UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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*Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number Your Vote Counts! For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # V70363-P26424 You invested in ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the stockholder meeting to be held on June 6, 2025. ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by June 5, 2025 11:59 PM ET Get informed before you vote View the 2024 Annual Report and Notice and Proxy Statement online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to May 23, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to [email protected]. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. Vote Virtually at the Meeting* June 6, 2025 11:00 AM, EDT Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ARES2025
Vote at www.ProxyVote.com V70364-P26424 Voting Items Board Recommends ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by June 5, 2025 11:59 PM ET THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1a. Michael J Arougheti For 1b. Ashish Bhutani For 1c. Antoinette Bush For 1d. R. Kipp deVeer For 1e. Paul G. Joubert For 1f. David B. Kaplan For 1g. Michael Lynton For 1h. Eileen Naughton For 1i. Dr. Judy D. Olian For 1j. Antony P. Ressler For 1k. Bennett Rosenthal For 2. The ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our 2025 fiscal year. For 3. Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation paid to our named executive officers for our 2024 fiscal year. For 4. To recommend, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers. 3 Years NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.