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) ~~June 6~~ August 1, 2025

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.)

1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400, 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
6.75% Series B mandatory convertible preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share	ARES.PRB	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. ☐ o

Item 52.0702 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition.

~~Annual~~On ~~Meeting~~August 1, 2025, the registrant issued a press release announcing its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025. The text of ~~Stockholders~~the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

~~On June 6, 2025, Ares Management Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).~~ The ~~issued~~information ~~and~~disclosed ~~outstanding~~under ~~shares~~this ofItem ~~stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting consisted of the shares of common stock outstanding on the record date~~2.02, ~~April~~including ~~7, 2025 (the “Record Date”)~~Exhibit 99.1 ~~As of the Record Date~~hereto, ~~there~~is ~~were~~being ~~214,980,803~~furnished ~~shares of our Class A common stock outstanding representing 214,980,803 votes, 1,000 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding representing 751,808,292 votes~~ and ~~108,114,920~~shall ~~shares~~not ofbe ~~our~~deemed ~~Class~~“filed” ~~C common stock outstanding representing 108,114,920 votes,~~ for apurposes ~~total~~ of ~~1,074,904,015~~Section 18 ~~votes.~~of At the ~~Annual~~Securities ~~Meeting,~~Exchange ~~the~~Act ~~Company’s~~of ~~stockholders~~1934 ~~voted~~and onshall ~~the~~not ~~following~~be ~~proposals,~~deemed ~~each~~incorporated ofby ~~which~~reference isinto ~~described~~any infiling ~~more~~made ~~detail~~under in the ~~Company’s~~Securities ~~definitive~~Act ~~proxy~~of ~~statement filed on April 16~~1933, ~~2025,~~except ~~and~~as ~~the~~expressly ~~Company’s~~set ~~inspector~~forth ofby ~~election~~specific ~~certified~~reference ~~the~~in ~~vote~~such ~~tabulations indicated below~~filing.

~~Proposal~~Item 17.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

~~The~~On ~~nominees~~August 1, ~~listed~~2025, ~~below~~the ~~were~~registrant ~~elected~~issued asa ~~directors~~press ofrelease announcing the ~~Company~~declaration toof ~~serve~~a ~~for~~quarterly ~~one-year~~dividend ~~terms~~of ~~expiring~~$1.12 atper ~~the~~share ~~2026~~of ~~Annual~~its ~~Meeting~~Class A common stock, payable on September 30, 2025 to its Class A common stockholders of ~~Stockholders~~record ~~once~~as ~~their~~of ~~respective~~September 16, ~~successors~~2025. ~~have~~The ~~been~~registrant ~~duly~~also ~~elected~~issued ~~and~~a ~~qualified~~detailed orearnings ~~until~~presentation ~~their~~announcing ~~earlier~~its ~~resignation~~financial orresults ~~removal~~for the second quarter ended June 30, ~~based~~2025. onThe text of the ~~following~~press ~~votes:~~release and earnings presentation is included as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Form 8-K.

	FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
Michael J Arougheti	980,343,717	51,196,913	14,718	13,686,263
Ashish Bhutani	1,022,385,731	9,152,285	17,332	13,686,263
Antoinette Bush	980,433,122	51,104,813	17,413	13,686,263
R. Kipp deVeer	992,478,263	39,060,364	16,721	13,686,263
Paul G. Joubert	1,018,142,509	13,395,830	17,009	13,686,263
David B. Kaplan	991,636,045	39,900,998	18,305	13,686,263
Michael Lynton	1,002,157,265	29,380,884	17,199	13,686,263
Eileen Naughton	1,022,387,827	9,150,004	17,517	13,686,263
Dr. Judy D. Olian	975,165,709	56,372,642	16,997	13,686,263
Antony P. Ressler	964,367,374	67,170,998	16,976	13,686,263
Bennett Rosenthal	992,471,328	39,064,692	19,328	13,686,263

The information disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made under the Securities Act of 1933, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

~~Proposal~~Item 29.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2025 fiscal year was approved based on the following votes(d) Exhibits:

	FOR		AGAINST	ABSTAIN
Exhibit Number		Description
	1,044,046,297		1,178,295	17,019
99.1		Press Release of Ares Management Corporation, dated August 1, 2025
99.2		Earnings Presentation of Ares Management Corporation, dated August 1, 2025
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

Proposal 3

The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the Company’s 2024 fiscal year (the “say-on-pay vote”), based on the following votes:

FOR						AGAINST						ABSTAIN			BROKERNON-VOTES
950,695,071						80,721,996						138,281			13,686,263

Proposal 4

The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, a three year frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers (the “say-on-frequency vote”), based on the following votes:

1 YEAR			2 YEAR						3 YEAR						ABSTAIN			BROKERNON-VOTES
148,337,910			39,572						883,080,550						97,316			13,686,263

The Company has decided to include a stockholder say-on-pay vote in its proxy materials once every three years, consistent with the stockholders’ advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.

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 11, 2025
Dated: August 1, 2025
	By:	/s/ Jarrod Phillips
	Name:	Jarrod Phillips
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer(Principal Financial & Accounting Officer)
		(Principal Financial & Accounting Officer)

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