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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-050407
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190917
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190917
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190917

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	814-00663
		FILM NUMBER:		191097406

	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="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the<br> Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) <b>&#160;September&nbsp;17, 2019</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167; 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167; 240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.</font></u></b></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;">On September&nbsp;17, 2019, Ares Capital Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued an additional $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% notes due 2024 (the &#147;New 2024 Notes&#148;). The New 2024 Notes were issued as additional notes under the Indenture, dated October&nbsp;21, 2010 (the &#147;Base Indenture&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated June&nbsp;10, 2019 (the &#147;Tenth Supplemental Indenture,&#148; and together with the Base Indenture, the &#147;Indenture&#148;), pursuant to which, on June&nbsp;10, 2019, the Company issued $650 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% notes due 2024 (the &#147;Existing 2024 Notes&#148;). The New 2024 Notes are being treated as a single series with the Existing 2024 Notes under the Indenture and have the same terms as the Existing 2024 Notes. The New 2024 Notes have the same CUSIP number and are fungible and rank equally with the Existing 2024 Notes.</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;">The New 2024 Notes were issued at a premium of 102.200% of their principal amount, resulting in estimated net proceeds, after estimated offering expenses, of approximately $252.8 million. Aggregate estimated offering expenses in connection with the offering of the New 2024 Notes, including the underwriting discount of $1.5 million, were approximately $2.7 million. The Company expects to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under its debt facilities. The Company may reborrow under its debt facilities for general corporate purposes, which include investing in portfolio companies in accordance with its investment objective.</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;">The New 2024 Notes will mature on June&nbsp;10, 2024 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company&#146;s option at any time at the redemption prices set forth in the Tenth Supplemental Indenture. The New 2024 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.200% per year payable semiannually on June&nbsp;10 and December&nbsp;10 of each year, commencing on December&nbsp;10, 2019. The New 2024 Notes are direct senior unsecured obligations of the Company.</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;">The New 2024 Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;N-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-230351), the preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on September&nbsp;10, 2019 and the pricing term sheet filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;10, 2019. The transaction closed on September&nbsp;17, 2019.</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;">The foregoing description of the New 2024 Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture and the accompanying Form&nbsp;of 4.200% Notes due 2024, filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to the Company&#146;s <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287750/000141057819000379/a19-6512_98k.htm">Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;10, 2019</a> and incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits:</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;">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 align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;17, 2019</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 Corporation</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">245 Park Avenue, 44th Floor</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;N-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-230351)</u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have served as Maryland counsel to Ares Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the registration by the Company of </font>$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 4.200% Notes due 2024 (the &#147;Notes&#148;), covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;).</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#147;Documents&#148;):</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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>The Registration Statement;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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>The Prospectus, dated May&nbsp;29, 2019, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, dated September&nbsp;10, 2019, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;497 of the General Rules&nbsp;and Regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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; </font>The charter of the Company, certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the &#147;SDAT&#148;);</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</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>The Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</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>A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</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>Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, or by a duly authorized committee thereof, relating to, among other matters, the authorization of the issuance of the Notes and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Note Documents (as defined herein), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.</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>The Base Indenture, dated as of October&nbsp;21, 2010 (the &#147;Base Indenture&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;);</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.</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>The Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September&nbsp;19, 2016 (the &#147;Sixth Supplemental Indenture&#148;), between the Company and the Trustee;</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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>Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or any other person, is legally competent to do so.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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; </font>Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party&#146;s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</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>All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic.&#160; The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered.&#160; All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents.&#160; All signatures on all Documents are genuine.&#160; All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete.&#160; All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete.&#160; There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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>The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><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>The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Note Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.&#160; The Notes have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning federal law or the laws of any other state.&#160; We express</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K relating to the issuance of the Notes (the &#147;Current Report&#148;).&#160; Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP, counsel to the Company, may rely on this opinion in connection with any opinions to be delivered by it in connection with the Notes.&#160; We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report and the said incorporation by reference and to the use of the name of our firm therein.&#160; In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section&nbsp;7 of the 1933 Act.</font></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, New York 10167</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:&nbsp;<u> Ares Capital Corporation 4.200% Notes due 2024</u></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</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;">We are issuing this opinion letter in our capacity as special counsel to Ares Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;), in connection with the issuance of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.200% notes due 2024 (the &#147;<u>Notes</u>&#148;) pursuant to the registration statement on Form&nbsp;N-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-230351) (the &#147;<u>Registration Statement</u>&#148;), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<u>Commission</u>&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<u>Securities Act</u>&#148;), and the final prospectus supplement, dated September&nbsp;10, 2019 (including the base prospectus filed therewith, the &#147;<u>Prospectus Supplement</u>&#148;), filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;29, 2019 pursuant to Rule&nbsp;497 under the Securities Act.</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;">The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, dated October&nbsp;21, 2010 (the &#147;<u>Existing Indenture</u>&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the &#147;<u>Trustee</u>&#148;), as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated June&nbsp;10, 2019, between the Company and the Trustee (the &#147;Tenth Supplemental Indenture,&#148; and, together with the Existing Indenture, the &#147;<u>4.200% Notes Indenture</u>&#148;).</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;">As such counsel, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement, (ii)&nbsp;the Prospectus Supplement, (iii)&nbsp;the 4.200% Notes Indenture, (iv)&nbsp;a specimen form of the Notes, (v)&nbsp;the purchase agreement related to the Notes, dated June&nbsp;5, 2019, among the Company, the several underwriters party thereto and the other parties named therein, and (vi)&nbsp;such corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials, officers of the Company and other persons, and such other documents, agreements and instruments as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.</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;">For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all such documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, public officials and others.</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;">Our opinion expressed below is subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of (i)&nbsp;any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors&#146; rights generally, (ii)&nbsp;general principals of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), concepts of</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;">Based upon and subject to the foregoing qualifications, assumptions and limitations and the further limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that when (i)&nbsp;the 4.200% Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Trustee, (ii)&nbsp;the final terms of the Notes are duly established and authorized for issuance by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, (iii)&nbsp;the Notes have been duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the 4.200% Indenture, delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof pursuant to the documents governing their issuance and sale and (iv)&nbsp;the terms of the Notes as established comply with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Notes will be validly issued and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms thereof and will be entitled to the benefits of the 4.200% Indenture.</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;">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K relating to the issuance of the Notes. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.</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;">Our advice on every legal issue addressed in this letter is based exclusively on the internal law of the State of New York and represents our opinion as to how that issue would be resolved were it to be considered by the highest court in the jurisdiction which enacted such law. The manner in which any particular issue relating to the opinions would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it. None of the opinions or other advice contained in this letter considers or covers the laws of any other jurisdiction, including any foreign or state securities (or &#147;blue sky&#148;) laws or regulations or the effect of any such non-covered laws on the opinions stated herein.</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;">This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion.</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;">We have also assumed that the execution and delivery of the 4.200% Indenture and the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder do not and will not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is bound.</font></p>
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