secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC)
CIK:        0001287750
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-032028
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ares Capital appoints Mary Beth Henson as independent director, board expands to 10
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- Board increased from 9 to 10 members; Henson appointed as independent Class II director with term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.
- Henson served as CFO of National Audubon Society (2013–2021), VP Finance at City Harvest, and held roles at Merrill Lynch and Chase Manhattan Bank.
- No arrangement or transactions requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
- Henson will receive standard independent director compensation as described in prior SEC filings.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465922032028/0001104659-22-032028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465922032028/tm228767d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-032028

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