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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2020

Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




MARYLAND	814-00969	45-5589518
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

104 La Mesa Drive, Suite 102, Portola Valley, CA 94028

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 234-4300

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): N/A

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A	N/A	N/A

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual shareholder meeting (the “Meeting”) of Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. (the “Fund”) was held on May 13, 2020, to consider and vote on the election of five members of the Board of Directors of the Fund (Robert J. Hutter, John W. Glynn, Scott C. Taylor, Ronald W. Swenson and Maurice C. Werdegar) and the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2020.

On March 20, 2020, the record date for the Meeting, there were 100,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value (“Shares”) of the Fund outstanding and entitled to vote. 100% of the Shares are owned by the Fund’s sole shareholder, Venture Lending & Leasing VII, LLC (the “LLC”), the members of which (“Members”) have pass-through voting rights such 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 Members. The election of each of the nominated directors required the prior approval of the holders of at least a plurality of the outstanding shares of membership interest of the LLC (the “LLC Shares”) and ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2020 required the prior approval of at least a majority of the outstanding LLC Shares.

Three hundred sixty-three thousand three hundred (363,300) out of 375,000 total outstanding LLC Shares, or 96.88% of the LLC Shares, were cast in favor of the election of each of the five members of the Board of Directors and in favor of the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2020. No LLC Shares were cast against or withheld for either of the proposals presented at the Meeting. Consequently, the LLC cast 100% of the Shares in favor of approval of both of the proposals presented at the Meeting.

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.

VENTURE LENDING & LEASING VII, INC.

(Registrant)



By: /s/ Maurice C. Werdegar	By: /s/ Judy N. Bornstein
Maurice C. Werdegar	Judy N. Bornstein
Chief Executive Officer	Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 18, 2020	Date: May 18, 2020

Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. 8-K