CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORP
10-K405, 2000-06-16
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 10-K

           (Mark One)
              [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

              [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
           ---------------------------------------------------------

For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2000          Commission File Number: 814-61

                          CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Texas                                                75-1072796
(State or other Jurisdiction of                          (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                            Identification Number)

               12900 Preston Road, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75230
          (Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

                                 (972) 233-8242
               (Registrant's telephone number including area code)

        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities  registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $1.00
par value

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No ___

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation  S-K is not contained  herein,  and will not be contained,  to the
best of registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ X ]

The  aggregate  market value of the voting stock held by  non-affiliates  of the
registrant as of May 1, 2000 was  $125,919,954,  based on the last sale price of
such  stock as  quoted  by  Nasdaq  on such  date  (officers,  directors  and 5%
shareholders are considered affiliates for purposes of this calculation).

The  number  of  shares  of  common  stock  outstanding  as of May 15,  2000 was
3,815,051.

       Documents Incorporated by Reference               Part of Form 10-K
       -----------------------------------               -----------------

  (1)  Annual Report to Shareholders for the                 Parts I and II; and
          Year Ended March 31, 2000               Part IV, Item 14(a)(1) and (2)

  (2)  Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of                    Part III
          Shareholders to be held July 17, 2000

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I

         Item 1.      Business..........................................................................1
         Item 2.      Properties........................................................................1
         Item 3.      Legal Proceedings.................................................................1
         Item 4.      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders...............................1

PART II

         Item 5.      Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.............2
         Item 6.      Selected Financial Data...........................................................2
         Item 7.      Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
                        of Operations...................................................................2
         Item 7A.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk.........................2
         Item 8.      Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.......................................2
         Item 9.      Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
                        Financial Disclosure............................................................3

PART III

         Item 10.     Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant................................3
         Item 11.     Executive Compensation............................................................4
         Item 12.     Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management....................4
         Item 13.     Certain Relationships and Related Transactions....................................4

PART IV

         Item 14.     Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K .................4

Signatures .............................................................................................5

Exhibit Index ..........................................................................................6

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                                     PART I

Item 1.  Business

         Capital Southwest  Corporation (the "Company") was organized as a Texas
corporation on April 19, 1961.  Until September 1969, the Company  operated as a
licensee  under the Small  Business  Investment  Act of 1958. At that time,  the
Company  transferred to its wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Capital Southwest Venture
Corporation ("CSVC"),  certain of its assets and its license as a small business
investment company ("SBIC").  CSVC is a closed-end,  non-diversified  investment
company of the management  type registered  under the Investment  Company Act of
1940 (the "1940 Act").  Prior to March 30, 1988, the Company was registered as a
closed-end, non-diversified investment company under the 1940 Act. On that date,
the  Company  elected to become a business  development  company  subject to the
provisions  of  Sections  55 through 65 of the 1940 Act, as amended by the Small
Business Incentive Act of 1980.

         The Company is a venture capital  investment company whose objective is
to achieve  capital  appreciation  through  long-term  investments in businesses
believed to have  favorable  growth  potential.  The Company's  investments  are
focused on early-stage financings, expansion financings,  management buyouts and
recapitalizations  in a broad range of industry  segments.  The  portfolio  is a
composite  of  companies  in which the Company has major  interests as well as a
number  of  developing  companies  and  marketable   securities  of  established
publicly-owned  companies.  The Company makes available  significant  managerial
assistance  to the  companies  in which it invests and believes  that  providing
material  assistance  to such  investee  companies  is critical to its  business
development activities.

         The twelve  largest  investments  of the Company had a combined cost of
$40,529,940 and a value of $271,976,515,  representing 84.0% of the value of the
Company's  consolidated  investment portfolio at March 31, 2000. For a narrative
description of the twelve largest investments, see "Twelve Largest Investments -
March  31,  2000"  on  pages 7  through  9 of the  Company's  Annual  Report  to
Shareholders  for the Year Ended March 31, 2000 (the "2000 Annual Report") which
is herein incorporated by reference. Certain of the information presented on the
twelve largest investments has been obtained from the respective  companies and,
in  certain  cases,  from  public  filings  of  such  companies.  The  financial
information  presented  on  each  of  the  respective  companies  is  from  such
companies' financial statements, which in some instances is unaudited.

