secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC)
CIK:        0001287750
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-26T10:45:29+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-065964
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud

Ares Capital Corporation amends and restates senior secured credit facility, increasing commitments to $5.481B
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- Total commitments increased from approximately $5.312B to $5.481B under the Seventeenth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement.
- Revolving period extended to May 21, 2030 for about $4.2B of commitments, with stated maturity extended to May 21, 2031.
- Term loan commitments of approximately $1.0B extended to May 21, 2031; certain non-extending lenders retain earlier maturities.
- Interest rate benchmarks revised: Term SOFR plus credit spread adjustment of 0.10% removed; applicable spreads range from 1.525% to 1.875%.
- Facility includes an accordion feature allowing up to $2.7B in additional commitments and remains secured by a material portion of the company's assets.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465926065964/0001104659-26-065964-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465926065964/tm2615518d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-065964

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