As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2021
Registration No. 333-                
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Texas   75-1072796
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
5400 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas
  75240
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip code)
Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Award Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
Bowen S. Diehl
President and Chief Executive Officer
Capital Southwest Corporation
5400 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75240
(Name and address of agent for service)
(214) 238-5700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 Large accelerated filer   ☐    Accelerated filer   ☐
Non-accelerated filer   ☒    Smaller reporting company   ☐
     Emerging growth company   ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 Title of securities to be registered
 
Amount to be
Registered(1)
 
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share(2)
 
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)
 
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.25 par value per share
  1,200,000 shares   $26.13   $31,356,000   $3,420.94
 
 
(1)Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers additional common stock as may be offered or issued as a result of adjustment by reason of share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock.
(2)Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The maximum price per share and the maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the $26.38 (high) and $25.88 (low) sale price of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 17, 2021, which is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.



PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing the information required in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Award Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) either as part of this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Capital Southwest Corporation (the “Company,” “us” or “we”) will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act. Upon request, the Company will furnish to the SEC or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in that file. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:

(a)the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on May 26, 2021;

(b)the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on June 9, 2021 (but only with respect to information required by Part III of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021);

(c)the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 3, 2021;

(d)the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information furnished rather than filed in accordance with SEC rules)  filed with the SEC on April 1, 2021, April 21, 2021, April 26, 2021, May 26, 2021, July 28, 2021, August 2, 2021 and August 9, 2021; and

(e)the description of the Common Stock, contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on April 28, 1961 to register the Company’s common stock stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed with the SEC by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any current report on Form 8-K) subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.




Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles of Incorporation”), provides for indemnification for persons who are or were a director, officer or employee of the Company against any and all judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes), fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, any appeal in such action, suit or proceeding, and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such action, suit or proceeding, on account of such person’s service as a director officer or employee of Company, or service at the request of Company as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise all to the fullest extent permitted by Texas law. The Articles of Incorporation provides that we must not provide indemnification to the extent not prohibited by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Company will not indemnify any person for any liability to which such person would be subject by reason of such person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.

Texas law requires a corporation to indemnify a director or officer against reasonable expenses actually incurred by him or her in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action or other proceeding in which he or she is a named defendant or respondent because he or she is or was a director or officer if he or she has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the action or proceeding. Texas law permits a corporation to indemnify a director or former director against judgments and expenses reasonably and actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding if the person (i) acted in good faith, (ii) reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in the person’s official capacity, that the person’s conduct was in the corporation’s best interests, and otherwise, that the person’s conduct was not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, and (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, did not have a reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. If, however, the person is found liable to the corporation, or is found liable on the basis that such person received an improper personal benefit, then indemnification under Texas law is limited to the reimbursement of reasonable expenses actually incurred, and no indemnification will be available if the person is found liable for (i) willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the person’s duty to the corporation, (ii) breach of the person’s duty of loyalty owed to the corporation, or (iii) an act or omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of a duty owed by the person to the corporation. In addition, Texas law permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (b) a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

The Articles of Incorporation authorizes the Company to purchase or maintain insurance against any liability asserted against a director, officer or employee of the Company. The Company has obtained primary and excess insurance policies insuring its directors and officers against certain liabilities they may incur in their capacity as directors and officers. Under such policies, the insurer, on our behalf, may also pay amounts for which the Company has granted indemnification to the directors or officers.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.




Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit
No. 		   Description
4.1
  
4.2
4.3
  
4.4
4.5
  
4.6
5.1
  
  
  
  
_________________
*    Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;


(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on August 18, 2021.
 
CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Bowen S. Diehl
  Name: Bowen S. Diehl
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Bowens S. Diehl and Michael S. Sarner, and each of them, with the full power to act without the other, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this Registration Statement, and any or all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature Title Date
By: /s/ David R. Brooks Chairman of the Board August 18, 2021
David R. Brooks
By: /s/ Christine S. Battist Director August 18, 2021
Christine S. Battist
By: /s/ Jack D. Furst Director August 18, 2021
Jack D. Furst
By: /s/ T. Duane Morgan Director August 18, 2021
T. Duane Morgan
By: /s/ Ramona L. Rogers-Windsor Director August 18, 2021
Ramona L. Rogers-Windsor
By: /s/ William R. Thomas Director August 18, 2021
William R. Thomas
By: /s/ Michael S. Sarner Chief Financial Officer August 18, 2021
Michael S. Sarner



Exhibit 4.5

CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION

2021 EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD PLAN

1.    PURPOSE

This Plan is intended to foster and promote the long-term financial success of Capital Southwest Corporation and its Subsidiaries (the “Company Group”); to reward performance and to increase shareholder value by providing Participants appropriate incentives and rewards; to enable the Company Group to attract and retain the services of outstanding individuals upon whose judgment, interest and dedication the successful conduct of the Company Group’s businesses are largely dependent; to encourage Participants’ ownership interest in Capital Southwest Corporation; and to align the interests of employees with that of the Company’s shareholders.

2.    DEFINITIONS

(a)    “1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(b)    “Affiliate” means any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” of the Company, as such term is defined in Code Sections 424(e) and 424(f).

(c)    “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement evidencing and setting forth the terms of a Restricted Stock Award.

(d)    “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

(e)    “Cause” means, unless otherwise specified in the Award Agreement or in an employment agreement with any member of the Company Group, with respect to a Participant:

(i)    Commission of any act or acts of personal dishonesty intended to result in substantial personal enrichment to the Employee to the detriment of any Company Group member;

(ii)    Conviction of, or entering into a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony;

(iii)    In the case of an Employee, repeated failures to perform his responsibilities that are demonstrably willful and deliberate;

(iv)    Intentional, repeated or continuing violation of any of the applicable Company Group member’s policies or procedures that occurs or continues after notice to the Participant that he or she has violated such policy or procedure; or

(v)    Any material breach of a written covenant or agreement with a Company Group member, including the terms of this Plan or any material breach of fiduciary duty to a Company Group member.

A Participant shall be considered to have been discharged for Cause if the Company determines within 30 days after his resignation or discharge that discharge for Cause was warranted.

(f)    “Change in Control” means

(i)    The date any one person, or more than one “person” acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person(s)) ownership of Common Stock possessing 51% or more of the total voting power of the Common Stock of the Company;



(ii)    Individuals who at any time during the term of this Agreement constitute the board of directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least 75% of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) shall be, for purposes of this clause (ii) considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board;

(iii)    Any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, if following such consolidation or merger, shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation or merger shall not beneficially own securities representing at least 51% of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or continuing corporation; or

(iv)    Any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company, other than to an entity (or entities) of which the Company or the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own securities representing at least 51% of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities.

(g)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(h)    “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

(i)    “Common Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company, par value, $0.25 per share.

(j)    “Company” means Capital Southwest Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas, and all successors to it.

(k)    “Date of Grant” means the date when the Company completes the corporate action necessary to create the legally binding right constituting a Restricted Stock Award.

(l)    “Disability” has the meaning set forth in Code Section 22(e)(3).

(m)    “Effective Date” means the date the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company.

(n)    “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or a Subsidiary. Directors who are employed by the Company or a Subsidiary shall be considered Employees under the Plan.

(o)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(p)    “Fair Market Value” on any date means the closing sales price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any other such exchange on which the Common Stock may be traded in the future) on the date of determination. Whenever possible, the determination of Fair Market Value by the Committee shall be based on the prices reported in The Wall Street Journal.  The Committee’s determination of Fair Market Value shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

(q)    “Good Reason” means, unless otherwise specified in the Award Agreement or in an employment agreement with any member of the Company Group, with respect to a Participant, any one or combination of the following events without the Participant’s consent:

(i)    A diminution in the Participant’s compensation;

(ii)    a diminution in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities; and



(iii)    a relocation of 50 miles or more of the Participant’s primary work location.

A Participant shall be considered to have terminated for Good Reason only if: (A) the Participant provides notice to the Company of the Good Reason event(s) within 30 days of the initial occurrence of such event(s); (B) the Company has 60 days from the date such notice is received to cure such Good Reason event(s) but fails to do so; and (C) the Participant voluntarily terminates employment within 6 months of the initial occurrence of such Good Reason event(s).

