As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
Ares Management, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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2000 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(Address, including zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Ares Management, L.P. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael D. Weiner
c/o Ares Management, L.P.
2000 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 201-4100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Philippa M. Bond
Proskauer Rose LLP
2049 Century Park East, Suite 3200
Los Angeles, California 90067
Tel (310) 557-2900
Fax (310) 557-2193
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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29,030,975 |
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18.375 |
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533,444,165.63 |
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61,986.21 |
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(1) This Registration Statement covers 29,030,975 common units (the Common Units) representing limited partner interests of Ares Management, L.P. (the Partnership) available for issuance under the Ares Management, L.P. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate of Common Units as may be offered or issued under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions that result in an increase in the number of the outstanding Common Units or units issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $18.375 per Common Unit, which is the average of the high and low price per Common Unit as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on March 17, 2015.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 29,030,975 Common Units of the Partnership reserved for issuance under the Plan. These additional Common Units are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement (File No. 333-195627) on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on May 1, 2014. These additional Common Units have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the evergreen provision of the Plan, which provides that the total number of units subject to the Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of such earlier registration statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Partnership pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Partnerships Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, filed on March 20, 2015.
(b) The Partnerships registration statement on Form 8-A, dated April 28, 2014, filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Act, relating to the Partnerships Common Units; and
All documents filed by the Partnership with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the effectiveness of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all offerings of securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
In no event, however, will any information that the Partnership discloses under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Partnership may from time to time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in this Registration Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The partnership agreement of the Partnership provides that in most circumstances the Partnership will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts on an after tax basis: (i) Ares Management GP LLC (the General Partner); (ii) any departing general partner; (iii) any person who is or was a tax matters partner, member, manager, officer or director of the General Partner or any departing general partner; (iv) any member, manager, officer or director of the General Partner or any departing general partner who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any departing general partner as a director, officer, manager, employee, trustee, fiduciary, partner, tax matters partner, member, representative, agent or advisor of another person; (v) any person who controls the General Partner or any departing general partner; (vi) any person who is named in Form S-1 filed by the Partnership on April 22, 2014 as being or about to become a director of the General Partner; or (vii) any person designated by the General Partner as an indemnitee in its sole and absolute discretion.
The Partnership agrees to provide this indemnification unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that these persons acted in bad faith or with criminal intent. The Partnership also agrees to provide this indemnification for criminal proceedings. Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of the Partnerships assets. The General Partner is not personally liable for, nor has any obligation to contribute or loan funds or assets to the partnership to enable the partnership to effectuate indemnification. The indemnification of the persons described in clause (iv) above shall be secondary to any indemnification such person is entitled from another person or the relevant fund of the Partnership to the extent applicable. The Partnership may purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for the Partnerships activities, regardless of whether the partnership would have the power to indemnify the person against liabilities under the partnership agreement of the Partnership.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Form S-1 filed by the Partnership on March 31, 2014 (File No. 333-194919)) |
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Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Form 8-K filed by the Partnership on May 7, 2014 (File No. 001-36429)) |
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Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Liability Company of the General Partner of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Form S-1 filed by the Partnership on April 22, 2014 (File No. 333-194919)) |
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Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP |
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2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Form 8-K filed by the Partnership on May 7, 2014 (File No. 001-36429)) |
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Form of Option Agreement under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to |
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Exhibit 10.4 of the Form 8-K filed by the Partnership on May 7, 2014 (File No. 001-36429)) |
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Form of Restricted Unit Agreement under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Form 8-K filed by the Partnership on May 7, 2014 (File No. 001-36429)) |
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23.1 |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP |
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Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1) |
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Los Angeles, California, on March 20, 2015.
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Ares Management GP LLC Its General Partner | |
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/s/ Daniel F. Nguyen | |
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Daniel F. Nguyen |
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Chief Financial Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Antony P. Ressler, Daniel F. Nguyen and Michael D. Weiner, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorney-in fact and agent, with full powers to each of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of us might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Antony P. Ressler |
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Chairman, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
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March 20, 2015 |
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Antony P. Ressler |
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/s/ Michael J Arougheti |
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Director, Co-Founder & President |
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March 20, 2015 |
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Michael J Arougheti |
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/s/ David B. Kaplan |
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Director, Co-Founder & Senior Partner |
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David B. Kaplan |
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/s/ John H. Kissick |
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Director, Co-Founder & Senior Partner |
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March 20, 2015 |
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John H. Kissick |
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/s/ Bennett Rosenthal |
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Director, Co-Founder & Senior Partner |
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March 20, 2015 |
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Bennett Rosenthal |
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/s/ Daniel F. Nguyen |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |
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March 20, 2015 |
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Daniel F. Nguyen |
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/s/ Paul G. Joubert |
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Director |
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March 20, 2015 |
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Paul G. Joubert |
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/s/ Michael Lynton |
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Director |
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March 20, 2015 |
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Michael Lynton |
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/s/ Dr. Judy D. Olian |
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Director |
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March 20, 2015 |
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Dr. Judy D. Olian |
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Exhibit 5.1
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March 20, 2015
Ares Management, L.P.
2000 Avenue of the Stars,
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Re: Ares Management, L.P. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel to Ares Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the Securities Act), of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement), relating to the registration of 29,030,975 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the Partnership Units), that may be issued by the Partnership pursuant to the Ares Management, L.P. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan). The Partnership Units are to be issued by the Partnership upon grant, vesting or exercise of certain unit-based awards (the Awards) granted and to be granted pursuant to the Plan.
As such counsel, we have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and have examined originals or copies of such documents, limited partnership records and other instruments as we have deemed relevant, including, without limitation: (i) the certificate of limited partnership of the Partnership; (ii) the amended and restated agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership among Ares Management GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the General Partner), and the limited partners party thereto (collectively, the Limited Partners); (iii) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the General Partner; and (iv) the Registration Statement, together with the exhibits filed as a part thereof.
We have made such examination of law as we have deemed necessary or advisable to express the opinion contained herein. As to matters of fact relevant to this opinion, we have relied upon, and assumed without independent verification, the accuracy of certificates of public officials and officers of the Partnership and the General Partner. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. We also have assumed that the Limited Partners will not participate in the control of the business of the Partnership.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions expressed herein, we are of the opinion that, assuming no change in the applicable law or pertinent facts, the Partnership Units have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued in accordance with the terms of the Awards and the Plan, including payment of any applicable exercise price therefor, will be validly issued, and holders of the Partnership Units
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will have no obligation to make payments or contributions to the Partnership or its creditors solely by reason of their ownership of the Partnership Units.
This opinion is based upon and expressly limited in all respects to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as in effect on the date hereof, and we do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or to the effect, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to matters of local law or the laws of local governmental departments or agencies within the State of Delaware. The reference and limitation to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act includes all applicable Delaware statutory provisions of law and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws.
This opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters. This opinion is rendered as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of any changes in applicable law or any other facts, circumstances, events, developments or other matters that may come to our attention after the date hereof that may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Proskauer Rose LLP
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) pertaining to Ares Management, L.P. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of our report dated March 20, 2015, with respect to consolidated financial statements of Ares Management, L.P. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Los Angeles, California
March 20, 2015