Ares Management Corp

Regulatory Filings • Jun 6, 2024

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 4, 2024

ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-36429	80-0962035
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2000 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor , Los Angeles , CA 90067

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

( 310 ) 201-4100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share	ARES	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

On June 4, 2024, Ares Management 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 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, April 5, 2024 (the “Record Date”). As of the Record Date, there were 191,145,934 shares of our Class A common stock outstanding representing 191,145,934 votes, 1,000 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding representing 649,463,523 votes and 115,120,213 shares of our Class C common stock outstanding representing 115,120,213 votes, for a total of 955,729,670 votes. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 19, 2024, and the Company’s inspector of election certified the vote tabulations indicated below.

Proposal 1

The nominees listed below were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders once their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, based on the following votes:

	FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
Michael J Arougheti	865,483,686	53,711,305	41,290	11,998,296
Ashish Bhutani	884,230,937	34,964,354	40,990	11,998,296
Antoinette Bush	859,060,506	60,137,487	38,288	11,998,296
R. Kipp deVeer	889,376,100	29,818,935	41,246	11,998,296
Paul G. Joubert	883,418,974	35,775,869	41,438	11,998,296
David B. Kaplan	884,592,491	34,602,457	41,333	11,998,296
Michael Lynton	871,176,985	48,018,312	40,984	11,998,296
Eileen Naughton	884,232,986	34,964,520	38,775	11,998,296
Dr. Judy D. Olian	859,037,007	60,160,454	38,820	11,998,296
Antony P. Ressler	850,467,956	68,727,372	40,953	11,998,296
Bennett Rosenthal	889,531,536	29,663,446	41,299	11,998,296

Proposal 2

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2024 fiscal year was approved based on the following votes:

FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN
930,047,471	1,007,450	179,656

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
Dated: June 6, 2024
By:	/s/ Jarrod Phillips
Name:	Jarrod Phillips
Title:	Chief Financial Officer