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	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Credit facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Credit facility	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Credit facility Interest expense	Mar. 31, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Credit facility Interest expense	Jul. 01, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes AREA item	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes AREA	Jul. 02, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes AREA Forecast item	Mar. 31, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes AREA Interest expense	Jul. 02, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes LIBOR AREA Forecast	Jul. 02, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes Promissory note, one Forecast	Jul. 01, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes Promissory note, one AREA	Jul. 02, 2014 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes Promissory note, two Forecast	Jul. 01, 2013 Ares Holdings, Inc. and Ares Investments LLC Promissory notes Promissory note, two AREA	Dec. 18, 2012 AHI Term note Secured debt	Mar. 31, 2014 AHI Term note Secured debt item	Dec. 31, 2013 AHI Term note Secured debt	Mar. 31, 2014 AHI Term note Secured debt Interest expense	Mar. 31, 2013 AHI Term note Secured debt Interest expense	Dec. 18, 2012 AHI Term note Secured debt LIBOR	Dec. 18, 2012 AHI Term note Secured debt Prime Rate
DEBT
Face amount													$ 13,700,000		$ 7,200,000	$ 55,000,000
Interest rate basis											LIBOR										LIBOR	Prime Rate
Interest rate spread (as a percent)											4.00%										1.75%	0.75%
Floor interest rate (as a percent)																1.50%
Number of consecutive quarterly installments																	7
Amount outstanding	172,119,000	153,119,000	151,300,000	121,300,000				20,900,000									0	11,000,000
Interest expense																			100,000	1,600,000
Number of debt instruments							2
Number of former partners with whom debt is entered into							2
Number of equal consecutive principal payments									3
Principal payments												4,600,000		2,400,000
Accrued interest					$ 200,000	$ 400,000				$ 100,000