---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-005165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GAIN"
cik: "0001321741"
company_name: "GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\\DE"
filed_at: "2022-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T19:15:37.274729+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Caren Merrick resigns from Gladstone Investment board effective Jan. 8, 2022

## Summary
- Caren Merrick resigned as director, Audit Committee member, and Valuation Committee Chair.
- Resignation effective Jan. 8, 2022, due to appointment as Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade.
- No replacement for the vacant board seat or committee roles has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-005165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GAIN
- cik: 0001321741
- company_name: GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE
- filed_at: 2022-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312522005165/0001193125-22-005165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312522005165/d273216d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-005165
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-005165.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-005165.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Caren Merrick resigned as Director at GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 8, 2022, Caren Merrick notified Gladstone Investment Corporation (the “Company”) that she is resigning from the board of directors of the Company effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321741/000119312522005165/0001193125-22-005165-index.htm

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