<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001287750-21-000012.txt : 20210223
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001287750-21-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C-2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210325
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210223
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210223

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:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-01231
		FILM NUMBER:		21662957

	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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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i7b42098f6dd84d93951a274ae1a37f9e_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 23C-2</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">File No. 817-01231</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(Name of Registrant)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">245 Park Avenue, 44</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">th</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%"> Floor New York, New York 10167</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(Address of Principal Executive Office)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:40pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The undersigned here notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer (as successor by merger of Allied Capital Corporation), as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:3pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">                                 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Title of the class of securities of Ares Capital Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) to be redeemed&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">6.875% Notes due April 15, 2047 (CUSIP&#58; 01903Q207) (the &#8220;Notes&#8221;).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:3pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">                                 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Date on which the securities are to be redeemed&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The Notes will be redeemed on March 25, 2021 (the &#8220;Redemption Date&#8221;).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(3)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:3pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">                                 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to be redeemed&#58; </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to (i) Article Eleven of the Company&#8217;s base indenture governing the Notes, dated as of June 16, 2006 (the &#8220;Base Indenture&#8221;), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly The Bank of New York), as trustee, as amended (the &#8220;Indenture&#8221;) and (ii) Section 1.01(h)(1) of the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 28, 2007, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the &#8220;Third Supplemental Indenture&#8221;).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(4)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:3pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">                                 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be redeemed are to be selected&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The Company will redeem all of the outstanding Notes ($229,556,725 aggregate principal amount) pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and Third Supplemental Indenture.</font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:108pt;padding-right:108pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned on this 23rd day of February, 2021.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.473%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.919%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.416%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td 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