---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001287750-24-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCC"
cik: "0001287750"
company_name: "ARES CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:37:59.042854+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Capital extends SMBC credit facility to Dec 2029, cuts interest spread

## Summary
- Reinvestment period extended to Dec 6, 2027 (from Mar 28, 2027); maturity to Dec 6, 2029 (from Mar 28, 2029).
- Interest spread reduced by 0.50%: now 2.00% over SOFR and 1.00% over base rate.
- Facility size remains $1B; other terms materially unchanged.
- Amendment No. 11 dated Dec 6, 2024 with SMBC, Citizens Bank, and SuMi Trust as lenders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001287750-24-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCC
- cik: 0001287750
- company_name: ARES CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000059/0001287750-24-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000128775024000059/arcc-20241206.htm

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