Filed pursuant to Rule 497(a)
Registration No. 333-279023
Rule 482ad
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Launch: Ares Capital Corporation
Launch: $650 million at T+160 bps
Issuer: Ares Capital Corporation
Format: SEC Registered - Senior Unsecured
Ratings*: Baa2/BBB/BBB (Stable/Stable/Positive) (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)
Size: USD Benchmark
Tenor: Long 5 Year
Maturity: January 15, 2031
Change of Control: Yes, 100% (See Red)
Active Bookrunners: BofA (B&D) / JPM / RBC / SMBC / WFS
IPTs: T+160 bps area
Coupon: Fixed
UOP: Repay outstanding indebtedness
Denominations: $2000 x $1000
Optional Redemption: Make-Whole; One Month Par Call
Settlement: T+5 (September 9, 2025)
Timing: Today’s Business
Sales into Canada: Yes, exemption
Investors are advised to carefully consider the investment objective,
risks, charges and expenses of Ares Capital Corporation before investing. The preliminary prospectus supplement dated September 2, 2025,
together with an accompanying prospectus dated May 1, 2024, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, contain
this and other information about Ares Capital Corporation and should be read carefully before investing.
The information in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus, and in this announcement, is not complete and may be changed. The preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus
and this announcement are not offers to sell any securities of Ares Capital Corporation and are not soliciting an offer to buy such securities
in any jurisdiction where such offer and sale is not permitted.
* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or
hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
A shelf registration statement relating to these securities is on
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and has become effective. The offering may be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus
supplement and an accompanying prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement (and accompanying prospectus) may be obtained
from BofA Securities, Inc., NC1-022-02-25, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by calling
1-800-294-1322, or email dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attn: Investment
Grade Syndicate Desk, 212-834-4533; RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281, by toll-free
telephone at 1-866-375-6829 or email rbcnyfixedincomeprospectus@rbccm.com; SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. at 277 Park Avenue, New
York, New York 10172, Attn: Debt Capital Markets, 1-212-224-5135; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-645-3751.
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