Increases (decreases) in unrealized gains:
Alamo Group, Inc. .................... 22,642,400
The RectorSeal Corporation ..........................................................
$ (9.89)
Heelys, Inc. ............................. 13,975,965
Year End
March 31, 2009
Major Publicly Traded Investments
Encore Wire Corporation ...........
65,388,000
16.5
51,084,375
To Our Shareholders
Net Asset Value at March 31, 2009 was $415,262,991 equivalent to
$110.98 per share. Assuming reinvestment of all dividends and tax
credits on long-term capital gains, the March 31, 2009 net asset value
was 22.6% below the March 31, 2008 net value of $150.09 per share
and 13.1% below the December 31, 2008 net asset value of $127.68
per share.
The following table identifies significant sources of the changes in
net asset value of each share of Capital Southwest stock during the
past year:
Media Recovery, Inc. ...................................................................
Alamo Group, Inc. .......................................................................
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. .............................................................
Heelys, Inc. ................................................................................
Encore Wire Corporation ..............................................................
(6.07)
(6.05)
(5.77)
(5.60)
3.82
Other decreases ..........................................................................
(13.00)
Net realized gains ............................................................................
Net investment income ....................................................................
2.87
2.72
Dividends ........................................................................................
(3.26)
Other changes in net assets .............................................................
1.12
Decreases in net asset value ............................................................
(39.11)
Net asset value beginning of period ...................................................
150.09
Net asset value end of period ...........................................................
$110.98
Moving Parts
Subdividing our March 31, 2009 investment portfolio into four cate-
gories reveals that 57.7% of the value of our holdings is concentrated
in four controlled affiliates; 28.2% is in the restricted securities of four
26.3
13.0
6.9
6.9
9.3
8.3
6.4
5.7
7.6
major publicly traded investments; 10.6% is in venture capital assets;
and the remainder is in marketable securities. The following analysis
reflects the changes in the four categories as compared to the same
categories at March 31, 2008.
March 31, 2009
March 31, 2008
% of Total
% of Total
Market Value Investments Market Value Investments
Controlled Affiliates (mainly)
The RectorSeal Corporation ...... $107,200,000
27.0
$144,200,000
Lifemark Group ........................ 71,000,000
17.9
71,000,000
The Whitmore Manufacturing Co. 36,000,000
Media Recovery, Inc. ................ 14,800,000
9.1
3.7
38,000,000
37,500,000
5.7
3.5
2.5
45,284,800
34,939,913
31,420,484
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. .........
9,818,901
Venture Capital Assets .................. 42,023,841
10.6
41,414,247
Marketable Securities ................... 13,785,916
3.5
52,276,683
9.6
Total ........................................... $396,635,023
100.0
$547,570,502
100.0
Market value erosion in the controlled affiliates category was pri-
marily attributable to The RectorSeal Corporation’s earnings decline
associated with construction-related markets. Within the major pub-
licly traded investment category, the depressed construction and hous-
ing markets impacted Palm Harbor Homes to a great extent. Alamo
Group experienced sales and earnings declines as municipal and state
purchasing activities were deferred as budgets contracted. The decline
in Heelys value includes general market price erosion and the receipt
of a special dividend in the amount of $9,317,310.
For the year ended March 31, 2009, marketable securities were va-
lued in the aggregate amount of $13,785,916, representing a
$38,490,767 decrease from their value of $52,276,683 for the year
ended March 31, 2008. During the year ended March 31, 2009 we
sold $20,655,026 of our unrestricted marketable securities at a rea-
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lized gain of $15,984,688 or $4.27 per share. The sale of unrestricted
marketable securities provided funding for our share repurchase plan
and cash for new investments. The remaining unrestricted marketa-
ble securities experienced a decrease in value of $12,065,545 or $3.22
per share during the year.
In addition to a complete list of our investments, this report includes
a description of our twelve largest holdings (see pages 5 through 7).
These twelve investments had a combined cost of $38,324,183 and
have a combined value of $367,811,182, representing 92.7% of the
value of our investment portfolio at March 31, 2009.
Regardless of its classification or current form, substantially every
security we currently hold originated as a venture capital investment in
a private company. Investments in growing, private companies have
always been, and continue to be, the essential source of our present
holdings.
Measure of Performance and Value
The growth in net asset value over the past 10 years corresponded
to a compounded annual rate of 2.2%, assuming reinvestment of all
dividends and tax credits on long-term capital gains retained by the
Company. On the same basis, the growth over the 5-year period
ended March 31, 2009 was equivalent to a compound annual rate of
2.3%. The following table reflects our Company’s performance com-
pared to the S&P 500 Index for the past 5 and 10 years:
Period Ended
March 31, 2009
5 years
10 years
Investment Returns
**S&P 500
Stock Index
(4.8)%
(3.0)%
*Capital
Southwest
2.3%
2.2%
__________
* Compounded annual return for Capital Southwest based on net asset value per share
assuming reinvestment of all dividends and tax credits.
** Compounded annual return for the S&P 500 Stock Index assuming reinvestment of all
dividends.
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Investment Activities
During the year ended March 31, 2009 we experienced higher levels
of qualified investment opportunities as many traditional funding
sources for expansion capital contracted. Furthermore, a new robust
business development effort, fortified with a comprehensive marketing
plan, achieved positive results in conveying our strong, patient capital
message.
The Company invested an aggregate of $13,030,107 directly into
new or existing portfolio companies during the year ended March 31,
2009. Significant new investments were:
$5,391,649 of a $6,995,349 commitment was invested in Cinatra
Clean Technologies, Inc., a provider of hydrocarbon recovery and
cleaning of above ground oil storage tanks with a patented, auto-
mated system. Capital Southwest’s fully diluted interest is 59.2%.
$5,000,000 invested in Trax Holdings, Inc, which provides auto-
mated business processes to the transportation industry. Capital
Southwest’s fully diluted ownership is 32.5%.
$1,309,541 of its $6,000,000 commitment to BankCap Partners
Fund I, LP.
$450,000 of a $900,000 commitment was invested in Discovery
Alliance, LLC, formed to acquire intellectual property focused in-
itially on our existing controlled portfolio companies. Capital
Southwest’s fully diluted ownership is 90%.
$325,876 in Extreme International, Inc. to exercise warrants.
Capital Southwest’s fully diluted ownership is 53.63%.
Additionally, during the year ended March 31, 2009, $14,100,000
and $4,000,000 were invested by The RectorSeal Corporation and
Media Recovery, Inc. to make strategic acquisitions in their respective
businesses.
Every $1.00 we directly invest includes approximately $0.20
owned by our management and directors. Accordingly our
investment decisions are very thoughtful and our monitoring
duties are thorough.
Down the Road
Looking back, the past year presented us with many challenges: the
passing of William R. “Bill” Thomas, our former President and Chair-
man; the economies of the U.S. and many other countries dipping into
recession; the decline in overall consumer confidence; and the contin-
ued uncertainty about our country’s overall economic stability. Even
during these uncertain times, we continued to invest in new ventures,
add onto existing investments, and expand our professional staff.
Overall business development activity generated $11.3 million of new
venture investments, $1.7 million of add-on funding to existing portfo-
lio companies and $18.1 million invested in strategic acquisitions com-
pleted by two of our controlled portfolio companies. As we look to the
future, we continue to safeguard our cash reserves to meet a higher
level of potential investment opportunities during the year. While we
cannot anticipate when the current economy will stabilize, we will con-
tinue to be steadfast in our commitment to capital appreciation
through venture investing and supporting our existing portfolio com-
panies in their continued growth and success.
June 2, 2009
Chairman of the Board and President
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Business
Capital Southwest Corporation is one of the nation’s largest publicly-
owned venture capital investment companies. Since its formation in
1961 and its designation as a business development company in
1988, the Company and its wholly-owned small business investment
company subsidiary have provided capital to support the growth of
small and medium-sized businesses in varied industries throughout
the United States.
Investments are focused on opportunities for capital appreciation
derived from expansion financings, management buyouts, recapitali-
zations, industry consolidations and early-stage financings. The port-
folio is a composite of companies in which Capital Southwest Corpora-
tion has major interests, as well as a number of developing companies
and marketable securities of established publicly traded companies.
Our Investment Philosophy
We invest in enterprises believed to have exceptional growth po-
tential.
We finance those managers who have a proven record of achieve-
ment, focused determination, and unquestionable integrity.
We invest for the long term, which to us means building companies
that will lead their industries for many years.
Unlike most venture capitalists, we do not have an exit strategy
that causes successful managers to sell their companies or go pub-
lic.
These and other investment principles have been forged by our
Company’s 48 years of experience in providing patient capital and
management assistance to those entrepreneurs judged to be capable
of building successful businesses with enduring value.
A significant cornerstone of our investment philosophy is our long-
term perspective, which has enabled us to hold positions in enterprises
destined to achieve accelerating growth after 10, 20 or 30 years. Cur-
rently, investments held over 20 years represent approximately 26%
of the cost and 64% of the value of our portfolio.
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The RectorSeal Corporation
$107,200,000
Lifemark Group
$71,000,000
Twelve Largest Investments – March 31, 2009
The RectorSeal Corporation, Houston, Texas, with facilities in Texas, New
York and Idaho, manufactures specialty chemical products including pipe
thread sealants, firestop sealants, plastic cements and other formulations
for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and industrial applications. The company
also makes special tools for plumbers and systems for containing smoke
from building fires. RectorSeal’s subsidiary, Jet-Lube, Inc., with plants in
Texas, England and Canada, produces anti-seize compounds, specialty lubri-
cants and other products used in industrial and oil field applications. Anoth-
er subsidiary produces and sells automotive chemical products. RectorSeal
also owns a 20% equity interest in The Whitmore Manufacturing Company
(described on page 5).
During the year ended March 31, 2009, RectorSeal earned $10,170,000
on revenues of $111,792,000, compared with earnings of $11,649,000 on
revenues of $112,029,000 in the previous year. RectorSeal’s earnings do
not reflect its 20% equity in The Whitmore Manufacturing Company.
At March 31, 2009, Capital Southwest owned 100% of RectorSeal’s com-
mon stock having a cost of $52,600 and a value of $107,200,000.
Lifemark Group, Hayward, California, owns and operates cemeteries, fu-
neral homes, mausoleums and mortuaries. Lifemark’s operations, all of
which are in California, include a major cemetery and funeral home in San
Mateo, a mausoleum and an adjacent mortuary in Oakland and cemeteries,
mausoleums and mortuaries in Hayward and Sacramento. The company
also owns a funeral home in San Bruno. Its funeral and cemetery trusts
enable Lifemark’s clients to make pre-need arrangements. The company’s
assets also include excess real estate holdings.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, Lifemark reported earnings of
$635,000 on revenues of $28,193,000, compared with earnings of $529,000
on revenues of $29,682,000 in the previous year.
At March 31, 2009, Capital Southwest owned 100% of Lifemark Group’s
common stock, which had a cost of $4,510,400 and was valued at
$71,000,000.
Encore Wire Corporation
$65,388,000
The Whitmore Manufacturing Company
$36,000,000
Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, Texas, manufactures a broad line of
copper electrical building wire and cable including non-metallic sheathed,
underground feeder and THHN wire and cable as well as armored cable for
residential, commercial and industrial construction. Encore’s products are
sold through distributors and building materials retailers.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, Encore reported net income of
$39,771,000 ($1.72 per share) on net sales of $1,081,132,000, compared
with net income of $30,796,000 ($1.32 per share) on net sales of
$1,184,786,000 in the previous year. The March 31, 2009 closing Nasdaq
bid price of Encore’s common stock was $21.41 per share.
At March 31, 2009, the $5,800,000 investment in 4,086,750 shares of
Encore’s restricted common stock by Capital Southwest and its subsidiary
was valued at $65,388,000 ($16.00 per share), representing a fully-diluted
equity interest of 17.2%.
The Whitmore Manufacturing Company, Rockwall, Texas, manufactures
specialty lubricants for heavy equipment used in surface mining, railroads
and other industries, and produces water-based coatings for the automotive
and primary metals industries. Whitmore’s Air Sentry division manufactures
fluid contamination control devices. The company’s assets also include sev-
eral commercial real estate interests.
During the year ended March 31, 2009, Whitmore reported net income of
$3,209,000 on net sales of $28,163,000, compared with net income of
$2,879,000 on net sales of $23,148,000 in the previous year. The company
is owned 80% by Capital Southwest and 20% by Capital Southwest’s sub-
sidiary, The RectorSeal Corporation (described on page 5).
At March 31, 2009, the direct investment in 80% of Whitmore by Capital
Southwest was valued at $36,000,000 and had a cost of $1,600,000.
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Alamo Group Inc.
$22,642,400
Media Recovery, Inc.
