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Ares Capital Corporation
Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in growth capital, 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 invest in the United States based companies. 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 $30 million and $500 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.
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Ares Capital Corporation at a glance
Ares Capital Corporation is a specialty finance company headquartered in Los Angeles, United States. It is publicly listed (0HHP) with a market capitalisation of $13.5B. Xcout tracks 21 named people at Ares Capital Corporation, including Kort Schnabel (CEO & Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending).
Ares Capital Corporation leadership
- Kort SchnabelCEO & Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending
- James MillerPresident & Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending
- Jana MarkowiczChief Operating Officer
- Scott C. LemChief Financial Officer & Treasurer
- Won Jae ChoChief Accounting Officer
- Michael Lewis SmithCo-Chairman of Board of Directors & Co-Head of Ares Credit Group
15 more named people on record for Ares Capital Corporation, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Ares Capital Corporation competitors
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