[144] Ares Management Corporation SEC Filing
Ares Management Corporation (ARES) Form 144 notice reports a proposed sale of 56,204 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, with an aggregate market value of $10,704,051.80 and approximately 215,934,693 shares outstanding. The shares were acquired as founders shares on 05/02/2014 and payment was recorded on that date.
The filing also discloses multiple recent 10b5-1 sales by ATTICUS ENTERPRISES LLC in May 2025: 182,108 shares on 05/16 (gross proceeds $30,970,870.82), 93,184 on 05/19 ($15,735,646.62), 150,000 on 05/20 ($24,955,305.00), and 107,500 on 05/21 ($17,344,361.75). The filer includes the standard representation that no undisclosed material information is known.
- Sale is routed through a registered broker (Morgan Stanley Smith Barney), indicating orderly execution.
 - Transactions include 10b5-1 sales, suggesting trades were executed under preplanned instructions.
 - Filer affirms no undisclosed material information, meeting Rule 144 attestation requirements.
 
- Significant recent insider-related selling in May 2025 (totaling hundreds of thousands of shares) increases share supply.
 - Aggregate proceeds from recent sales are material (multiple transactions exceeding tens of millions of dollars).
 
Insights
TL;DR: Insider-related holdings are being sold under Rule 144 and multiple 10b5-1 transactions occurred recently, indicating planned, structured liquidity.
The filing documents a planned sale of 56,204 founder shares via a broker and confirms those shares were acquired in 2014. The disclosure of several large 10b5-1 sales by ATTICUS ENTERPRISES LLC earlier in May 2025 shows substantial recent liquidity events linked to the same beneficial owner. For investors, the sales are transparent and follow Rule 144/10b5-1 procedures, reducing execution risk but increasing outstanding supply in the market during May–August 2025.
TL;DR: The notice is a routine compliance filing; it documents founder-share disposition and appropriate 10b5-1 disclosures.
The submission contains required representations about absence of undisclosed material information and ties the proposed sale to founder shares acquired in 2014. Multiple documented 10b5-1 trades demonstrate an established trading plan or instructions, which supports procedural compliance. There is no disclosure here of any change in management, corporate actions, or new material facts beyond the sales activity.