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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote *** Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on June 10, 2019. ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION 245 PARK AVENUE 44TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10167 the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side). We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. proxy materials and voting instructions. E74560-P22801 See the reverse side of this notice to obtain Meeting Information Meeting Type:Annual Meeting For holders as of:April 8, 2019 Date: June 10, 2019Time: 2:30 P.M. Atlanta Time Location: InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta 3315 Peachtree Road NE Atlanta, Georgia 30326

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The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" each of the director nominees in Proposal 1 and "FOR" Proposal 2. 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1a. R. Kipp deVeer* 1b. Daniel G. Kelly, Jr.* 1c. Eric B. Siegel* * To elect the person (except as marked to the contrary) as a Class III director of the Company to serve until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies. 2. To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019. 3. To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. E74562-P22801 Voting Items

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