         The Company  competes  for  attractive  investment  opportunities  with
venture capital  partnerships and  corporations,  venture capital  affiliates of
industrial and financial companies, SBICs and wealthy individuals.

         The number of persons  employed  by the  Company at March 31,  2000 was
seven.

Item 2.  Properties

         The Company  maintains its offices at 12900  Preston  Road,  Suite 700,
Dallas,  Texas,  75230, where it rents approximately 3,700 square feet of office
space  pursuant to a lease  agreement  expiring in  February  2003.  The Company
believes  that its offices are adequate to meet its current and expected  future
needs.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings

         The Company has no material pending legal  proceedings to which it is a
party or to which any of its property is subject.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

         No matters  were  submitted  to a vote of security  holders  during the
quarter ended March 31, 2000.


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                                     PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

         Information  set forth under the captions  "Shareholder  Information  -
Shareholders,  Market Prices and Dividends" on page 32 of the 2000 Annual Report
is herein incorporated by reference.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

         "Selected  Consolidated  Financial  Data" on page 31 of the 2000 Annual
Report is herein incorporated by reference.

Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
         of Operations

         Pages 28  through 30 of the  Company's  2000  Annual  Report are herein
incorporated by reference.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

         The Company is subject to financial market risks,  including changes in
marketable equity security prices. The Company does not use derivative financial
instruments  to  mitigate  any of  these  risks.  The  return  on the  Company's
investments is not affected by foreign currency fluctuations.

         The Company's investment in portfolio securities consists of fixed rate
debt securities which totalled $9,230,972 at March 31, 2000, equivalent to 2.85%
of the value of the Company's  total  investments.  Since these debt  securities
usually have  relatively  high fixed rates of interest,  minor changes in market
yields of publicly-traded debt securities have little or no effect on the values
of debt securities in the Company's  portfolio and no effect on interest income.
On the other hand,  significant  changes in the market yields of publicly-traded
debt  securities may have a material  effect on the values of debt securities in
our portfolio.  The Company's  investments in debt securities are generally held
to maturity  and their fair values are  determined  on the basis of the terms of
the debt security and the financial condition of the issuer.

         A portion of the Company's  investment  portfolio  consists of debt and
equity securities of private  companies.  The Company  anticipates  little or no
effect on the values of these  investments  from modest changes in public market
equity valuations. Should significant changes in market valuations of comparable
publicly-owned  companies  occur,  there  would  be a  corresponding  effect  on
valuations of private companies, which would affect the value and the amount and
timing of proceeds eventually realized from these investments.  A portion of the
Company's  investment  portfolio  also consists of restricted  common stocks and
warrants to purchase common stocks of publicly-owned  companies. The fair values
of these restricted securities are influenced by the nature of applicable resale
restrictions, the underlying earnings and financial condition of the issuer, and
the market valuations of comparable  publicly-owned  companies. A portion of the
Company's investment portfolio also consists of unrestricted,  freely marketable
common stocks of publicly-owned  companies.  These freely marketable investments
are  directly  exposed to equity  price  risks,  in that a change in an issuer's
public market equity price would result in an identical change in the fair value
of the Company's investment in such security.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

         Pages 10  through 27 of the  Company's  2000  Annual  Report are herein
incorporated  by  reference.  See also Item 14 of this  Form  10-K -  "Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K".


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         Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
         ---------------------------------

         The   following   presents  a  summary  of  the   unaudited   quarterly
consolidated financial information for the years ended March 31, 2000 and 1999.

