ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION (a Maryland corporation)Purchase Agreement • March 8th, 2019 • Ares Capital Corp • New York
Ares Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with each of the Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Convertible Notes due 2024 (the “Convertible Notes”) of the Company set forth in said Schedule A, and with respect to the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase additional Convertible Notes.
