UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Gladstone Investment Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On December 16, 2005 the Board of Directors of Gladstone Investment Corporation (the "Company") approved the election of Mr. Gerard Mead to the Board of Directors. Mr. Mead was recommended to the Board for election by the Ethics, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors on October 11, 2005, and his current term will expire at the Company’s 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which time Mr. Mead will stand for election for a three-year term expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Mr. Mead is Chairman of Gerard Mead Capital Management which he founded in 2003, a firm which provides investment management funds, endowments, insurance companies and high net worth individuals. From 1966 to 2003, Mr. Mead was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation where he held a series of engineering, corporate finance and investment positions with increasing management responsibility. From 1987 to 2003 Mr. Mead served as Chairman and Pension Fund Manager of the Pension Trust of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and subsidiary companies. From 1972 to 1987 he served successively as Investment Analyst, Director of Investment Research, and Trustee of the Pension Trust, during which time he was also a Corporate Finance Analyst and Investor Relations Contact for Institutional Investors of Bethlehem Steel. Prior to that time Mr. Mead was a steel plant engineer. Mr. Mead holds a MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a BSCE from Lehigh University.

It is expected that Mr. Mead will be named to one or more committees of the Board of Directors in the future, however such committee assignments have not been determined at this time.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.