Ares Capital Corporation · NASDAQ:ARCC

Ares Capital — Q2 2010 Earnings Presentation

34 slides from Ares Capital's earnings presentation, Aug 5, 2010

  1. Slide 1: Second Quarter 2010 Investor Presentation

    Second Quarter 2010 Investor Presentation ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION

  2. Slide 2: Important Notice

    Important Notice This presentation contains “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual outcomes and results could differ materially from those suggested by this presentation du

  3. Slide 3: Financial and Portfolio Highlights

    Financial and Portfolio Highlights Endnotes begin on page 34. Gross commitments** Q2-10: $409.9 million Q1-10: $298.8 million Q2-09: $43.1 million Exits of commitments(3)** Q2-10: $530.3 million Q1-10: $308.6 million Q2-09: $81.4 million Exits of commitments for investments purchased in the Allied A

  4. Slide 4: Selected Historical Financial Information

    Selected Historical Financial Information Gain on the Allied Acquisition $ 1.03 $ - $ - $ - $ - Dividend Declared Per Share $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 Gross Commitments** $ 409,864 $ 298,772 $ 344,407 $ 54,515 $ 43,107 Net Commitments (8)** $ (120,401) $ (9,859) $ 10,738 $ (30,851) $ (38,334

  5. Slide 5: Selected Historical Financial Information (cont'd)

    Selected Historical Financial Information (cont’d) As of (unaudited, except for 12/31/09) (Do llar amounts in 000s, except per s hare data) 6/30/10 3/31/10 12/31/09 9/30/09 6/30/09 Investments at Fair Value $ 3,794,020 $ 2,220,229 $ 2,171,814 $ 1,967,724 $ 1,962,471 % Fixed Rate 51.9% 51.5% 48.8% 56

  6. Slide 6: Selected Investment Portfolio Information as of June 30, 2010

    Selected Investment Portfolio Information as of June 30, 2010 Investments Acquired in the Allied Acquisition As of June 30, 2010 (unaudited) (Do llar amounts in 000s ) Ares Capital Excluding Investments Acquired Investments Acquired in the Allied in the Allied Ares Capital Acquisition Acquisition To

  7. Slide 7: Quarterly Operating Results

    Quarterly Operating Results *Excludes $0.06, $0.03, $0.02 and $0.02 per share of professional fees related to the Allied Acquisition for Q2-10, Q1-10, Q4-09 and Q3-09, respectively. Three Months Ended (unaud ited ) (Dollar amounts in 000s, except per share data) 6/30/10 3/31/10 12/31/09 9/30/09 6/30

  8. Slide 8: Quarterly Operating Results Detail

    Quarterly Operating Results Detail Three Months Ended (unaud ited ) (Dollar amounts in 000s) 6/30/10 3/31/10 12/31/09 9/30/09 6/30/09 Net Investment Income Before Taxes: Investment Income: Interest $ 104,079 $ 61,547 $ 61,853 $ 56,934 $ 54,047 Structuring fees 7,692 2,101 3,776 - 603 Dividends 3,424

  9. Slide 9: Quarterly Gain/Loss Detail

    Quarterly Gain/Loss Detail $ 280,613 Three Months Ended (unaud ited ) (Dollar amounts in 000s) 6/30/10 3/31/10 12/31/09 9/30/09 6/30/09 Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses): Realized gains (losses) on investments: Ares Capital excluding investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition: Gains $

  10. Slide 10: Debt Summary

    Debt Summary *Represents the aggregate principal amount of the notes currently outstanding less the unaccreted discount initially recorded as part of the Allied Acquisition. **Represents the total aggregate principal amount outstanding of $1,307,797. 6.54% 306,408 $314,934 $190,610 $357,853 $444,400

  11. Slide 11: Quarterly Balance Sheets

    Quarterly Balance Sheets $ 879,255 $ 767,871 As of (unaudited, except for 12/31/09) (Dollar amounts in 000s, except per share data) 6/30/10 3/31/10 12/31/09 9/30/09 6/30/09 ASSETS Investments at fair value $ 3,794,020 $ 2,220,229 $ 2,171,814 $ 1,967,724 $ 1,962,471 Cash and cash equivalents 138,778

