{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-23-005014","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"ARCC","cik":"0001287750","company_name":"ARES CAPITAL CORP","filed_at":"2023-01-19T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:44.234044+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-20T12:56:47.215961+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ares Capital appoints Jana Markowicz as Chief Operating Officer effective Jan 18, 2023","bullets":["Jana Markowicz, age 42, appointed COO of Ares Capital and of Ares' U.S. Direct Lending strategy.","Role is newly created; she will collaborate with U.S. Direct Lending Co-Heads and Investment Committee.","Markowicz joined Ares in 2005, served as Partner, Head of Product Management and Investor Relations for U.S. Direct Lending.","Previously started career in Leveraged Finance at Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney).","Holds B.S. in Engineering from University of Pennsylvania with concentration in Economic and Financial Systems."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-005014","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-005014.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-005014.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-005014.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465923005014/0001104659-23-005014-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465923005014/tm233891d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-20T12:56:47.215961+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"edb4a6db65","claim":"Jana Markowicz was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at ARES CAPITAL CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"Effective January 18, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the registrant appointed Jana Markowicz, age 42, as Chief Operating Officer.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465923005014/0001104659-23-005014-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Operating Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}