Ares Capital Corporation announced that it will report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, before the opening of the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The company has invited investors, analysts and other interested parties to join a live webcast and conference call at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. During the session, management plans to discuss operating highlights, portfolio performance across more than 580 portfolio companies, and updates to its dividend outlook following 65 consecutive quarters of maintenance or growth. A replay will be made available on the company’s investor relations website approximately two hours after the call concludes.

On January 6, 2026, Ares Capital priced an underwritten public offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes bearing interest at 5.25%, due April 12, 2031. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the company’s domestic subsidiaries and may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the company’s option at par plus a make-whole premium. The underwriting syndicate was led by BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities, RBC Capital Markets, SMBC Nikko Securities America and Wells Fargo Securities. Proceeds are intended for general corporate purposes, including funding new investments, refinancing existing indebtedness and supporting the company’s dividend policy.