---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001143513-22-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLAD"
cik: "0001143513"
company_name: "GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T04:00:33.726332+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gladstone Capital elects insider Paula Novara to Board effective Oct 11, 2022

## Summary
- Paula Novara, age 53, is Head of Resource Management at Gladstone since its founding.
- She will join the 2024 class of Directors; no committee assignments and no compensation.
- Novara is a non-independent director; prior roles include HR at WMF Group and Prudential Financial.
- She holds an MA in HR Management from Marymount University and is fluent in multiple languages.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001143513-22-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLAD
- cik: 0001143513
- company_name: GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1143513/000114351322000014/0001143513-22-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1143513/000114351322000014/glad-20221011.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001143513-22-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001143513-22-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001143513-22-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paula Novara was elected as Director at GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 12, 2022, Gladstone Capital Corporation (the “Company”) announced the election of Paula Novara to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective October 11, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1143513/000114351322000014/0001143513-22-000014-index.htm

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