Ares Capital to Buy Allied Capital For $3.47 A Share

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) and Allied Capital Corporation (NYSE: ALD) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ares Capital will acquire Allied Capital in an all stock transaction currently valued at $648 million, or approximately $3.47 per Allied Capital share. This represents a 27.3% premium to Allied Capital’s closing stock price on Friday, October 23, 2009. The Boards of Directors of both companies have each unanimously approved the transaction.

Under the terms of the transaction, Allied Capital stockholders will receive 0.325 Ares Capital shares for each Allied Capital share, resulting in approximately 58.3 million Ares Capital shares being issued in exchange for the approximately 179.4 million outstanding Allied Capital shares. Following the transaction, Ares Capital stockholders will own approximately 65% of the combined company and Allied Capital stockholders will own approximately 35%.