Ares Capital Corporation - Closed End Fund (ARCC)

Core earnings held steady at $0.46 per share amid market volatility.

Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC) reported third-quarter Core Earnings of $0.46 per share and GAAP net income of $0.44 per share, while announcing an agreement to acquire MidCap Financial Investment Corporation, or MFIC, in a transaction management said is expected to be modestly accretive to Core Earnings

Ares Capital is enhancing its industry-leading position.

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) (“Ares Capital”) and MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: MFIC) (“MFIC”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Ares Capital will acquire MFIC in a stock-and-cash transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately $2.6 billion (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is expected to further strengthen Ares Capital’s position as the largest publicly traded business development company (“BDC”) and Ares Management Corporation’s (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares Management”) broader position as a leading direct lending platform to U.S. middle-market companies. The Transaction has been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of Ares Capital and the Board of Directors of MFIC, which did so on the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee of MFIC independent directors.

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