DALLAS, July 15, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Southwest Corporation (Nasdaq:CSWC) today announced that ISS Governance Services (ISS) has published its report recommending that Capital Southwest shareholders vote FOR its proposed board of directors. The directors' slate includes Donald W. Burton, Graeme W. Henderson, Samuel B. Ligon, Gary L. Martin, William R. Thomas and John H. Wilson.
In addition, ISS recommends the approval of Grant Thornton LLP as Capital Southwest's independent accounting firm for the coming year.
The vote will take place as part of the company's annual meeting, which is scheduled for Monday, July 21, 2008, in Dallas.
ISS, a unit of RiskMetrics Group, is a leading independent proxy advisory firm whose voting analyses are relied upon by hundreds of institutional investment funds, mutual funds and fiduciaries.
About Capital Southwest
Capital Southwest is a Dallas-based investment company that provides patient equity capital to exceptional businesses. As a public company (Nasdaq:CSWC), Capital Southwest has the flexibility to hold investments indefinitely, which has provided its managers a stable ownership platform since its founding in 1961.