---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000017313-24-000135"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSWC"
cik: "0000017313"
company_name: "CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP"
filed_at: "2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:45:44.614233+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capital Southwest receives SBA green light to apply for second SBIC license; up to $175M additional capacity

## Summary
- SBA issued 'green light' letter inviting Capital Southwest to submit application for a second SBIC license.
- If approved, second license would provide access to up to $175M in SBA-guaranteed debentures, total SBIC capacity reaching $350M.
- First SBIC license received in April 2021; license approval not assured and no timeline given.
- SBIC debentures have 10-year maturities with fixed rates tied to the 10-Year U.S. Treasury rate.
- CFO cites SBIC program as strategic priority to diversify long-term capital and maintain balance sheet flexibility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000017313-24-000135
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSWC
- cik: 0000017313
- company_name: CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP
- filed_at: 2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731324000135/0000017313-24-000135-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731324000135/cswc-20241210.htm

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