ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND: debt financing — Ares Strategic Income Fund reduces interest rate margins on SG credit facility by 5-10 bps

The SG Funding Facility Amendment, among other things, adjusted the interest rate charged on the SG Funding Facility (i) with respect to term loans under the SG Funding Facility, from an applicable margin of 1.85% per annum to 1.80% per annum, and (ii) with respect to revolving loans under the SG Funding Facility, from an applicable margin of 1.90% per annum to 1.80% per annum, plus, in each case, an applicable benchmark (Term SOFR, Daily Simple SONIA, EURIBOR or CORRA).

On December 5, 2025, Ares Strategic Income Fund (the “Fund”) and ASIF Funding I, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund (the “Borrower”), entered into Amendment No. 7 to Loan and Servicing Agreement (the “SG Funding Facility Amendment”), by and among the Borrower, the Fund as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, and Société Générale (“SG”), as swingline lender and agent