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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-057853"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001918712"
company_name: "ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND"
filed_at: "2025-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T17:34:37.667408+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Strategic Income Fund issues $1.1B in notes: $600M 5.45% due 2028, $500M 5.80% due 2030

## Summary
- Issued $600M 5.450% notes due Sept 9, 2028 and $500M 5.800% notes due Sept 9, 2030; interest payable semiannually.
- Net proceeds to repay outstanding debt; may reborrow for general corporate purposes including portfolio investments.
- Entered interest rate swaps with Wells Fargo to convert fixed to floating: $600M notional pays SOFR+1.7465%, $500M pays SOFR+2.049%.
- Registration rights agreements filed; must exchange offer register notes within 365 days or pay additional interest.
- Notes are direct unsecured obligations; contain change-of-control repurchase provisions and asset coverage covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-057853
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001918712
- company_name: ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
- filed_at: 2025-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000110465925057853/0001104659-25-057853-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000110465925057853/tm2517421d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND incurred senior notes of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.450% per annum notes due 2028 (the "2028 Notes") with BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 5.450% per annum maturing September 9, 2028.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.450% per annum notes due 2028 (the "2028 Notes")
  - Counterparty: BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
  - Rate: 5.450% per annum
  - Maturity: September 9, 2028
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: The Fifth Supplemental Indenture relates to the Fund’s issuance, offer and sale of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.450% per annum notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000110465925057853/0001104659-25-057853-index.htm

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