$14,800,000
Alamo Group Inc., Seguin, Texas, is a leading designer, manufacturer and
distributor of heavy-duty, tractor and truck mounted mowing and other
vegetation maintenance equipment, mobile excavators, street-sweeping and
snow removal equipment and replacement parts. Founded in 1969, Alamo
Group operates 16 manufacturing facilities and serves governmental, indus-
trial and agricultural markets in North America, Europe, and Australia.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, Alamo reported net income of
$10,999,000 ($1.11 per share) on net sales of $557,135,000, compared
with net income of $12,365,000 ($1.24 per share) on net sales of
$504,386,000 in the previous year. The March 31, 2009 closing NYSE mar-
ket price of Alamo’s common stock was $10.66 per share.
At March 31, 2009, the $2,190,937 investment in Alamo by Capital
Southwest and its subsidiary was valued at $22,642,400 ($8.00 per share),
consisting of 2,830,300 restricted shares of common stock, representing a
fully-diluted equity interest of 26.0%.
Media Recovery, Inc. (MRI) is a holding company of three operating divi-
sions, Media Recovery, ShockWatch and Damage Prevention Company. Its
Media Recovery division provides datacenter supplies and services to corpo-
rate customers through its direct sales force. Its ShockWatch division man-
ufactures monitoring devices used to detect mishandled shipments and de-
vices for monitoring material handling equipment. Media Recovery’s subsid-
iary, The Damage Prevention Company, Denver, Colorado, manufactures
dunnage products used to prevent damage in trucking, rail and export con-
tainer shipments.
During the year ended September 30, 2008, Media Recovery reported net
income of $4,354,000 on net sales of $132,864,000, compared with net
income of $4,744,000 on net sales of $134,180,000 in the previous year.
At March 31, 2009, the $5,415,000 investment in Media Recovery by Cap-
ital Southwest and its subsidiary was valued at $14,800,000, consisting of
800,000 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock and 4,000,002 shares
of common stock, representing a fully-diluted equity interest of 97.1%.
Heelys, Inc.
$13,975,965
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.
$9,818,901
Heelys, Inc., Carrollton, Texas, markets and distributes specialty stealth
skate footwear, equipment and apparel under the brand name Heelys. The
company manufactures its products in China and Korea and distributes them
through domestic and international sporting goods chains, department and
lifestyle stores and specialty footwear retailers.
During the year ended December 31, 2008, Heelys reported net loss of
$5,924,000 (-$0.22 per share) on net sales of $70,741,000, compared with
net income of $22,317,000 ($0.79 per share) on net sales of $183,472,000
in the previous year. The March 31, 2009 closing Nasdaq bid price of Hee-
ly’s common stock was $1.70 per share.
Palm Harbor Homes, Dallas, Texas, is an integrated manufacturer and
retailer of manufactured and modular housing produced in 9 plants and sold
in 29 states by 86 company-owned retail stores and builder locations and
approximately 150 independent dealers, builders and developers.
During the year ended March 27, 2009, Palm Harbor reported a net loss
of $26,304,000 (-$1.15 per share) on net sales of $409,274,000, compared
with net loss of $124,262,000 (-$5.44 per share) on net sales of
$555,096,000 for the year ended March 28, 2008. The March 31, 2009
closing Nasdaq bid price of Palm Harbor’s common stock was $2.21 per
share.
At March 31, 2008, the $102,490 investment in Heelys by Capital South-
west’s subsidiary was valued at $13,975,965 ($1.50 per share), consisting of
9,317,310 restricted shares of common stock, representing a fully-diluted
equity interest of 31.1%.
At March 31, 2009, the $10,931,955 investment in Palm Harbor by Capital
Southwest and its subsidiary was valued at $9,818,901 ($1.25 per share),
consisting of 7,855,121 restricted shares of common stock, representing a
fully-diluted equity interest of 31.5%.
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Hologic, Inc.
$8,277,286
Balco, Inc.
$6,600,000
Hologic, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, is a leading developer, manufac-
turer and supplier of bone densitometers, mammography and breast biopsy
devices, direct-to-digital x-ray systems and other x-ray based imaging sys-
tems. These products are generally targeted to address women’s health-
care and general radiographic applications.
For the year ended September 27, 2008, Hologic reported net loss of
$385,617,000 (-$1.57 per share) on net sales of $1,674,499,000, compared
with net income of $94,578,000 ($0.86 per share) on net sales of
$738,368,000 in the previous year. The March 31, 2009 closing Nasdaq bid
price of Hologic’s common stock was $13.08 per share.
At March 31, 2009, Capital Southwest and its subsidiary owned 632,820
unrestricted shares of common stock, having a cost of $220,000 and a mar-
ket value of $8,277,288 ($13.08 per share).
Balco, Inc., Wichita, Kansas, designs and manufactures innovative archi-
tectural products used in the construction and remodeling of educational
facilities, commercial and industrial buildings, airports, hotels, hospitals,
parking garages and high-end residential condominiums. Company prod-
ucts include an extensive line of high quality, standard or custom-
engineered expansion joint covers, floor grids and mats, stair nosings,
grates and frames and trench and access covers.
During the year ended May 31, 2008, Balco reported net income of
$841,000 on net sales of $14,035,000, compared with net income of
$920,000 on net sales of $15,237,000 in the previous year.
At March 31, 2009, the $624,920 investment in Balco by Capital South-
west was valued at $6,600,000 consisting of 445,000 shares of common
stock and 60,920 shares of Class B non-voting common stock, representing
a fully-diluted equity interest of 90.9%.
Extreme International, Inc.
$6,600,000
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.
$5,508,630
Extreme International, Inc., Sugar Land, Texas, owns Bill Young Produc-
tions, Texas Video and Post, and Extreme Communications, which produce
radio and television commercials and corporate communications videos.
During the year ended September 30, 2008, Extreme reported net income
of $1,435,000 on net sales of $11,545,000, compared with net income of
$1,688,000 on net sales of $12,470,000 in the previous year.
At March 31, 2009, Capital Southwest and its subsidiary owned 39,359
shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, 3,750 shares of 8% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and 13,035 shares of common stock, having a
cost of $3,325,875 and a market value of $6,600,000, representing a fully-
diluted equity interest of 53.6%.
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, formed in 1998, has total
assets of approximately $4.3 billion. With branch banks in Austin, Dallas,
Fort Worth, Houston, Plano and San Antonio, Texas Capital Bancshares con-
ducts its business through its subsidiary, Texas Capital Bank, N.A., which
targets middle market commercial and wealthy private client customers in
Texas.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, Texas Capital reported net in-
come of $24,266,000 ($0.87 per share), compared with net income of
$29,422,000 ($1.10 per share) in the previous year. The March 31, 2009
closing Nasdaq bid price of Texas Capital’s common stock was $11.25 per
share.
At March 31, 2009, Capital Southwest owned 489,656 unrestricted shares
of common stock, having a cost of $3,550,006 and a market value of
$5,508,630 ($11.25 per share).
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Consolidated Statement of Investments – March 31, 2009
Company
Equity (a)
Investment (b)
Cost
Value (c)
†ALAMO GROUP INC.
Seguin, Texas
Tractor-mounted mowing and mobile excavation
equipment for governmental, industrial and agricultural
markets; street-sweeping equipment for municipalities.
26.0%
2,830,300 shares common stock (acquired 4-1-73
thru 5-25-07)
$ 2,190,937
$ 22,642,400
ALL COMPONENTS, INC.
Austin, Texas
Electronics contract manufacturing; distribution and production
of memory and other components for computer manufacturers,
80.0%
retailers and value-added resellers.
8.25% subordinated note due 2012 (acquired 6-27-07)
150,000 shares Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, con-
vertible into 600,000 shares of common stock at $0.25
per share (acquired 9-16-94)
Warrants to purchase 350,000 shares of common stock at
$11.00 per share, expiring 2017 (acquired 6-27-07)
6,000,000
3,000,000
150,000
1
–
6,150,000
–
3,000,001
ATLANTIC CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.
Atlanta, Georgia
Holding company of Atlantic Capital Bank, a full service
commercial bank.
BALCO, INC.
Wichita, Kansas
Specialty architectural products used in the construction and
remodeling of commercial and institutional buildings.
2.0%
300,000 shares common stock (acquired 4-10-07)
3,000,000
3,000,000
90.9%
445,000 shares common stock and 60,920 shares Class B
non-voting common stock (acquired 10-25-83 and 5-30-02)
624,920
6,600,000
BOXX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Austin, Texas
Workstations for computer graphics imaging and design.
15.2%
3,125,354 shares Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
convertible into 3,125,354 shares of common stock at
$0.50 per share (acquired 8-20-99 thru 8-8-01)
1,500,000
CMI HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
Richardson, Texas
Owns Chase Medical, which develops and sells devices used
in cardiac surgery to relieve congestive heart failure; develops
and supports cardiac imaging systems.
15.3%
10% convertible subordinated note, due 2009 (acquired 7-2-07
thru 10-9-07)
2,363,347
1,000,000
2,327,658 shares Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
convertible into 2,327,658 shares of common stock at
$1.72 per share (acquired 8-21-02 and 6-4-03)
Warrants to purchase 109,012 shares of common stock at
4,000,000
2
$1.72 per share, expiring 2012 (acquired 4-7-04)
–
–
Warrant to purchase 431,982 shares of Series A-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock at $1.72 per share expiring 2017
(acquired 7-2-07)
–
6,363,347
–
1,000,002
†Publicly-owned company
‡Unrestricted securities as defined in Note (b)
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2
Company
Equity (a)
Investment (b)
Cost
Value (c)
CINATRA CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Houston, Texas
Cleans above ground oil storage tanks with a patented,
automated system.
59.2%
10% subordinated secured promissory note (acquired 7-14-08
thru 12-8-08)
$ 4,263,000
$ 4,263,000
1,128,649 shares Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
convertible into 1,128,649 shares of common stock at $1.00
per share (acquired 7-14-08 and 11-19-08)
DENNIS TOOL COMPANY
Houston, Texas
Polycrystalline diamond compacts (PDCs) used in oil field drill
bits and in mining and industrial applications.
67.4%
20,725 shares 5% Convertible Preferred Stock, convertible
into 20,725 shares of common stock at $48.25 per
share (acquired 8-10-98)
140,137 shares common stock (acquired 3-7-94 and 8-10-98)
1,128,649
5,391,649
1,128,649
5,391,649
999,981
2,329,963
3,329,944
999,981
2,868,000
3,867,981
†ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
McKinney, Texas
Electric wire and cable for residential, commercial and
industrial construction use.
17.2%
4,086,750 shares common stock (acquired 7-16-92 thru
10-7-98)
5,800,000
65,388,000
EXTREME INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Sugar Land, Texas
Owns Bill Young Productions, Texas Video and Post, and
Extreme Communications, which produce radio and television
commercials and corporate communications videos.
53.6%
13,035 shares Series A common stock (acquired 9-26-08
and 12-18-08)
39,359.18 shares Series C Convertible Preferred Stock,
convertible into 157,436.72 shares of common stock at
$25.00 per share (acquired 9-30-03)
3,750 shares 8% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
convertible into 15,000 shares of common stock at $25.00
per share (acquired 9-30-03)
325,875
463,850
2,625,000
5,602,376
375,000
3,325,875
533,774
6,600,000
†HEELYS, INC.
Carrollton, Texas
Heelys stealth skate shoes, equipment and apparel sold
through sporting goods chains, department stores and
footwear retailers.
†HOLOGIC, INC.
Bedford, Massachusetts
Medical instruments including bone densitometers,
mammography devices and digital radiography systems.
LIFEMARK GROUP
Hayward, California
Cemeteries, mausoleums and mortuaries located in
northern California.
31.1%
9,317,310 shares common stock (acquired 5-26-00)
102,490
13,975,965
<1%
‡632,820 shares common stock (acquired 8-27-99)
220,000
8,277,286
100.0%
1,449,026 shares common stock (acquired 7-16-69)
4,510,400
71,000,000
†Publicly-owned company
‡Unrestricted securities as defined in Note (b)
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Company
Equity (a)
Investment (b)
Cost
Value (c)
MEDIA RECOVERY, INC.
Dallas, Texas
Computer datacenter and office automation supplies and
accessories; impact, tilt monitoring and temperature sensing devices
to detect mishandled shipments; dunnage for protecting shipments.
97.1%
PALLETONE, INC.
Bartow, Florida
Manufacturer of wooden pallets and pressure-treated
8.5%
lumber.
