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| Company | Current Parent  | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neiman Marcus Group Inc | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | product safety violation | 2008 | CPSC | $50,000 |
| SMG | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | labor relations violation | 2015 | NLRB | $54,155 |
| 99 Cent Only Stores | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | labor relations violation | 2006 | NLRB | $5,855 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-state | $175,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $3,200,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $700,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $3,200,000 |
| Guitar Center | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $2,900,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $4,900,000 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2018 | WHD | $273,254 |
| Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,400,000 |
| Neiman Marcus Group LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2019 | MULTI-AG | $1,500,000 |
| SMG | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2002 | MA-AG | $545,000 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | hazardous waste violation | 2015 | CA-MULTI | $2,362,500 |
| Ares Management LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | investor protection violation | 2020 | SEC | $1,000,000 |
| Insight Global, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2020 | WA-DLI | $9,283 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | pesticide violation | 2007 | CA-DPR | $13,743 |
| Blackbrush O & G, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-RRC | $11,250 |
| Blackbrush O & G, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-RRC | $11,250 |
| Blackbrush O & G, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-RRC | $11,250 |
| Blackbrush O & G, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-RRC | $11,250 |
| Blackbrush O & G, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-RRC | $11,250 |
| Neiman Marcus Group, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | pesticide violation | 2021 | CA-DPR | $122,211 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | air pollution violation | 2012 | CA-SCAQMD | $36,661 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | CA-LCO | $9,454 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2014 | CA-LCO | $10,880 |
| 99¢ Only Stores | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | CA-LCO | $9,288 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2022 | EPA | $751,055 |
| Neiman Marcus Group Inc. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,437,500 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | pesticide violation | 2023 | CA-DPR | $21,125 |
| Guitar Center, Inc. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2023 | NM-ENV | $11,340 |
| Insight Global, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | labor relations violation | 2022 | NLRB | $7,500 |
| Insight Global | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2023 | IL-DOL | $31,185 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $6,150 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $10,120 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $16,810 |
| SMG | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2002 | OSHA | $8,625 |
| THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2004 | OSHA | $86,500 |
| GUITAR CENTER STORES INC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2008 | OSHA | $11,315 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $5,025 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORE | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $20,195 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORE | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $5,000 |
| SMG | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $5,000 |
| GUITAR CENTER | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $7,000 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $18,675 |
| SMG | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $24,000 |
| SMG | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $33,600 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES TEXAS, INC. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $61,200 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES TEXAS, INC. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $11,400 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $5,000 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $6,000 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $9,625 |
| INSIGHT GLOBAL, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $16,875 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES, STORE #119 | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $9,900 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORE LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $37,375 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORE, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $11,750 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $28,000 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $9,935 |
| 99 CENT ONLY STORES LLC #383 | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $8,100 |
| GUITAR CENTER STORES, INC. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $7,834 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $5,000 |
| GUITAR CENTER | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $11,340 |
| GUITAR CENTER STORES, INC. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $22,324 |
| THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, LLC. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $5,122 |
| 99 CENTS ONLY STORES TEXAS, INC. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $92,189 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $409,490 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2022 | EPA | $751,055 |
| GEO SPECIALITY CHEMICALS | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | railroad safety violation | 2013 | FRA | $6,000 |
| GEO SPECIALITY CHEMICALS | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | railroad safety violation | 2013 | FRA | $6,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $700,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $5,000,000 |
| Spartech Plastics | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2010 | WHD | $10,800 |
| Spartech Polycom, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $125,000 |
| Spartech Plastics | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | labor relations violation | 2001 | NLRB | $7,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | labor relations violation | 2000 | NLRB | $20,000 |
| GEO SPECIALTY CHEM TRIMET DIV | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2006 | PA-ENV | $10,090 |
| GEO SPECIALTY CHEM INC | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2008 | PA-ENV | $5,500 |
| Spartech Polycast, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2012 | CT-ENV | $52,861 |
| FAR RESEARCH, INC. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | hazardous waste violation | 2008 | FL-DEP | $8,237 |
| FAR RESEARCH, INC. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | hazardous waste violation | 2000 | FL-DEP | $38,613 |
| Phoenix Chemical Company, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | water pollution violation | 2007 | GA-ENV | $5,000 |
| GEO Speciality Chemicals | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | water pollution violation | 2000 | GA-ENV | $6,825 |
| Spartech Polycom | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2013 | LA-ENV | $20,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2012 | LA-ENV | $12,712 |
| POLYONE DESIGNED STRUCTURES | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | air pollution violation | 2016 | MD-ENV | $39,000 |
| SPARTECH | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | air pollution violation | 2010 | MD-ENV | $60,000 |
| GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | air pollution violation | 2007 | NJ-ENV | $9,000 |
| GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | air pollution violation | 2007 | NJ-ENV | $31,800 |
| Geo Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2013 | TX-ENV | $8,580 |
| Flow Polymers Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | railroad safety violation | 2021 | FRA | $6,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,796,800 |
| Geo Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | railroad safety violation | 2022 | FRA | $7,000 |
| Geo Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | water pollution violation | 2023 | TX-ENV | $145,412 |
| Geo Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | railroad safety violation | 2018 | FRA | $5,000 |
| SPARTECH PLASTICS | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $13,950 |
| SPARTECH-POLYCOM,INC. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2000 | OSHA | $5,850 |
| SPARTECH PLASTICS | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2000 | OSHA | $6,700 |
| SPARTECH PLASTICS | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2004 | OSHA | $29,625 |
| SPARTECH POLYCOM CORP | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2002 | OSHA | $5,689 |
| SPARTECH POLYCOM | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | workplace safety or health violation | 2006 | OSHA | $31,125 |
