UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) 
 
July 20, 2016

Capital Southwest Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas
  
814-00061
  
75-1072796
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5400 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 1300, Dallas, Texas
  
75240
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 
 
972-233-8242

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Our Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on July 20, 2016. All matters submitted for approval by the Company’s shareholders, as described in the Company’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on June 20, 2016 (the “Proxy Statement”), were approved. As of June 1, 2016, the record date, 15,726,006 shares of common stock were entitled to vote, and 13,862,431 of those shares were voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The results of each matter voted on at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

(1) Election of Directors. The following seven (7) directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors shall be elected and qualified:

Director Nominee
  
Votes For
    
Votes Withheld
    
Broker Non-Votes
  
Joseph B. Armes
    
9,299,999
      
2,236,677
      
2,325,755
  
David R. Brooks
    
9,587,922
      
1,948,754
      
2,325,755
  
Bowen S. Diehl
    
11,278,605
      
258,071
      
2,325,755
  
Jack D. Furst
    
9,587,922
      
1,948,754
      
2,325,755
  
T. Duane Morgan
    
7,779,883
      
3,756,793
      
2,325,755
  
William R. Thomas III
    
7,705,334
      
3,831,342
      
2,325,755
  
John H. Wilson
    
7,778,560
      
3,758,116
      
2,325,755
  

(2) Advisory vote on executive compensation. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed and discussed in the Proxy Statement was approved on an advisory basis.

Votes For
    
10,963,109
  
Votes Against
    
321,909
  
Abstentions
    
251,658
  
Broker Non-Votes
    
2,325,755
  

(3) Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. The appointment was ratified.

Votes For
    
12,221,298
  
Votes Against
    
1,631,435
  
Abstentions
    
9,698
  
Broker Non-Votes
    
-
  
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: July 25, 2016
      
 
By: 
/s/ Bowen S. Diehl
    Name: 
Bowen S. Diehl
    Title:
Chief Executive Officer and President