(r)    “Participant” means any person who holds an outstanding Restricted Stock Award.

(s)    “Plan” means this Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Award Plan.

(t)    “Restricted Stock” or “Restricted Stock Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant of Shares under the Plan.

(u)    “Share” means a share of Common Stock.

(v)    “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company.

(w)    “Termination of Service” shall mean the termination of employment of an Employee by the Company and any Subsidiaries. A Participant’s service shall not be deemed to have terminated because of a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s service. Furthermore, a Participant’s service with the Company Group shall not be deemed to have terminated if the Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company or a Subsidiary; provided, however, that if any such leave exceeds 90 days, on the 91st day of such leave the Participant’s service shall be deemed to have terminated unless the Participant’s leave of absence is approved by the Committee. Except as otherwise provided in any Award Agreement, the Participant’s service shall be deemed to have terminated upon the entity for which the Participant performs service ceasing to be a Subsidiary (or any successor). Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether a Participant’s service has terminated and the effective date of such termination.

3.    ADMINISTRATION

The Committee shall administer the Plan. The Committee shall consist of two or more disinterested directors of the Company, who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. A member of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be “disinterested” only if he satisfies such requirements as the Securities and Exchange Commission may establish for non-employee directors administering plans intended to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3 (or its successor) under the Exchange Act. The Committee shall have full and final authority, in each case subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan and subject to the approval by the required majority of the Company’s directors, as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act:

(a)    The Committee shall have the sole and complete authority to:

(i)    Determine the Employees to whom Restricted Stock Awards are granted, the type and amounts of Restricted Stock Awards to be granted and the time of all such grants;

(ii)    Determine the terms, conditions and provisions of, and restrictions relating to, each Restricted Stock Award granted;

(iii)    Interpret and construe the Plan and all Award Agreements;

(iv)    Prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan;

(v)    Determine the content and form of all Award Agreements;



(vi)    Determine all questions relating to Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan, including whether any conditions relating to a Restricted Stock Award have been met;

(vii)    Consistent with the Plan and with the consent of the Participant, as appropriate, amend any outstanding Restricted Stock Award or amend the exercise date or dates thereof;

(viii)    Determine the duration and purpose of leaves of absence that may be granted to a Participant without constituting termination of the Participant’s employment for the purpose of the Plan or any Restricted Stock Award;

(ix)    Maintain accounts, records and ledgers relating to Restricted Stock Awards;

(x)    Maintain records concerning its decisions and proceedings;

(xi)    Employ agents, attorneys, accountants or other persons for such purposes as the Committee considers necessary or desirable; and

(xii)    Do and perform all acts which it may deem necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan and to carry out the objectives of the Plan.

(b)    Each Restricted Stock Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement containing such provisions as may be approved by the Committee. Each Award Agreement shall constitute a binding contract between the Company and the Participant, and every Participant, upon acceptance of the Award Agreement, shall be bound by the terms and restrictions of the Plan and the Award Agreement. The terms of each Award Agreement shall be in accordance with the Plan, but each Award Agreement may include such additional provisions and restrictions determined by the Committee, in its discretion, provided that such additional provisions and restrictions are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. In particular, and at a minimum, the Committee shall set forth in each Award Agreement (i) the number of Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award; (ii) the expiration date of the Restricted Stock Award; (iii) the manner, time, and rate (cumulative or otherwise) of vesting of such Restricted Stock Award; and (iv) the restrictions, if any, placed upon such Restricted Stock Award, or upon Shares which may be issued upon vesting of such Restricted Stock Award. The Chairman of the Committee and such other directors and officers as shall be designated by the Committee is hereby authorized to execute Award Agreements on behalf of the Company and to cause them to be delivered to the recipients of Restricted Stock Awards.

4.    STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

(a)    General Limitations.

(i)    Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 of the Plan, the maximum number of Shares reserved for issuance in connection with Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan is 1,200,000 Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 of the Plan, the total number of Shares that may be outstanding as Restricted Stock under the Plan and the Company’s 2021 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Award Plan (together, the “Plans”) shall not exceed 10% of the outstanding Shares on the effective date of the Plan plus 10% of the Shares issued or delivered by the Company (other than pursuant to any Employee compensation plans) during the term of the Plans.

