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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-150095
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
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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:		CORRESP

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

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		STREET 1:		245 PARK AVENUE, 44TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10167
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">VIA EDGAR</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<br> Division of Investment Management<br> 100 F Street, N.E.<br> Washington, D.C. 20549<br> Attention: John Ganley</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Ares Capital Corporation Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;N-14 (File No.&nbsp;333-212604)</u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Ganley:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In a telephone conversation on October&nbsp;7, 2016, you provided us with verbal comments on the registration statement on Form&nbsp;N-14 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) originally filed by Ares Capital Corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;) on July&nbsp;20, 2016 and subsequently amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on September&nbsp;16, 2016. We have revised the Registration Statement to respond to the comments you provided during the telephone conversation and today filed Amendment No.&nbsp;2 (&#147;Amendment No.&nbsp;2&#148;) to the Registration Statement. We are concurrently filing this letter via EDGAR as a correspondence filing.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Set forth below are the comments of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Staff&#148;) verbally provided by you, and immediately below each comment is the response with respect thereto and, where applicable, the first location in the relevant filing of the requested disclosure. Comments described with respect to one section (and the responses thereto) are applicable to other sections of the Registration Statement that contain similar disclosure. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:22.5pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Questions and Answers</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Page&nbsp;15 &#151; &#147;What is expected to happen to annual expenses following the completion of the Transactions?&#148; &#151; Update the annual expenses expressed as a percentage of consolidated net assets attributable to common stock to reflect the information presented in the section entitled &#147;Comparative Fees and Expenses.&#148;</i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund has made the requested revision on page&nbsp;15.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;13, 2016</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 22.5pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comparative Fees and Expenses</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Page&nbsp;52 &#151; Revise the Comparative Fees and Expenses table and/or related footnote disclosure to reflect the Fund&#146;s updated estimated annual expenses as adjusted for the Fund&#146;s September&nbsp;2016 notes offering.</i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund has made the requested revision on page&nbsp;52.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:22.5pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Other Comments</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Separately, in a telephone conversation on July&nbsp;22, 2016, you provided us with a verbal comment on the registration statement on Form&nbsp;N-2 (the &#147;Shelf Registration Statement&#148;) filed by the Fund on June&nbsp;21, 2016.&#160; Set forth below is the comment of the Staff to the Shelf Registration Statement and the Fund&#146;s response with respect thereto.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 58.5pt;text-indent:-40.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Page&nbsp;F-83 &#151; Notes to Financial Statements &#151; Note 7 &#151; Commitments and Contingencies - In the response correspondence please provide a representation that the Fund reasonably believes its assets will provide adequate cover to allow it to satisfy all of its unfunded investment commitments and a general explanation as to why the Fund believes it can cover its commitments.</i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund hereby confirms that it believes that its assets will provide adequate cover to allow it to satisfy all of its unfunded investment commitments. The Fund follows a rigorous process to manage its liquidity and ensure that it has available capital to fund its unfunded investment commitments. Specifically, the Fund prepares detailed analyses of the level of its unfunded investment commitments relative to its then available liquidity on both a daily basis as well as for the future three and 12 month periods. These analyses are reviewed and discussed on a weekly basis by the Fund&#146;s executive officers and senior members of the Fund&#146;s investment adviser (including members of the investment committee) and are updated on a &#147;real time&#148; basis in order to ensure that the Fund has adequate liquidity to satisfy its unfunded investment commitments.</font></p>
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