                                                            First         Second           Third       Fourth
                                                           Quarter        Quarter         Quarter      Quarter        Total
                                                           -------        -------         -------      -------        -----
                                                                         (In thousands, except per share amounts)
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2000
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    Net investment income                                $    547        $   723        $   121      $    272      $  1,663
    Net realized gain on investments                        5,090            910             16             4         6,020
    Net increase (decrease)  in unrealized
       appreciation of investments                            239        (25,423)         3,976        (3,542)      (24,750)
    Net increase (decrease) in net assets
       from operations                                      5,876        (23,790)         4,113        (3,266)      (17,067)
    Net increase (decrease)in net assets from
       operations per share                                  1.54          (6.23)          1.08         (0.86)        (4.47)

1999
----

    Net investment income                                $    841        $   386        $   122      $    413      $  1,762
    Net realized gain on investments                          495              -              -           500           995
    Net increase (decrease) in unrealized
        appreciation of investments                         2,999        (31,557)         2,332       (15,007)      (41,233)
    Net increase (decrease) in net assets from
       operations                                           4,335        (31,171)         2,454       (14,094)      (38,476)
    Net increase (decrease) in net assets from
       operations per share                                  1.14          (8.22)           .68         (3.69)       (10.09)

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Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
         Financial Disclosure

         Not applicable.

                                    PART III

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

         The information set forth under the caption  "Election of Directors" in
the Company's  definitive  Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Shareholders to
be held July 17, 2000,  filed  pursuant to Regulation  14A under the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, on or about June 2, 2000 (the "2000 Proxy  Statement")  is
herein incorporated by reference.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

         The officers of the Company,  together  with the offices in the Company
presently held by them, their business experience during the last five years and
their ages are as follows:

     Patrick F. Hamner,  age 44, has served  as Vice  President  of the  Company
           since 1986 and was an investment associate with the Company from 1982
           to 1986.

     Gary L. Martin, age 53, has been a director of the Company since  July 1988
           and has  served as Vice  President  of the  Company  since  1984.  He
           previously served as Vice President of the Company from 1978 to 1980.
           Since  1980,  Mr.  Martin has  served as  President  of The  Whitmore
           Manufacturing Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

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     Tim Smith, age 39, has  served as  Vice  President  and  Secretary  of  the
           Company  since 1993,  Treasurer of the Company since January 1990 and
           was an  investment  associate  with the  Company  from  July  1989 to
           January 1990.

     William R. Thomas, age 71, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors
           of the Company since 1982 and President of the Company since 1980. In
           addition,  he has been a director of the  Company  since 1972 and was
           previously Senior Vice President of the Company from 1969 to 1980.

         No family relationship exists between any of the above-listed officers,
and there are no  arrangements  or  understandings  between  any of them and any
other person  pursuant to which they were  selected as an officer.  All officers
are elected to hold office for one year,  subject to earlier  termination by the
Company's board of directors.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

         The information set forth under the caption  "Compensation of Directors
and Executive  Officers" in the 2000 Proxy  Statement is herein  incorporated by
reference.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

         The  information  set forth  under the  captions  "Stock  Ownership  of
Certain  Beneficial  Owners"  and  "Election  of  Directors"  in the 2000  Proxy
Statement is herein incorporated by reference.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

         There were no relationships or transactions  within the meaning of this
item during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 or proposed for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2001.

                                     PART IV

Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K

    (a)(1) The following financial statements included in pages 10 through 27 of
the Company's 2000 Annual Report are herein incorporated by reference:

         (A)   Portfolio of Investments - March 31, 2000
               Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - March 31, 2000
               and 1999
               Consolidated Statements of Operations - Years Ended March 31,
               2000, 1999 and 1998
               Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Years Ended
               March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
               Consolidated  Statements  of Cash Flows - Years  Ended  March 31,
               2000, 1999 and 1998

         (B)   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

         (C)   Notes to Portfolio of Investments

         (D)   Selected Per Share Data and Ratios

         (E)   Independent Auditors' Report

    (a)(2) All  schedules  are omitted  because they are not  applicable  or not
required, or the information is otherwise supplied.

    (a)(3) See the Exhibit Index on page 6.