800,000 shares Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, con-
vertible into 800,000 shares of common stock at $1.00
per share (acquired 11-4-97)
4,000,002 shares common stock (acquired 11-4-97)
12.3% senior subordinated notes due 2012 (acquired
9-25-06)
150,000 shares common stock (acquired 10-18-01)
Warrant to purchase 15,294 shares of common stock
at $1.00 per share, expiring 2011 (acquired 2-17-06)
31.5%
7,855,121 shares common stock (acquired 1-3-85
thru 7-31-95)
$ 800,000
4,615,000
5,415,000
$ 2,500,000
12,300,000
14,800,000
1,553,150
150,000
2
2
45,746
1,748,896
–
4
10,931,955
9,818,902
†PALM HARBOR HOMES, INC.
Dallas, Texas
Integrated manufacturing, retailing, financing and insuring
of manufactured housing and modular homes.
THE RECTORSEAL CORPORATION
Houston, Texas
Specialty chemicals for plumbing, HVAC, electrical,
construction, industrial, oil field and automotive applications;
smoke containment systems for building fires; also owns 20%
of The Whitmore Manufacturing Company.
TCI HOLDINGS, INC.
Denver, Colorado
Cable television systems and microwave relay systems.
†TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.
Dallas, Texas
Regional bank holding company with banking operations
in six Texas cities.
TRAX HOLDINGS, INC.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Provides a comprehensive set of solutions to improve the trans-
portation validation, accounting, payment and information
management process.
VIA HOLDINGS, INC.
Sparks, Nevada
Designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-quality office
seating.
†Publicly-owned company
10
100.0%
27,907 shares common stock (acquired 1-5-73 and
3-31-73)
52,600
107,200,000
–
21 shares 12% Series C Cumulative Compounding Preferred
stock (acquired 1-30-90)
–
677,250
1.6%
‡489,656 shares common stock (acquired 5-1-00)
3,550,006
5,508,630
32.5%
1,061,279 shares Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, convertible
into 1,061,279 common stock at $4.71 per share
(acquired 12-8-08 and 2-17-09)
5,000,000 5,000,000
28.1%
9,118 shares Series B Preferred Stock (acquired 9-19-05)
1,118 shares Series C Preferred Stock (acquired 11-1-07)
4,559,000
281,523
4,840,523
2
2
4
‡Unrestricted securities as defined in Note (b)
Company
WELLOGIX, INC.
Houston, Texas
Developer and supporter of software used by the oil and gas
industry.
THE WHITMORE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Rockwall, Texas
Specialized surface mining, railroad and industrial lubricants;
coatings for automobiles and primary metals; fluid contamina-
tion control devices.
MISCELLANEOUS
Equity (a)
19.9%
Investment (b)
Cost
Value (c)
4,788,371 shares Series A-1 Convertible Participating
Preferred Stock, convertible into 4,788,371 shares
of common stock at $1.0441 per share (acquired
8-19-05 thru 6-15-08)
$ 5,000,000
$ 2
80.0%
80 shares common stock (acquired 8-31-79)
1,600,000
36,000,000
–
–
–
–
–
Ballast Point Ventures II, L.P. – 2.6% limited partnership
interest (acquired 8-4-08 thru 10-24-08)
375,000
375,000
BankCap Partners Fund I, L.P. – 6.0% limited partnership
interest (acquired 7-14-06 thru 10-10-08)
3,766,681
3,766,681
CapitalSouth Partners Fund III, L.P. – 2.8% limited partnership
interest (acquired 1-22-08 and 2-12-09)
Diamond State Ventures, L.P. – 1.9% limited partnership
interest (acquired 10-12-99 thru 8-26-05)
Discovery Alliance, LLC – 90.0% limited liability company
(acquired 9-12-08 thru 3-1-09)
–
First Capital Group of Texas III, L.P. – 3.0% limited partnership
interest (acquired 12-26-00 thru 8-12-05)
100.0% Humac Company – 1,041,000 shares common stock
–
–
–
(acquired 1-31-75 and 12-31-75)
STARTech Seed Fund I – 12.1% limited partnership
interest (acquired 4-17-98 thru 1-5-00)
STARTech Seed Fund II – 3.2% limited partnership
interest (acquired 4-28-00 thru 2-23-05)
Sterling Group Partners I, L.P. – 1.7% limited partnership
interest (acquired 4-20-01 thru 1-24-05)
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
†Publicly-owned company
‡Unrestricted securities as defined in Note (b)
831,256
831,256
111,000
111,000
450,000
450,000
964,604
840,260
–
133,000
178,066
950,000
1
1
1,064,042
379,746
$89,339,191 $396,635,023
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Notes to Consolidated Statement of Investments
(a) The percentages in the “Equity” column express the potential
equity interests held by Capital Southwest Corporation and Capital
Southwest Venture Corporation (together, the “Company”) in each
issuer. Each percentage represents the amount of the issuer’s com-
mon stock the Company owns or can acquire as a percentage of the
issuer’s total outstanding common stock, plus stock reserved for all
warrants, convertible securities and employee stock options. The
symbol “<1%” indicates that the Company holds a potential equity
interest of less than 1%.
(b) Unrestricted securities (indicated by ‡) are freely mar-
ketable securities having readily available market quotations. All other
securities are restricted securities which are subject to one or more
restrictions on resale and are not freely marketable. At March 31,
2009, restricted securities represented approximately 96.5% of the
value of the consolidated investment portfolio.
(c) Under the valuation policy of the Company, unrestricted securities
are valued at the closing sale price for NYSE listed securities and at the
lower of the closing bid price or the last sale price for Nasdaq securities
on the valuation date. Restricted securities, including securities of pub-
licly-owned companies which are subject to restrictions on resale, are
valued at fair value as determined by the Board of Directors. Fair val-
ue is considered to be the amount which the Company may reasona-
bly expect to receive for portfolio securities if such securities were sold
on the valuation date. Valuations as of any particular date, however,
are not necessarily indicative of amounts which may ultimately be
realized as a result of future sales or other dispositions of securities.
Among the factors considered by the Board of Directors in determin-
ing the fair value of restricted securities are the logic and methodology
of SFAS 157, the financial condition and operating results of the issuer,
the long-term potential of the business of the issuer, the market for
and recent sales prices of the issuer’s securities, the values of similar
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securities issued by companies in similar businesses, the proportion of
the issuer’s securities owned by the Company, the nature and duration
of resale restrictions and the nature of any rights enabling the Compa-
ny to require the issuer to register restricted securities under applica-
ble securities laws. In determining the fair value of restricted securi-
ties, the Board of Directors considers the inherent value of such securi-
ties without regard to the restrictive feature and adjusts for any dimi-
nution in value resulting from restrictions on resale. Our Board of Di-
rectors retained Duff & Phelps to provide limited scope third party val-
uation services on eight investments comprising 85.9% of our net
asset value at March 31, 2009. Please refer to our Form 10-K for full
disclosure of Duff & Phelps’ services.
(d) Agreements between certain issuers and the Company provide
that the issuers will bear substantially all costs in connection with the
disposition of common stock, including those costs involved in registra-
tion under the Securities Act of 1933 but excluding underwriting dis-
counts and commissions. These agreements cover common stock
owned at March 31, 2009 and common stock which may be acquired
thereafter through the exercise of warrants and conversion of deben-
tures and preferred stock. They apply to restricted securities of all
issuers in the investment portfolio of the Company except securities of
the following issuers, which are not obligated to bear registration
costs: Humac Company, Lifemark Group and The Whitmore Manufac-
turing Company.
(e) The descriptions of the companies and ownership percentages
shown in the portfolio of investments were obtained from published
reports and other sources believed to be reliable, are supplemental
and are not covered by the report of our independent registered public
accounting firm. Acquisition dates indicated are the dates specific se-
curities were acquired, which may differ from the original investment
dates. Certain securities were received in exchange for or upon con-
version or exercise of other securities previously acquired.
New Investments and Additions to Previous Investments
Dispositions
Portfolio Changes During the Year
Amount
Ballast Point Ventures II, L.P. .................................................... $ 375,000
BankCap Partners Fund I, L.P. .................................................. 1,309,541
CapitalSouth Partners Fund III, L.P. ..........................................
130,000
Cinatra Clean Technologies, Inc. ............................................... 5,391,649
450,000
Discovery Alliance, LLC .............................................................
Extreme International, Inc. .........................................................
325,876
Trax Holdings, Inc. ..................................................................... 5,000,000
Miscellaneous ............................................................................ 48,041
$13,030,107
Cost
Ascent Media Corporation ......................... $ -
12
AT&T, Inc. ...................................................
21
Comcast Corporation ..................................
20,262
Discovery Communications, Inc. ................
46,532
Embarq Corporation ...................................
-
Exopack, Inc. ..............................................
66,727
FMC Corporation ........................................
57,051
FMC Technologies, Inc. ..............................
-
John Bean Technologies Corporation ........
2,358,518
Kimberly-Clark Corporation ........................
207,423
Liberty Global, Inc. ......................................
7,833
Liberty Media Capital Group .......................
43,996
Liberty Media Entertainment .......................
66,423
Liberty Media Interactive Group .................
1,318,771
PETsMART, Inc. .........................................
457,113
Sprint Nextel Corporation ...........................
-
Sterling Group Partners I, L.P. ...................
Windstream Corporation .............................
19,656
Miscellaneous ............................................. 48,043
$4,718,381
Amount
Received
$ 78,318
569,426
1,109,725
889,201
151,182
20,252
486,097
852,673
45,360
4,349,773
1,524,611
275,117
2,531,015
1,137,907
6,299,194
284,367
12,687
80,742
-
$20,697,647
Repayments Received .............................
$0
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Capital Southwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
Assets
2009
2008
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
2009
2008
March 31
March 31
Investments at market or fair value
Companies more than 25% owned
(Cost: 2009 – $29,208,246,
2008 - $28,758,246) .................................. $286,488,248 $410,026,178
Companies 5% to 25% owned
(Cost: 2009 – $20,412,243,
2008 - $20,412,243) .................................. 66,388,010
54,895,381
Companies less than 5% owned
(Cost: 2009 – $39,718,702,
2008 - $31,856,977) .................................. 43,758,765 82,648,943
Total investments
(Cost: 2009 – $89,339,191,
2008 – $81,027,466) ................................. 396,635,023 547,570,502
31,327,758
Cash and cash equivalents .............................. 14,721,730
Receivables ......................................................
156,322
515,212
Other assets ..................................................... 5,671,174 7,630,486
Other liabilities .................................................. $ 1,187,721 $ 1,187,796
Deferred income taxes ...................................... 1,092,427 1,797,058
Total liabilities .............................. 2,280,148 2,984,854
Shareholders’ equity
Common stock, $1 par value: authorized,
5,000,000 shares; issued, 4,326,516
shares at March 31, 2009 and
March 31, 2008 ..........................................
4,326,516
Additional capital ........................................... 124,571,029 115,687,153
Undistributed net investment income ............
7,036,929
Undistributed net realized gain (loss) on
2,963,640
4,326,516
investments ...............................................
(2,860,118)
Unrealized appreciation of investments ........ 307,295,832 466,543,036
Treasury stock – at cost 584,878 shares
at March 31, 2009 and 437,365 shares
42,622
at March 31, 2008 ...................................... (23,936,648) (7,033,302)
Net assets at market or fair value, equivalent
to $110.98 per share at March 31, 2009 on
the 3,741,638 shares outstanding and
$150.09 per share at March 31, 2008 on the
3,889,151 shares outstanding ................... 415,262,991 583,700,214
Totals ............................................................ $417,543,139 $586,685,068
Totals ............................................................. $417,543,139 $586,685,068
The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements
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Capital Southwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Investment income (see note 10):
Years Ended March 31
2009
2008
2007
Interest .................................................................................................................................................................. $ 1,375,215 $ 2,255,550 $ 2,308,660
3,954,875
708,900
6,972,435
Dividends .............................................................................................................................................................. 11,533,878
Management and directors’ fees .......................................................................................................................... 1,076,039
13,985,132
3,656,833
882,300
6,794,683
Operating expenses:
Salaries .................................................................................................................................................................
2,294,187
Net pension benefit .............................................................................................................................................. (253,229)
Other operating expenses .................................................................................................................................... 1,624,543
3,665,501
10,319,631
Income before interest expense and income taxes .................................................................................................
