executive Officers (that are not also Directors):</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nicole Schaltenbrand</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B></B>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,946<B></B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B></B>(5)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All executive officers and directors as a group (9&nbsp;persons)(6)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">881,018</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.96</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Less than 1% </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">This table is based upon information supplied by executive officers, directors and principal stockholders.
Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe that each of the stockholders named in this table has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares
indicated as beneficially owned. Applicable percentages are based on 22,239,852 shares of common stock outstanding on December&nbsp;6, 2024. No executive officers or directors held shares of our preferred stock as of December&nbsp;6, 2024, nor was
anyone a principal stockholder of our preferred stock on such date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Ownership calculated in accordance with <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13d-3</FONT> of the 1934
Act. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes 93,630 shares and 13,202 shares held indirectly through The Gladstone Companies, Ltd. and Gladstone
International Corporation, Ltd., respectively. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes 794 shares that are pledged as collateral in connection with a margin account.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(5)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes 566 shares held indirectly by Ms.&nbsp;Schaltenbrand&#146;s spouse. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(6)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">There are no employees compensated by the Company. All the employees are compensated by the Adviser and/or
Administrator. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following table sets forth, as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, the dollar
range of equity securities that are beneficially owned by each of our directors in the Company and in both the Company and Gladstone Investment Corporation in the aggregate. Gladstone Investment Corporation is our affiliate and a business
development company that is also externally managed by our Adviser. As of November&nbsp;27, 2024, none of our directors owns any shares of our preferred stock. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Equity&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;of</B><br><B>the&nbsp;Company&nbsp;Owned&nbsp;by</B><br><B>Director&nbsp;or&nbsp;
Nominee(1)(2)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of<BR>Equity&nbsp;Securities</B><br><B>in&nbsp;All&nbsp;Funds&nbsp;Overseen</B><br><B>or to be
Overseen</B><br><B>by&nbsp;Director&nbsp;or&nbsp;Nominee&nbsp;in&nbsp;Family</B><br><B>of Investment Companies(1)(2)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <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>Interested Directors:</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David Gladstone</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paula Novara</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,000-$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <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>Independent Directors:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katharine C. Gorka</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Outland</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$50,001-$100,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony W. Parker</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Ownership is calculated in accordance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16a-1(a)(2)</FONT> of the
1934 Act. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned is calculated by multiplying the closing price of
the respective class as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, by the number of shares of the respective class so beneficially owned and aggregated accordingly. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Gladstone Commercial Corporation, our affiliate and a real estate investment trust, is also managed by our Adviser. The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership of the common and preferred stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, by each independent incumbent director and nominee. As of November&nbsp;27,
2024, none of our independent directors owns any class of stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, other than common stock. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="92%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">


<TR>

<TD WIDTH="54%"></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="10%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Common</B><br><B>Shares</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Percent&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Class&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Common&nbsp;Shares</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Value of</B><br><B>Securities($)(1)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <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>Independent Directors:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,761</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">(2)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">31,099</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katharine C. Gorka</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Outland</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,909</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">69,033</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony W. Parker</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">42,206</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">745,358</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">13,132</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">231,911</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Less than 1% </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Ownership calculated in accordance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16a-1(a)(2)</FONT> of the 1934
Act. The value of securities beneficially owned is calculated by multiplying the closing price of the respective class as reported on </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">31 </P>

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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
