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

On June 7, 2021, 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 437,358,519 shares of common stock outstanding at the close of business on the record date, April 8, 2021. 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 II directors of the Company to serve until the 2024 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
      Michael K. Parks         151,169,066       43,591,283      17,567,893         136,293,800
      Robert L. Rosen          142,401,946       52,331,379      17,594,917         136,293,800
      Bennett Rosenthal        148,815,745       45,914,211      17,598,286         136,293,800

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, 2021 was approved, based on the following votes:



                              FOR            AGAINST        ABSTAIN
                          342,594,247       2,991,377      3,036,418

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