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 held a special meeting where shareholders authorized the board to sell or issue common stock at a price below the company's then-current net asset value per share, subject to limits. The authorization limits any such issuance to no more than 25% of outstanding common shares and is effective for a 12-month period expiring on August 8, 2026. The record date for voting showed 694,181,754 shares outstanding.
The inspector certified the vote: among all holders, 286,084,869 voted for, 63,903,043 against and 11,635,163 abstained. Excluding affiliated persons, the for vote was 279,483,225. The approval gives the board short-term flexibility to issue up to a capped amount of shares below NAV; it was adopted with clear but not unanimous support.