ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:ARCC) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 10, 2019, Ares Capital Corporation (the Registrant) and Ares Capital JB Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant (ACJB LLC), entered into an amendment (the SMBC Amendment) to the documents governing ACJB LLCs revolving funding facility (the SMBC Funding Facility) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and each of the other parties thereto. The SMBC Amendment, among other things, (a) increased the commitments under the facility from $400 million to $500 million, with the ability to upsize to $800 million subject to receiving the necessary consents, (b) extended the reinvestment period from September 14, 2019 to September 10, 2022, (c) adjusted the borrowing threshold on which the applicable interest rates are based, (d) adjusted the commitment fee for unused portions of the facility and the ranges of the unused portion of the facility under which such fees are paid, and (e) modified certain loan portfolio concentration limits.
Borrowings under the SMBC Funding Facility are subject to the facilitys 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 SMBC Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the SMBC Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of Registrant.
The information contained in Item 1.01 to this current report on Form 8-K is by this reference incorporated in this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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