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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">United States<br>
Securities and Exchange Commission</font></b></p>

<p style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">Washington,
DC 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">Current Report</font></b><font size="3" style="font-size:12.0pt;"><br>
P</font><font size="3" style="font-size:12.0pt;">ursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<br>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report&#160; (Date of earliest event reported)&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">July 31</font>, 2007</b></font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>280 Park Avenue, 22</b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">nd</font>&nbsp;Floor, Building East, New York, NY 10017</b></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing
is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (<i>see</i> General
Instruction &#160;A.2. below):</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)</p>

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)</p>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.01&#160; Regulation FD Disclosure</font></u>.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On July 31, 2007,
the Registrant issued a press release, filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and by
this reference incorporated herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information
disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is being
furnished and shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and shall not be deemed incorporated by
reference into any filing made under the Securities Act of 1933, except as
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 18.0pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01&#160; Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release, dated as of July 31, 2007</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;July 31, 2007</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
99.1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARES
CAPITAL CORPORATION RECEIVES INVESTMENT GRADE RATINGS<br>
FROM MOODY&#146;S AND STANDARD &amp; POOR&#146;S</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, NY &#151; July 31,
2007 &#151; Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) announced today that Moody&#146;s
Investors Service assigned it a long-term issuer rating of Baa3 and Standard
&amp; Poor&#146;s Ratings Service assigned it a long-term counterparty credit rating
of BBB.&#160; Earlier today, Moody&#146;s and
Standard &amp; Poor&#146;s issued statements announcing the issuance of these
ratings and discussing the underlying analyses.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;We are extremely pleased
with the ratings assigned to us by Moody&#146;s and Standard &amp; Poor&#146;s and
believe that they are a reflection of our strategy, people and processes as
well as the credit quality and investment performance of our portfolio,&#148; said
President Michael Arougheti.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABOUT
ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ares Capital
Corporation is a specialty finance company that is a closed-end,
non-diversified management investment company regulated as a business
development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Its investment
objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through
debt and equity investments. Ares Capital Corporation invests primarily in
first and second lien senior loans and mezzanine debt, which in some cases includes
an equity component, and, to a lesser extent, in equity investments in private
U.S. middle market companies.</font></h5>

<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS</font></b></h5>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Statements included herein may constitute &#147;forward-looking
statements&#148; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or results
and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number
of factors, including those described from time to time in our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Ares Capital Corporation undertakes no duty
to update any forward-looking statements made herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AVAILABLE INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ares Capital Corporation&#146;s filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, press releases, earnings releases and other financial
information are available on its website at www.arescapitalcorp.com.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CONTACT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alison Sternberg<br>
Ares Capital Corporation<br>
(310) 201-4228</font></p>

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