{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0001918712/10-q/2026/item-5","section_key":"item-5","section_title":"Item 5 Other Information.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-05-12","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/0001628280-26-034133-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-034133","cik":"0001918712","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1918712/0001628280-26-034133-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001918712","primary_entity_name":"ARES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND"},"word_count":228,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.    Other Information.\n\nRule 10b5-1 Trading Plans\n\nDuring the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026, none of our board of trustees or executive officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.”\n\nInvestment Advisory and Management Agreement\n\nOn May 12, 2026, we entered into the fourth amended and restated investment advisory and management agreement, by and between us and our investment adviser, which amended and restated our current investment advisory and management\n\n197\n\nagreement in response to comments issued by state securities regulators in connection with their review of the Offering. The terms of the amended investment advisory and management agreement are unchanged from those of the current investment advisory and management agreement under which our investment adviser provides investment advisory services to us, except to clarify language regarding indemnification obligations in response to comments issued by state securities regulators. The foregoing description of the amended investment advisory and management agreement is only a summary of the material provisions of the amended investment advisory and management agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and is incorporated herein by reference.\n\n198"}