Ares Acquisition Holdings II LP - Apr 20, 2023 Form 3 Insider Report for Ares Acquisition Corp II (AACT)

Role
10%+ Owner
Signature
/s/Anton Feingold, as Authorized Signatory
Stock symbol
AACT
Transactions as of
Apr 20, 2023
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
3
Date filed
4/21/2023, 01:02 PM
Next filing
Jun 7, 2023

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
holding AACT Class B ordinary shares Apr 20, 2023 Class A ordinary shares 12.9M Direct F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 As described in the issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-270951) under the heading "Description of Securities-Founder Shares," the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the issuer at the time of the issuer's initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and certain anti-dilution rights and have no expiration date.
F2 The Class B ordinary shares beneficially owned by the reporting person include up to 1,687,500 shares that are subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters of the initial public offering of the issuer's securities do not exercise in full their over-allotment option as described in the issuer's registration statement.
F3 Ares Acquisition Holdings II LP ("sponsor") is a Cayman Islands limited partnership managed by affiliates of Ares Management Corporation. Ares Acquisition Holdings II is the general partner of sponsor. Ares Investment Holdings LLC is the general partner of Ares Acquisition Holdings II. Ares Investment Holdings LLC is an indirect subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation ("Ares Management"). Ares Management GP LLC ("Ares Management GP") is the sole holder of the Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares Management (the "Ares Class B Common Stock") and Ares Voting LLC ("Ares Voting") is the sole holder of the Class C common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares Management (the "Ares Class C Common Stock").
F4 (Continued from Footnote 3) Pursuant to Ares Management's Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of the Ares Class B Common Stock and the Ares Class C Common Stock, collectively, will generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares Management if certain conditions are met. The sole member of both Ares Management GP and Ares Voting is Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners"). Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael Arougheti, Ryan Berry, R. Kipp deVeer, David Kaplan, Antony Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal (collectively, the "Board Members"). Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over Board Members' decisions.
F5 Each of Ares Partners, Ares Management GP and Ares Voting (collectively, the "Ares Entities"), and the members of Ares Partners' board of managers and the other directors, officers, partners, stockholders, members and managers of the Ares Entities expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this Form 3 shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.
F6 The address of each Ares Entity is 2000 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.