The Nasdaq Global Select Market as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, by the number of shares of the respective class so beneficially owned and aggregated accordingly. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes 1,761 shares that are pledged as collateral in connection with a margin account.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Gladstone Land Corporation, our affiliate and a real estate investment company, is also managed by our
Adviser. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership of the common stock of Gladstone Land Corporation as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, by each independent incumbent director and nominee. As of November&nbsp;27, 2024,
none of our independent directors owns any preferred stock of Gladstone Land Corporation. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11%"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="11%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Common</B><br><B>Shares</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Percent&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Class&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Common&nbsp;Shares</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Value of</B><br><B>Securities($)(1)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <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>Independent Directors:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">845</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">(2)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10.199</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katharine C. Gorka</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Outland</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,254</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27,206</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony W. Parker</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,601</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">79,674</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12,382</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">149,451</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Less than 1% </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Ownership calculated in accordance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16a-1(a)(2)</FONT> of the 1934
Act. The value of securities beneficially owned is calculated by multiplying the closing price of the respective class as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, by the number of shares of the respective class so
beneficially owned and aggregated accordingly. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes 845 shares that are pledged as collateral in connection with a margin account.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Gladstone Alternative Income Fund is a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> management
investment company that is operated as an interval fund and is also managed by our Adviser. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership of the common shares of beneficial interest of Gladstone Alternative Income Fund
as of November&nbsp;27, 2024, by each independent incumbent director and nominee. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="14%"></TD>
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<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Common</B><br><B>Shares</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Percent&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Class&nbsp;of</B><br><B>Common&nbsp;Shares</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Value of</B><br><B>Securities($)(1)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <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>Independent Directors:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katharine C. Gorka</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Outland</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony W. Parker</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">*</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">-</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Less than 1% </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Ownership calculated in accordance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16a-1(a)(2)</FONT> of the 1934
Act. The value of securities beneficially owned is calculated by multiplying the net asset value of common shares of beneficial interest by the number of shares of the respective class so beneficially owned and aggregated accordingly.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Insider Trading Policy </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics that, among other things, prohibits directors, officers and other employees of
Gladstone Land Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Investment Corporation or Gladstone Alternative Income Fund (collectively, with the Company, the &#147;Funds&#148;), the Company, the Administrator or the Adviser, including
such persons&#146; immediate family members, from entering into a short sale transaction or trading in options (including puts and calls), warrants, convertible securities, appreciation rights or other derivative securities, with respect to the
Company&#146;s securities (or securities of the Funds) or use any other derivative transaction or instrument to take a short position in respect of such Fund&#146;s securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc869567_8"></A>EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Compensation Discussion and Analysis </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">None of our executive officers receives direct compensation from us. We do not currently have any employees and do not expect
to have any employees in the foreseeable future. The services necessary for the operation of our business are provided to us by our officers and the other employees of our Adviser and Administrator, pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement
and Administration Agreement, respectively. Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer, Mr.&nbsp;Marcotte, our president, and Mr.&nbsp;Brubaker, our vice chairman, chief operating officer and assistant secretary, are all employees
of and compensated directly by our Adviser. Ms.&nbsp;Schaltenbrand, our chief financial officer and treasurer, is an employee of our Administrator. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">During the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024, we incurred total fees of approximately $21.8&nbsp;million to our
Adviser under the Advisory Agreement and $2.0&nbsp;million to our Administrator under the Administration Agreement. For a discussion of the terms of our Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreement, see &#147;Certain Transactions&#148; below.
