Form 8-K - Current report

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

 

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) July 11, 2024

 

ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its 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)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

	¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
	¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
	¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
	¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 8.01 Other Events.

 

As previously disclosed, Ares Management Corporation (the “Company”), Ares Holdings L.P. and Ares Holdco LLC entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) dated June 12, 2024 with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as the representatives of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company granted the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 397,500 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A common stock”).

 

On July 11, 2024, the Company sold 397,500 shares of its Class A common stock to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriters’ exercise in full of such option to purchase additional shares. The Company raised approximately $52.92 million in net proceeds (after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before offering expenses) from the sale of these additional shares of its Class A common stock, which brought the total net proceeds of the offering to approximately $408.21 million (after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before offering expenses).

 

 

 

 

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: July 11, 2024
	By:	/s/ Jarrod Phillips
	Name:	Jarrod Phillips
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial & Accounting Officer)

 

 

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Document Period End Date	Jul. 11, 2024
Entity File Number	001-36429
Entity Registrant Name	ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
Entity Central Index Key	0001176948
Entity Tax Identification Number	80-0962035
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Address, Address Line One	2000 Avenue of the Stars
Entity Address, Address Line Two	12th Floor
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Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	90067
City Area Code	310
Local Phone Number	201-4100
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