Ares Management Corporation Class A Common Stock FY 2026 Earnings Call

Good morning. Welcome to Ares Strategic Income Fund's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. I will now turn the call over to Michael Smith, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Ares Strategic Income Fund.

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the meeting. We will please bring the meeting to order. We are reconvening the annual meeting of shareholders of Ares Strategic Income Fund, previously adjourned on June 24th, 2026. I am Michael Smith, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Ares Strategic Income Fund, and I will be presiding at this meeting. Jennifer Howard, Vice President and Counsel at Ares Management Corporation, will act as secretary of the meeting. Christine Amrhein of American Election Services, LLC has been appointed to act as Inspector of Election and is also virtually attending. Please note, no one attending via the webcast or telephone is permitted to use any audio recording device, and this meeting is not being recorded. We have been informed by the Inspector of Election that a quorum is not present for the purposes of transacting business.

Accordingly, I hereby declare, one, notice of this annual meeting has been properly served. Two, due to the absence of a quorum, we are adjourning the meeting indefinitely. Three, I declare the meeting adjourned indefinitely.

This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.