Interest expense ....................................................................................................................................................... -
Income before income taxes .................................................................................................................................... 10,319,631
Income tax expense ................................................................................................................................................. 136,176
1,619,008
(327,345)
1,676,660
2,968,323
3,826,360
-
3,826,360
1,356,062
(144,945)
1,014,255
2,225,372
4,747,063
460,399
4,286,664
111,160 53,324
Net investment income ......................................................................................................................................... $ 10,183,455 $ 3,715,200 $ 4,233,340
Proceeds from disposition of investments ............................................................................................................... $ 20,697,647 $ 1,433,891 $ 42,919,988
Cost of investments sold .......................................................................................................................................... 4,718,381
16,872,993
1,193,867
Realized gain on investments before income taxes ................................................................................................ 15,979,266
Income tax expense ................................................................................................................................................. 5,222,964
240,024
-
26,046,995
11,080,699
Net realized gain on investments ......................................................................................................................... 10,756,302
240,024
14,966,296
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation of investments ........................................................................ (159,247,203) (142,969,698) 147,681,609
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments .................................................................................... $(148,490,901) $(142,729,674) $162,647,905
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations ............................................................................................ $(138,307,446) $(139,014,474) $166,881,245
The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements
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Capital Southwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Years Ended March 31
2009
2008
2007
Operations:
Net investment income .......................................................................................................................... $ 10,183,455
Net realized gain on investments .......................................................................................................... 10,756,302
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation of investments ..................................................... (159,247,203)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations ............................................................................... (138,307,446)
$ 3,715,200 $ 4,233,340
14,966,296
147,681,609
166,881,245
240,024
(142,969,698)
(139,014,474)
Distributions from:
Undistributed net investment income .................................................................................................... (12,256,745)
Deemed distribution to shareholders .....................................................................................................
(8,646,560)
Capital share transactions:
8,646,560
Allocated increase in share value for deemed distribution ....................................................................
-
Exercise of employee stock options ......................................................................................................
-
Adjustment to initially apply FASB No. 158, net of tax ..........................................................................
Change in pension plan funded status ..................................................................................................
(1,473,329)
Stock option expense ............................................................................................................................ 503,645
Treasury stock ....................................................................................................................................... (16,903,346)
Increase (decrease) in net assets ......................................................................................................... (168,437,221)
(2,333,291)
-
(2,323,150)
(11,417,283)
-
231,390
-
(1,178,764)
11,417,283
1,794,850
1,173,751
-
263,664 169,003
-
-
167,695,699
(142,031,475)
Net assets, beginning of year .................................................................................................................... 583,700,212
725,731,689
558,035,990
Net assets, end of year .......................................................................................................................... $415,262,991
$583,700,214 $725,731,689
The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements
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Capital Southwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Cash flows from operating activities
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations .................................................................................................. $(138,307,446)
Adjustments to reconcile increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
$(139,014,474)
$ 166,881,245
2009
Years Ended March 31
2008
2007
to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
20,697,647
Proceeds from disposition of investments ........................................................................................................
(13,030,107)
Purchases of securities ....................................................................................................................................
-
Maturities of securities ......................................................................................................................................
40,478
Depreciation and amortization ..........................................................................................................................
(253,229)
Net pension benefit ...........................................................................................................................................
Net realized gain on investments .....................................................................................................................
(10,756,302)
Net (increase) decrease in unrealized appreciation of investments ................................................................ 159,247,203
503,645
Stock option expense .......................................................................................................................................
(358,890)
(Increase) decrease in receivables ..................................................................................................................
(33,358)
Increase in other assets ...................................................................................................................................
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities ..............................................................................................................
7,620
(68,934)
Decrease in accrued pension liability ..............................................................................................................
Increase in deferred income taxes ................................................................................................................... 88,700
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities ................................................................................................. 17,777,027
Cash flows from financing activities
-
Decrease in note payable to bank ...........................................................................................................................
(12,256,745)
Distributions from undistributed net investment income ..........................................................................................
-
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options ................................................................................................
Purchase of treasury stock .......................................................................................................................................
(16,903,346)
Payment of federal income tax for deemed capital gains distribution ..................................................................... (5,222,964)
Net cash used in financing activities ........................................................................................................................ (34,383,055)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents ...........................................................................................
(16,606,028)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year ..................................................................................................... 31,327,758
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year ............................................................................................................... $ 14,721,730
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for:
1,433,891
(10,733,536)
154,500
32,756
(327,345)
(240,024)
142,969,698
263,664
181,570
(80,195)
(33,281)
(135,768)
114,000
(5,414,544)
-
(2,333,291)
231,390
-
-
(2,101,901)
(7,516,445)
38,844,203
$ 31,327,758
Interest .................................................................................................................. $ - $ -
$ -
Income taxes ........................................................................................................ $ 3,576
The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements
42,919,988
(803,269)
884,935
16,808
(144,945)
(14,966,296)
(147,681,609)
169,003
(202,005)
(39,982)
8,934
(144,171)
50,700
46,949,336
(8,000,000)
(2,323,150)
1,794,850
-
(11,080,699)
(19,608,999)
27,340,337
11,503,866
$ 38,844,203
$ 460,399
$ 20,000
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Capital Southwest Corporation (“CSC”) is a business development
company subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of
1940. Capital Southwest Venture Corporation (“CSVC”), a wholly-
owned subsidiary of CSC, is a Federal licensee under the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act of 1958. Capital Southwest Management Corpo-
ration (“CSMC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSC, is the manage-
ment company for CSC and CSVC. The following is a summary of
significant accounting policies followed in the preparation of the consol-
idated financial statements of CSC, CSVC and CSMC (together, the
“Company”):
Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America for investment companies.
Under rules and regulations applicable to investment companies, we
are precluded from consolidating any entity other than another in-
vestment company. An exception to this general principle occurs if the
investment company has an investment in an operating company that
provides services to the investment company. Our consolidated finan-
cial statements include our management company, CSMC.
Fair Value Measurements. The Company adopted SFAS No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), on April 1, 2008. SFAS 157
(1) creates a single definition of fair value, (2) establishes a framework
for measuring fair value, and (3) expands disclosure requirements
about items measured at fair value. The Statement applies to both
items recognized and reported at fair value in the financial statements
and items disclosed at fair value in the notes to the financial state-
ments. The Statement does not change existing accounting rules go-
verning what can or what must be recognized and reported at fair
value in the Company’s financial statements, or disclosed at fair value
in the Company’s notes to the financial statements. Additionally, SFAS
157 does not eliminate practicability exceptions that exist in account-
ing pronouncements amended by this Statement when measuring fair
value. As a result, the Company will not be required to recognize any
new assets or liabilities at fair value.
Prior to SFAS 157, certain measurements of fair value were based
on the price that would be paid to acquire an asset, or received to as-
sume a liability (an entry price). SFAS 157 clarifies the definition of fair
value as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset, or
paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the measurement date (that is, an exit price). The exit
price is based on the amount that the holder of the asset or liability
would receive or need to pay in an actual transaction (or in a hypo-
thetical transaction if an actual transaction does not exist) at the mea-
surement date. In some circumstances, the entry and exit price may
be the same; however, they are conceptually different.
Fair value is generally determined based on quoted market prices in
the active markets for identical assets or liabilities. If quoted market
prices are not available, the Company uses valuation techniques that
place greater reliance on observable inputs and less reliance on unob-
servable inputs. In measuring fair value, the Company may make
adjustments for risks and uncertainties, if a market participant would
include such an adjustment in its pricing.
Cash and Cash Equivalents. All temporary cash investments having
a maturity of three months or less when purchased are considered to
be cash equivalents.
Investments. Investments are stated at market or fair value deter-
mined by the Board of Directors as described in the Notes to Portfolio
of Investments and Note 2 below. The average cost method
18
is used in determining cost of investments sold. Investments are rec-
orded on a trade date basis. Dividends are recognized on the ex-
dividend date and interest income is accrued daily.
Segment Information. The Company operates and manages its
business in a singular segment. As an investment company, the
Company invests in portfolio companies in various industries and geo-
graphic areas as presented in the portfolio of investments.
Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in con-
formity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America requires management to make estimates and as-
sumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements
and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those esti-
mates.
Federal Income Taxes. CSC and CSVC intend to comply with the
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) necessary to qualify
as regulated investment companies (RICs). By meeting these re-
quirements, they will not be subject to corporate federal income taxes
on ordinary income distributed to shareholders. The Company’s policy
is to retain and pay the 35% corporate tax on realized long-term capi-
tal gains. For investment companies that qualify as RICs under the
IRC, federal income taxes payable on security gains that the company
elects to retain are accrued only on the last day of the tax year, De-
cember 31. Therefore, CSC and CSVC made no provision for federal
income taxes on such gains and net investment income in their finan-
cial statements.
CSMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CSC, is not a RIC and is re-
quired to pay taxes at the current corporate rate.
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting
for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity's financial
statements in accordance with FASB Statement 109, "Accounting for
Income Taxes". FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and mea-
surement attribute for the financial statement recognition and mea-
surement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax re-
turn. The Company adopted FIN 48 on April 1, 2007, which had no
effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Deferred Taxes. The Company sponsors a qualified defined benefit
pension plan which covers its employees and employees of certain of
its controlled affiliates. Deferred taxes related to the qualified defined
benefit pension plan are recorded as incurred.
Stock-Based Compensation. In December 2004, the Financial Ac-
counting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised
2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R), which revised SFAS 123.
SFAS 123R also supersedes APB 25 and amends SFAS No. 95, State-
ment of Cash Flows. SFAS 123R eliminates the alternative to account
for employee stock options under APB 25 and requires that the fair
value of all share-based payments to employees, including the fair
value of grants of employee stock options, be recognized in the in-
come statement, generally over the vesting period.
In March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued
Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 107, which provides additional
implementation guidance for SFAS 123R. Among other things, SAB
107 provides guidance on share-based payment valuations, income
statement classification and presentation, capitalization of costs and
related income tax accounting.
Effective April 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123R using the
modified prospective transition method. The Company recognizes
compensation cost over the straight-line method for all share-based
payments granted on or after that date and for all awards granted to
employees prior to April 1, 2006 that remain unvested on that date.
The fair value of stock options are determined on the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes pricing model and are expensed over the vest-
ing period of the related stock options. Accordingly, for the years
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ended March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2008, the Company recognized
compensation expense of $503,645 and $263,664, respectively.
As of March 31, 2009, the total remaining unrecognized compensa-
tion cost related to non-vested stock options was $2,362,927 which
will be amortized over the weighted-average service period of approx-
imately 4.69 years.
Defined Pension Benefits and Other Postretirement Plans
Effective March 31, 2007, the Company adopted Statement of Fi-
nancial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 158, Employers’ Accounting
for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an
amendment of FASB Statements Nos. 87, 88, 106 and 132R (SFAS
158). SFAS 158 is required to be adopted on a prospective basis and
prior year financial statements and related disclosures are not permit-
ted to be restated. SFAS 158 requires an employer that sponsors one
or more postretirement defined benefit plan(s) to:
Recognize the funded status of postretirement defined benefit
plans – measured as the difference between the fair value of
plan assets and the benefit obligations – in its balance sheet.
Recognize changes in the funded status of postretirement de-
fined benefit plans in shareholder’s equity in the year in which
the changes occur.
Measure postretirement defined benefit plan assets and obli-
gations as of the date of the employer’s fiscal year-end. The
Company presently uses March 31 as the measurement date
for all of its postretirement defined benefit plans.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company places its idle cash with financial institutions in various
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money market accounts, which routinely exceed the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation insured limit. As of March 31, 2009, the Com-
pany’s money market account balances exceeded the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation’s limits by $13.8 million.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company adopted FASB Statement No. 157, "Fair Value Mea-
surements" (“SFAS 157”), on a prospective basis on April 1, 2008.
SFAS 157 requires that the Company assume that the portfolio in-
vestment is to be sold in a principal market to market participants, or
in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market,
which may be a hypothetical market.
In October 2008, FASB Staff Position 157-3, “Determining the Fair
Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for that Asset is not Ac-
tive” (“FSP 157-3”) was issued. FSP 157-3 reiterated that an entity
should utilize its own assumptions, information and techniques to es-
timate fair value when relevant observable inputs are not available,
including the use of risk-adjusted factors for non-performance risk or
liquidity risk.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position FAS 157-4, "De-
termining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the
Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transac-
tions That Are Not Orderly" ("FSP 157-4"). FSP 157-4 indicates that if
an entity determines that either the volume and/or level of activity for
an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions
for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are
not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and man-
agement judgment will be required to estimate fair value. FSP 157-4 is
effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009,
with early adoption permitted. FSP 157-4 must be applied prospective-
ly. The Company does not believe the adoption of FSP 157-4 will have
a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position FAS 107-1 and
APB 28-1, "Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instru-
ments" ("FSP 107-1"). FSP 107-1 relates to fair value disclosures in
public entity financial statements for financial instruments that are
within the scope of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
107, "Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments" ("SFAS
107"). This guidance increases the frequency of those disclosures,
requiring public entities to provide the disclosures on a quarterly basis
(rather than just annually). The quarterly disclosures are intended to
provide financial statement users with more timely information about
the effects of current market conditions on an entity's financial instru-
ments that are not otherwise reported at fair value. FSP 107-1 is ef-
fective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. FSP
107-1 must be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe
the adoption of FSP 107-1 will have a material impact on the consoli-
dated financial statements.