    (b) The Company  filed no reports on Form 8-K during the three  months ended
March 31, 2000.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                             CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION

                                               /s/ William R. Thomas
                                       By:   -----------------------------
                                              (William R. Thomas, President
                                               and Chairman of the Board)

Date:  June 16, 2000

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
this  report has been  signed  below by the  following  persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

         Signature                       Title                         Date
         ---------                       -----                         ----

   /s/  William R. Thomas        President and Chairman            June 16, 2000
   --------------------------    of the Board and Director
       (William R. Thomas)


   /s/  Gary L. Martin           Director                          June 16, 2000
   --------------------------
       (Gary L. Martin)


   /s/  Graeme W. Henderson      Director                          June 16, 2000
  ---------------------------
       (Graeme W. Henderson)


   /s/  James M. Nolan           Director                          June 16, 2000
  ---------------------------
       (James M. Nolan)


   /s/  John H. Wilson           Director                          June 16, 2000
  ---------------------------
       (John H. Wilson)


   /s/  Tim Smith                Vice President and                June 16, 2000
  ---------------------------    Secretary-Treasurer
       (Tim Smith)              (Financial and Accounting Officer)



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         The following  exhibits are filed with this report or are  incorporated
herein by reference to a prior filing,  in accordance with Rule 12b-32 under the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934.  (Asterisk  denotes  exhibits  filed with this
report.)


         Exhibit No.                       Description
         -----------                       -----------

            3.1(a)      Articles of  Incorporation  and Articles of Amendment to
                        Articles of Incorporation, dated June 25, 1969 (filed as
                        Exhibit 1(a) and 1(b) to Amendment No. 3 to Form N-2 for
                        the fiscal year ended March 31, 1979).

            3.1(b)      Articles of  Amendment  to  Articles  of  Incorporation,
                        dated July 20,  1987  (filed as an exhibit to Form N-SAR
                        for the six month period ended September 30, 1987).

            3.2         By-Laws of the Company,  as amended  (filed as Exhibit 2
                        to  Amendment  No.  11 to Form N-2 for the  fiscal  year
                        ended March 31, 1987).

            4.1         Specimen of Common Stock certificate (filed as Exhibit 4
                        to Amendment No. 3 to Form N-2 for the fiscal year ended
                        March 31, 1979).

            4.2         Subordinated  debenture of CSVC  guaranteed by the Small
                        Business  Administration  (filed as Exhibit  4.3 to Form
                        10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1993).

            10.1        The RectorSeal  Corporation and Jet-Lube,  Inc. Employee
                        Stock  Ownership Plan as revised and restated  effective
                        April 1, 1989  (filed as  Exhibit  10.1 to Form 10-K for
                        the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996).

            10.2        Amendment  No.  I  to  The  RectorSeal  Corporation  and
                        Jet-Lube,  Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan as revised
                        and restated effective April 1, 1989.

            10.3        Retirement  Plan  for  Employees  of  Capital  Southwest
                        Corporation  and Its  Affiliates as amended and restated
                        effective  April 1, 1989 (filed as Exhibit  10.3 to Form
                        10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995).

            10.4        Amendments One and Two to Retirement  Plan for Employees
                        of Capital  Southwest  Corporation and Its Affiliates as
                        amended and restated effective April 1, 1989.

            10.5        Capital   Southwest   Corporation   and  Its  Affiliates
                        Restoration  of  Retirement   Income  Plan  for  certain
                        highly-compensated    superseded    plan    participants
                        effective  April 1, 1993 (filed as Exhibit  10.4 to Form
                        10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995).

            10.6        Amendment One to Capital  Southwest  Corporation and Its
                        Affiliates  Restoration  of  Retirement  Income Plan for
                        certain highly-compensated  superceded plan participants
                        effective April 1, 1993.


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            10.7        Capital   Southwest   Corporation    Retirement   Income
                        Restoration Plan as amended and restated effective April
                        1,  1989  (filed  as  Exhibit  10.5 to Form 10-K for the
                        fiscal year ended March 31, 1995).

            10.8        Form  of   Indemnification   Agreement  which  has  been
                        established with all directors and executive officers of
                        the  Company  (filed as  Exhibit  10.9 to Form 8-K dated
                        February 10, 1994).

            10.9        Capital  Southwest   Corporation  1984  Incentive  Stock
                        Option Plan as amended and restated as of April 20, 1987
                        (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                        ended March 31, 1990).

            10.10*      Capital Southwest Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan.


         Exhibit No.                       Description
         -----------                       -----------

            13.*        Annual  Report to  Shareholders  for the  fiscal  year
                        ended March 31, 2000.

            21.         List of subsidiaries of the Company.

            23.*        Independent Auditors' Consent.

            27.*        Financial Data Schedule.









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