Ares Capital Corporation

Focused Objective

Our mission is to create long-term value for our shareholders through an attractive dividend⁽¹⁾ and solid investment performance across economic cycles.

Experienced Management

Ares Capital is externally managed by a leading credit-focused private investment adviser, which together with its affiliates managed approximately $68 billion of committed capital⁽²⁾.

Differentiated Strategy

Ares Capital pursues strong risk-adjusted returns, leveraging its disciplined investment philosophy, broad origination, multi-asset class expertise and creative structuring capability.

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a specialty finance company that provides integrated debt and equity financing solutions to U.S. middle market companies.

Ares Capital generally uses the term “middle market” to refer to companies with annual EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million.

(1) Dividends may not continue at the current level if at all.
(2) Committed Capital Under Management reflects rounding and includes unfunded commitments including all amounts available under debt facilities. Amounts are preliminary and unaudited as of September 30, 2013. Committed capital includes capital that may be made available by a joint venture to which an Ares-managed vehicle and GE Corporate Bank SAS are a party, and includes capital that may be committed for investment both directly by Ares Capital Corporation ("ARCC") as well as by certain financial services portfolio companies of ARCC. ARCC is only allowed to borrow amounts such that its asset coverage ratio (as defined in the Investment Company Act) equals at least 200% after such borrowing. Certain amounts subject to borrowing base restrictions.