2. Investments
We fair value our investments in accordance with GAAP as deter-
mined in good faith by our Board of Directors. When available, we
base the fair value of our investments on directly observable market
prices or on market data derived for comparable assets. For all other
investments, inputs used to measure fair value reflect management’s
best estimate of assumptions that would be used by market partici-
pants in pricing the investments in a hypothetical transaction.
The levels of fair value inputs used to measure our investments are
characterized in accordance with the fair value hierarchy established
by SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). Where
inputs for an asset or liability fall in more than one level in the fair val-
ue hierarchy, the investment is classified in its entirety based on the
lowest level input that is significant to that investment’s fair value
measurement. We use judgment and consider factors specific to the
investment in determining the significance of an input to a fair value
measurement. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy and in-
vestments that fall into each of the levels are described below:
Level 1: Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active
markets that are accessible at the measurement date for
identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities. We use Level 1 in-
puts for publicly traded unrestricted securities for which we do
not have a controlling interest. Such investments are valued
at the closing price for listed securities and at the lower of the
closing bid price or the closing sale price for over-the-counter
(NASDAQ) securities on the valuation date.
Level 2: Level 2 inputs are inputs other than the quoted pric-
es included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or
liability, either directly or indirectly. We did not value any of
our investments using level 2 inputs as of March 31, 2009.
Level 3: Level 3 inputs are unobservable and cannot be cor-
roborated by observable market data. We use Level 3 inputs
for measuring the fair value of substantially all of our invest-
ments. See “Notes to Portfolio of Investments” (c) on page
12 for the investment policy used to determine the fair value
of these investments.
The following fair value hierarchy table sets forth our investment
portfolio by level as of March 31, 2009 (in millions):
Debt
Partnership Interests
Preferred Equity
Common Equity
Equity Warrants
Total Investments
Level 2
Level 1
$ -
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
13.8
-
-
$13.8 $ -
Level 3 Total
$ 8.3 $ 8.3
6.7
6.7
15.8
15.8
365.9
352.1
-
-
$382.9 $396.7
The following table sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value
of investment assets and liabilities measured using Level 3 inputs dur-
ing the quarter ended March 31, 2009 (in millions):
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Purchases
Balance
Debt
$ 9.2
Partnership Interests 6.8
Preferred Equity
17.0
408.4
Common Equity
Total Investments $441.4
Beginning Unrealized Sales, Issuance Ending
gain (loss) & Settlement Balance
$ 8.3
6.7
15.8
352.1
$382.9
$ (0.9)
(0.4)
(2.2)
(56.3)
$(59.8)
$ -
0.3
1.0
-
$1.3
The following table sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value
of investment assets and liabilities measured using Level 3 inputs dur-
ing the year ended March 31, 2009 (in millions):
Purchases
$ (5.0)
Debt
$ 9.0
(0.9)
Partnership Interests 5.3
(12.2)
Preferred Equity
21.8
(106.5)
458.3
Common Equity
0.4
Equity Warrants
(0.4)
$494.8 $(124.9)
Beginning Unrealized Sales, Issuance Ending
Balance gain (loss) & Settlement Balance
$ 8.3
6.7
15.8
352.1
-
$382.9
$ 4.3
2.3
6.1
0.3
-
$13.0
Total Investments
3. Income Taxes
CSC and CSVC operate to qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M of
the Code. In order to qualify as a RIC, we must annually distribute at
least 90% of our taxable ordinary income, based on our tax year, to
our shareholders in a timely manner. Ordinary income includes net
short-term capital gains but excludes net long-term capital gains. A
RIC is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its ordinary
income and long-term capital gains that are distributed to its share-
holders, including “deemed distributions” discussed below. As permit-
ted by the IRC, a RIC can designate dividends paid in the subsequent
tax year as dividends of current year ordinary income and net long-
term gains if those dividends are both declared by the extended due
date of the RIC’s federal income tax return and paid to shareholders
by the last day of the subsequent tax year. We have distributed or
intend to distribute sufficient dividends to eliminate taxable income for
our completed tax fiscal years. If we fail to satisfy the 90% distribu-
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tion requirement or otherwise fail to qualify as a RIC in any tax year,
we would be subject to tax in such year on all of our taxable income,
regardless of whether we made any distributions to our shareholders.
For the tax years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, CSC and CSVC
qualified to be taxed as RICs. We intend to meet the applicable quali-
fications to be taxed as a RIC in future years; management feels it is
probable that we will maintain our RIC status for a period longer than
one year. However, either company’s ability to meet certain portfolio
diversification requirements of RICs in future years may not be con-
trollable by such company.
A RIC may elect to retain its long-term capital gains by designating
them as a “deemed distribution” to its shareholders and paying a fed-
eral tax of 35% on the long-term capital gains for the benefit of its
shareholders. Shareholders would then report their share of the re-
tained capital gains on their income tax returns as if it had been re-
ceived and report a tax credit for the tax paid on their behalf by the
RIC. Shareholders then add the amount of the “deemed distribution,”
net of such tax, to the basis of their shares.
As permitted by the IRC, a RIC can designate dividends paid in the
subsequent tax year as dividends of the current year ordinary taxable
income and long-term capital gains if those dividends are both de-
clared by the extended due date of the RIC’s federal income tax return
and paid to shareholders by the last day of the subsequent tax year.
For the tax years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 we declared
and paid dividends in the amounts of $12,256,745 and $2,333,291,
respectively.
Additionally, we are also subject to a nondeductible federal excise
tax of 4% if we do not distribute at least 98% of our investment com-
pany ordinary taxable income before the end of our tax year. For the
tax year ended December 31, 2008 we distributed 100% of our in-
vestment company ordinary taxable income. As a result we have
made no provision for income taxes on ordinary taxable income for
the tax year ended December 31, 2008. For the tax year ended De-
cember 31, 2007, we distributed 100% of our investment company
ordinary taxable income, however only 70% was distributed by the
end of the tax year. As a result, we incurred and an excise tax of 4%
of the undistributed income or $41,543, which was paid in 2008 and is
included in income tax expense on the accompanying consolidated
statements of operation.
CSMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CSC, is not a RIC and is re-
quired to pay taxes at the current corporate rate. The Company spon-
sors a qualified defined benefit pension plan which covers its em-
ployees and employees of certain of its wholly owned portfolio compa-
nies. Deferred taxes related to the qualified defined pension plan are
recorded as incurred.
4. Undistributed Net Realized Gains (Losses) on Investments
Distributions made by RICs often differ from aggregate GAAP-basis
undistributed net investment income and accumulated net realized
gains (total GAAP-basis net realized gains). The principal cause is that
required minimum fund distributions are based on income and gain
amounts determined in accordance with federal income tax regula-
tions, rather than GAAP. The differences created can be temporary,
meaning that they will reverse in the future, or they can be perma-
nent. In subsequent periods, when all or a portion of a temporary
difference becomes a permanent difference, the amount of the per-
manent difference will be reclassified to “additional capital.”
For the tax year ended December 31, 2008, we have estimated net
long-term capital gains of $14,922,751 for tax purposes and
$15,936,644 for book purposes, which we elected to retain and treat
as deemed distributions to our shareholders. For the tax year ended
December 31, 2007, we had net long-term capital losses of $944,872
for tax purposes and $860,118 for book purposes, which we carried
forward and offset by future net long-term capital gains. In order to
make the election to retain capital gains, we incurred a federal tax on
behalf of our shareholders of $5,222,964 for the tax year ended De-
cember 31, 2008. As of December 31, 2008, we did not have any
undistributed long-term capital gains since they are treated as being
distributed through the “deemed distribution.”
As of March 31, 2009 and 2008, our undistributed net realized gains
(losses) on investments determined in accordance with GAAP as re-
flected on our consolidated statement of financial condition were com-
prised of the following:
As of March 31,
2009
2008
Undistributed net realized gains
(losses) on investments
$42,622
($2,860,118)
5. Share Repurchase Plan
On June 12, 2008, CSC announced that its Board of Directors au-
thorized a share repurchase plan, which allowed for the repurchase of
up to 10% (or 388,915 shares) of its Common Stock at prices not
above the lower of the net asset value per share of its Common Stock,
or prices prevailing in the over-the-counter market at the time of such
purchases. The repurchase program remained in effect through De-
cember 10, 2008. CSC did not make purchases under the plan during
the quarter ended March 31, 2009. In total CSC purchased 147,513
shares of Common Stock for $16,903,346 at an average price of
$114.59 per share, on the open market, while the plan was in effect.
6. Employee Stock Option Plan
On July 19, 1999, shareholders approved the 1999 Stock Option
Plan (“Plan”), which provides for the granting of stock options to em-
ployees and officers of the Company and authorizes the issuance of
common stock upon exercise of such options for up to 140,000
shares. All options are granted at or above market price, generally
expire 10 years from the date of grant and are generally exercisable
on or after the first anniversary of the date of grant in 5 to 10 annual
installments.
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At March 31, 2009, there were no shares available for grant under
the Plan. The following table summarizes the price per option at grant
date using the Black-Scholes Pricing Model:
Date of
Issuance
May 15, 2006
July 17, 2006
July 16, 2007
July 21, 2008
July 30, 2008
Weighted
Average
Fair Value
$31.28
$33.05
$41.78
$27.35
$29.93
Black-Scholes Pricing Model Assumptions
Expected Risk-Free
Dividend
Yield
Expected
Volatility
Interest
Rate
Expected
Life
(in years)
0.64%
0.61%
0.39%
0.67%
0.62%
5.08%
5.04%
4.95%
3.41%
3.36%
21.1%
21.2%
19.9%
20.2%
20.2%
7
7
5
5
5
The following summarizes activity in the stock option plans for the
years ended March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007:
Balance at March 31, 2007
Granted
Exercised
Canceled
Balance at March 31, 2008
Granted
Exercised
Canceled
Balance at March 31, 2009
Number
of shares
52,500
25,000
(3,100)
(4,000)
70,400
37,500
-
-
107,900
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
$ 68.411
94.136
69.568
89.482
109.998
123.721
-
-
$114.767
March 31, 2009
Outstanding
Exercisable
Weighted Average Aggregate Intrinsic
Remaining Contractual Term
Value
4.7 years
4.4 years
$3,255,618
$ 608,339
At March 31, 2009, the range of exercise prices and weighted-
average remaining contractual life of outstanding options was $65.00
to $152.98 and 4.69 years, respectively. There were no options exer-
cised during the year ended March 31, 2009. The total intrinsic value
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of options exercised during the years ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
were $75,129 and $571,565, respectively. The exercise prices ranged
from $65.00 to $93.49 per share for the each of the years ended
March 31, 2008 and 2007. New shares were issued for, $0, $231,390
and $1,794,850 cash received from option exercises for the years
ended March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
At March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, the number of options exercis-
able was 21,445, 9,930 and 8,515, respectively and the weighted-
average exercise price of those options was $97.00, $79.01 and
$69.15, respectively.
7. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
CSC and one of its controlled affiliates sponsor a qualified employee
stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) in which certain employees participate.
Contributions to the plan, which are invested in CSC stock, are made
at the discretion of the Board of Directors. A participant’s interest in
contributions to the ESOP fully vests after five years of active service.
Effective April 1, 2007, the vesting period for the ESOP is three
years. During the 3 years ended March 31, 2009, the Company made
contributions to the ESOP, which were charged against net investment
income, of $0 in 2009, $94,210 in 2008 and $84,488 in 2007.
8. Retirement Plans
CSC sponsors a qualified defined benefit pension plan which covers
its employees and employees of certain of its controlled affiliates. The
following information about the plan represents amounts and informa-
tion related to CSC’s participation in the plan and is presented as
though CSC sponsored a single-employer plan. Benefits are based on
years of service and an average of the highest five consecutive years
of compensation during the last 10 years of employment. The funding
policy of the plan is to contribute annual amounts that are currently
deductible for tax reporting purposes. No contribution was made to
the plan during the three years ended March 31, 2009.
Components of net pension benefit related to the qualified plan in-
clude the following:
The following tables set forth the qualified plan’s benefit obligations
and fair value of plan assets at March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007:
Years Ended March 31
2009
2008
2007
Change in benefit obligation
Benefit obligation at beginning
of year ............................................. $3,699,285
67,340
Service cost ..........................................
290,310
Interest cost ..........................................
Actuarial loss .........................................
(916,874)
Benefits paid ......................................... (259,810)
Plan change ..........................................
34,262
Benefit obligation at end of year ............. $2,914,513
$3,965,100
67,514
222,895
(160,840)
$4,004,017
103,342
230,711
68,854
(395,384) (386,982)
(54,842)
$3,965,100
-
$3,699,285
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at beginning
of year ............................................ $11,120,337 $12,973,292 $11,640,693
1,719,581
(2,477,154)
Actual return on plan assets ..................