</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following table shows for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024 certain information with respect to the
compensation of all directors that are not also executive officers. Our officers do not receive any compensation for their service as directors: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Compensation<BR>from Fund</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Total&nbsp;Compensation<BR>from&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;and&nbsp;Fund<BR>Complex&nbsp;Paid&nbsp;to<BR>Directors(1)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paul W. Adelgren(2)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">152,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michela A. English</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">148,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katharine C. Gorka</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,708</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">44,832</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Outland</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">52,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">200,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony W. Parker</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">48,500</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">186,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">44,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">162,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Includes compensation the director received from Gladstone Investment Corporation, as part of our Fund
Complex. Gladstone Alternative Income Fund is also part of our Fund Complex but did not pay any compensation during the year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024. Also includes compensation the director received from Gladstone Commercial Corporation, our
affiliate and a real estate investment trust, and Gladstone Land Corporation, our affiliate and a real estate investment trust, although not part of our Fund Complex. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Mr.&nbsp;Adelgren resigned as a director of the Company, effective December&nbsp;15, 2024.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">For our fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024, as compensation for serving on our Board, each of
our independent directors received an annual fee of $25,000, an additional $1,000 for each Board meeting attended, and an additional $1,000 for each committee meeting attended if such committee meeting took place on a day other than when the full
Board met. In addition, the chairperson of the Audit Committee received an annual fee of $7,500, the chairpersons of the Compensation and Valuation Committees received an annual fee of $3,000, and the chairperson of the Ethics Committee received an
annual fee of $1,000 for their additional services in these capacities. We also reimburse our directors for their reasonable <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses incurred in attending
Board and committee meetings. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We do not pay any compensation to directors who also serve as our officers, or as officers
or directors of our Adviser or our Administrator, in consideration for their service to us. Our Board may change the compensation of our independent directors in its discretion. None of our independent directors received any compensation from us
during the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024, other than for Board or committee service and meeting fees. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc869567_10"></A>Compensation Committee Report<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with
management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (&#147;CD&amp;A&#148;) contained in this Proxy Statement. Based on this review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to our Board of Directors that the CD&amp;A be included in
this Proxy Statement and incorporated into our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Submitted by the Compensation Committee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">John H. Outland, Chairperson </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Paul W.
Adelgren<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">*</SUP> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">October&nbsp;7, 2024 </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Mr.&nbsp;Adelgren resigned from the Board effective December&nbsp;15, 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">The material in this report is not &#147;soliciting material,&#148; is not deemed &#147;filed&#148; with the
SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, other than our Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K,</FONT> where it shall be deemed to be &#147;furnished,&#148;
whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Advisory and Administration Agreements </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Under the Advisory Agreement, our Adviser is responsible for our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">day-to-day</FONT></FONT> operations and administration, record keeping and regulatory compliance functions. Specifically, these responsibilities included (i)&nbsp;identifying, evaluating, negotiating and consummating all
investment transactions consistent with our investment objectives and criteria; (ii)&nbsp;providing us with all required records and regular reports to our Board concerning our Adviser&#146;s efforts on our behalf; and (iii)&nbsp;maintaining
compliance with all regulatory requirements applicable to us. The base management fee pursuant to the Advisory Agreement is assessed at an annual rate of 1.75% computed on the basis of the average value of our gross assets at the end of the two most
recently completed quarters (inclusive of the current quarter), which are total assets, including investments made with proceeds of borrowings, less any uninvested cash or cash equivalents resulting from borrowings. The Advisory Agreement also
provides for an incentive fee, which consists of two parts: an income-based incentive fee and a capital gains-based incentive fee. The income-based incentive fee rewards the Adviser if our quarterly net investment income (before giving effect to any
incentive fee) exceeds 1.75% of our net assets, which we define as total assets less liabilities and before taking into account any incentive fees payable or contractually due but not payable during the period (the &#147;hurdle rate&#148;), at the
end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter. We pay our Adviser an income-based incentive fee with respect to our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-incentive</FONT> fee net investment income in each calendar quarter as follows: </P>