(ii)    The amount of voting securities that would result from the exercise of all the Company’s outstanding warrants, options, and rights, together with any Restricted Stock issued pursuant to this Plan and any other compensation plan of the Company, at the time of issuance shall not exceed 25% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; provided, however, that if the amount of voting securities that would result from the exercise of all the Company’s outstanding warrants, options, and rights issued to the Company’s directors, officers, and employees, together with any Restricted Stock issued pursuant to this Plan and any other compensation plan of the Company, would exceed 15% of the outstanding voting


securities of the Company, then the total amount of voting securities that would result from the exercise of all outstanding warrants, options, and rights, together with any Restricted Stock issued pursuant to this Plan and any other compensation plan of the Company, at the time of issuance shall not exceed 20% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company.

(b)    Other Rules.

(i)    The number of Shares associated with a Restricted Stock Award originally counted against the limitations as the result of the grant of the Restricted Stock Award shall be restored against the limitations and be available for reissuance under this Plan if and to the extent the Restricted Stock Award is surrendered, cancelled, expires, terminates or is forfeited for any reason.

(ii)    Shares withheld by, or otherwise remitted to satisfy a Participant’s tax withholding obligations upon the lapse of restrictions on a Restricted Stock, or upon any other payment or issuance of Shares under the Plan shall not become available for issuance or reissuance under the Plan.

(iii)    Shares issued under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued Shares, authorized Shares previously issued held by the Company in its treasury which have been reacquired by the Company, or Shares purchased by the Company in the open market.

5.    ELIGIBILITY

Subject to the terms of the Plan, all Employees shall be eligible to receive Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan as selected and determined by the Committee.

6.    RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

The Committee may, subject to the limitations of the Plan and the availability of Shares reserved but not previously awarded under this Plan, grant Restricted Stock Awards to eligible Employees upon such terms and conditions as it may determine to the extent such terms and conditions are consistent with the following provisions:

(a)    Payment of the Restricted Stock Award. The Restricted Stock Award may only be made in whole Shares.

(b)    Terms of the Restricted Stock Awards. The Committee shall determine the dates on which Restricted Stock Awards granted to a Participant shall vest and any specific conditions which must be satisfied prior to the vesting of any installment or portion of the Restricted Stock Award. Any such vesting period will be no shorter than one year as of the Date of Grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, up to 5% of the maximum number of Shares available for issuance under this Plan as provided for in Section 4(a), as such may be adjusted under Section 11, may be used for awards that do not at the Date of Grant comply with the one-year minimum vesting period. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of any Restricted Stock Awards after the Date of Grant except in the event of a Change in Control. The acceleration of any Restricted Stock Award shall create no right, expectation or reliance on the part of any other Participant or that certain Participant regarding any other Restricted Stock Awards.

(c)    Termination of Service. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or as otherwise provided herein, upon a Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason, including retirement, other than Disability or death, the Participant’s unvested Restricted Stock Awards as of the date of termination shall be forfeited and any rights the Participant had to such unvested Restricted Stock Awards shall become null and void. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event of a Participant’s Termination of Service due to Disability or death, all unvested Restricted Stock Awards held by such Participant shall immediately vest.

(d)    Treatment Upon a Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, all unvested Restricted Stock Awards held by a Participant that were granted on or after the Effective Date shall vest upon the Change in


Control if either (i) within two years following the Change in Control, the Participant’s service is involuntarily terminated for reasons other than for Cause or the Participant terminates his or her employment or service for Good Reason or (ii) such Restricted Stock Awards are not assumed or converted into replacement awards in a manner described in Section 11(b)(iii). All unvested Restricted Stock Awards held by a Participant that were granted before the Effective Date shall continue to be subject to the terms of the Plan as in effect prior to the Effective Date.

7.    DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER RIGHTS

(a)    Dividends. A Participant holding a Restricted Stock Award shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, be entitled to receive, with respect to each such Share covered by a Restricted Stock Award, a payment equal to any dividends or distributions.