Benefits paid ........................................ (259,810)
(386,982)
Fair value of plan assets at end of
year ................................................. $ 8,383,373 $11,120,337 $12,973,292
(1,457,571)
(395,384)
The following table sets forth the qualified plan’s funded status and
amounts recognized in CSC’s consolidated statements of financial con-
dition:
March 31
2009
2008
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
Accumulated benefit obligation .......................... $(2,630,743) $(3,387,397)
Projected benefit obligation for service rendered to
date.................................................................. $(2,914,513) $(3,699,285)
Plan assets at fair value* ........................................... 8,383,373
Funded status ........................................................... 5,468,860
Unrecognized net (gain) loss from past experience
11,120,337
7,421,052
different from that assumed and effects of
changes in assumptions .................................... 2,502,161
159,716
Unrecognized prior service costs ................................
Additional asset, FAS 158 ..........................................
(2,661,877)
Prepaid pension cost included in other assets .............. $ 5,468,860
_____________
*Primarily equities and bonds including approximately 25,000 shares of CSC Common
209,044
129,179
(338,223)
$ 7,421,052
Stock.
Years Ended March 31
2009
2008
2007
Service cost – benefits earned during
the year ................................... $ 67,340
$ 67,514 $ 103,342
Interest cost on projected benefit
obligation .................................
Expected return on assets ................
Net amortization .............................. 3,725
Net pension benefit from qualified plan $(371,462)
290,310
(732,837)
222,895
(673,366)
3,725
$(379,232)
230,711
(580,104)
27,487
$(218,564)
CSC also sponsors an unfunded Retirement Restoration Plan, which
is a nonqualified plan that provides for the payment, upon retirement,
of the difference between the maximum annual payment permissible
under the qualified retirement plan pursuant to Federal limitations and
the amount which would otherwise have been payable under the
qualified plan.
The following table sets forth the Retirement Restoration Plan’s ben-
efit obligations at March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007:
Years Ended March 31
2009
2008
2007
Change in benefit obligation
Benefit obligation at beginning
of year .................................... $942,122 $1,178,891 $1,280,542
20,245
10,986
Service cost .....................................
68,937
Interest cost ....................................
104,777
(36,529)
Actuarial (gain) loss .......................... (74,613)
(144,170)
Benefits paid ....................................
(68,934)
Plan change ..................................... 20,089
(10,134)
Benefit obligation at end of year ........ $934,427 $ 942,122 $1,178,891
10,483
57,588
(169,072)
(135,768)
-
The following table sets forth the status of the Retirement Restora-
tion Plan and the amounts recognized in the consolidated statements
of financial condition:
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March 31
2009
2008
Projected benefit obligation .......................................... $(934,427)
Unrecognized net loss from past ex-
perience different from that assumed
and effects of changes in assumptions ..................... (431,432)
Unrecognized prior service costs .................................. (187,280)
Additional asset, FAS 158 ............................................
618,712
Accrued pension cost included in other liabilities ............ $(934,427)
$(942,122)
(112,552)
(217,958)
330,510
$(942,122)
Components of net pension expense related to the unfunded Re-
tirement Restoration Plan include the following:
The expected rate of return on assets assumption was determined
based on the anticipated performance of the various asset classes in
the plan’s portfolio and the allocation of assets to each class. The an-
ticipated asset class return is developed using historical and predicted
asset return performance, considering the investments underlying
each asset class and expected investment performance based on fore-
casts of inflation, interest rates and market indices for fixed income
and equity securities.
CSC’s pension plan asset allocations are as follows:
Years Ended March 31
2008
2009
2007
Asset Category
Percentage of plan assets
at March 31
2009
2008
Service cost – benefits earned during
the year ........................................
$ 10,986
$ 10,483
$ 20,245
Interest cost on projected benefit
obligation ......................................
Net amortization ...................................
Net pension expense from retirement
104,777
2,470
57,588
(16,186)
68,937
(15,563)
restoration plan .............................
$118,233
$ 51,885
$ 73,619
The following assumptions were used in estimating the actuarial
present value of the projected benefit obligations:
Years Ended March 31
2008
2009
2007
Equity securities ........................................................
67.7%
Debt securities .......................................................... 19.2%
13.1%
Other ........................................................................
100.0%
75.0%
13.8%
11.2%
100.0%
CSC’s pension plan is administered by a board-appointed committee
that has fiduciary responsibility for the plan’s management. The trus-
tee of the plan is JPMorgan Asset Management. Currently, approx-
imately 18% of the assets are selected and managed by the trustee
and the remainder of the assets are managed by the committee, in-
vested mostly in equity securities, including CSC stock.
Discount rate ..........................................
Rate of compensation increases ...............
6.50%
5.0%
6.25%
5.0%
6.0%
5.0%
Following are the expected benefit payments for the next five years
and in the aggregate for the years 2015-2019:
The following assumptions were used in estimating the net periodic
(income)/expense:
Years Ended March 31
2008
2009
2007
Discount rate ..........................................
Expected return on plan assets ................
Rate of compensation increases ...............
6.25%
6.5%
5.0%
6.0%
6.5%
5.0%
5.75%
6.0%
5.0%
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Years Ended March 31
(In Thousands) 2010 2011
Qualified Plan $85 $81 $226 $219 $211
Restoration Plan
2012 2013 2014
$93
$92
$95
-
-
2015-
2019
$1,092
$432
Incremental effect of applying FASB Statement No. 158 on individu-
al line items in the Statement of Financial Condition:
March 31, 2007
After application
Before Application
Of Statement 158 Adjustments of Statement 158
Other assets .......................... $ 7,542,035
1,635,468
Other liabilities ........................
1,144,026
Deferred income taxes ............
115,741,940
Additional capital .....................
Net assets at market or
fair value ............................... $724,557,938
$1,628,150
(177,621)
1,173,751
632,020
$ 9,170,185
1,457,847
2,317,777
116,373,960
$1,173,751
$725,731,689
9. Commitments
CSC has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to invest up to
$8,683,070 in six portfolio companies.
The Company leases office space under an operating lease which
requires base annual rentals of approximately $87,000 through Febru-
ary, 2013. For the three years ended March 31, total rental expense
charged to investment income was $84,117 in 2009, $80,569 in 2008
and $79,979 in 2007.
10. Sources of Income
Income was derived from the following sources:
Investment Income
Realized Gain
Other
Interest
Dividends
Years Ended
March 31
2009
Companies more than
25% owned ............. $ – $10,946,581 $1,055,000
Companies 5% to 25%
owned .....................
Companies less than
5% owned ...............
Other sources, including
temporary investments
Income
249,417
326,940
260,357
743,945
20,750
–
–
(Loss) on
Investments
Before Income
Taxes
$ –
–
15,979,266
–
382,142
$1,375,504 $11,533,878 $1,075,750 $15,979,266
–
Investment Income
Years Ended
March 31
2008
Companies more than
Interest
Dividends
Realized Gain
(Loss) on
Investments
Before Income
Taxes
Other
Income
25% owned ............. $ –
$2,979,631
$839,800
$ –
Companies 5% to 25%
owned .....................
Companies less than
5% owned ...............
Other sources,
including temporary
investments .............
364,762
326,940
42,500
–
469,066
350,262
–
240,024
1,421,722
$2,255,550
–
$3,656,833
–
$882,300
–
$240,024
Investment Income
Years Ended
March 31
2007
Companies more than
Interest
Dividends
Realized Gain
(Loss) on
Investments
Before Income
Taxes
Other
Income
25% owned ............. $ –
$3,449,558
$659,500 $31,070,149
Companies 5% to 25
owned .....................
Companies less than
5% owned ...............
Other sources,
including temporary
investments .............
125,733
171,578
20,000
–
938,761
333,739
29,400
(5,023,154)
1,244,166
$2,308,660
–
$3,954,875
–
–
$708,900 $26,046,995
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Selected Per Share Data and Ratios
2009
Years Ended March
2007
2008
2006
2005
Per Share Data
Investment income ......................................................................................................................................
Operating expenses ....................................................................................................................................
Interest expense ..........................................................................................................................................
Income taxes ...............................................................................................................................................
$ 3.74 $ 1.75 $ 1.79
(.57)
(.12)
(.01)
(.76)
-
(.04) (.03)
(.98)
-
$ 1.25 $ 1.26
(.51)
(.11)
(.02)
(.51)
(.11)
(.01)
Net investment income ................................................................................................................................
Distributions from undistributed net investment income .............................................................................
2.72
(3.28)
.96
(.60)
1.09
(.60)
.62
(.60)
.62
(.60)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments ......................................................................................................
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation of investments ...........................................................
Treasury stock repurchase *
Exercise of employee stock options ** ........................................................................................................
Stock option expense ..................................................................................................................................
Net change in pension plan funded status ..................................................................................................
Treasury Stock ............................................................................................................................................
Adjustment to initially apply FASB No. 158, net of tax ................................................................................
.13
(.39)
1.40
-
-
2.87
(42.56)
.06
(36.76)
3.85
38.00
4.00
32.22
(2.62)
7.21
(.09)
.07
(.30)
-
-
(.49)
.04
-
-
.30
(.04)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Increase (decrease) in net asset value .......................................................................................................
(39.11)
(36.66)
42.19
36.20
4.61
Net asset value
Beginning of year .....................................................................................................................................
150.09 186.75
144.56
108.36 103.75
End of year ..............................................................................................................................................
$110.98 $150.09 $186.75 $144.56 $108.36
Ratios and Supplemental Data
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets ....................................................................................
.71%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets ............................................................................... 1.96%
Portfolio turnover rate .................................................................................................................................. 2.51%
.46%
.58%
.22%
.36%
.68%
.13%
.42%
.51%
2.36%
.49%
.60%
.56%
Net asset value total return .........................................................................................................................
(22.56)% (19.27)% 29.85% 34.31%
5.25%
Shares outstanding at end of period (000s omitted) ...................................................................................
3,741
3,889
3,886
3,860
3,857
____________
* Net increase is due to purchases of Common Stock at prices less than beginning period net asset value.
**Net decrease is due to the exercise of employee stock options at prices less than beginning of period net asset value.
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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. CSC’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial re-
porting and the preparation of financial statements for external pur-
poses in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal controls over financial re-
porting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of
any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to risk
that controls may become inadequate because of changes in condi-
tions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures
may deteriorate.
CSC has assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial
reporting as of March 31, 2009. In making this assessment, it used
the criteria described in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework” is-
sued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). Based on this assessment, management be-
lieves that, as of March 31, 2009, CSC’s internal control over financial
reporting was effective.
year ended March 31, 2007 and years represented in our Form 10-K
for the year ended March 31, 2007.
On a quarterly basis CSC consults with a RIC compliance expert, on
our current RIC status and the potential impact of proposed transac-
tions and scenarios on CSC’s future RIC compliance status. CSC has
engaged KPMG, LLP to serve in this capacity.
There were no other changes to our internal controls over financial
reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to ma-
terially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.
Grant Thornton LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm
that audited our consolidated financial statements included in this an-
nual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2009, has
issued an attestation report on our internal control over financial re-
porting as of March 31, 2009. That report appears on the next page.
Date: May 29, 2009
/s/ Gary L. Martin
Gary L. Martin
Chairman of the Board and President
During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008, CSC implemented the
following control in order to remediate the material weakness we iden-
tified in our internal controls over accounting for taxes, which resulted
in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the
/s/ Tracy L. Morris
Tracy L. Morris
Chief Financial Officer
(chief financial/accounting officer)
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors and Shareholders
Capital Southwest Corporation
We have audited Capital Southwest Corporation (a Texas Corporation)
and subsidiaries’, (the “Company”) internal control over financial re-
porting as of March 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal
Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsor-
ing Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Compa-
ny’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal con-
trol over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompany-
ing Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Report-
ing. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s in-
ternal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those stan-
dards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether effective internal control over financial re-
porting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included
obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting,
assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and eva-
luating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based
on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we
considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit
provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process de-
signed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of fi-
nancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for exter-
nal purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting prin-
ciples. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
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transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) pro-
vide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with gen-
erally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expendi-
tures of the company are being made only in accordance with authori-
zations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of un-
authorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that
could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial re-
porting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of
any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk
that controls may become inadequate because of changes in condi-
tions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures
may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, ef-
fective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2009,
based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Frame-
work issued by COSO.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidat-
ed statement of financial condition of the Company as of March 31,
2009 and 2008, including the portfolio of investments as of March 31,
2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes
in net assets and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period
ended March 31, 2009, and the selected per share data and ratios for
each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2009, and our
report dated May 29, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion.
