Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

On June 22, 2020, Ares Capital Corporation (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting consisted of the 425,092,393 shares of common stock outstanding at the close of business on the record date, March 25, 2020. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on the following proposals and the Company's inspector of election certified the vote tabulations indicated below.

Proposal 1

The nominees listed below were elected as Class I directors of the Company to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes:





                                                                       BROKER
                                  FOR        AGAINST      ABSTAIN     NON-VOTES
        Michael J Arougheti   133,080,833   60,876,078   3,454,022   146,645,728
        Ann Torre Bates       189,050,347   5,057,106    3,303,480   146,645,728
        Steven B. McKeever    137,472,396   54,260,492   5,678,045   146,645,728




Proposal 2

The proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020 was approved, based on the following votes:





                            FOR        AGAINST     ABSTAIN
                        336,418,148   3,707,237   3,931,276




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