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Ares Capital Corporation filings document the regulatory record of a closed-ended specialty finance company with common stock listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Its periodic and current reports disclose operating results, financial condition, dividend declarations, portfolio measures, leverage, and capital-structure activity tied to its investment portfolio.
The company’s Form 8-K filings include financial results releases, material definitive agreements, equity distribution agreements, funding facility amendments and note indenture disclosures. Proxy materials cover annual meeting matters, director elections and auditor ratification, while related vote-result filings record stockholder approvals and governance outcomes.
Ares Capital Corporation is launching a SEC-registered senior unsecured bond offering of $650 million with an initial price talk of Treasury plus 160 basis points. The notes are a long 5-year tenor, maturing on January 15, 2031, with a fixed coupon and settlement expected on September 9, 2025.
The notes are rated Baa2/BBB/BBB (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch) with stable or positive outlooks as indicated. The company plans to use the proceeds to repay outstanding indebtedness. The deal is led by a group of major banks as active bookrunners, and the securities are being offered under an effective shelf registration statement through a preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus.
Ares Capital Corporation disclosed a preliminary prospectus supplement for a proposed senior unsecured debt offering structured as a fixed‑rate, long 5‑year benchmark note maturing January 15, 2031. The communication sets initial price guidance at T+160 bps area with settlement on September 9, 2025, and lists ratings of Baa2/BBB/BBB (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch). The offering size is denominated in USD with denominations of $2,000 x $1,000; proceeds are indicated to repay outstanding indebtedness. The preliminary prospectus supplement is dated September 2, 2025 and should be read together with the accompanying prospectus dated May 1, 2024.
Ares Capital Corporation is marketing a new SEC-registered senior unsecured bond offering with a long 5-year tenor, maturing on January 15, 2031. The fixed-rate notes are guided at an initial price talk of about T+180 basis points and are rated Baa2/BBB/BBB (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch). Settlement is expected on September 9, 2025 on a T+5 basis, with denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
The bonds include a change-of-control feature and are callable via a make-whole provision and a one-month par call. Ares Capital plans to use the proceeds to repay outstanding indebtedness. The deal is being led by BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, RBC, SMBC Nikko, and Wells Fargo, and is offered under an effective shelf registration through a preliminary prospectus supplement and base prospectus that investors are urged to read carefully.
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.