/s/Grant Thornton LLP
Dallas, Texas
May 29, 2009
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors and Shareholders
Capital Southwest Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of finan-
cial condition of Capital Southwest Corporation (a Texas Corporation)
and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2009 and 2008,
including the portfolio of investments as of March 31, 2009, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets,
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31,
2009, and the selected per share data and ratios for each of the five
years in the period ended March 31, 2009. These financial statements
and per share data and ratios are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and per share data and ratios based on our au-
dits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Pub-
lic Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those stan-
dards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements and selected per
share data and ratios are free of material misstatement. An audit in-
cludes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included
verification by examination of securities held by the custodian as of
March 31, 2009 and 2008, and confirmation of securities not held by
the custodian. An audit also includes assessing the accounting prin-
ciples used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
terial respects, the consolidated financial position of Capital Southwest
Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the
consolidated results of its operations, changes in its net assets, its cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2009,
and the selected per share data and ratios for each of the five years in
the period ended March 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting prin-
ciples generally accepted in the United States of America.
As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the
Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements, (“SFAS 157”), effective April 1, 2008. As
described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, the Com-
pany also adopted the provisions of FASB Statement of Financial Ac-
counting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Bene-
fit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans: An Amendment of FASB
Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R), effective March 31, 2007.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Capital South-
west Corporation and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial re-
porting as of March 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and our report
dated May 29, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/Grant Thornton LLP
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements and the selected
per share data and ratios referred to above present fairly, in all ma-
Dallas, Texas
May 29, 2009
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations
The composite measure of the Company’s financial performance in
the Consolidated Statements of Operations is captioned “Increase in
net assets from operations” and consists of three elements. The first
is “Net investment income,” which is the difference between the Com-
pany’s income from interest, dividends and fees and its combined op-
erating and interest expenses, net of applicable income taxes. The
second element is “Net realized gain (loss) on investments,” which is
the difference between the proceeds received from disposition of port-
folio securities and their stated cost, net of applicable income tax ex-
pense based on the Company’s tax year. The third element is the “Net
increase in unrealized appreciation of investments,” which is the net
change in the market or fair value of the Company’s investment port-
folio, compared with stated cost. It should be noted that the “Net rea-
lized gain (loss) on investments” and “Net increase in unrealized ap-
preciation of investments” are directly related in that when an appre-
ciated portfolio security is sold to realize a gain, a corresponding de-
crease in net unrealized appreciation occurs by transferring the gain
associated with the transaction from being “unrealized” to being “rea-
lized.” Conversely, when a loss is realized on a depreciated portfolio
security, an increase in net unrealized appreciation occurs.
Net Investment Income
The Company’s principal objective is to achieve capital appreciation.
Therefore, a significant portion of the investment portfolio is structured
to maximize the potential return from equity participation and provides
minimal current yield in the form of interest or dividends. The Com-
pany also earns interest income from the short-term investment of
cash funds, and the annual amount of such income varies based upon
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the average level of funds invested during the year and fluctuations in
short-term interest rates. During the three years ended March 31, the
Company had interest income from temporary cash investments of
$381,498 in 2009, $1,421,048 in 2008 and $1,187,676 in 2007. The
Company also receives management fees primarily from its controlled
affiliates which aggregated $984,800 in 2009, $784,800 in 2008 and
$626,400 in 2007. During the three years ended March 31, 2009, the
Company recorded dividend income from the following sources:
Years Ended March 31
2009
2008
2007
Alamo Group Inc. ..................................... $ 679,272 $ 678,732 $ 677,112
Balco, Inc. .................................................
-
224,400
-
Dennis Tool Company ...............................
49,999
62,499
62,499
Encore Wire Corporation ............................
326,940
326,940
Heelys, Inc. ............................................... 9,317,310
Kimberly–Clark Corporation .......................
89,529
Lifemark Group .........................................
PalletOne, Inc. ..........................................
-
-
-
167,481
571,333
-
-
-
154,360
600,000
89,842
The RectorSeal Corporation .......................
720,000
1,154,133
1,869,947
Sprint Nextel Corporation ..........................
-
TCI Holdings, Inc. ......................................
81,270
6,750
81,270
9,000
81,270
The Whitmore Manufacturing Company .....
180,000
288,533
240,000
Other ........................................................
89,558
94,762
170,845
$11,533,878 $3,656,833 $3,954,875
Total operating expenses, excluding interest expense, increased by
$697,177 or 23.5% during the year ended March 31, 2009. Due to
the nature of its business, the majority of the Company’s operating
expenses are related to employee and director compensation, office
expenses, legal, professional and accounting fees and the net pension
benefit.
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
Net realized gain on investments was $10,756,303 (after income
tax expense of $5,222,963) during the year ended March 31, 2009,
compared with a gain of $240,024 during 2008 and a gain of
$14,966,296 (after income tax expense of $11,080,699) during 2007.
Management does not attempt to maintain a comparable level of rea-
lized gains from year to year, but instead attempts to maximize total
investment portfolio appreciation. This strategy often dictates the
long-term holding of portfolio securities in pursuit of increased values
and increased unrealized appreciation, but may at opportune times
dictate realizing gains or losses through the disposition of certain port-
folio investments.
Net Increase/Decrease in Unrealized Appreciation of Investments
For the three years ended March 31, the Company recorded a de-
crease in unrealized appreciation of investments of $159,247,203, in
2009 and a decrease of $142,969,698, in 2008 and an increase of
$147,681,609 in 2007. As explained in the first paragraph of this dis-
cussion and analysis, the realization of gains or losses results in a cor-
responding decrease or increase in unrealized appreciation of invest-
ments. Set forth in the following table are the significant increases and
decreases in unrealized appreciation excluding the effect of gains or
losses realized during the year by portfolio company for securities held
at the end of each year.
Years Ended March 31
2009
2008
2007
Alamo Group Inc. ......................... $(22,642,400) $ (2,803,090) $ 2,821,000
Encore Wire Corporation ................ 14,303,625
(18,390,625) (12,260,000)
Heelys, Inc. ................................... (20,963,948) (160,724,088) 170,040,908
The Whitmore Manufacturing
Company .................................... (2,000,000)
Lifemark Group .............................
-
Media Recovery, Inc. ..................... (22,700,000)
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc................ (21,601,583)
The RectorSeal Corporation ........... (37,000,000)
4,000,000
(2,000,000)
3,000,000
(39,275,516) (27,493,000)
46,200,000 10,500,000
12,000,000
31,000,000
(7,500,000)
As shown in the table for the year ended March 31, 2009, we sus-
tained major decreases in several of our largest investments. During
the twelve months ended March 31, 2009, the value of our invest-
ments in The RectorSeal Corporation decreased by $37,000,000 and
Media Recovery, Inc. decreased by $22,700,000, due to decreases in
their respective sales resulting from slowdowns in segments of their
businesses. Additionally, our investments in Alamo Group, Inc. de-
creased $22,642,400, Palm Harbor Homes,
Inc. decreased
$21,601,583, and Heelys, Inc. decreased $20,963,948, due primarily
to the decreases in their respective stock prices at March 31, 2009.
Offsetting the aforementioned losses during the twelve months ended
March 31, 2009, was a $14,030,625 increase in the value of Encore
Wire Corporation due primarily to an increase in their stock price at
March 31, 2009.
A description of the investments listed above and other material
components of the investment portfolio is included elsewhere in this
report under the caption “Portfolio of Investments – March 31, 2009.”
Portfolio Investments
During the year ended March 31, 2009, the Company invested
$13,030,107 in various portfolio securities listed elsewhere in this re-
port under the caption “Portfolio Changes During the Year,” which also
lists dispositions of portfolio securities. During the 2008 and 2007
fiscal years, the Company invested a total of $10,733,536 and
$803,269, respectively.
Financial Liquidity and Capital Resources
At March 31, 2009, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of
approximately $14.7 million. Pursuant to Small Business Administra-
tion (SBA) regulations, cash and cash equivalents of $5.3 million held
by CSVC may not be transferred or advanced to CSC without the con-
sent of the SBA. Under current SBA regulations and subject to the
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SBA’s approval of its credit application, CSVC would be entitled to bor-
row up to $20.6 million.
With the exception of a capital gain distribution made in the form of
a distribution of the stock of a portfolio company in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 1996, the Company has elected to retain all gains
realized during the past 40 years. Retention of future gains is viewed
as an important source of funds to sustain the Company’s investment
activity. Approximately $13.8 million of the Company’s investment
portfolio is represented by unrestricted publicly traded securities and
represent a source of liquidity.
Funds to be used by the Company for operating or investment pur-
poses may be transferred in the form of dividends, management fees
or loans from Lifemark Group, The RectorSeal Corporation and The
Whitmore Manufacturing Company, controlled affiliates of the Compa-
ny, to the extent of their available cash reserves and borrowing capaci-
ties.
Management believes that the Company’s cash and cash equiva-
lents and cash available from other sources described above are ade-
quate to meet its expected requirements. Consistent with the long-
term strategy of the Company, the disposition of investments from
time to time may also be an important source of funds for future in-
vestment activities.
Contractual Obligations
As shown below, the Company had the following contractual obliga-
tions as of March 31, 2009. For further information see Note 9 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
Payments Due By Period ($ in Thousands)
1 Year
Contractual Obligations Total
Operating lease obligations $340
$87
Total $340 $87
2-4
Years
$253
$253
More Than
4 Years
-
-
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Critical Accounting Policies
Valuation of Investments
In accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, invest-
ments in unrestricted securities (freely marketable securities having
readily available market quotations) are valued at market and invest-
ments in restricted securities (securities subject to one or more resale
restrictions) are valued at fair value determined in good faith by the
Company’s Board of Directors. Under the valuation policy of the Com-
pany, unrestricted securities are valued at the closing sale price for
NYSE listed securities and at the lower of the closing bid price or the
last sale price for Nasdaq securities on the valuation date. Restricted
securities, including securities of publicly-owned companies which are
subject to restrictions on resale, are valued at fair value, which is con-
sidered to be the amount the Company may reasonably expect to
receive if such securities were sold on the valuation date. Valuations
as of any particular date, however, are not necessarily indicative of
amounts which may ultimately be realized as a result of future sales or
other dispositions of securities.
Among the factors considered by the Board of Directors in determin-
ing the fair value of restricted securities are the financial condition and
operating results of the issuer, the long-term potential of the business
of the issuer, the market for and recent sales prices of the issuer’s se-
curities, the values of similar securities issued by companies in similar
businesses, the proportion of the issuer’s securities owned by the
Company, the nature and duration of resale restrictions and the nature
of any rights enabling the Company to require the issuer to register
restricted securities under applicable securities laws.
Impact of Inflation
The Company does not believe that its business is materially af-
fected by inflation, other than the impact which inflation may have on
the securities markets, the valuations of business enterprises and the
relationship of such valuations to underlying earnings, all of which will
influence the value of the Company’s investments.
Risks
Pursuant to Section 64(b)(1) of the Investment Company Act of
1940, a business development company is required to describe the
risk factors involved in an investment in the securities of such compa-
ny due to the nature of the company’s investment portfolio. Accor-
dingly the Company states that:
The Company’s objective is to achieve capital appreciation through
investments in businesses believed to have favorable growth potential.
Such businesses are often undercapitalized small companies which
lack management depth and have not yet attained profitability. The
Company’s venture investments often include securities which do not
yield interest or dividends and are subject to legal or contractual re-
strictions on resale, which restrictions adversely affect the liquidity and
marketability of such securities.
Because of the speculative nature of the Company’s investments
and the lack of any market for the securities initially purchased by the
Company, there is a significantly greater risk of loss than is the case
with traditional investment securities. The high-risk, long-term nature
of the Company’s venture investment activities may prevent share-
holders of the Company from achieving price appreciation and divi-
dend distributions.
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Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(all figures in thousands except per share data)
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Financial Position (as of March 31)
Investments at cost ..................................... $ 85,002 $ 87,602 $ 82,194 $ 91,462 $ 97,283 $ 84,546 $ 88,597 $ 71,642 $ 81,027 $ 89,339
Unrealized appreciation ............................... 238,627
307,296
Investments at market or
195,598 309,666
228,316 265,287
461,831 609,513
466,544
337,476
fair value .................................................. 323,629
Total assets ................................................. 392,586
Notes payable * ...........................................
10,000
Net assets .................................................... 319,438
3,815
Shares outstanding .....................................
315,918 347,481
322,668 357,183
14,000
303,436 339,891
3,829
16,000
3,815
287,060 406,949
298,490 423,979
20,500
272,211 400,157
3,857
23,000
3,829
422,022
434,384
13,000
417,947
3,857
550,428 681,155
569,368 729,507
-
558,036 725,732
3,886
3,860
8,000
547,571
586,685
-
583,700
3,889
396,635
417,543
-
415,263
3,741
Changes in Net Assets (years ended March 31)
Net investment income ................................ $ 1,663 $ 1,723 $ 2,042 $ 2,299 $ 2,587 $ 2,406 $ 2,389 $ 4,233 $ 3,715 $ 10,183
Net realized gain (loss) on
investments .............................................
