---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-044938"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001918712"
company_name: "ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND"
filed_at: "2026-06-23T20:42:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T20:43:22.935709+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Strategic Income Fund NAV $27.00 as of May 31; declares distributions of $0.2143/share for June-September 2026

## Summary
- NAV per share $27.00 for all classes; aggregate NAV $10.8B, portfolio fair value $21.7B, debt $11.2B.
- June 2026 distribution of $0.21430 declared for Class I; payable July 23, record June 30.
- July, August, September 2026 distributions also declared at $0.21430 per share for all classes.
- Since inception annualized total return 10.27% for Class I, outperforming leveraged loans by 187 bps.
- Unregistered sale of 341,423 Class I shares in June 2026 for $9.2M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-044938
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001918712
- company_name: ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
- filed_at: 2026-06-23T20:42:24+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000162828026044938/0001628280-26-044938-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/000162828026044938/asif-20260623.htm

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