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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-12-058588
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497AD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120817
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120817

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARES CAPITAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001287750
		IRS NUMBER:				331089684
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		497AD
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-181563
		FILM NUMBER:		121041379

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		245 PARK AVENUE, 44TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10167
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2127507300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		245 PARK AVENUE, 44TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10167
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;497(a)</font></b></p>
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-181563</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION PRICES PUBLIC OFFERING</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, NY&#151; August&nbsp;17, 2012&#151;Ares Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: ARCC) announced that it has priced its public offering of 22,500,000 shares of its common stock.&#160; Ares Capital has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 3,375,000 shares of common stock.&#160;&#160; The offering is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close on August&nbsp;22, 2012.&#160; The offering of the shares is being made under Ares Capital&#146;s shelf registration statement, which was filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; On August&nbsp;16, 2012, the last reported sales price of Ares Capital&#146;s Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol &#147;ARCC&#148; was $17.42 per share.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ares Capital expects to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under its debt facilities and, to the extent not applied for such purposes, for general corporate purposes, which may include investing in portfolio companies in accordance with its investment objective.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Investors are advised to carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of Ares Capital before investing. &nbsp;The preliminary prospectus supplement dated August&nbsp;16, 2012 and the accompanying prospectus dated August&nbsp;16, 2012, 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.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for this offering.&#160; Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co., J.P. Morgan and UBS Investment Bank are acting as joint lead managers and RBC Capital Markets and Stifel Nicolaus Weisel are acting as co-managers for this offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The information in the preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and this press release is not complete and may be changed.&nbsp; The preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and this press release are not offers to sell any securities of Ares Capital and are not soliciting an offer to buy such securities in any state where such offer and sale is not permitted</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The offering may be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, 7</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;Floor, New York, NY 10038, Attn: Prospectus Department, or e-mail dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">nd</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;Floor, New York, NY, 10014, Attn: Prospectus Department, or e-mail&nbsp;prospectus@morganstanley.com; or Wells Fargo Securities, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, Attn: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, or e-mail cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABOUT ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ares Capital is a leading specialty finance company that provides one-stop financing solutions to U.S. middle market companies and private equity sponsors. The Company originates and invests in senior secured loans, mezzanine debt and, to a lesser extent, equity investments through its national direct origination platform. Ares Capital&#146;s investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments primarily in private companies. Ares Capital has elected to be regulated as a business development company, and is externally managed by a wholly owned subsidiary of Ares Management LLC. Ares Management is a global alternative asset manager and a SEC-registered investment adviser with approximately $54 billion of committed capital under management as of June&nbsp;30, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Statements included herein may constitute &#147;forward-looking statements,&#148; which relate to future events or our future performance or financial condition.&nbsp; These statements are not guarantees of future performance, condition or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Ares Capital undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CONTACT</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Carl Drake<br> Ares Capital Corporation<br> 404-814-5204</font></p>
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