UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:
12-31-2025
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC
Address:
1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS
SUITE 1400
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
Form 13F File Number:
028-12990

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.


Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name:
Richa Gulati
Title:
Chief Compliance Officer
Phone:
646-960-3838


Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ Richa Gulati
                         [Signature]
New York, NEW YORK
                 [City, State]
02-13-2026
                           [Date]
                          

Report Type (Check only one.):

☒ 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) 

☐ 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) 

☐ 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)


Form 13F Summary Page

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:
4
Form 13F Information table Entry Total:
35
Form 13F Information table Value Total:
1750435652
          (thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.]

No.Form 13F File NumberNameCIK
1
028-18057
ACOF Investment Management LLC
0001684171
2
028-18943
ASSF Operating Manager IV, L.P.
0001683967
3
028-21339
ASOF Investment Management LLC
0001793548
4
028-17562
Ares Capital Management III LLC
0001684755


UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
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VALUESHRS ORSH/PUT/INVESTMENTOTHERVOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUERTITLE OF CLASSCUSIP(x$1000)PRN AMTPRNCALLDISCRETIONMANAGERSOLESHAREDNONE
Altice USA IncCL A02156K1035,853,3393,547,478SHDFND33,547,478 0 0
Ares Capital CorpCOM04010L10345,432,7362,245,810SHDFND42,245,810 0 0
Arko CorpCOM0412421089,579,4002,110,000SHDFND2,110,000 0 0
Bain Capital Specialty Finance IncCOM STK05684B107954,15668,595SHDFND468,595 0 0
Barings BDC IncCOM06759L10332,957,8163,590,176SHDFND43,590,176 0 0
Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc.CL A0922441025,577,541250,676SHDFND250,676 0 0
Blackstone Secured Lending FundCOMMON STOCK09261X10221,092,963801,100SHDFND4801,100 0 0
Blue Owl Capital CorpCOM69121K10435,397,6202,847,757SHDFND42,847,757 0 0
Blue Owl Technology Finance CorpCOMMON STOCK09592410616,578,0431,140,168SHDFND41,140,168 0 0
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.COM18453H10691,046,45541,197,491SHDFND1, 2, 341,197,491 0 0
Crescent Capital BDC IncCOM2256551097,255,546516,409SHDFND4516,409 0 0
Eagle Point Credit Co IncCOM2698081011,795,156311,659SHDFND311,659 0 0
FS KKR Capital CorpCOM30263520618,919,5081,277,482SHDFND41,277,482 0 0
FTAI Infrastructure Inc.COMMON STOCK35953C1065,520,7241,197,554SHDFND31,197,554 0 0
Global Business Travel Group ICOM CL A37890B100106,228,07613,886,023SHDFND313,886,023 0 0
Goldman Sachs BDC IncSHS38147U10713,113,1781,413,058SHDFND41,413,058 0 0
Golub Capital BDC IncCOM38173M10237,130,3702,736,210SHDFND42,736,210 0 0
Hercules Capital IncCOM4270965083,794,225201,606SHDFND4201,606 0 0
MidCap Financial Investment CorpCOM NEW03761U5026,240,886545,532SHDFND4545,532 0 0
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending FundCOM SHS61774A1031,648,000100,000SHDFND4100,000 0 0
MSC Income Fund IncCOM55374X2087,729,618588,251SHDFND4588,251 0 0
Multiplan CorpCL A NEW62548M20979,647,7391,863,105SHDFND31,863,105 0 0
New Mountain Finance CorpCOM6475511005,549,716602,575SHDFND4602,575 0 0
Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending CorpCOM SHS67090S1084,813,472360,830SHDFND4360,830 0 0
Oaktree Specialty Lending CorpCOM67401P40524,630,3061,933,305SHDFND41,933,305 0 0
OPAL Fuels IncCLASS A COM68347P1037,205,2003,059,533SHDFND3,059,533 0 0
Oxford Lane Capital Corp.COM6915438473,623,400247,500SHDFND247,500 0 0
Rent the Runway, Inc.CL A NEW76010Y2021,339,820169,383SHDFND1169,383 0 0
Runway Growth Finance CorpCOM78163D1004,939,388553,123SHDFND4553,123 0 0
Savers Value Village IncCOM80517M1091,096,975,416117,449,188SHDFND1,2,3117,449,188 0 0
Sixth Street Specialty Lending IncCOM83012A10929,425,8001,354,779SHDFND41,354,779 0 0
Tempus AI, Inc.CL A88023B1039,706,816164,383SHDFND164,383 0 0
Trinity Capital IncCOM8964423087,994,842545,723SHDFND4545,723 0 0
Uniti Group IncCOM SHS912932100101,77114,518SHDFND14,518 0 0
Yunji IncSPONSORED ADS A98873N305636,610215,800,000SHDFND215,800,000 0 0