Current Report · Items 5.07, 9.01 · 8-K
Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. A special shareholder meeting (the “Meeting”) of Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. (the “Fund”) was held on July 16, 2026, to consider and vote on the proposals to liquidate and dissolve the Fund and to terminate its status as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).…
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Item 5.07Item 5.07 - Submission of Matters to Vote
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
A special shareholder meeting (the “Meeting”) of Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. (the “Fund”) was held on July 16, 2026, to consider and vote on the proposals to
liquidate and dissolve the Fund and to terminate its status as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
On May 1, 2026, the record date for the Meeting, there were 100,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value (the “Fund Shares”) of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote. 100% of the Fund Shares are owned by the Fund’s sole shareholder, Venture Lending & Leasing IX, LLC (the “LLC”). The LLC in turn is owned by its members (the “LLC Members”). The Operating Agreement of the LLC grants the LLC Members
pass-through voting rights, meaning that the LLC, as the sole shareholder of the Fund, may take no action as shareholder of the Fund without first securing the approval of the LLC Members, with the same vote required of the LLC Members as is required
of the shareholder of the Fund. Accordingly, the approval of the proposals to liquidate and dissolve the Fund and to terminate its status as a BDC under the 1940 Act required the prior approval of at least a majority of the outstanding LLC Shares.
The voting results are as follows:
Proposal 1 FOR ABSTAIN AGAINST
Approval of the Plan of Liquidation pursuant to which Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. will distribute all of its assets to its sole shareholder, Venture Lending & 324,066.72 — —
Leasing IX, LLC, and dissolve.
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Percentage out of 460,000.00 total outstanding LLC Shares. 70.45 % — % — %
70.45 % — %
Proposal 2 FOR ABSTAIN AGAINST
Approval of the termination of the status of Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 324,066.72 — —
Percentage out of 460,000.00 total outstanding LLC Shares. 70.45 % — % — %
— % — %
Consequently, the LLC cast 100% of the Fund Shares in favor of the liquidation and dissolution of the Fund and the termination of its status as a BDC under the 1940 Act.