---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000017313-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSWC"
cik: "0000017313"
company_name: "CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:00:38.078204+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capital Southwest: 2025 dividends $2.56/share, 100% ordinary income, 26.11% qualified

## Summary
- Total dividends $2.56 per share for tax year 2025, 100% ordinary income including net short-term capital gains.
- Ordinary income split: 73.89% taxed as ordinary income, 26.11% as qualified dividends.
- For non-U.S. shareholders, 82.55% of dividends relate to interest/short-term capital gains, exempt from U.S. withholding tax.
- Posted on company website; supersedes any prior estimated classifications.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000017313-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSWC
- cik: 0000017313
- company_name: CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731326000004/0000017313-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17313/000001731326000004/cswc-20260130.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017313-26-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017313-26-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000017313-26-000004.txt

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