Ares Capital Corporation Announces Tax Reporting Information for Calendar Year 2017

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ares Capital Corporation (“Ares Capital” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:ARCC) announced today announced the 2017 tax treatment for the Company’s common stock distributions (CUSIP #: 04010L103).

			Ordinary Income Per Share		Long Term Capital Gains Per Share (2)
Record Date	Payable Date	Total Paid Per Share	Ordinary Rate	20% Rate (1)		Interest- Related Dividends (3)
3/15/2017	3/31/2017	$0.3800	$0.3380	$0.0074	$0.0346	85.7635%
6/15/2017	6/30/2017	$0.3800	$0.3380	$0.0074	$0.0346	85.7635%
9/15/2017	9/29/2017	$0.3800	$0.3692	$0.0074	$0.0034	87.7518%
12/15/2017	12/29/2017	$0.3800	$0.3726	$0.0074	$0.0000	87.9711%
		$1.5200	$1.4178	$0.0296	$0.0726
% of Total Dividends Paid Per Share		100.0000%	93.2763%	1.9474%	4.7763%

(1)	The Company hereby designates these distributions as amounts eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income in accordance with IRC Section 854(b) as well as eligible for the dividends received deduction available to certain U.S. domestic corporations.
(2)	The Company hereby designates these distributions as amounts eligible for treatment as capital gain dividends in accordance with IRC Sections 852(b)(3) and 854(a).
(3)	The Company hereby designates the above percentages of each of the total dividends by payment date as Interest-Related dividends in accordance with IRC Section 871(k).

This press release is not intended to constitute tax, legal, investment, or other professional advice. This is general information and should not be relied upon for tax purposes. Shareholders should consult their tax advisor for tax guidance pertinent to specific facts and circumstances.

ABOUT ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION

Ares Capital is a leading specialty finance company that provides one-stop debt and equity financing solutions to U.S. middle market companies and power generation projects. Ares Capital originates and invests in senior secured loans, mezzanine debt and, to a lesser extent, equity investments through its national direct origination platform. Ares Capital’s investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments primarily in private companies. Ares Capital has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) and as of September 30, 2017, was the largest BDC by total assets and market capitalization. Ares Capital is externally managed by a subsidiary of Ares Management, L.P. (NYSE:ARES), a publicly traded, leading global alternative asset manager. For more information about Ares Capital, visit www.arescapitalcorp.com. However, the contents of such website are not and should not be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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