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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-107755
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241010
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241010

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ares Management Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001176948
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				954656677
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36429
		FILM NUMBER:		241365802

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 AVE OF THE STARS
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1400
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90067
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102014100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 AVE OF THE STARS
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1400
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90067

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ARES MANAGEMENT LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020701
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;OR (g)&nbsp;OF</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ares Management Corporation</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>80-0962035 </B></TD></TR>
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the Act:</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">6.75% Series&nbsp;B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">The New York Stock Exchange</TD></TR>
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a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)&nbsp;or
(e), check the following box.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></B></P>

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a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d)&nbsp;or
(e), check the following box.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></B></P>

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a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></B></P>

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A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-270053</B></P>

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the Act:</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The description of the 6.75% Series&nbsp;B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of Ares Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<U>Registrant</U>&rdquo;),
to be registered pursuant to this registration statement is set forth under the caption &ldquo;Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred
Stock&rdquo; in the Registrant&rsquo;s prospectus supplement, dated October 8, 2024,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on October 9, 2024, and under the caption &ldquo;Description of Capital Stock&mdash;Preferred Stock&rdquo; in the accompanying prospectus,
dated February&nbsp;27, 2023. Such descriptions are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828021009343/a2021q1ex31secondarcertifi.htm">3.1</A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828021009343/a2021q1ex31secondarcertifi.htm">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Ares Management Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.&nbsp;001-36429) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2021).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465918068505/a18-40124_1ex99d4.htm#Exhibit99_4_122943" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">3.2</A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465918068505/a18-40124_1ex99d4.htm#Exhibit99_4_122943" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Bylaws of Ares Management Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.4 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36429) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;15, 2018).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465924107741/tm2425002d9_ex3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1</A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465924107741/tm2425002d9_ex3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Certificate of Designations establishing the 6.75% Series&nbsp;B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36429) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;10, 2024).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465924107741/tm2425002d9_ex3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.2</A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000110465924107741/tm2425002d9_ex3-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;of certificate representing the 6.75% Series&nbsp;B Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36429) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;10, 2024).</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</P>

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    Management Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Dated: October 10, 2024</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jarrod Phillips</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 42%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jarrod Phillips</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial &amp; Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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