Exhibit (18)
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
Form N-14
(Form Type)
Ares Strategic Income Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities
| | Security Type | | Security Class Title | | Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule | | Amount Registered | | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit | | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (1) | | Fee Rate | | Amount of Registration Fee (1) | | Carry Forward Form Type | | Carry Forward File Number | | Carry Forward Initial Effective Date | | Filing Fee Previously Paid in Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward |
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Fees to be Paid | | Debt | | 6.350% Notes due 2029 | | 457(a) | | $700,000,000 | | | | $700,000,000 | | $0.00014760 | | $103,320 | | | | | | | | |
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Total Offering Amounts | | | | $700,000,000 | | | | $103,320 | | | | | | | | |
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Total Fees Previously Paid | | | | | | | | $— | | | | | | | | |
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Total Fee Offsets | | | | | | | | $— | | | | | | | | |
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Net Fee Due | | | | | | | | $103,320 | | | | | | | | |
(1) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and computed pursuant to Rule 457(a) and 457(f)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |