secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARES CAPITAL CORP (ARCC)
CIK:        0001287750
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-14T20:37:20+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-057167
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ares Capital stockholders approve below-NAV share issuance authorization
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- Proposal to issue common stock below NAV approved with 287.2M for, 70.1M against, 14.8M abstain.
- Authorization allows up to 25% of outstanding shares issued below NAV over 12 months ending Aug 13, 2027.
- Excluding affiliated shares, vote was 279.5M for, 70.1M against, 14.8M abstain.
- Special meeting held Aug 13, 2026; record date May 15, 2026 with 718.0M shares outstanding.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000162828026057167/0001628280-26-057167-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000162828026057167/arcc-20260813.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-057167

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