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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization

Organization

Blue Owl Capital Corporation (the “Company” or “OBDC”) is a Maryland corporation formed on October 15, 2015. The Company’s investment objective is to generate current income and to a lesser extent, capital appreciation by targeting investment opportunities with favorable risk-adjusted returns.The Company’s investment strategy focuses on primarily originating and making loans to, and making debt and equity investments in, U.S. middle-market companies. The Company invests in senior secured or unsecured loans, subordinated loans or mezzanine loans and, to a lesser extent, equity and equity-related securities including warrants, preferred stock and similar forms of senior equity, which may or may not be convertible into a portfolio company’s common equity.

The Company has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In addition, for tax purposes, the Company is treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Because the Company has elected to be regulated as a BDC and qualifies as a RIC under the Code, the Company’s portfolio is subject to diversification and other requirements.

On April 27, 2016, the Company formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, OR Lending LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which holds a California finance lenders license. OR Lending LLC makes loans to borrowers headquartered in California. From time to time the Company may form wholly-owned subsidiaries to facilitate the normal course of business.

Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC (the “Adviser”) serves as the Company’s investment adviser. The Adviser is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), an indirect affiliate of Blue Owl Capital Inc. (“Blue Owl”) (New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”): OWL) and part of Blue Owl’s Credit platform, which focuses on direct lending. Blue Owl consists of three investment platforms: (1) Credit, which includes several strategies, including direct lending, alternative credit, investment grade credit, liquid credit and other adjacent investment strategies, (2) GP Strategic Capital, which primarily focuses on acquiring equity stakes in, or providing debt financing to, large, multi-product private equity and private credit firms and (3) Real Assets, which primarily focuses on the strategies of net lease real estate and real estate credit. Subject to the overall supervision of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), the Adviser manages the day-to-day operations of, and provides investment advisory and management services to, the Company.

Since July 6, 2023, the Company’s common stock has traded on the NYSE under the symbol “OBDC.”

On January 13, 2025, the Company consummated the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Blue Owl Capital Corporation III, a Maryland corporation (“OBDE”), Cardinal Merger Sub Inc., a Maryland corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, the Adviser, and Blue Owl Diversified Credit Advisors LLC (“ODCA”), a Delaware limited liability company and investment adviser to OBDE. In connection therewith, Merger Sub merged with and into OBDE, with OBDE continuing as the surviving company and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Initial Merger”) and, immediately thereafter, OBDE merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company (together with the Initial Merger, the “Mergers”). See “Note 13. Subsequent Events” for additional discussion of the Mergers.