MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: GAIN) (the "Company") announced today that its board of directors declared monthly cash distributions:

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Common Stock

$0.050 per share of common stock for each of January, February and March 2013, payable per Table 1 below. The Company has paid 90 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock as well as a bonus dividend payment in March 2012.

Table 1: Summary Table for Common Stock cash distributions for the quarter ending March 31, 2013:


         Declaration Date Ex-Dividend Date Record Date      Payment Date      Cash Distribution
     ---------------- ---------------- -----------      ------------      -----------------
        January 8        January 16     January 18       January 31                      $0.05
        ---------        ----------     ----------       ----------                      -----
        January 8       February 13    February 15      February 28                      $0.05
        ---------       -----------    -----------      -----------                      -----
        January 8         March 13       March 15         March 28                       $0.05
        ---------         --------       --------         --------                       -----
                                                   Total for the Quarter:                  $0.15
                                                   ----------------------                  -----

Term Preferred Stock

$0.1484375 per share of the Company's 7.125% Series A Cumulative Term Preferred Stock ("Term Preferred Stock") for each of January, February and March 2013, payable per Table 2 below. The Term Preferred Stock trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol "GAINP."

Table 2: Summary Table for Term Preferred Stock cash distributions for the quarter ending March 31, 2013:


         Declaration Date Ex-Dividend Date Record Date      Payment Date      Cash Distribution
     ---------------- ---------------- -----------      ------------      -----------------
        January 8        January 16     January 18       January 31                 $0.1484375
        ---------        ----------     ----------       ----------                 ----------
        January 8       February 13    February 15      February 28                 $0.1484375
        ---------       -----------    -----------      -----------                 ----------
        January 8         March 13       March 15         March 28                  $0.1484375
        ---------         --------       --------         --------                  ----------
                                                   Total for the Quarter:             $0.4453125
                                                   ----------------------             ----------

The Company offers a dividend reinvestment plan (the "DRIP") to its common stockholders. For more information regarding the DRIP, please visit www.gladstoneinvestment.com.

Gladstone Investment Corporation is a publicly traded business development company that seeks to make debt and equity investments in small and mid-sized businesses in the United States in connection with acquisitions, changes in control and recapitalizations. Information on the business activities of all the Gladstone funds can be found at www.gladstonecompanies.com.

For Investor Relations inquiries related to any of the monthly dividend paying Gladstone funds, please visit www.gladstone.com.

SOURCE Gladstone Investment Corporation