5,162
(5,126)
(762)
2,007
12,603
(10,112)
15,451
14,966
240
10,756
Net increase (decrease) in
unrealized appreciation
before distributions .................................. (38,072) (10,311) 36,971
Increase (decrease) in net
assets from operations
before distributions ..................................
Cash dividends paid ....................................
Employee stock options
exercised .................................................
- 997
-
Stock option expense .................................. - - - - -
Change in pension plan
(13,714) 38,251
(2,295)
(65,383) 129,258
(2,309)
(69,689) 114,068
(31,247)
(2,289)
-
499
(2,297)
(2,289)
27,810
124,355 147,682 (142,969) (159,246)
20,104
(2,314)
142,195 166,881
(2,323)
(2,314)
(139,014)
(2,333)
(138,307)
(12,257)
-
-
208
231
- 169 263
1,795
-
503
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(1,178)
-
(1,473)
(16,903)
funded status ...........................................
Treasury stock .............................................
Adjustment to initially apply FASB
Statement No. 158, net of tax .
Increase (decrease) in net assets
-
(33,536)
- -
(16,003) 36,455
- -
(67,680) 127,946
-
17,790
- 1,173 - -
(142,031) (168,437)
140,089 167,695
Per Share Data (as of March 31)
Net assets .................................................... $ 83.73
54.75
Closing market price ....................................
$ 79.54 $ 88.77
68.75
65.00
$ 71.09 $ 103.75 $ 108.36 $ 144.56 $ 186.75 $ 150.09
123.72
153.67
79.10
95.50
75.47
48.15
$110.98
76.39
Cash dividends paid ....................................
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
3.26
Excludes quarter-end borrowing which is repaid on the first business day after year end.
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Stock Transfer Agent
April 1, 2007 are as follows:
Shareholder Information
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 59 Maiden Lane, New
York, NY 10038 (telephone 800-937-5449) serves as transfer agent
for the Company’s common stock. Certificates to be transferred should
be mailed directly to the transfer agent, preferably by registered mail.
Shareholders
The Company had approximately 700 record holders of its common
stock at March 31, 2009. This total does not include an estimated
4,000 shareholders with shares held under beneficial ownership in
nominee name or within clearinghouse positions of brokerage firms or
banks.
Market Prices
The Company’s common stock trades on The Nasdaq Global Market
under the symbol CSWC. The following high and low selling prices for
the shares during each quarter of the last two fiscal years were taken
from quotations provided to the Company by Nasdaq:
Quarter Ended
June 30, 2008 .............................................................
September 30, 2008 ...................................................
December 31, 2008 ....................................................
March 31, 2009 ...........................................................
High
Low
$128.99 $103.67
146.81 102.02
60.52
141.50
53.57
109.66
Quarter Ended
June 30, 2007 .............................................................
September 30, 2007 ...................................................
December 31, 2007 ....................................................
March 31, 2008 ...........................................................
High
Low
$190.33 $144.50
162.13 110.00
130.00 105.16
127.49 100.00
Dividends
The payment dates and amounts of cash dividends per share since
Payment Date
May 31, 2007 ............................................................................
November 30, 2007 ...................................................................
May 30, 2008 ............................................................................
October 31, 2008 .......................................................................
November 28, 2008 ...................................................................
December 26, 2008 ...................................................................
May 29, 2009 ............................................................................
Cash Dividend
$0.20
0.40
0.40
0.30
0.40
2.16
0.40
The amounts and timing of cash dividend payments have generally
been dictated by requirements of the Internal Revenue Code regarding
the distribution of taxable net investment income (ordinary income) of
regulated investment companies. Instead of distributing realized long-
term capital gains to shareholders, the Company has ordinarily elected
to retain such gains to fund future investments.
Automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Optional Cash Contribution
Plan
As a service to its shareholders, the Company offers an Automatic
Dividend Reinvestment and Optional Cash Contribution Plan for share-
holders of record who own a minimum of 25 shares. The Company
pays all costs of administration of the Plan except brokerage transac-
tion fees. Upon request, shareholders may obtain information on the
Plan from the Company, 12900 Preston Road, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas
75230. Telephone (972) 233-8242. Questions and answers about the
Plan are on the next page.
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Capital Southwest Corpora-
tion will be held on Monday, July 20, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in the North
Dallas Bank Tower Meeting Room (second floor), 12900 Preston Road,
Dallas, Texas.
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Dividend Reinvestment Plan – Questions and Answers
What are the benefits of joining the Plan?
• As a participant in the Automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Op-
tional Cash Contribution Plan, your dividends are reinvested and you
may make cash contributions of $100 to $10,000 in any month to
purchase additional shares of Capital Southwest Corporation stock
for your plan account.
• Because purchases are made on a pooled basis, transaction costs
should be less than those associated with individual purchases of
small numbers of shares.
Who is eligible to join?
Only holders of record of 25 or more shares are eligible. If your shares
are held in the name of a broker or other nominee, you must instruct
your broker or nominee to register the shares directly in your name.
Is there any cost to participate in the Plan?
You pay only your share of transaction costs, which are included in the
price of purchased shares. Capital Southwest pays all costs of admin-
istration.
How does the automatic dividend reinvestment feature work?
The Plan, available to all shareholders of record of 25 or more shares,
provides a convenient way to acquire additional shares. After you join,
cash dividends on your shares (including shares you hold and shares
in your plan account), or on a lesser number of shares you may speci-
fy, will automatically be reinvested by American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company as your agent.
May I deposit Shares for safekeeping?
Although not required, you may deposit share certificates registered in
your name for addition to your plan account. The agent will automati-
cally reinvest dividends on all shares in your plan account.
How does the optional cash contribution feature work?
To make voluntary cash purchases, you first must join the Plan and
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participate in the automatic dividend reinvestment feature. Contribu-
tions for voluntary cash purchases of $100 to $10,000 in any month
can then be made by sending a check to the agent, together with the
remittance form which accompanies each plan account statement.
Contributions can also be made by completing an automatic cash
withdrawal authorization form, enabling you to make regular monthly
purchases with funds transferred from your bank account.
What statements will I receive?
Each time shares are purchased, you will receive a statement showing
the total shares in your plan account, the amount of the latest rein-
vested dividend or optional cash contribution, the number of shares
purchased and the price per share.
How is information reported for income tax purposes?
Reinvested dividends are subject to income tax to the same extent as
if received in cash. You will receive a Form 1099 information return
regarding the Federal income tax status of all dividends paid during
the year.
How would I terminate my participation in the Plan?
You may terminate your participation at any time by giving notice to
the agent. Upon termination, you will receive a certificate for the
number of shares then held in your plan account, plus a check for any
fractional share interest.
How do I join the Plan?
Call Capital Southwest at (972) 233-8242 for a plan brochure and au-
thorization form. Then, sign and return the authorization form to
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Dividend Reinvestment
Dept., P.O. Box 922 Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10269-0560.
Your name or names should be signed as they appear on your stock
certificates. You may register all of your shares in the Plan or such
lesser number of shares (a minimum of 25) as you indicate.
Federal Income Tax Information
For Shareholders on December 31, 2008
Capital Southwest Corporation (“CSC”) elected to retain the taxable
net long-term capital gains realized during its taxable year ended De-
cember 31, 2008, and pay the applicable Federal income tax, as
shown below on a per share basis.
Nominees who received Form 2439 were required to issue a sup-
plemental Form 2439 to beneficial owners at December 31, 2008. If
you owned shares of CSC which were held in the name of a broker or
other nominee and have not received a supplemental Form 2439, you
should request Form 2439 from the record holder to substantiate the
available 2008 tax benefits.
Net long-term capital gains retained
Federal income tax paid
$3.9883 per share
$1.3959 per share
For Shareholders from 1968 through 2008
In accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, shareholders of
record on December 31, 2008 were required to include their pro rata
portion ($3.9883 per share) of these gains on Schedule D of their
2008 Federal tax returns and are entitled to a credit for, or a refund of,
their pro rata portion ($1.3959 per share) of the Federal income tax
paid by CSC. This payment will ordinarily exceed the corresponding
tax liability and result in a net credit or refund.
Each shareholder is deemed to have reinvested the amount
constructively distributed (less the tax), and accordingly is entitled to
increase the cost basis of his shares by $2.5924 per share. This will
reduce the future tax liability when those shares of CSC are sold.
Internal Revenue Service Form 2439 was mailed to all shareholders
of record on December 31, 2008 setting forth the specific amounts to
be included in each shareholder’s 2008 tax return. This form was ac-
companied by a detailed instruction letter entitled “Important Tax In-
formation” dated January 30, 2009, which contained tax information
applicable to all shareholders. This instruction letter also described the
procedure to be used by tax-exempt shareholders such as pension
trusts and individual retirement accounts to obtain a cash refund of
$1.3959 per share by filing IRS Form 990-T.
In certain years from 1968 through 2008, CSC made elections to
retain taxable net long-term capital gains. The table below shows the
record dates for all years for which CSC made such elections and the
per share amounts of the retained long-term capital gains, the Federal
income taxes paid and the amounts by which shareholders on each
record date are entitled to increase the tax basis of each share (ad-
justed for stock splits in 1976, 1981 and 1987):
Record date
March 31, 1968
March 31, 1969
March 31, 1970
March 31, 1983
March 31, 1984
March 31, 1985
December 31, 1986
December 31, 1989
December 31, 1991
December 31, 1992
December 31, 1996
December 31, 1997
December 31, 1998
December 31, 1999
December 31, 2005
December 31, 2006
December 31, 2008
Retained
capital gains
per share
$0.5041
0.3102
0.2366
1.2106
0.1797
0.3469
3.2523
3.2378
5.9375
2.0823
4.7546
4.9821
0.2001
3.0474
3.5761
8.1469
3.9883
Federal income
taxes paid
per share
$0.1292
0.0852
0.0662
0.3390
0.0503
0.0971
0.9106
1.1008
2.0187
0.7080
1.6641
1.7437
0.0700
1.0666
1.2516
2.8514
1.3959
Increase in
tax basis
per share
$0.3749
0.2250
0.1704
0.8716
0.1294
0.2498
2.3417
2.1370
3.9188
1.3743
3.0905
3.2384
0.1301
1.9808
2.3245
5.2955
2.5924
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Professionals
Gary L. Martin, Chairman of the Board and President, joined Capital
Southwest in 1972 and served as Chief Financial Officer, subsequently
serving as Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer. From 1979 to
2007, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Whit-
more Manufacturing Company, a portfolio company of Capital South-
west. His previous experience included a financial management posi-
tion within the commercial development industry. He earned a BBA
degree from the University of Oklahoma and is a Certified Public Ac-
countant.
William M. Ashbaugh, Senior Vice President, joined Capital South-
west in 2001. Previously, he served as Managing Director in the cor-
porate finance departments of Hoak Breedlove Wesneski & Co., Prin-
cipal Financial Securities, Inc. and Southwest Securities and as First
Vice President, Corporate Finance, with Rauscher Pierce Refsnes (now
RBC Dain Rauscher). His experience includes direction of public offer-
ings, private placements and merger and acquisition transactions. He
holds an MBA summa cum laude from The University of Texas at Aus-
tin and a BS summa cum laude from Texas A&M University.
Jeffrey G. Peterson, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Corpo-
rate Secretary and Valuation Manager, joined Capital Southwest in
2001. Previously, he was employed in the investment banking de-
partments of UBS Warburg and Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. and in the
credit department of Bank One Corporation. He is President of the
Southern Regional Association of Small Business Investment Compa-
nies (SORASBIC) and serves on the Board of Governors of the Nation-
al Association of Small Business Investment Companies (NASBIC), the
Education Committee of the Venture Capital Institute and the Steering
Committee for the Dallas-Fort Worth Private Equity Forum. He re-
ceived an MBA with distinction from the Johnson Graduate School of
Management at Cornell University and a BBA from the University of
Texas at Austin.
Tracy L. Morris, Chief Financial Officer, joined Capital Southwest in
2007. Previously, she served as Controller of Best Merchant Partners,
LP and Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. She received a BS degree from Millers-
ville University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant.
William R. Thomas III, Assistant Vice President, joined Capital
Southwest in 2006. Previously, Will served as a U.S. Air Force officer
in varied positions including chief pilot of an airlift group, director of
logistics operations and chief of aircraft development contracts. He
has also served as a consultant for Investor Group Services, where he
analyzed potential investments in mid-market companies. He has an
MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in engineering sciences
from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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