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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-25-000392
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	FWP
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20250102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250102

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-279023
		FILM NUMBER:		25502981

	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

FILED BY:		

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP

	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 STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Filed Pursuant to Rule 433<BR>
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated January 2, 2025<BR>
Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated January 2, 2025 and<BR>
Prospectus dated May 1, 2024<BR>
Registration No. 333-279023</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Ares Capital Corporation</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">$1,000,000,000</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">5.800% Notes due 2032</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PRICING TERM SHEET<BR>
January 2, 2025</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following sets forth the final terms of the
5.800% Notes due 2032 (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;) and should only be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement dated January
2, 2025, together with the accompanying prospectus dated May 1, 2024, relating to these securities (the &ldquo;Preliminary Prospectus&rdquo;),
and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus.
In all other respects, this pricing term sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus. Terms used herein
but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus. All references to dollar amounts
are references to U.S. dollars.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; font-weight: bold">Issuer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 60%">Ares Capital Corporation</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Security</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">5.800% Notes due 2032</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Ratings (Moody&rsquo;s / S&amp;P / Fitch)*</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Baa2/BBB/BBB (Stable/Stable/Positive)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Aggregate Principal Amount Offered</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">$1,000,000,000</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Maturity</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">March 8, 2032, unless earlier repurchased or redeemed</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Trade Date</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">January 2, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Settlement Date**</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">January 8, 2025 (T+4)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Interest Payment Dates</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">March 8 and September 8, commencing September 8, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Price to Public (Issue Price)</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">98.973% of the principal amount</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Coupon (Interest Rate)</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">5.800%</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Yield to Maturity</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">5.975%</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Benchmark Treasury</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">4.500% due December 31, 2031</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">100-04 &frac34; / 4.475%</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Spread to Benchmark Treasury</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">+150 basis points</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Change of Control</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Holders have the right to require Ares Capital to repurchase the Notes at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued
    and unpaid interest, if any, in the event of a Change of Control Repurchase Event.</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Optional Redemption</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">Prior to January 8, 2032 (2 months prior to their maturity date) (the &ldquo;Par Call Date&rdquo;), Ares Capital
    may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a
    percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; width: 40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 57%">(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted
    to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting
    of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>2<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 60%"><P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
    redemption date.</P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">On or after the Par Call Date, Ares Capital
    may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal
    amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Denomination</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">CUSIP / ISIN</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">04010L BH5 / US04010LBH50</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Joint Book-Running Managers</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">BofA Securities, Inc.<BR>
    J.P. Morgan Securities LLC<BR>
    SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.<BR>
    Wells Fargo Securities, LLC<BR>
    MUFG Securities Americas Inc.<BR>
    Mizuho Securities USA LLC<BR>
    RBC Capital Markets, LLC<BR>
    Truist Securities, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Joint Lead Managers</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt">BNP Paribas Securities
    Corp.<BR>
    CIBC World Markets Corp.<BR>
    Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC<BR>
    SG Americas Securities, LLC<BR>
    Regions Securities LLC<BR>
    Barclays Capital Inc.<BR>
    BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC<BR>
    Capital One Securities, Inc.<BR>
    Goldman Sachs &amp; Co. LLC<BR>
    ICBC Standard Bank Plc<BR>
    Natixis Securities Americas LLC</P>
    <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in">U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; font-weight: bold">Co-Managers</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 60%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt">Ares Management Capital
    Markets LLC<BR>
    ING Financial Markets LLC<BR>
    R. Seelaus &amp; Co., LLC<BR>
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.<BR>
    Comerica Securities, Inc.<BR>
    Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.<BR>
    Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods, Inc.<BR>
    Academy Securities, Inc.<BR>
    Loop Capital Markets LLC<BR>
    Samuel A. Ramirez &amp; Company, Inc.<BR>
    Siebert Williams Shank &amp; Co., LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation
to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">**Ares Capital Corporation expects that delivery
of the Notes will be made to investors on or about January 8, 2025, which will be the fourth business day following the date hereof.
Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in one
business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade Notes on any
date prior to one business day before delivery will be required by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially settle in T+4, to specify
an alternate settlement arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the Notes who wish to
trade the Notes on any date prior to one business day before delivery should consult their advisors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Investors are advised to carefully consider
the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of Ares Capital before investing. The Preliminary Prospectus, which has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, contains this and other information about Ares Capital and should be read carefully before
investing.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information in the Preliminary Prospectus
and in this pricing term sheet is not complete and may be changed. The Preliminary Prospectus and this pricing term sheet are not offers
to sell any securities of Ares Capital and are not soliciting an offer to buy such securities in any jurisdiction where such offer and
sale is not permitted.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>The issuer has filed a registration statement,
including a prospectus and a prospectus supplement with the SEC, for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest,
you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with
the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on
the SEC Web site at&nbsp;<U>www.sec.gov</U>. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will
arrange to send you the prospectus and the prospectus supplement if you request them by calling BofA Securities, Inc. at 1-800-294-1322,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1-212-834-4533, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. at 1-888-868-6856 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at
1-800-645-3751.</B></P>

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