Ares Capital Corporation Announces Tax Reporting Information for 2014 Distributions

Ares Capital Corporation (“Ares Capital” – NASDAQ: ARCC) today announced that it has made available the tax reporting information related to the tax characterization of its 2014 distributions to stockholders on the Tax Information page in the Investor Resources section of its website at www.arescapitalcorp.com.

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, venture capital backed businesses 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, and is externally managed by a subsidiary of Ares Management, L.P. (“Ares Management”) (NYSE:ARES). Ares Management is a publicly traded, leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $80 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2014. For more information, visit www.arescapitalcorp.com. However, the contents of such website are not and should not be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.