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Issuer:     GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP (GLAD)
CIK:        0001143513
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-118675
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Gladstone Capital founder David Gladstone steps down as CEO; Robert Marcotte named successor
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- David Gladstone stepped down as CEO effective March 20, 2026; remains Chairman and on investment committee.
- Robert Marcotte, President since 2013, appointed CEO immediately; also retains President role during transition.
- Michael McQuigg promoted to President effective October 1, 2026; Andrew Ahlberg appointed EVP effective immediately.
- John Sateri appointed CIO (effective March 20, 2026) and also CIO of four affiliated Gladstone entities.
- Gladstone founded the company in 2001; under his leadership, GLAD completed 715 investments totaling ~$3.3 billion.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1143513/000119312526118675/0001193125-26-118675-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1143513/000119312526118675/d70226d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-118675

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