Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Jan 31, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Feb 4, 2026
CEOGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001304471-26-000002
Filed / recorded
Feb 4, 2026, 2:31 AM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
Ares Management Corp
Issuer CIK
1176948
Ticker
ARES
Reporting person
Michael J Arougheti
Relationship
Director, Officer
Officer title
Co-Founder and CEO
Security
Class A Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Jan 31, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
200,000
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
1,600,000
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Granted under an equity incentive plan of Ares Management Corporation. Each restricted unit represents the right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock upon vesting. The restrictions on such units are scheduled to lapse in three equal installments on June 30, 2027, 2028 and 2029.
Represents 1,600,000 restricted units granted under an equity incentive plan of Ares Management Corporation. Each restricted unit represents the right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock upon vesting. The restricted units vest in installments in accordance with the applicable restricted unit award agreement.
A board member of Ares Management paid $60K out of pocket for Ares Management shares. 1 other person at Ares Management bought some too, in the same month.
A board member of Ares Management paid $1.27M out of pocket for Ares Management shares. 1 other person at Ares Management bought some too, in the same month. The Ares Management shares held grew by 42%.