[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 17882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06060]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 34862; File No. 812-15332]


Ares Strategic Income Fund and Ares Capital Management LLC

March 20, 2023.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from sections 
18(a)(2), 18(c), and 18(i), and section 61(a) of the Act.

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit certain 
closed-end management investment companies that have elected to be 
regulated as business development companies (``BDCs'') to issue 
multiple classes of shares with varying sales loads and asset-based 
service and/or distribution fees.

Applicants: Ares Strategic Income Fund and Ares Capital Management LLC.

Filing Dates: The application was filed on April 29, 2022 and amended 
on September 20, 2022.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the Commission's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the 
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is 
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a 
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on April 14, 
2023, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the Applicants, 
in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. 
Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the 
nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: 
Joshua M. Bloomstein, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Jill Ehrlich, Senior Counsel, or Lisa 
Reid Ragen, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment 
Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' first amended and 
restated application, dated September 20, 2022, which may be obtained 
via the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the 
top of this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search 
field, on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be 
searched at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room 
at (202) 551-8090.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-06060 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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