  12. Slide 12: Quarterly Dividends

    Quarterly Dividends (18) (17) $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.35 $0.32 $0.34 $0.34 $0.36 $0.38 $0.40 $0.40 $0.41 $0.41 $0.42 $0.42 $0.42 $0.42 $0.42 $0.42 $0.42 $0.10 $0.00 $0.10 $0.20 $0.30 $0.40 $0.50 $0.60 Q2-05 Q3-05 Q4-05 Q1-06 Q2-06 Q3-06 Q4-06 Q1-07 Q2-07 Q3-07 Q4-07 Q1-08 Q2-08 Q3-08 Q4-08

  13. Slide 13: Portfolio Activity

    Portfolio Activity *6/30/10 excludes investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition. **99 portfolio companies at 6/30/10 were new to the Ares portfolio as they were acquired in the Allied Acquisition. Three portfolio companies were a part of both Ares Capital Corporation and Allied Capital Corporat

  14. Slide 14: Portfolio Activity

    Portfolio Activity *Excludes investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition. **Exits of investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition. Gross Commitments by Asset Class* Exits of Commitments by Asset Class 89% 26% 46% 34% 50% 31% 46% 6% 15% 38% 33% 25% 3% 1% 1% 5% 51% 36% 24% 15% 47% 22% 22% 3% 1%

  15. Slide 15: Investments Acquired in Allied Acquisition

    15 Investments Acquired in the Allied Acquisition Fair Value Yield at Fair Value Fair Value Yield at Fair Value Performing Debt Securities Yields >10% at Fair Value 875,163 $ 14.33% 61,558 $ 16.98% Yields < 10% at Fair Value 162,156 8.60% 45,301 6.20% 1,037,319 13.56% 106,859 12.41% Debt Securities

  16. Slide 16: Investment Spread and Portfolio Company Credit Statistics

    Investment Spread and Portfolio Company Credit Statistics 8.7% 10.0% 9.7% 9.9% 9.7% 8.7% 4.5x 4.1x 3.7x 3.9x 4.1x 4.1x 4.2x 2.8x 2.9x 2.7x 2.7x 2.7x 2.4x 3.7x 3.3x 2.2x 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% Q4-08 Q2-09 Q3-09 Q4-09 Q1-10 Q2-10 0.5x 1.0x 1.5x 2.0x 2.5x 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x Investme

  17. Slide 17: Portfolio Company EBITDA

    Portfolio Company EBITDA(20) Total Portfolio Weighted Average EBITDA for Gross Commitments made during the Quarter (excluding investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition) Total Portfolio Weighted Average EBITDA Portfolio Weighted Average EBITDA for Investments Purchased in the Allied Acquisition

  18. Slide 18: Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 2010

    Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 2010 $3.8 Billion Total Fair Value of Investments Number of Portfolio Company Investments 188* Investments *Three portfolio companies were a part of both Ares Capital Corporation and Allied Capital Corporation’s respective portfolios at the time of acquisition. In

  19. Slide 19: Portfolio by Issuer Concentration as of June 30, 2010

    Portfolio by Issuer Concentration as of June 30, 2010*** Remaining 173 Investments Top 15 Investments 33.28% $3.8 billion Portfolio *Senior Secured Loan Fund portfolio consists of first and second lien senior debt from twelve different issuers. **Investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition. ***A

  20. Slide 20: Investment Portfolio by Asset Class as of June 30, 2010

    Investment Portfolio by Asset Class as of June 30, 2010* Investments Purchased in the Allied Acquisition Ares Capital Ares Capital Excluding Investments Purchased in the Allied Acquisition *At fair value. 31% 7% 5% 6% 1% 33% 17% 1st Lien Senior Debt 2nd Lien Senior Debt Senior Subordinated Debt Seni

  21. Slide 21: Investment Portfolio by Industry as of June 30, 2010

    Ares Capital Excluding Investments Purchased in the Allied Acquisition Investment Portfolio by Industry as of June 30, 2010* Investments Purchased in the Allied Acquisition Ares Capital *At fair value. 6% 2% 8% 2% 1% 7% 19% 10% 2% 7% 3% 5% 4% 24% 1% 20% 3% 1% 10% 1% 3% 4% 16% 3% 2% 4% 32% 18% 4% 6%

  22. Slide 22: Portfolio By Grade

    Portfolio By Grade Portfolio by Grade (23) *Excludes investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition. **Represents investments purchased in the Allied Acquisition. % By Fair Value 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Excluding Allied* Allied** Total ARCC Q1-09 Q2-09 Q3-09 Q4-09 Q1-10 Q2-10 Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade

  23. Slide 23: Investments on Non-Accrual Status

    Investments on Non-Accrual Status Amortized Cost Fair Value $131 $141 $118 $60 $101 $87 $277 4.2% 2.3% 5.7% 6.2% 5.3% 2.5% 4.2% 9.4% $0 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Q1-09 Q2-09 Q3-09 Q4-09 Q1-10 Q2-10 (MMs) 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% 9.0% 10.0% % of Total Investment Portfolio Investmen

  24. Slide 24: Investment Activity Since Quarter End

    As of August 4, 2010, we made $138 million of new investment commitments since June 30, 2010 80% were investments in the Senior Secured Loan Fund, 18% were in 1st lien senior secured debt and 2% were in equity securities 80% were fixed rate with a weighted average yield at amortized cost of 20% and

  25. Slide 25: Committed Backlog and Pipeline

    As of August 4, 2010, we had a current committed backlog and pipeline of $376 million and $355 million, respectively(24) Backlog are deals that are committed and/or under LOI, and we believe are likely to close Pipeline are deals where significant due diligence and analysis are in process, but no fo

  26. Slide 26: Corporate Data

    Corporate Data Corporate Counsel PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Los Angeles, CA SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP Washington, D.C. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm KPMG LLP Los Angeles, CA Corporate Headquarters 280 Park Avenue, 22nd Floor, Building East New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 750-7300 Fax: (2

  27. Slide 27: Reconciliations of Core EPS

    Reconciliations of Core EPS The following are reconciliations of basic and diluted earnings per share computed in accordance with GAAP to Core earnings per share: *Excludes $0.06, $0.03, $0.02 and $0.02 per share of professional fees related to the Allied Acquisition for Q2-10, Q1-10, Q4-09 and Q3-0

  28. Slide 28: Change in Net Asset Value

    Change in Net Asset Value *Excludes equity issued for the Allied Acquisition. Equity issued for the Allied Acquisition (Dollar amounts in 000s, except per share data (25)) (unaudited) Quarter ended Quarter ended Quarter ended Quarter ended Quarter ended June 30, 2010 March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009

  29. Slide 29: Portfolio Income Summary

    Portfolio Income Summary Revenues by Source (27) Interest and Dividend Income by Asset Class $52,784 $54,730 $59,118 $62,327 $62,028 $107,503 88% 93% 90% 97% 93% 95% 7% 3% 5% 1% 2% 5% 4% 5% 3% 6% 3% $0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000 $90,000 $100,000 $110,000 $120,000

  30. Slide 30: Portfolio Summary – Weighted Average Yields

    Portfolio Summary – Weighted Average Yields(28) (6) Portfolio Purchased in the Allied Acquisition Ares Capital Ares Capital Excluding Portfolio Purchased in the Allied Acquisition (6) (6) (6) 0.00% 2.00% 4.00% 6.00% 8.00% 10.00% 12.00% 14.00% 16.00% Q1-09 Q2-09 Q3-09 Q4-09 Q1-10 Q2-10 Total Debt and

  31. Slide 31: Portfolio Summary – Weighted Average Spread on Floating Rate Investments

    Portfolio Summary – Weighted Average Spread on Floating Rate Investments(29) Portfolio Purchased in the Allied Acquisition Ares Capital Ares Capital Excluding Portfolio Purchased in the Allied Acquisition 0.00% 2.00% 4.00% 6.00% 8.00% 10.00% 12.00% 14.00% Q1-09 Q2-09 Q3-09 Q4-09 Q1-10 Q2-10 0.00% 2.

  32. Slide 32: Distribution of ARCC IRRs

    Distribution of ARCC IRRs(30) Total of 97 exits from portfolio from October 8, 2004 through June 30, 2010 for an aggregate cash flow IRR to ARCC of approximately 13% Original capital invested of $2.2 billion and total proceeds from exits of $2.5 billion Approximately 80% of exits with IRRs to ARCC o

  33. Slide 33: Endnotes

    Endnotes Basic and diluted Core EPS (excluding professional fees and other costs related to the acquisition of Allied Capital Corporation (the "Allied Acquisition") is a non-GAAP financial measure. Core EPS (excluding professional fees and other costs related to the Allied Acquisition) is the net pe

  34. Slide 34: Endnotes (cont'd)

    Endnotes (cont’d) EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a particular portfolio company, EBITDA typically represents net income before net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA amounts are estimated from the most recent portfolio company financial statement

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