Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. - Jun 1, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for AZEK Co Inc. (AZEK)

Signature
ARES CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES FUND IV, L.P., By: ACOF OPERATING MANAGER IV, LLC, Its: Manager, /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, By: Naseem Sagati Aghili, Its: Authorized Signatory
Stock symbol
AZEK
Transactions as of
Jun 1, 2021
Transactions value $
-$375,187,500
Form type
4
Date filed
6/3/2021, 04:30 PM
Next filing
Feb 16, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction AZEK Class A Common Stock Sale -$375M -8.63M -31.11% $43.50 19.1M Jun 1, 2021 Direct F1, F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The manager of Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. ("ACOF IV") is ACOF Operating Manager IV, LLC ("ACOF Operating Manager IV"), and the sole member of ACOF Operating Manager IV is Ares Management LLC. The sole member of Ares Management LLC is Ares Management Holdings L.P. ("Ares Management Holdings") and the general partner of Ares Management Holdings is Ares Holdco LLC ("Ares Holdco"). The sole member of Ares Holdco is Ares Management Corporation ("Ares Management"). Ares Management GP LLC ("Ares Management GP") is the sole holder of the Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares Management (the "Ares Class B Common Stock") and Ares Voting LLC ("Ares Voting") is the sole holder of the Class C common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares Management (the "Ares Class C Common Stock"). (Continued in footnote 2)
F2 Pursuant to Ares Management's Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of the Ares Class B Common Stock and the Ares Class C Common Stock, collectively, will generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares Management if certain conditions are met. The sole member of both Ares Management GP and Ares Voting is Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners") (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael Arougheti, Ryan Berry, R. Kipp deVeer, David Kaplan, Michael McFerran, Antony Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal (collectively, the "Board Members"). Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over Board Members' decisions. (Continued in footnote 3)
F3 Each of the Reporting Persons, other than ACOF IV, and the Board Members, and the other directors, officers, partners, equity holders, members and managers of the Reporting Persons, expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the Class A Common Stock, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

Remarks:

ACOF IV has the right to nominate directors for election to the board of directors of the Issuer pursuant to a stockholders agreement, dated June 11, 2020. ACOF IV has nominated three directors to the Issuer's board of directors. Accordingly, ACOF IV and its affiliates listed hereon may be deemed to be a director by deputization.