---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-107911"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCC"
cik: "0001287750"
company_name: "ARES CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-09-15T20:05:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-15T20:06:48.614195+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Capital issues $750M 6.25% notes due 2033, swaps to floating rate

## Summary
- Issued $750M aggregate principal 6.250% notes due Sept 15, 2033; closed Sept 15, 2026.
- Net proceeds to repay outstanding credit facility debt; may reborrow for investments.
- Entered $750M interest rate swap paying 3M SOFR+1.8525%, receiving 6.250% fixed, maturing 2033.
- Notes are unsecured; redeemable at company option; change-of-control repurchase clause included.
- Offered via underwriters led by BofA, J.P. Morgan, RBC, SMBC Nikko, Wells Fargo.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-107911
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCC
- cik: 0001287750
- company_name: ARES CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-09-15T20:05:25+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465926107911/0001104659-26-107911-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000110465926107911/tm2625396d1_8k.htm

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