On 1/8/20 Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $750.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.250% notes due 2025. The notes will mature on July 15, 2025 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at Ares Capital’s option at any time at par plus a "make-whole" premium, if applicable.
BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., BMO Capital Markets, LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for this offering. Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities Inc., Natixis Securities Americas LLC, Regions Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. are acting as joint lead managers for this offering. Capital One Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., ICBC Standard Bank Plc, Santander Investment Securities Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, CIBC World Markets Corp., Comerica Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities LLC, JMP Securities LLC and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. are acting as co-managers for this offering. The offering is expected to close on January 15, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.
Ares Capital expects to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay certain outstanding indebtedness under its debt facilities. Ares Capital may reborrow under its debt facilities for general corporate purposes, which include investing in portfolio companies in accordance with its investment objective.
Prior ARCC offerings
On 6/05/19 ARCC priced $650.0 million in 4.20% notes due 2024.
On 3/5/19 ARCC priced $350 million of unsecured 4.625% convertible notes due 2024.
On 1/08/18 ARCC priced $600.0 million in 4.25% notes due 2025.
On 8/07/17 ARCC priced $750 million of 3.500% notes due 2023.
ARCC's weighted average stated interest rate on debt = 4.015%
My calculation of Q3-19 annualized interest/debt ratio = 4.61%
Conclusion - This is good news for holders of ARCC because it should drive down the cost of debt starting in Q1-20. The cost of debt is a metric used to assess the safety of the income flows. The 3.25% rate leads to the conclusion that (1) ARCC is not just safe - (2) it is the safest in the sector - and (3) over time becoming safer.
Context - other BDC note & baby bond offerings
On 12/30/19 CGBD priced $115.0 million in 4.75% notes due 2024
On 12/18/19 SLRC priced $125 million of five year 4.20% unsecured notes.
On 11/21/19 FSK priced $425 million of 4.125% notes due 2025.
On 10/09/19 TSLX priced $300 million of 3.875% notes due 2024.
On 10/16/19 ICMB priced $150 million in 6.125% Notes due 2023 in a public offering (CMFNL).
On 10/09/19 OFS priced $50 million of 5.95% notes due 2026 (OFSI).
On 10/10/19 FDUS priced $55 million of 5.375% notes due 2024 (FDUSG).
On 10/08/19 GLAD priced $33.750 million of 5.375% Notes due 2024 (GLADL).
On 8/16/19 TCPC priced $150 million 3.90% Notes Due 2024.
On 9/29/19 PNNT priced $75 million 5.50% notes due 2025 (PNNTG).
On 7/25/19 NEWT priced $55.0 million 5.75% Notes Due 2024 (NEWTZ).
On 7/21/19 FSK priced $175 Million 4.75% Notes due 2022.
On 7/08/19 FSK priced $400 Million 4.625% Notes due 2024.
On 6/07/19 NMFC priced $86.25 million in additional 5.75% unsecured notes due 2023
On 6/05/19 ARCC priced $650.0 million in 4.20% notes due 2024.
On 4/17/19 MAIN priced $250.0 million of 5.20% notes due 2024.
On 3/5/19 ARCC priced $350 million of unsecured 4.625% convertible notes due 2024.
On 2/27/19 PSEC priced $175 million (plus over allotment of $26.5 million) of senior unsecured 6.375% convertible notes due 2025.
On 2/05/19 FDUS priced $60.0 million of 6.00% notes due 2024sold as FDUSZ.
On 02/01/19 SAR did a $17.235 million secondary offering of 6.25% notes SAF due 2025.
On 11/28/18 PSEC priced $50.0 million of 6.875% unsecured notes due 2029 sold as PBC.
In Nov 2018 GLAD issued 57.5 million shares of 6.125% 2023 notes that will trade as GLADD.
On 11/08/18 WHF priced $33 million of 6.50% notes due 2025 to be sold as WHFBZ.
On 10/12/18 OFS Capital priced $43.5 million in 6.50% notes due 2025 to be sold as OFSSZ.
On 10/02/18 TCRD sold $50 million of 6.75% notes due 2023 to be sold as TCRW.
On 9/27/18 PSEC priced $100 million of 6.375% unsecured notes due 2024.
