Welcome to our dedicated page for Ares Capital SEC filings (Ticker: ARCC), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
The Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) SEC filings page provides access to the company’s official regulatory disclosures as a publicly traded business development company (BDC). As a specialty finance firm focused on direct loans and other investments in private middle market companies in the United States, Ares Capital uses its SEC reports to detail portfolio composition, investment activity, capital structure, and material corporate events.
Through this page, readers can review annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which include information on portfolio investments at fair value, total assets, stockholders’ equity, net assets per share, debt-to-equity ratios, weighted average yields, asset class mix, and loans on non-accrual status. These filings also discuss liquidity and capital resources, including senior secured revolving credit facilities, revolving funding facilities, and unsecured notes.
Ares Capital’s current reports on Form 8-K disclose material events such as the pricing and issuance of unsecured notes, amendments to credit facilities, quarterly financial results, dividend declarations, and outcomes of stockholder meetings. For example, 8-K filings describe supplemental indentures for new note offerings, covenants tied to BDC regulatory requirements, and change of control repurchase provisions. They also report Board decisions on quarterly cash dividends and authorizations to issue common stock subject to specified conditions.
Investors can also use this page to locate information relevant to debt investors and governance, including details on interest rate swaps associated with note offerings, voting results from special meetings, and references to sections of Ares Capital’s 10-Q and 10-K that explain portfolio grading and non-accrual loans. Real-time updates from the SEC’s EDGAR system, combined with AI-powered summaries, help readers quickly understand the key points of lengthy filings, such as how new financings affect leverage, available liquidity, and the company’s capacity to pursue its middle market lending objectives.
Ares Capital Corporation filed an Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. The main purpose is to add separate audited consolidated financial statements for Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P. (IHAM), an unconsolidated, wholly owned portfolio company that now qualifies as a significant subsidiary under Regulation S-X.
The Amendment includes IHAM’s audited financial statements as Exhibit 99.3 and updates Part IV, Item 15 to reflect these materials. It also adds new CEO and CFO certification exhibits (31.1, 31.2 and 32.1) and a new auditor consent (Exhibit 23.2). Other disclosures from the original Form 10-K remain unchanged and are not updated for subsequent events or new forward-looking information.
Ares Capital Corporation is asking stockholders to vote at its 2026 virtual annual meeting on May 7, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Investors will elect three Class I directors—Ann Torre Bates, Steven B. McKeever and Michael J Arougheti—to serve until the 2029 annual meeting and vote on ratifying KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.
The meeting is fully virtual via www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ARCC2026 for holders of NASDAQ: ARCC common stock of record as of March 2, 2026. The proxy statement outlines a staggered board with a majority of independent directors, committee structures, and management biographies, and notes 718,022,845 shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date.
Ares Capital Corporation updated a key borrowing facility with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and other lenders. The amendment increases total commitments under the SMBC Funding Facility from $1.1 billion to $1.6 billion, giving the company more committed debt capacity for its lending activities.
The pricing on the facility improves slightly, with the applicable spread reduced from 1.80% to 1.75% over SOFR, or from 0.80% to 0.75% over a defined base rate. The amendment also expands the accordion feature, allowing potential upsizing of the facility’s maximum size from $1.3 billion to $2.5 billion under certain conditions, while other terms remain materially unchanged.
Ares Capital Corporation’s Chief Operating Officer, Jana Markowicz, reported a purchase of company stock. On 02/09/2026, she acquired 15,000 shares of Ares Capital common stock at a price of $19.20 per share. Following this transaction, she beneficially owns 25,176 shares held directly.
Ares Capital Corporation’s chief executive officer reported buying 12,500 shares of Ares Capital common stock in an open‑market transaction on February 5, 2026 at a weighted average price of $19.13 per share. After this purchase, the officer directly beneficially owned 40,500 shares of Ares Capital common stock.
This filing is an amendment that corrects the originally reported price range. The company notes the shares were bought in multiple trades at prices ranging from $19.09 to $19.15, and it states that full trade‑level details will be provided to interested parties on request.
Ares Capital Corporation’s CFO and Treasurer, Lem Scott C, reported a personal open‑market purchase of company stock. On February 6, 2026, he bought 5,186 shares of common stock at a price of $19.29 per share, coded as a purchase (“P”).
After this transaction, he beneficially owned 39,463 shares of Ares Capital common stock, held in direct ownership form. The filing reflects an increase in his direct equity stake in the company.
Ares Capital Corporation director Mary Beth Henson reported buying 4,000 shares of Ares Capital common stock on February 5, 2026 at a price of $19.14 per share. Following this open-market purchase, she directly holds 31,913 Ares Capital shares.
Ares Capital Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Kort Schnabel reported buying common stock of the company. On February 5, 2026, he purchased 12,500 shares of Ares Capital common stock in open-market transactions at a weighted average price of $19.13 per share, based on multiple trades between $20.29 and $20.49. After this purchase, he directly owns 40,500 common shares of Ares Capital.
ARCC provides a detailed schedule of its investment portfolio focused largely on first lien senior secured loans to hundreds of corporate borrowers. Most positions show a maturity or reference date of December 31, 2025, highlighting near- to medium-term credit exposure.
The holdings span many sectors, including software, healthcare, insurance, financial and business services, and industrial and home services. In addition to loans, the portfolio includes second lien loans, senior subordinated loans, preferred and common equity, units, limited partnership interests, and various warrants, illustrating a mix of debt and equity-like instruments.
Ares Capital Corporation reported that it has issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. The detailed numbers are contained in the accompanying press release referenced as an exhibit.
The company also declared a first quarter 2026 dividend of $0.48 per share, payable on March 31, 2026 to stockholders of record as of March 13, 2026. These updates were disclosed in a current report on Form 8-K.