What does it mean if I receive more than one set of proxy materials?
If you receive more than one set of proxy materials, your shares may be registered in more than one name or in different
accounts at your Brokerage Firm. Please follow the voting instructions on the proxy cards in each set of the proxy materials to ensure that all of your shares are voted.
How can I find out the results of the voting at the annual meeting?
Preliminary voting results will be announced at the annual meeting. Final voting results will be published in a Current Report
on Form
8-K
that we expect to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) within four business days after the annual meeting. If final voting results are not available to us in time
to file a
Form 8-K
within four business days after the annual meeting, we intend to file a Form
8-K
to publish preliminary results and, within four business days
after the final results are known to us, file an additional Form
8-K
to publish the final results.
When are
stockholder proposals due for next years annual meeting?
We will consider for inclusion in our proxy materials
for the 2020 annual meeting proposals that we receive not later than August 16, 2019 and that comply with all applicable requirements of Rule
14a-8
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the 1934 Act), and our bylaws, as amended (Bylaws). Stockholders must submit their proposals to our secretary at 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, Virginia 22102.
In addition, any stockholder who wishes to propose a nominee to our Board or propose any other business to be considered by
the stockholders (other than a stockholder proposal to be included in our proxy materials pursuant to Rule
14a-8
of the 1934 Act) must comply with the advance notice provisions and other requirements of
Article II, Section 4(b) of our Bylaws, a copy of which is on file with the SEC and may be obtained without charge from our secretary upon request.
These notice provisions require that nominations of persons for election to our Board and proposals of business to be
considered by the stockholders for the 2020 annual meeting must be made in writing and submitted to our secretary at the address above no earlier than November 9, 2019 (90 days before the first anniversary of our 2019 annual meeting) and not
later than December 9, 2019 (60 days before the first anniversary of the 2019 annual meeting). You are also advised to review our Bylaws, which contain additional requirements about advance notice of stockholder proposals and director
nominations.
Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?
Gladstone Capital Corporation will bear the cost of solicitation of proxies, including preparation, assembly, printing and
mailing of this Proxy Statement, the proxy card and any additional information furnished to stockholders. Copies of solicitation materials will be furnished to banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries and other custodians holding in their names shares
of our common or preferred stock beneficially owned by others to forward to such beneficial owners. We may reimburse persons representing beneficial owners of our common or preferred stock for their costs of forwarding solicitation materials to
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