---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000017313-23-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSWC"
cik: "0000017313"
company_name: "CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T22:42:07.709310+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capital Southwest increases authorized common shares from 40M to 75M

## Summary
- Filed Certificate of Amendment on Oct 11, 2023, increasing authorized common shares from 40,000,000 to 75,000,000.
- Common stock trades as CSWC on Nasdaq; also has 7.75% Notes due 2028 (CSWCZ).
- No immediate equity offering announced; amendment provides flexibility for future capital needs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000017313-23-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSWC
- cik: 0000017313
- company_name: CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731323000119/0000017313-23-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731323000119/cswc-20231011.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017313-23-000119
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017313-23-000119.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017313-23-000119.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP: Increased authorized shares of common stock from 40,000,000 to 75,000,000 (effective 2023-10-11).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-11
  source text: On October 11, 2023, Capital Southwest Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Amendment”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731323000119/0000017313-23-000119-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.