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fee net investment income does not exceed the hurdle rate; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">100.0% of our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-incentive</FONT> fee net investment income with respect to
that portion of such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-incentive</FONT> fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than 2.1875% of our net assets, adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases
during the period, in any calendar quarter; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">20.0% of the amount of our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-incentive</FONT> fee net investment income, if
any, that exceeds 2.1875% of our net assets, adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the period, in any calendar quarter. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The second part of the incentive fee is a capital gains-based incentive fee that is determined and payable in arrears as of
the end of each fiscal year (or upon termination of the Advisory Agreement, as of the termination date), and equals 20% of our realized capital gains as of the end of the fiscal year. In determining the capital gains-based incentive fee payable to
our Adviser, we calculate the cumulative aggregate realized capital gains and cumulative aggregate realized capital losses since our inception, and the entire portfolio&#146;s net unrealized capital depreciation, if any, as of the date of the
calculation, as applicable, with respect to each of the investments in our portfolio. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Additionally, pursuant to the
requirements of the 1940 Act, the Adviser makes available significant managerial assistance to our portfolio companies. The Adviser may also provide other services to our portfolio companies under certain agreements and may receive fees for services
other than managerial assistance. Such services may include: (i)&nbsp;assistance obtaining, sourcing or structuring credit facilities, long </P>
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term loans or additional equity from unaffiliated third parties; (ii)&nbsp;negotiating important contractual financial relationships; (iii)&nbsp;consulting services regarding restructuring of the
portfolio company and financial modeling as it relates to raising additional debt and equity capital from unaffiliated third parties; and (iv)&nbsp;taking a primary role in interviewing, vetting and negotiating employment contracts with candidates
in connection with adding and retaining key portfolio company management team members. The Adviser <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-contractually,</FONT> unconditionally, and irrevocably credits 100% of any fees for such services against the
base management fee that we would otherwise be required to pay to the Adviser; however, pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement, a small percentage of certain of such fees, totaling $8&nbsp;thousand<B> </B>and $0, for each of the years ended
September&nbsp;30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, was retained by the Adviser in the form of reimbursement, at cost, for tasks completed by personnel of the Adviser primarily for the valuation of portfolio companies. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Under the Administration Agreement, we pay separately for administrative services including record keeping and regulatory
compliance functions. Payments under the Administration Agreement are equal to our allocable portion of our Administrator&#146;s overhead expenses in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent for the space
occupied by our Administrator, and our allocable portion of the salaries, bonuses, and benefits expenses of our chief financial officer, treasurer, chief valuation officer, chief compliance officer, general counsel and secretary and their respective
staffs. Our allocable portion of the Administrator&#146;s expenses are generally derived by multiplying our Administrator&#146;s total expenses by the approximate amount of time the Administrator&#146;s employees perform services for us in relation
to their time spent performing services of all companies serviced by our Administrator under contractual agreements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our
Adviser and Administrator are 100% indirectly owned and controlled by David Gladstone, the chairman of our Board and our chief executive officer. Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone is also the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of our
Adviser. Ms.&nbsp;Novara, a member of our Board, is Head of Human Resources, Facilities&nbsp;&amp; Office Management and IT of our Adviser. Although we believe that the terms of the Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreement are no less
favorable to us than those that could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties in arms&#146; length transactions, our Adviser and Administrator, their officers and their directors have a material interest in the terms of these agreements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The principal executive office of each of the Adviser and the Administrator is located at 1521&nbsp;Westbranch Drive, Suite
100, McLean, Virginia 22102. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Loan Servicing Fee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The Adviser also services the loans held by Gladstone Business Loan, LLC (&#147;Business Loan&#148;), the borrower under our
line of credit, in return for which the Adviser receives a 1.5% annual fee payable monthly based on the aggregate outstanding balance of loans pledged under our line of credit. Since Business Loan is a consolidated subsidiary of ours, and the total
base management fee paid to the Adviser pursuant to the Advisory Agreement cannot exceed 1.75% of total assets (including investments made with proceeds of borrowings, less any uninvested cash and cash equivalents resulting from borrowings) during
any given calendar year, we treat payment of the loan servicing fee pursuant to our line of credit as a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-payment</FONT> of a portion of the base management fee under the Advisory Agreement. Accordingly, these
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loan servicing fees are 100% voluntarily, irrevocably and unconditionally credited back to us by the Adviser. Loan servicing fees of approximately $8.9&nbsp;million<B> </B>were incurred for the
fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024, all of which were directly credited against the amount of the base management fee due to our Adviser under the Advisory Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Investment Banking Services </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Gladstone Securities, an affiliated broker dealer which is 100% indirectly owned and controlled by Mr.&nbsp;Gladstone, provides
