BUSINESS COMBINATION AND MERGER AGREEMENT AMONG ARES HOLDINGS L.P., ARES INVESTMENTS L.P., KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., KA FUND ADVISORS, LLC, KAYNE ANDERSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC., THE KA OWNERS SET FORTH HEREIN AND THE SELLERS’...Business Combination and Merger Agreement • July 24th, 2015 • Ares Management Lp • Investment advice • New York
This Business Combination and Merger Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of July 23, 2015, among Ares Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“AH LP”), Ares Investments L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“AI LP” and, together with AH LP, the “Buyers”), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., a California limited partnership (“KACALP”), KA Fund Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“KAFA”), Kayne Anderson Investment Management Inc., a Nevada corporation (“KA Investment Management”), each of the other KA Owners party hereto, and David Shladovsky, as representative of the KA Owners (the “Sellers’ Representative”).
