secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary ====================================== Issuer: Ares Acquisition Corp III (AAC) CIK: 0002128115 Form: 8-K Filed at: 2026-07-08T21:20:46+00:00 Accession: 0001104659-26-081855 Event type: other_material Sentiment: neutral Materiality: 0.80 Item codes: 8.01, 9.01 LLM model: deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 Ares Acquisition Corporation III completes $395M IPO and $11.2M private placement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - IPO of 39,500,000 units at $10.00/unit, including 5M over-allotment units, gross proceeds $395M. - Concurrent private placement of 7,466,667 warrants to sponsor at $1.50/warrant, gross $11.2M. - Net proceeds of $395M placed in trust account for benefit of public shareholders. - Audited balance sheet as of July 1, 2026 shows $1.72M cash outside trust and $395M in trust. - Company has 24 months (extendable to 30) to complete a business combination. Source: EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128115/000110465926081855/0001104659-26-081855-index.htm Primary doc: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128115/000110465926081855/tm2619522d2_8k.htm HTML page: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-081855 License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer