Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 14, 2022, Capital Southwest Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and between the Company and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as representative of the several underwriters named in Exhibit A thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 2,203,857 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the “Shares” and the issuance sale of the Shares, the “Offering”). In addition, under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 330,579 Shares. The Offering closed on November 17, 2022, and the Company issued 2,534,436 Shares, including the Shares issuable pursuant to the Underwriters’ option to purchase additional Shares. The Company received approximately $44.0 million in net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to repay outstanding indebtedness under its senior secured revolving credit facility, to make investments in accordance with its investment objective and strategies, and for other general corporate purposes, including payment of operating expenses.
The Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-259455), as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement, dated November 14, 2022, and a final prospectus supplement, dated November 14, 2022, each previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.