---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-089994"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001918712"
company_name: "ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND"
filed_at: "2025-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:40:25.977975+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 senior notes due 2029 and 2031

## Summary
- $600M of 4.850% notes due Jan 15, 2029; $500M of 5.150% notes due Jan 15, 2031; interest semiannual from Jan 15, 2026.
- Notes are direct unsecured obligations; proceeds used to repay existing debt facilities; may reborrow for investments.
- Entered $600M interest rate swap receiving 4.850% fixed, paying 1-month SOFR+1.622% through Jan 2029.
- Entered $500M forward-starting swap receiving 5.150% fixed, paying 1-month SOFR+1.946% effective Jul 2026 through Jan 2031.
- Registration rights agreements require exchange offer filing within 365 days; failure triggers additional interest payments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-089994
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001918712
- company_name: ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
- filed_at: 2025-09-15T23:59:59+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/1918712/000110465925089994/0001104659-25-089994-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000110465925089994/tm2526068d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND incurred senior notes of $600,000,000 with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 4.850% per annum maturing January 15, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $600,000,000
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 4.850% per annum
  - Maturity: January 15, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: the Fund’s issuance, offer and sale of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.850% per annum notes due 2029
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000110465925089994/0001104659-25-089994-index.htm
- Debt Financings
  ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND incurred senior notes of $500,000,000 with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 5.150% per annum maturing January 15, 2031.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $500,000,000
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 5.150% per annum
  - Maturity: January 15, 2031
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: the Fund’s issuance, offer and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.150% per annum notes due 2031
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000110465925089994/0001104659-25-089994-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.