Ares Partners Holdco Form 3 Initial statement of insider ownership

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ARES MANAGEMENT LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/28/2023

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Savers Value Village, Inc. [ SVV ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	141,544,603	I	See footnotes⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

ARES MANAGEMENT LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ares Partners Holdco LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ares Voting LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ares Management GP LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ares Management Corp

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ares Holdco LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ares Management Holdings L.P.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS,

12TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES

90067

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 79,552,472 shares held by Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund V, L.P. ("ACOF V"), 10,477,380 shares held by ASSF IV AIV B Holdings III, L.P. ("ASSF IV AIV Holdings"), 9,576,008 shares held by ASSF IV AIV B, L.P. ("ASSF IV AIV") and 39,299,747 shares held by ASOF Holdings I, L.P. ("ASOF Holdings I"). Also includes 2,638,996 shares (the "Managed Shares") held by an account managed by ASSF Operating Manager IV, L.P. with respect to which the Ares Entities (as defined below) may be deemed to have shared voting or dispositive power. The Ares Entities disclaim beneficial ownership of the Managed Shares for purposes of Section 16 and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any of the Ares Entities are the beneficial owner of the Managed Shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

2. Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners") is the sole member of each of Ares Voting LLC and Ares Management GP LLC, which are respectively the holders of the Class B and Class C common stock of Ares Management Corporation ("Ares Management"), which common stock allows them, collectively, to generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares Management if certain conditions are met.

3. Ares Management is the sole member of Ares Holdco LLC, which is the general partner of Ares Management Holdings L.P., which is the sole member of Ares Management LLC, which is: (i) the sole member of ACOF Investment Management LLC, which is the manager of ACOF V; (ii) the general partner of ASSF Operating Manager IV, L.P., which is the manager of each of ASSF IV AIV Holdings and ASSF IV AIV; and (iii) the sole member of ASOF Investment Management LLC, which is the manager of ASOF Holdings I. We refer to all of the foregoing entities collectively as the Ares Entities.

4. Each of the Ares Entities may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, but each disclaims any such beneficial ownership of securities not held of record by them. Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael J Arougheti, Ryan Berry, R. Kipp deVeer, David B. Kaplan, Antony P. Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal (collectively, the "Board Members"). Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over Board Members' decisions. Each of these individuals disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Ares Partners.

Remarks:

Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system, each of ACOF Investment Management LLC, Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund V, L.P., ASSF Operating Manager IV, L.P., ASSF IV AIV B Holdings III, L.P., ASSF IV AIV B, L.P., ASOF Investment Management LLC and ASOF Holdings I, L.P. are filing a separate Form 3.

	Ares Partners Holdco LLC, By: /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, Authorized Signatory	06/28/2023
	Ares Voting LLC, By: Ares Partners Holdco LLC, its sole member, By: /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, Authorized Signatory	06/28/2023
	Ares Management GP LLC, By: /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, Authorized Signatory	06/28/2023
	Ares Management Corporation, By: /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, Authorized Signatory	06/28/2023
	Ares Holdco LLC, By: /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, Authorized Signatory	06/28/2023
	Ares Management Holdings L.P., By: Ares Holdco LLC, its general partner, By: /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, Authorized Signatory	06/28/2023
	Ares Management LLC, By: /s/ Naseem Sagati Aghili, Authorized Signatory	06/28/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Ares Partners Holdco Form 3Initial statement of insider ownership