---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000017313-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSWC"
cik: "0000017313"
company_name: "CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:45:28.227493+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capital Southwest: 2024 dividends of $2.53/share are 100% ordinary income

## Summary
- Total dividends paid in 2024: $2.53 per share, 100% classified as ordinary income (including net short-term capital gains).
- For non-U.S. shareholders, ~92.89% of dividends are interest-related or short-term capital gain dividends, generally exempt from U.S. withholding tax.
- Tax classifications supersede any prior estimates for 2024 dividends; details posted on Company website.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000017313-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSWC
- cik: 0000017313
- company_name: CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731325000005/0000017313-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731325000005/cswc-20250131.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017313-25-000005.txt

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