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| EX-5.1 - EX-5.1 - CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP | exhibit51-esvalidityopinio.htm |
| EX-1.1 - EX-1.1 - CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP | exhibit11-cswcxunderwritin.htm |
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): February 22, 2021
CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)
| Texas | 814-00061 | 75-1072796 | ||||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
5400 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75240
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 238-5700
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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 | ||||||
| Common Stock, $0.25 par value per share | CSWC | The Nasdaq Global Select Market | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
| 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. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 22, 2021, Capital Southwest Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and between the Company and Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as the sole underwriter, in connection with the issuance and sale of $65,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.50% Notes due 2026 (the “New Notes” and the issuance and sale of the New Notes, the “Offering”).
The New Notes will be issued as additional notes under the Base Indenture, dated October 23, 2017 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated December 29, 2020 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”; and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company issued $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 4.50% Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Notes”) on December 29, 2020. The New Notes will be treated as a single series with the Existing Notes under the Indenture and will have the same terms as the Existing Notes. The New Notes will have the same CUSIP number and will be fungible and rank equally with the Existing Notes. Upon issuance of the New Notes, the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.50% Notes due 2026 will be $140,000,000.
The New Notes will bear interest at a rate of 4.50% per year payable semi-annually in arrears on January 31 and July 31 of each year, beginning on July 31, 2021. The New Notes will mature on January 31, 2026 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company’s option at any time prior to October 31, 2025 at par plus a “make-whole” premium, and thereafter at par.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to repay the outstanding indebtedness under the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility, as amended (the “Credit Facility”). However, through re-borrowings under the Credit Facility, the Company intends to make investments in lower middle market and upper middle market portfolio companies in accordance with the Company’s investment objective and strategies and for other general corporate purposes, including payment of operating expenses.
The New Notes will be the direct unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all existing and future unsubordinated unsecured indebtedness issued by the Company, senior to any of the Company’s future indebtedness that expressly provides it is subordinated to the New Notes, effectively subordinated to all of the existing and future secured indebtedness issued by the Company (including indebtedness that is initially unsecured in respect of which the Company subsequently grants security), to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, including, without limitation, borrowings under the Credit Facility, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of any of the Company’s subsidiaries.
The Indenture contains certain covenants, including certain covenants requiring the Company to comply with Section 18(a)(1)(A) as modified by Section 61(a)(2) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), or any successor provisions, whether or not the Company continues to be subject to such provisions of the 1940 Act, but giving effect, in either case, to any exemptive relief granted to the Company by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), to comply with Section 18(a)(1)(B) as modified by Section 61(a)(2) of the 1940 Act, or any successor provisions, after giving effect to any exemptive relief granted to the Company by the SEC and subject to certain other exceptions, and to provide financial information to the holders of the New Notes and the Trustee if the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These covenants are subject to important limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.
In addition, holders of the New Notes can require the Company to repurchase some or all of the New Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date upon the occurrence of a “Change of Control Repurchase Event,” as defined in the Third Supplemental Indenture.
The New Notes were offered and sold in an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-232492), the prospectus supplement dated February 22, 2021 and the pricing term sheet filed with the SEC on February 22, 2021. The transaction closed on February 25, 2021. The net proceeds to the Company were approximately $64.9 million, based on the public offering price of 102.11% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Notes, after deducting the underwriting discount of $1.3 million and the estimated offering expenses of approximately $125,000 payable by the Company.
The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Third Supplemental Indenture, and the New Notes do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, the Third Supplemental Indenture, and the form of global note representing the New Notes, respectively, each filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information required by Item 2.03 contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
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.
Dated: February 25, 2021
| By: | /s/ Michael S. Sarner | |||||||
| Name: Michael S. Sarner | ||||||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||