Capital Southwest Corp.

Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ: CSWC) is an internally managed, credit-focused business development company (BDC) that provides flexible debt and equity financing solutions to lower middle-market and middle-market companies across the United States. The firm targets businesses with EBITDA between $3 million and $50 million across sectors including industrial manufacturing and services, value-added distribution, healthcare products and services, business services, specialty chemicals, technology-enabled services, software-as-a-service, and food and beverage, committing $5 million to $50 million per transaction with individual hold sizes of $5 million to $20 million. Investment types include unitranche debt, first lien debt, second lien debt, subordinated debt, preferred equity, and common equity co-investments alongside debt, with the firm also allocating capital to syndicated first and second lien term loans in the upper middle market through its I-45 Senior Loan Fund joint venture with Main Street Capital Corporation. Transaction types include acquisition financings, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and industry consolidation transactions, with both sponsored and non-sponsored opportunities considered and majority or minority equity positions taken selectively. Capital Southwest converted from a diversified holding company structure to a credit-focused BDC in 2015 following the tax-free spin-off of its industrial operating subsidiary CSW Industrials, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSWI) in September 2015. Founded on April 19, 1961, the company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, United States.