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Ares Capital Corporation Prices Public Offering of $700.0 Million 3.200% Unsecured Notes Due 2031
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ares Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: ARCC) announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $700.0 million in
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAres Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: ARCC) announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $700.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.200% notes due 2031. The notes will mature on November 15, 2031 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at Ares Capital’s option at any time at par plus a “make-whole” premium, if applicable.\n\nBofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for this offering. BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Capital One Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ICBC Standard Bank Plc, Natixis Securities Americas LLC, R. Seelaus & Co., LLC, Regions Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are acting as joint lead managers for this offering. Barclays Capital Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, ING Financial Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Santander Investment Securities Inc., Academy Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., JMP Securities LLC and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. are acting as co-managers for this offering. The offering is expected to close on November 4, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.\n\nAres Capital expects to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under its debt facilities. Ares Capital may reborrow under its debt facilities for general corporate purposes, which include investing in portfolio companies in accordance with its investment objective.\n\nInvestors are advised to carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of Ares Capital before investing. The pricing term sheet dated October 28, 2021, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated October 28, 2021 and the accompanying prospectus dated June 3, 2021, each of which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, contain this and other information about Ares Capital and should be read carefully before investing.\n\nThe information in the pricing term sheet, the preliminary prospect...