U.S. 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): ~~January~~May 2512, 2010

Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



MARYLAND	814-00640	20-0372373
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2010 North First Street, Suite 310, San Jose, CA 95131

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 436-8577

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Item 5.0307 ~~Amendments~~Submission ~~to Articles~~ of ~~Incorporation~~Matters orto ~~Bylaws;~~a ~~Change~~Vote inof ~~Fiscal~~Security ~~Year~~Holders.

AsThe ~~previously~~annual ~~reported~~shareholder bymeeting (the “Meeting”) of Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. (the “Fund”), ~~effective~~was asheld ~~of the close of business~~ on ~~December~~May 3112, ~~2009~~2010, ~~Ronald~~to W.consider ~~Swenson~~and ~~resigned~~vote ~~from~~on the ~~position~~election of ~~Chief~~six ~~Executive~~members ~~Officer~~ of the ~~Fund,~~Board ~~and~~of Directors of the Fund ~~elected~~(John ~~Maurice C~~F. ~~Werdegar~~Cogan, toJ. ~~the~~Michael ~~position~~Egan, ofSalvador ~~Chief~~O. ~~Executive~~Gutierrez, ~~Officer~~Louis toW. ~~fill~~Moelchert, ~~the~~Arthur ~~vacancy~~Spinner, ~~created~~and byRonald MrW. Swenson’s) ~~resignation. Mr.~~and ~~Swenson~~the ~~continues~~ratification toof ~~serve~~the asappointment aof ~~director~~Deloitte ~~and~~& ~~Chairman~~Touche ofLLP as the ~~Board~~Fund’s ofindependent registered public accounting firm for the ~~Fund~~fiscal year ending on December 31, 2010.

InOn ~~connection~~March ~~with~~31, ~~such~~2010, ~~change~~the inrecord ~~officers~~date for the Meeting, onthere ~~January~~were 25100,000 ~~2010~~shares of Common Stock, ~~the~~$.001 ~~Board~~par ofvalue ~~Directors~~(“Shares”) of the Fund ~~approved~~outstanding anand ~~amendment~~entitled to ~~Article~~vote. 100% V of the ~~Fund’s~~Shares ~~Amended~~are owned by Venture Lending & ~~Restated~~Leasing ~~Bylaws~~IV, LLC (the “~~Amendment~~LLC”),. The ~~also~~LLC ~~effective~~in asturn ofis ~~the~~owned ~~close~~by ofits ~~business~~members on(the ~~December~~“LLC ~~31, 2009~~Members”). The ~~Amendment~~Operating ~~deletes~~Agreement of the ~~statements~~LLC ingrants the ~~Bylaws~~LLC Members pass-through voting rights, meaning that the ~~Chairman~~LLC, as the sole shareholder of the Fund, ismay ~~also~~take ~~the~~no ~~Chief~~action ~~Executive~~as ~~Officer~~shareholder of the Fund, ~~and~~without ~~that~~first securing the ~~Chief~~approval ~~Executive~~of ~~Officer~~the LLC Members, with the same vote required of the ~~Fund~~LLC ~~presides~~Members atas ~~meetings~~is required of the shareholder of the Fund’s. Accordingly, ~~shareholders~~the ~~and~~election ~~Board~~of each of ~~Directors. The~~the ~~foregoing~~nominated ~~summary~~directors of the ~~Amendment~~Fund isrequired ~~qualified~~the inprior ~~its~~approval ~~entirety~~of bythe ~~reference~~holders toof at least a plurality of the ~~full~~outstanding ~~text~~shares of membership interest of the ~~Amendment~~LLC (the “LLC Shares”), ~~which~~and isratification ~~filed~~of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as ~~Exhibit~~the ~~99.1~~Fund’s toindependent ~~this~~registered ~~Current~~public ~~Report~~accounting onfirm ~~Form~~for ~~8-K~~the ~~(marked~~fiscal toyear ~~show~~ending ~~deleted~~on ~~text)~~December 31, ~~and~~2010 ~~which~~required isthe ~~incorporated~~prior ~~herein~~approval byof ~~reference.~~at least a majority of the outstanding LLC Shares.

~~Item~~249,900 9out of 250,000 total outstanding LLC Shares, or 99.0196% ~~Financial~~of ~~Statements~~the LLC Shares, were cast in favor of the election of each of the six members of the Board of Directors and ~~Exhibits~~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, 2010. 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.

~~Exhibit Number~~ SIGNATURES

~~Description~~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 duly authorized.

~~------------------~~VENTURE LENDING & LEASING IV, INC.

~~---------------~~ (Registrant)

~~99.1~~By:

~~Amendment~~/s/ NoMaurice C. ~~2 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Fund (marked to show deleted text)~~Werdegar

~~SIGNATURES~~By:

~~Pursuant~~/s/ toMartin ~~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 duly authorized~~D. Eng

~~VENTURE~~Maurice ~~LENDING & LEASING IV, INC~~C. Werdegar

~~(Registrant)~~Martin D. Eng

~~By:~~Chief Executive Officer & President

~~/s/~~Chief ~~Maurice~~Financial ~~C. Werdegar~~Officer

ByDate:

~~/s/~~May ~~Martin~~17, ~~D. Eng~~2010

~~Maurice C. Werdegar~~Date:

~~Martin~~May D.17, ~~Eng~~2010

Chief Executive Officer & President

Chief Financial Officer

Date:

January 27, 2010

Date:

January 27, 2010

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