investment banking services to most of our portfolio companies for which it receives a fee (paid by such portfolio companies) in an amount not greater than 1% of each investment at closing. Messrs. Gladstone, LiCalsi and Dellafiora serve on the
board of managers of Gladstone Securities and certain of the employees of the Adviser, who are also registered representatives of Gladstone Securities, perform the investment banking services on behalf of Gladstone Securities. Such investment
banking fees are outside of the scope of the Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement. Therefore, they are not credited back to the Company and are entirely retained by Gladstone Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conflict of Interest Policy </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We have adopted written policies to reduce potential conflicts of interest. In addition, our directors are subject to certain
provisions of Maryland law (as we are a Maryland corporation) that are designed to minimize conflicts. Under our current conflict of interest policy, without the approval of a &#147;required majority,&#148; as defined under the 1940 Act, which means
both a majority of directors who have no financial interest in the transaction and a majority of directors who are not interested persons of ours, we will not: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">acquire from or sell to any of our officers, directors or employees, or any entity in which any of our
officers, directors or employees has an interest of more than 5%, any assets or other property; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">borrow from any of our directors, officers or employees, or any entity in which any of our officers, directors
or employees has an interest of more than 5%;&nbsp;or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">engage in any other transaction with any of our directors, officers or employees, or any entity in which any
of our directors, officers or employees has an interest of more than 5% (except that our Adviser may lease office space in a building that we own, provided that the rental rate under the lease is determined by our independent directors to be at a
fair market rate). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Where allowed by applicable rules and regulations, from time to time we may enter
into transactions with our Adviser or one or more of its affiliates. A required majority of our directors, as defined under the 1940 Act, must approve all such transactions with our Adviser or its affiliates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indemnification </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">In our
charter and bylaws, we have agreed to indemnify certain officers and directors by providing, among other things, that we will indemnify such officer or director, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, for expenses, damages,
judgments, fines and settlements he or she may be required to pay in actions or proceedings which he or she is or may be made a party by reason of his or her </P>
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position as our director, officer or other agent, to the fullest extent permitted under Maryland law and our bylaws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provisions shall not
protect any officer or director from liability to us or our stockholders as a result of any action that would constitute willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of such officer&#146;s or director&#146;s duties, or
reckless disregard of his or her obligations and duties. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Each of the Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreement
provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of their duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of their duties and obligations (as the same may be determined in accordance with the 1940 Act and any
interpretations or guidance by the SEC or its staff thereunder), our Adviser, our Administrator and their respective officers, managers, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with them are entitled
to indemnification from us for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of our Adviser&#146;s or Administrator&#146;s services under
the Advisory Agreement or Administration Agreement, respectively, or otherwise as an investment adviser of ours. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc869567_12"></A>HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries
(e.g.,&nbsp;brokers) to satisfy the delivery requirements for annual meeting materials with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single set of annual meeting materials addressed to those stockholders. This
process, which is commonly referred to as &#147;householding,&#148; potentially means extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">This year, a number of brokers with account holders who are Gladstone Capital Corporation stockholders will be
&#147;householding&#148; our proxy materials. A single set of annual meeting materials will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once you have
received notice from your broker that it will be &#147;householding&#148; communications to your address, &#147;householding&#148; will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish
to participate in &#147;householding&#148; and would prefer to receive a separate set of annual meeting materials, please notify your broker. Stockholders who currently receive multiple copies of the annual meeting materials at their addresses and
would like to request &#147;householding&#148; of their communications should contact their brokers. Stockholders of record can direct their written request for &#147;householding&#148; or to receive separate proxy materials to Investor Relations at
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102 or call our toll-free investor relations line at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(866)&nbsp;366-5745.</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Our Board of Directors knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the annual meeting. If any other
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<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION </I></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>VOTE BY INTERNET </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>Before
The Meeting </I>- Go to <B><U>www.proxyvote.com</U> or scan the QR Barcode above</B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for
electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">cut-off</FONT> date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to
obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>During&nbsp;The&nbsp;Meeting</I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;-&#8201;Go&nbsp;to</FONT><B>&nbsp;<U>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/</U></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>GLAD2025</U></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may attend the meeting via the Internet
