AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, ORION ACQUISITION SUB, INC., AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD., AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, IVY HILL ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P., IVY HILL ASSET MANAGEMENT GP, LLC, in its capacity as...Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 26th, 2016 • Ares Capital Corp • New York
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of May 23, 2016 (this “Agreement”), is made by and among Ares Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), Orion Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Acquisition Sub”), Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“IHAM”), Ivy Hill Asset Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as general partner of IHAM (“IHAM GP”), American Capital, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), American Capital Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Subsidiary Adviser”), and, solely for purposes of Section 2.2(a)(ii)(B), Section 2.3(a)(iii), Section 4.29, Section 4.30, Section 7.4 and Article VIII, Ares Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Parent External Adviser”), in its capacity as Parent’s investment adviser. Defined terms used in this Agr
May 23, 2016 Ares Capital Corporation New York, NY 10167Advisory Agreement • May 26th, 2016 • Ares Capital Corp • New York
This letter is with reference to (a) the Restated Investment Advisory and Management Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2011 (the “Advisory Agreement”), between Ares Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“ARCC”) and Ares Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ACM”), and (b) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among ARCC, Orion Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Acquisition Sub”), American Capital, Ltd., Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Ivy Hill Asset Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as general partner of Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P., American Capital Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and, solely for purposes of Section 2.2(a)(ii)(B), Section 2.3(a)(iii), Section 4.29, Section 4.30, Section 7.4 and Article VIII, ACM, in its capacity as investment advi