(b)    Voting of Restricted Stock Awards. After a Restricted Stock Award has been granted, but for which Shares covered by such Restricted Stock Award have not yet vested, the Participant shall be entitled to vote such Shares subject to the rules and procedures adopted by the Committee for this purpose.

(c)    Restrictive Legend. Each certificate issued in respect of a Restricted Stock Award shall be registered in the name of the Participant and, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, each such certificate shall be held by the Company until the Restricted Stock has vested. Each such certificate shall bear the following (or a similar) legend:
“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) contained in the Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Plan and an agreement entered into between the registered owner and Capital Southwest Corporation. A copy of such plan and agreement is on file at the principal office of Capital Southwest Corporation.”

8.    RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Nothing contained in this Plan or in any Award Agreement confers on any person any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate or interferes in any way with the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate a Participant’s services.

9.    DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

A Participant may, with the consent of the Committee, designate a person or persons to receive, in the event of death, any Restricted Stock Award to which the Participant would then be entitled. Such designation will be made upon forms supplied by and delivered to the Company and may be revoked in writing. If a Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, then the Participant’s estate will be deemed to be the beneficiary.

10.    TRANSFERABILITY OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

No Restricted Stock Award granted hereunder shall be transferable, voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code.

11.    ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION OR A CHANGE IN CONTROL

(a)    Adjustment Clause. In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of any stock dividend, split, spinoff, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination, extraordinary dividend, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding shares of Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, or other equity restructuring within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004), appropriate adjustments shall be made to the aggregate number of shares of Stock with respect to which Restricted Stock Awards may be made under the Plan. The Committee shall also make appropriate adjustments described in the previous sentence in the event of any distribution of assets to shareholders other than a normal cash dividend. Adjustments, if any, and any determination or interpretations, made by the Committee shall be final,


binding and conclusive. Any adjustment made under this Section 11 will be made in accordance with any required action by shareholders of the Company, the provisions of any applicable corporate law and the approval of the required majority, as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act, of the Company’s directors. Conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been effected without receipt of consideration. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of any class or securities convertible into shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award.

(b)    Change in Control. If a Change in Control occurs, the Committee may, in its discretion and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(d) of the Plan:

(i)    Cancel outstanding Restricted Stock Awards in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such Restricted Stock Awards, as determined by the Committee or the Board of Directors in its sole discretion;

(ii)    Substitute other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company) for Shares subject to outstanding Restricted Stock Awards; and

(iii)    Arrange for the assumption of Restricted Stock Awards, or replacement of Restricted Stock Awards with new awards based on other property or other securities (including, without limitation, other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company), by the affected Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division or by the entity that controls such Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division following the transaction (as well as any corresponding adjustments to Restricted Stock Awards that remain outstanding based upon Company securities);

No such adjustments may, however, change the vesting schedule for an outstanding Restricted Stock Award upon a Change in Control or otherwise change the value of benefits available to a Participant under an outstanding Restricted Stock Award.

12.    TAX WITHHOLDING

The Company’s obligation to make cash payments pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award or deliver Shares, or any other event with respect to rights and benefits hereunder, shall be subject to the Participant’s satisfaction of all applicable federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding obligations. To the extent that the Company is required to withhold any federal, state or local income and employment taxes in respect of any compensation income realized by the Participant in respect of Shares acquired pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, or in respect of any Shares becoming vested, then the Company shall deduct from any payments of any kind otherwise due to such Participant the aggregate amount of such federal, state or local income and employment taxes required to be so withheld. If no such payments are due or become due to such Participant, or if such payments are insufficient to satisfy such federal, state or local income or employment taxes, then such Participant will be required to pay to the Company, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding payment to the Company of, the aggregate amount of any such taxes. The Committee, in its discretion, may permit the Participant to satisfy the obligation, in whole or in part, by irrevocably electing to have the Company withhold Shares, or to deliver to the Company Shares that he or she already owns, having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld. The value of the Shares to be withheld, or delivered to the Company, shall be based on the Fair Market Value of Shares on the date the amount of tax to be withheld is determined. In no event will the Fair Market Value of Shares to be withheld and delivered pursuant to this Section 12 exceed the minimum amount required to be withheld, unless (a) an additional amount can be withheld and not result in adverse accounting consequences, (b) such additional withholding amount is authorized by the Committee, and (c) the total amount withheld does not exceed the Participant’s estimated tax obligations attributable to the applicable transaction. As an alternative, the Company may retain, or sell without notice, a number of such Shares sufficient to cover the amount required to be withheld.

