ARES Earnings

st quarter fundraising of $30 billion, up more than 45% year over year,” said Michael Arougheti, Chief Executive Officer of Ares. “We are on track for another record year of fundraising as we continue to see broad-based investor demand across our platform. We also continue to see strong fundamental performance across our investment portfolios despite the volat

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curities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “foresees” or negative versions

, which reflect our current views with respect to realized net performance income. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “foresees” or negative versions

surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or reorganization and on or prior to the consummation of such merger, consolidation or reorganization, such Loan Party expressly reaffirms its Obligations, if any, to the Lender Group under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (provided, in the case of any Loan Party other than the B

ent to the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall have been false, incorrect, or incomplete in any material respect when made, effective, or reaffirmed, as the case may be; (d) Involuntary Bankruptcy . (i) If an involuntary case seeking the liquidation or reorganization of Ares Parent or any Loan Party or Significant Restric

ng fourth quarter concluded an exceptional year full of milestones and strategic accomplishments for Ares. We crossed $600 billion in AUM, established new annual records for fundraising and investing of over $100 billion and closed our GCP International acquisition which meaningfully broadened our real estate and digital infrastructure capabilities,” said Mich

te and digital infrastructure capabilities,” said Michael Arougheti, Chief Executive Officer of Ares. “Robust investor demand across all three of our channels is continuing and we expect another strong year of fundraising which could match or exceed our record levels from 2025.” “Our strong fundraising and investing activities in the fourth quarter supported a

spect to, among other things, future events, operations and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “foresees” or negative versions