On 9/21/18 NMFC priced $50 million in 5.75% unsecured notes due 2023 to be sold as NMFX.
On 9/19/18 HTGC priced $40 million of 6.25% notes due 2033 to be sold as HCXY.
On 9/06/18 MRCC priced $60 million in 5.75% notes due 2023 (which matches the yield of MRCCL).
On 8/28/18 SAR priced $40 million of 6.25% fixed-rate notes due 2025 which trade as SAF.
On 8/24/18 HCAP priced $28.8 million in 6.125% notes due 2022 (HCAPZ).
On 8/21/18 SAR priced $40 million of 6.25% new seven-year fixed rate notes sold as “SAF”
On 8/16/18 NMFC offered $100 million of its 5.75% unsecured convertible notes due 2023 (which matches the yield of NMFX).
On 8/15/18 GAIN offered 2,600,000 shares of its newly designated 6.375% Series E Cumulative Term Preferred Stock due 2025 sold as GAINL.
On 7/05/18 NMFC issued a private placement of $50 million of 5.36% Series 2018B Notes due June 28, 2023 .
On 7/17/18 WHF announced a private offering of $30 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.00% Senior Notes due 2023.
On 6/28/18 CMFN priced $30 million of its 6.125% notes due 2023 - traded as CMFNL.
On 6/27/18 GSBD reopened an offering of $32.5 million of its 4.50% convertible notes due 2022.
On 5/31/18 PSEC priced $50 million in 6.25% unsecured notes due 2028 (which matches the yield of PBB).
On 4/24/18 HTGC priced $75 million in 5.25% notes due 2028.
On 4/11/18 OFS priced $43.75 million of 6.375% notes due 2025 to be traded as OFSL (at Yahoo it is listed as OFSSL).
On 3/20/18 TICC became OXSQ and the 6.5% 2024 note (TICCL) became OXSQL.
On 2/02/18 FDUS priced $43.5 million of 5.875% notes due 2023- which trade as FDUSL.
On 1/18/18 TSLX priced $150.0 million of 4.50% Notes due 2023.
On 1/08/18 ARCC priced $600.0 million in 4.25% notes due 2025.
In 2017 OCSL priced $75.0 million of 2024 5.875% Notes OSLE
In 2017 OCSL priced $86.3 million of 2028 6.125% Notes OSLL
On 11/22/17 PFLT priced an offering in Israel of $138.7 million of its 3.83% Series A Notes.
On 11/16/17 MAIN priced $185 million of 4.50% notes due 2022.
On 11/13/2017 SRLC priced $75 million of a 4.50% bond that matures on 01/20/2023.
In Sept 2017 GLAD issued 2.1 million shares of 6.0% 2024 Pref shares that trade as GLADN.
On 8/04/2017 TCPC sold $125.0 million of 4.125% unsecured notes that mature on August 11, 2022. On November 3, 2017, the Company issued an additional $50.0 million of the 2022 Notes.
On 8/21/17 SCM priced $42.5 million of 5.75% notes due 2022 that trade as "SCA" which were used to redeem 2019 due notes @ 6.5% yield "SCQ".On 8/07/17 ARCC priced $750 million of 3.500% notes due 2023.On 7/17/17 BKCC priced $143.75 million in senior unsecured 5.00% Convertible Notes due 2022.
On 7-11-17 TPVG offered $72.3 million of 5.75% notes (TPVY) maturing in 2020. TPVZ (yielding 6.75% also maturing 2020) was redeemed
On 06/07/17 OXLC priced 2,500,000 shares of 6.75% Series 2024 Term Preferred Shares sold as OXLCM.
On 5-23-17 CPTA priced of $50 million in unsecured 5.75% convertible notes due 2022 which trade as CPTAL.On 4/06/17 PSEC priced $225 million in senior unsecured 4.95% Convertible Notes Due 2022.On 1/26/17 TSLX had a private offering $100 million of 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022.On 1/24/17 ARCC announced a private offering $350 million of 3.75% Convertible Notes due 2022.
On 12/21/16 SAR issued $74.5 million of 6.75% notes due 2023 that trade as SAB.