13.    AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS



(a)    The Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to time, modify or amend the Plan in any respect, prospectively or retroactively. Failure to ratify or approve amendments or modifications by shareholders shall be effective only as to the specific amendment or modification requiring such approval or ratification. Other provisions of this Plan will remain in full force and effect. No such termination, modification or amendment may adversely affect the rights of a Participant under an outstanding Restricted Stock Award without the written permission of such Participant.

(b)    The Committee may amend any Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that no such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of any Participant under an outstanding Restricted Stock Award without the written consent of such Participant.

14.    RIGHT OF OFFSET

The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver Shares (or other property) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Restricted Stock Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing, automobile or other employee programs) that the Participant then owes to the Company and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. This right of offset shall not be an exclusive remedy and the Company’s election not to exercise the right of offset with respect to any amount payable to a Participant shall not constitute a waiver of this right of offset with respect to any other amount payable to the Participant or any other remedy.

15.    DETRIMENTAL ACTIVITY AND RECAPTURE PROVISIONS

Any Award Agreement may reference a clawback policy of the Company or provide for the cancellation or forfeiture of an award or the forfeiture and repayment to the Company of any gain related to an award, or other provisions intended to have a similar effect, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee from time to time, if a Participant, either (a) during employment or other service with the Company Group or (b) within a specified period after termination of such employment or service, engages in any detrimental activity, as described in the applicable Award Agreement or such clawback policy. In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, any Award Agreement or such clawback policy may also provide for the cancellation or forfeiture of an award or the forfeiture and repayment to the Company of any Shares issued under and/or any other benefit related to an award, or other provisions intended to have a similar effect, upon such terms and conditions as may be required by the Committee or under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules or regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the NASDAQ or any national securities exchange or national securities association on which the Shares may be traded.

16.    EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

The Plan shall become effective immediately upon its approval by the Company’s shareholders.

17.    TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

The right to grant Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan will terminate 10 years after the Effective Date. The Board of Directors has the right to suspend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no such action will, without the consent of a Participant, adversely affect a Participant’s rights under an outstanding Restricted Stock Award.

18.    APPLICABLE LAW; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

(a)    The Plan will be administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and applicable federal law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no liability to issue any Shares under the Plan unless such issuance would comply with all applicable laws and the applicable requirements


of any securities exchange or similar entity. Prior to the issuance of any Shares under the Plan, the Company may require a written statement that the recipient is acquiring the shares for investment and not for the purpose or with the intention of distributing the shares.

(b)    It is the intention of the Company that no Restricted Stock Award shall be “deferred compensation” subject to Code Section 409A, and the Plan and the terms and conditions of all Restricted Stock Awards shall be interpreted accordingly.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Plan or in an Award Agreement prevents a Participant from providing, without prior notice to the Company, information to governmental authorities regarding possible legal violations or otherwise testifying or participating in any investigation or proceeding by any governmental authorities regarding possible legal violations, and for purpose of clarity, a Participant is not prohibited from providing information voluntarily to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 21F of the Exchange Act.

19.    NO GRANTS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE 1940 ACT

(a)    At all times during such periods as the Company qualifies or intends to qualify as a “business development company,” no Restricted Stock Award may be granted under the Plan if the grant or terms of such Restricted Stock Award would cause the Company to violate Section 61 of the 1940 Act (or any other provision of the 1940 Act applicable to “business development companies”), and, if approved for grant, such an award will be void and of no effect.

(b)    In furtherance of the intent that Restricted Stock Awards available to be granted under the Plan be limited to those that can be granted by a “business development company” qualifying as such under the 1940 Act, except as otherwise permitted by exemptive relief or other relief that may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff and determined by the Board of Directors, Restricted Stock may be awarded only in exchange for full payment thereof (as determined by the Board of Directors).




