gladstone investment corporation (nasdaq: gain), a business development company (“bdc”), is a private equity fund focused on acquiring mature, lower middle market companies with attractive fundamentals and strong management teams. as a publicly-traded bdc, gain provides both equity and debt capital, which greatly increases certainty and speed of closing as well as provides gain’s shareholders with both current yield in the form of monthly dividends and potential capital gains upside. in addition to providing most, if not all, of the equity and debt capital required to close a transaction, gain has no partnership end-of-life deadlines and can structure investments in line with the long-term needs of the businesses we invest in. by providing truly patient, long-term capital, gain is a value-added partner to the companies we invest in. we are a part of the gladstone companies, which includes three other affiliated publicly-traded companies: gladstone capital corporation (nasdaq: glad) a b