Ares Capital Corporation Agrees to Acquire MidCap Financial Investment Corporation

NEW YORK, October 27, 2026--Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) ("Ares Capital") and MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: MFIC) ("MFIC") announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Ares Capital will acquire MFIC in a stock-and-cash transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately $2.6 billion (the "Transaction"). The Transaction is expected to further strengthen Ares Capital’s position as the largest publicly traded business deve