---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-355405"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GAIN"
cik: "0001321741"
company_name: "GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\\DE"
filed_at: "2021-12-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:36:03.080414+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gladstone Investment appoints Rachael Easton as CFO and Treasurer

## Summary
- Rachael Easton appointed CFO and Treasurer effective December 13, 2021.
- Ms. Easton previously served as Senior Director, Financial Reporting at AvalonBay Communities from Feb 2019 to Dec 2021.
- She is a CPA in New York and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Lehigh University.
- No departure of prior CFO or Treasurer is disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-355405
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GAIN
- cik: 0001321741
- company_name: GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE
- filed_at: 2021-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312521355405/0001193125-21-355405-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312521355405/d236616d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-355405
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-355405.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-355405.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rachael Easton was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On December 13, 2021, Gladstone Investment Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Rachael Easton to serve as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, with such appointment effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312521355405/0001193125-21-355405-index.htm

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