Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.

Ares Capital Corp

Ares Capital Corp. is a business development company that seeks investment opportunities in middle market companies with EBITDA of $10 - $250 million located in the US. The fund targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors, including healthcare services, business services, education, energy, financial services, consumer products, restaurants & food services, containers & packaging, automotive services, manufacturing, retail, aerospace & defense and chemicals. It provides financing in the form of senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans, mezzanine debt and equity with investment size ranges from $1 - $500 million. It acts as a lead investor and takes a seat on the board of directors.

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