Ares managed a $318.4M cash payment for employee tax withholding on equity awards in Q1 2026.

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  "company": {
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    "excerpts": "Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (318,428)",
    "relevance": 0.7,
    "sentiment": "neutral",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828026032990/ares-20260331.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-05-08",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"aresmgmt.com","limit":20}'