Filing by Certain Investment Companies of Rule 482 Advertising in Accordance With Rule 497 and the Note to Rule 482(e) (497ad)

 

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(a)

Registration No. 333-256733

Rule 482a

 

Ares Capital Corporation

 

12,500,000 Shares of Common Stock

 

Issuer:		Ares Capital Corporation
Symbol / Listing:		ARCC / NASDAQ
Base shares offered:		12,500,000 shares (100% primary)
Option to purchase additional shares:		1,875,000 shares (100% primary)
Price per share to the public:		$20.00
Trade date:		July 29, 2021
Closing date:		August 2, 2021
CUSIP No.:		04010L103
Joint Lead Book-Running Managers:		Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC BofA Securities, Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Joint Book-Running Managers:		Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC J.P. Morgan Securities LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC  UBS Securities LLC Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Raymond James & Associates, Inc
Co-Managers		Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC  Janney Montgomery Scott LLC JMP Securities LLC Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

 

Investors are advised to carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of Ares Capital before investing. The preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 28, 2021, together with an accompanying prospectus dated June 3, 2021, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, contain this and other information about Ares Capital and should be read carefully before investing.

 

The information in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, and in this announcement, is not complete and may be changed. The preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and this announcement 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.

 

A shelf registration statement relating to these securities is on file with and has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering may be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus.

 

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Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement (and accompanying prospectus) may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attn: Prospectus Department; BofA Securities, Inc., NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by calling 1-800-294-1322, or email [e-mail]; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 500 West 33rd Street, New York, New York, 10001, Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, by calling toll free 1-800-326-5897, or by e-mail at [e-mail].

 

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