Item 8.01 Other Events.
Net Asset Value
The NAV per share of each class of the Fund as of March 31, 2024, as determined in accordance with the valuation policies and procedures of Ares Capital Management LLC, the Fund’s investment adviser, was as follows:
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| NAV as of March 31, 2024 |
Class I | $ | 27.30 | |
Class S | $ | 27.30 | |
Class D | $ | 27.30 | |
As of March 31, 2024, the Fund’s aggregate NAV was approximately $2.4 billion, the fair value of its portfolio investments was approximately $3.5 billion, and it had approximately $905 million of debt outstanding. The Fund’s debt-to-equity leverage ratio as of March 31, 2024 was 0.38x.
April 2024 Distributions
As previously disclosed, on March 14, 2024, the Fund announced the declaration of regular monthly distributions for each class of the Fund’s common shares of beneficial interest, including Class I shares, Class S shares and Class D shares (the “Common Shares”) in the amounts per share set forth below:
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| Gross Distribution | | Shareholder Servicing and/or Distribution Fee | | Net Distribution |
Class I | $ | 0.21430 | | | $ | 0.00000 | | | $ | 0.21430 | |
Class S | $ | 0.21430 | | | $ | 0.01902 | | | $ | 0.19528 | |
Class D | $ | 0.21430 | | | $ | 0.00559 | | | $ | 0.20871 | |
The distributions for each class of Common Shares are payable to shareholders of record as of the open of business on April 30, 2024 and will be paid on or about May 23, 2024.
The April 2024 distributions will be paid in cash or reinvested in the Common Shares for shareholders participating in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan.
Portfolio and Business Commentary
As of March 31, 2024, the Fund had investments in 327 portfolio companies with total fair value of approximately $3.5 billion. As of March 31, 2024, 97% of the debt investments at fair value in the Fund’s portfolio were floating rate. As of March 31, 2024, based on fair value, the Fund’s portfolio investments consisted of the following:
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| As of March 31, 2024 |
Portfolio Investment | |
First lien senior secured loans | 90.7 | % |
Second lien senior secured loans | 2.5 | |
Senior subordinated loans | 1.4 | |
Corporate bonds | 0.3 | |
Collateralized loan obligations | 1.5 | |
Collateralized mortgage-backed securities | 0.1 | |
Private asset-backed investments | 1.4 | |
Preferred equity | 1.2 | |
Other equity | 0.9 | |
Total | 100.0 | % |
As of March 31, 2024, the ten largest industries in which the Fund was invested, represented as a percentage of fair value, were as follows:
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| As of March 31, 2024 |
Industry | |
Software and Services | 20.7 | % |
Health Care Services | 11.8 | % |
Consumer Services | 10.9 | % |
Capital Goods | 10.2 | % |
Financial Services | 7.5 | % |
Insurance Services | 7.1 | % |
Media and Entertainment | 5.1 | % |
Commercial and Professional Services | 5.0 | % |
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 3.1 | % |
Automobiles and Components | 2.8 | % |
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Status of Offering
The Fund is currently publicly offering on a continuous basis up to $7.5 billion of its Common Shares, pursuant to an offering (the “Offering”). Additionally, the Fund has sold unregistered shares as part of private offerings (the “Private Placements”). The following table lists the Common Shares issued and total consideration for both the Offering and the Private Placements as of the date of this filing. The table below does not include Common Shares issued through the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan. The Fund intends to continue selling Common Shares in the Offering on a monthly basis.
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(dollar amounts in millions) | Common Shares Issued | | Total Consideration |
Offering: | | | |
Class I | 31,606,971 | | | $ | 857.3 | |
Class S | 18,128,476 | | | $ | 491.3 | |
Class D | 2,749,218 | | | $ | 74.5 | |
Private Placements | | | |
Class I | 51,277,722 | | | $ | 1,361.2 | |
Class S | — | | | — | |
Class D | — | | | — | |
Total* | 103,762,387 | | | $ | 2,784.4 | |
*Amounts may not sum due to rounding.