Exhibit 4.6
Capital Southwest Corporation
Restricted Stock Award Agreement

Date of Grant:    ________________________________
Name of Holder:    ________________________________
Number of Shares:     ______ Shares of Common Stock
Fair Market Value:    $________ per Share
Vesting Schedule:    _________________________________
Capital Southwest Corporation (the “Company”) hereby awards to the Holder (the “Holder”) the number of shares of the presently authorized but unissued Common Stock, $0.25 par value per share, of the Company (the "Restricted Stock") set forth above pursuant to Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Award Plan (the “Plan”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.
To the extent not controlled by the terms and conditions contained in the Plan, the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock granted hereby shall be governed by this Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”) as follows:
1.No Right to Continued Employee Status
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon Holder the right to the continuation of his or her Employee status, or interfere with the right of the Company, a member of the Company Group, or its shareholders, as applicable, to terminate such relationship.
2.Vesting of Restricted Stock
The Restricted Stock shall vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth above if the Holder remains an Employee of the Company or a member of the Company Group on each vesting date.
In the event that the Holder has become obligated to return all or a portion of his or her shares of Restricted Stock to the Company due to a forfeiture of such shares pursuant to this Agreement, and the Holder shall fail to deliver the certificates representing such shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Company may, at its option, in addition to all other remedies it may have, upon written notice to the Holder cancel on its books the certificates representing the shares to be returned to the Company and thereupon all of the rights of the Holder in and to said shares shall terminate. The Company shall not be obligated to give notice to any holder of shares of Restricted Stock if such holder does not appear on the stock transfer ledger of the Company as the registered holder of such shares.
3.Retention of Certificates
The certificate(s) representing the shares of Restricted Stock granted hereby will be stamped or otherwise imprinted with the legend required by the Plan with respect to any applicable restrictions on the sale or transfer of such shares, and the stock transfer records of the Company will reflect stop transfer instructions with respect to such shares. At the election of the Company, the Company may retain the certificate(s) representing the shares of Restricted Stock
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granted to the Holder pursuant to this Agreement until such time as the vesting restrictions have lapsed and the restrictions on the transfer of such Restricted Stock have terminated or are removed by the Board of Directors. Within a reasonable time thereafter, the Company will deliver to the Holder a new certificate representing such shares, free of the legend referred to herein. The issuance of such certificate shall not affect any restrictions upon the transferability of such shares pursuant to applicable law or otherwise.
4.Tax Election
Within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, the Holder may make an election with the Internal Revenue Service under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The parties agree that for such purposes the fair market value of the Restricted Stock on the Grant Date is that amount per share set forth above.
5.Restrictions on Transfer
Any shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder, whether vested or unvested, shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered until such shares are fully vested. The spouse of the Holder shall execute a signature page to this Agreement as of the date hereof and agree to be bound in all respects by the terms hereof to the same extent as the Holder. The spouse further agrees that should he/she predecease the Holder or become divorced from the Holder, any of the shares of Restricted Stock which such spouse may own or in which he/she may have an interest shall remain subject to this Agreement.
6.Dividends and Other Distributions
The Holder shall be entitled to receive cash dividends or distributions declared and paid with respect to shares of Restricted Stock. The Holder shall also have the right to receive stock dividends or distributions with respect to the Restricted Stock. With respect to any unvested shares of Restricted Stock, the stock dividends or distributions shall likewise be restricted and shall vest on the same schedule as the Restricted Stock as to which the dividend or distribution relates. Any such dividends or distributions shall be paid within 30 days after the corresponding dividends or distributions are paid to shareholders.
7.Voting of Restricted Stock
The Holder shall be entitled to vote shares of Restricted Stock subject to the rules and procedures adopted by the Committee for this purpose.
8.Notices
Any notice required to be given pursuant to this Agreement or the Plan shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered upon receipt or, in the case of notices by the Company, five (5) days after deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Holder at the address last provided for his or her employee records.
9.Agreement Subject to Plan; Applicable Law
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Plan and shall be interpreted to comply therewith. A copy of the Plan is attached hereto as Annex A. Any provision of this Agreement inconsistent with the Plan shall be considered void and replaced with the applicable provision of the Plan. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts therein. Unless otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Plan and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Restricted Stock Agreement as of the date first above written.
Capital Southwest Corporation


    
By:    Bowen S. Diehl
    President and Chief Executive Officer


Holder:

    
Name:    
SSN#:    
Address:    
    
    
Phone:    



I, the undersigned, being the spouse of the above-named Holder, hereby acknowledge that I have read and understand the foregoing Restricted Stock Agreement under the Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Award Plan, and I agree to be bound by the terms thereof.

