Ares Capital Corporation
10/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/11/2024 14:17
Material Agreement Form 8 K
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 8, 2024, Ares Capital Corporation (the "Registrant") and Ares Capital CP Funding LLC, a consolidated subsidiary of the Registrant ("Ares Capital CP"), entered into Amendment No. 17 to the Loan and Servicing Agreement (the "Revolving Funding Facility Amendment") to amend the Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2010 (the "Revolving Funding Facility") with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A. and each of the other parties thereto. The Revolving Funding Facility Amendment, among other things, (a) increased the commitments under the Revolving Funding Facility from $1.775 billion to $2.150 billion and (b) extended the end of the reinvestment period from December 29, 2024 to October 8, 2027; (c) extended the stated maturity date from December 29, 2026 to October 8, 2029; and (d) adjusted the interest rate charged on the Revolving Funding Facility from an applicable Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% or a "base rate" plus an applicable spread of 1.90% per annum to an applicable SOFR or a "base rate" (as defined in the documents governing the Revolving Funding Facility) plus an applicable spread of 2.00% per annum. The other terms of the Revolving Funding Facility remained materially unchanged.
Borrowings under the Revolving Funding Facility are subject to the facility's various covenants and the leverage restrictions contained in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Revolving Funding Facility Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Revolving Funding Facility Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.