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

On May 19, 2022, 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 488,796,934 shares of common stock outstanding at the close of business on the record date, March 16, 2022. 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 III directors of the Company to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes:



                                    FOR            AGAINST         ABSTAIN         BROKER NON-VOTES
    Daniel G. Kelly, Jr.        160,144,298       43,396,695      18,132,799         149,865,879
    Eric B. Siegel              154,815,605       46,571,537      20,286,650         149,865,879
    R. Kipp DeVeer              200,601,904       2,986,073       18,085,815         149,865,879

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, 2022 was approved, based on the following votes:



                              FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN
                          364,547,056       3,123,614      3,869,001

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