---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-116605"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARES"
cik: "0001176948"
company_name: "Ares Management Corp"
filed_at: "2023-11-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T04:38:51.735659+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Management issues $500M of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2028

## Summary
- $500M aggregate principal, 6.375% interest, maturity Nov 10, 2028.
- Interest payable semi-annually May 10 and Nov 10, starting May 10, 2024.
- Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated and fully guaranteed by multiple subsidiaries.
- Underwriting agreement with Morgan Stanley, BofA, SMBC Nikko, Wells Fargo.
- Notes issued on Nov 10, 2023 under base indenture with U.S. Bank Trust.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-116605
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARES
- cik: 0001176948
- company_name: Ares Management Corp
- filed_at: 2023-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465923116605/0001104659-23-116605-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465923116605/tm2325897d6_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-116605.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Ares Management Corp incurred senior notes of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 6.375% per annum maturing November 10, 2028.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 6.375% per annum
  - Maturity: November 10, 2028
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On November 10, 2023, Ares Management Corporation (the “Company”) issued $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) pursuant to a previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465923116605/0001104659-23-116605-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Ares Management Corp entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $500,000,000 (effective 2023-11-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Value: $500,000,000
  - Effective: 2023-11-10
  source text: On November 10, 2023, Ares Management Corporation (the “Company”) issued $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465923116605/0001104659-23-116605-index.htm

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