Ares Management Corp Form 3 Filed 2025-02-07

FORM 3

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

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

ARES MANAGEMENT LLC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

02/05/2025

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

MultiPlan Corp [MPLN]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC, 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check applicable line)

_____ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
__X__ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	1,863,105	I	See Footnotes⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ARES MANAGEMENT LLC C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
ASOF II Holdings I, L.P. C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
ASOF II A (DE) Holdings I, L.P. C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
ASOF Investment Management LLC C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
Ares Management Holdings L.P. C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
Ares Holdco LLC C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
Ares Management Corp C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
Ares Voting LLC C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
Ares Management GP LLC C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X
Ares Partners Holdco LLC C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067		X

Explanation of Responses:

1.	The number of securities reported herein includes (i) 1,578,588 shares of Class A Common Stock held by ASOF II Holdings I, L.P. and (ii) 284,517 shares of Class A Common Stock held by ASOF II A (DE) Holdings I, L.P (together with ASOF II Holdings I, L.P, the "Ares Holders").
2.	Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners") is the sole member of each of Ares Voting LLC and Ares Management GP LLC, which are respectively the holders of the Class B and Class C common stock of Ares Management Corporation ("Ares Management"), which common stock allows them, collectively, to generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares Management if certain conditions are met. Ares Management is the sole member of Ares Holdco LLC, which is the general partner of Ares Management Holdings L.P., which is the sole member of Ares Management LLC, which is the sole member of ASOF Investment Management LLC, which is the manager of each of the Ares Holders. Each of the foregoing entities may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, but each disclaims any such beneficial ownership of securities not held of record by them.
3.	Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael J Arougheti, R. Kipp deVeer, David B. Kaplan, Antony P. Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal (collectively, the "Board Members"). Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over the Board Members' decisions. Each of these individuals disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Ares Partners.

	Signatures
	Ares Management LLC, By: /s/ Anton Feingold, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	ASOF II Holdings I, L.P., By: ASOF Investment Management LLC, its manager, By: /s/ Evan Hoole, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	ASOF II A (DE) Holdings I, L.P., By: ASOF Investment Management LLC, its manager, By: /s/ Evan Hoole, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	ASOF Investment Management LLC, By: /s/ Evan Hoole, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	Ares Management Holdings L.P., By: Ares Holdco LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ Anton Feingold, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	Ares Holdco LLC, By: /s/ Anton Feingold, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	Ares Management Corporation, By: /s/ Anton Feingold, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	Ares Voting LLC, By: Ares Partners Holdco LLC, its sole member, By: /s/ Anton Feingold, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	Ares Management GP LLC, By: /s/ Anton Feingold, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
	Ares Partners Holdco LLC, By: /s/ Anton Feingold, Authorized Signatory	02/07/2025
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