and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>VOTE BY PHONE -
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-690-6903</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Use any
touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">cut-off</FONT> date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the
instructions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>VOTE BY MAIL </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mark, sign
and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">KEEP&nbsp;THIS&nbsp;PORTION&nbsp;FOR&nbsp;YOUR&nbsp;RECORDS</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&#8199;GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>For<BR>All</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&#8199;&#8195;The Board of Directors recommends you<BR>&#8199;&#8195;vote FOR the following:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:7pt">&#8195;&#8201;1.&#8195;&#8201;Election of Directors</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:7pt"><B>&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8201;Nominees:</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:7pt">&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8201;01)David Gladstone</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-top:12pt; margin-left:2%; margin-right:2%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GLADSTONE CAPITAL
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Annual Meeting of Stockholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>February&nbsp;6, 2025 - 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROXY FOR COMMON SHARES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; margin-right:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned hereby appoints Nicole Schaltenbrand and Michael LiCalsi, and each of them acting individually, as attorneys
and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote all of the shares of stock of Gladstone Capital Corporation which the undersigned may be entitled to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Gladstone Capital
Corporation to be held virtually at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD2025, on Thursday, February&nbsp;6, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and at any and all postponements, continuations and adjournments thereof, with all powers that the
undersigned would possess if personally present, upon and in respect of the following matters and in accordance with the following instructions, with discretionary authority as to any and all other matters that may properly come before the meeting.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; margin-right:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Unless a contrary direction is indicated, this proxy will be voted in favor of each of the nominees listed in
Proposal 1 and in favor of Proposal 2, as more specifically described in the proxy statement. If specific instructions are indicated, this proxy will be voted in accordance therewith. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>VOTE BY INTERNET </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>Before
The Meeting </I>- Go to <B><U>www.proxyvote.com</U> or scan the QR Barcode above</B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for
electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">cut-off</FONT> date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to
obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>During&nbsp;The&nbsp;Meeting</I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;-&#8201;Go&nbsp;to</FONT><B>&nbsp;<U>www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/</U></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>GLAD2025</U></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may attend the meeting via the Internet
and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>VOTE BY PHONE -
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-690-6903</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Use any
touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">cut-off</FONT> date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the
instructions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>VOTE BY MAIL </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mark, sign
and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&#8199;GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&#8199;&#8195;The Board of Directors recommends you<BR>&#8199;&#8195;vote FOR the following:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:7pt">&#8195;&#8201;1.&#8195;&#8201;Election of Directors</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:7pt">&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8201;01)David Gladstone</P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="font-size:90pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Important Notice
Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at
www.proxyvote.com. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">V60091-P20050 &#8195;&#8195; </P>
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<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-top:12pt; margin-left:2%; margin-right:2%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GLADSTONE CAPITAL
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Annual Meeting of Stockholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>February&nbsp;6, 2025 - 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROXY FOR PREFERRED SHARES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; margin-right:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned hereby appoints Nicole Schaltenbrand and Michael LiCalsi, and each of them acting individually, as attorneys
and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote all of the shares of stock of Gladstone Capital Corporation which the undersigned may be entitled to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Gladstone Capital
Corporation to be held virtually at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GLAD2025, on Thursday, February&nbsp;6, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and at any and all postponements, continuations and adjournments thereof, with all powers that the
undersigned would possess if personally present, upon and in respect of the following matters and in accordance with the following instructions, with discretionary authority as to any and all other matters that may properly come before the meeting.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2%; margin-right:2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Unless a contrary direction is indicated, this proxy will be voted in favor of each of the nominees listed in
Proposal 1 and in favor of Proposal 2, as more specifically described in the proxy statement. If specific instructions are indicated, this proxy will be voted in accordance therewith. </B></P>
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