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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-410659"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLAD"
cik: "0001143513"
company_name: "GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:06:52+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:22:04.976840+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gladstone Capital's Michael McQuigg becomes President; Robert Marcotte stays as CEO

## Summary
- Michael McQuigg's appointment as President of Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ: GLAD) took effect October 1, 2026, after being announced March 23, 2026.
- Robert Marcotte stepped down as President on the same date but continues to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer.
- McQuigg, 48, had been Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director since 2021, focused on originating middle market debt and equity investments.
- He joined the Gladstone Companies in April 2015; previously a Principal at Deerpath Capital and worked at H.I.G. Capital on lower middle market equity investments.
- McQuigg holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Johns Hopkins University; no compensation or severance terms were disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-410659
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLAD
- cik: 0001143513
- company_name: GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:06:52+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1143513/000119312526410659/0001193125-26-410659-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1143513/000119312526410659/d170357d8k.htm

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