    
Name:    

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Annex A
Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Award Plan

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Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP]
August 18, 2021

Capital Southwest Corporation
5400 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway
Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75240
 
Re:   Capital Southwest Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-8
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Capital Southwest Corporation, a Texas corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to the Capital Southwest Corporation 2021 Employee Restricted Stock Award Plan (the “Plan”).
As counsel to the Company, we have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and have examined originals or copies of the following:
(i)The Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
(ii)The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
(iii)A Certificate of Fact issued by the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas as to the existence of the Company, as of a recent date; and
(iv)The resolutions of the board of directors of the Company relating to, among other things, (a) the authorization and approval of the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and (b) the authorization, issuance, offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement and the Plan.
With respect to such examination and our opinion expressed in this opinion letter, we have assumed, without any independent investigation or verification (i) the genuineness of all signatures on all documents submitted to us for examination, (ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as conformed or reproduced copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copied documents, and (v) that all certificates issued by public officials have been properly issued. We also have assumed without independent investigation or verification the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records made available to us by the Company.
As to certain matters of fact relevant to the opinions in this opinion letter, we have relied upon certificates and/or representations of officers of the Company. We have also relied on certificates and confirmations of public officials (which we have assumed remain accurate as of the date of this opinion letter). We have not independently established the facts, or in the case of certificates or confirmations of public officials, the other statements, so relied upon.


Capital Southwest Corporation
August 18, 2021
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The opinions set forth below are limited to the effect of the Texas Business Organizations Code, as in effect on the date of this opinion letter, and we express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of any other laws of the State of Texas or the laws of any other jurisdictions. Without limiting the preceding sentence, we express no opinion as to any state securities or broker-dealer laws or regulations thereunder relating to the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement and the Plan. This opinion letter has been prepared, and should be interpreted, in accordance with customary practice followed in the preparation of opinion letters by lawyers who regularly give, and such customary practice followed by lawyers who on behalf of their clients regularly advise opinion recipients regarding, opinion letters of this kind.
Based upon and subject to the limitations, exceptions, qualifications and assumptions set forth in this opinion letter, we are of the opinion that the Shares issuable pursuant to the Registration Statement and the Plan have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinions expressed in this opinion letter (a) are strictly limited to the matters stated in this opinion letter, and without limiting the foregoing, no other opinions are to be inferred and (b) are only as of the date of this opinion letter, and we are under no obligation, and do not undertake, to advise the Company or any other person or entity either of any change of law or fact that occurs, or of any fact that comes to our attention, after the date of this opinion letter, even though such change or such fact may affect the legal analysis or a legal conclusion in this opinion letter.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We do not admit by giving this consent that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
    
Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP




Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and related Prospectus of Capital Southwest Corporation of our report dated May 26, 2021, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the schedule of investments in and advances to affiliates listed in Schedule 12-14 of Capital Southwest Corporation and Subsidiaries, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Capital Southwest Corporation for the year ended March 31, 2021 (the Form 10-K) and of our report dated May 26, 2021 on the financial information set forth in Part II, Item 5 of the Form 10-K under the heading “Senior Securities,” which is attached as an exhibit to the Form 10-K. We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Senior Securities” in the Form 10-K.


/s/ RSM US LLP

Chicago, Illinois
August 18, 2021



Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Independent Auditor

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Capital Southwest Corporation of our report dated May 19, 2021, relating the financial statements of I-45 SLF LLC and its subsidiary, included as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Capital Southwest Corporation for the year ended March 31, 2021.

/s/ RSM US LLP

Chicago, Illinois
August 18, 2021