Capital Southwest Supports the Growth of Clickbooth, a Centre Lane Partners Portfolio Company

DALLAS, Dec. 19, 2017 -- Capital Southwest Corporation (“Capital Southwest”) (Nasdaq:CSWC), a middle-market lending firm focused on supporting the acquisition and growth of middle market businesses, announced today that it has completed an investment in Clickbooth.com, LLC (“Clickbooth”), a portfolio company of Centre Lane Partners (“Centre Lane”). The investment is a first lien term loan and revolving credit facility utilized to support the company’s growth initiatives. Capital Southwest serves as the sole administrative agent on the credit facility. Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) was a co-investor in the term loan.

"We are pleased to have the opportunity to partner with Centre Lane on another transaction this year, and to support Clickbooth’s growth initiatives,” said Josh Weinstein, Managing Director of Capital Southwest. “Clickbooth has a unique technology platform allowing it to provide advertising clients access to its network of online publishers, giving the advertising clients attractive, performance based digital marketing opportunities.”

Clickbooth, headquartered in Sarasota, FL, is a recognized online performance advertising leader utilizing a proprietary performance marketing exchange focused on cost-per-action marketing. 

About Capital Southwest

Capital Southwest Corporation (Nasdaq:CSWC) is a Dallas, Texas-based, internally managed Business Development Company with approximately $293 million in net assets as of September 30, 2017. Capital Southwest is a middle-market lending firm focused on supporting the acquisition and growth of middle market businesses and makes investments ranging from $5 to $20 million in securities across the capital structure, including first lien, unitranche, second lien, subordinated debt, and non-control equity co-investments. As a public company with a permanent capital base, Capital Southwest has the flexibility to be creative in its financing solutions and to invest to support the growth of its portfolio companies over long periods of time.

Forward-Looking Statements

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