Shareholder Vote

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ______________________________________________________   FORM  8-K   CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934   Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 8, 2026   ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)   Delaware   001-36429   80-0962035 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.) 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400 , Los Angeles , CA 90067 (Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code) ( 310 )  201-4100 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) N/A (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):   ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ARES New York Stock Exchange 6.75% Series B mandatory convertible preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share ARES.PRB New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ 1 Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. Annual Meeting of Stockholders On June 8, 2026, Ares Management Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting consisted of the shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, April 13, 2026 (the “Record Date”). As of the Record Date, there were 222,023,639 shares of our Class A common stock outstanding representing 222,023,639 votes, 1,000 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding representing 783,766,262 votes and 104,328,294 shares of our Class C common stock outstanding representing 104,328,294 votes, for a total of 1,110,118,195 votes. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 21, 2026, and the Company’s inspector of election certified the vote tabulations indicated below. Proposal 1 The nominees listed below were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders once their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Michael J Arougheti 1,000,758,842 65,117,130 43,092 17,320,160 Ashish Bhutani 1,032,714,398 33,154,440 50,226 17,320,160 Antoinette Bush 1,005,012,985 60,857,401 48,678 17,320,160 R. Kipp deVeer 1,034,748,780 31,116,690 53,594 17,320,160 Paul G. Joubert 1,024,474,222 41,389,031 55,811 17,320,160 David B. Kaplan 1,035,088,743 30,773,379 56,942 17,320,160 Michael Lynton 1,015,072,964 50,791,326 54,774 17,320,160 Eileen Naughton 1,033,265,157 32,605,932 47,975 17,320,160 Dr. Judy D. Olian 984,401,141 81,469,734 48,189 17,320,160 Antony P. Ressler 985,288,621 80,424,160 206,283 17,320,160 Bennett Rosenthal 1,036,059,694 29,803,469 55,901 17,320,160 Proposal 2 The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2026 fiscal year was approved based on the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 1,080,996,963 2,120,042 122,219 2 SIGNATURES   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.         ARES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION       Dated: June 11, 2026                   By: /s/ Jarrod Phillips     Name: Jarrod Phillips     Title: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial & Accounting Officer) 3