Ares Partners Holdco LLC - 01 Jul 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Ares Acquisition Corp III (AAC)

Reporting relationship: 10%+ Owner
Issuer ticker: AAC
Reported as of: 01 Jul 2026
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 02 Jul 2026, 18:43:33 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 29 Jun 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: Ares Partners Holdco LLC By: /s/ Anton Feingold; Authorized Signatory

Key filing fact

Ares Partners Holdco LLC filed Form 4 for Ares Acquisition Corp III (AAC) on 02 Jul 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Ares Partners Holdco LLC's Form 4 filing for Ares Acquisition Corp III (AAC).
1 reported transaction and 2 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 02 Jul 2026, 18:43.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 29 Jun 2026.
Current net transaction value: $0.

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (2)

CIK 0001620263 Primary reporting owner

Ares Partners Holdco LLC

Relationship: 10%+ Owner
Address: C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC,, 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400, LOS ANGELES
Signature: Ares Partners Holdco LLC By: /s/ Anton Feingold; Authorized Signatory
Signature date: 02 Jul 2026

CIK 0002128121

Ares Acquisition Holdings III LP

Relationship: 10%+ Owner
Address: C/O ARES MANAGEMENT LLC,, 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400, LOS ANGELES
Signature: Ares Acquisition Holdings III LP By: /s/ Anton Feingold; Authorized Signatory
Signature date: 02 Jul 2026

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

AAC transaction Derivative

Private placement warrants

Award

Transaction value
Shares: +666,667
Change %: +9.8%
Price: $1.50^*
Shares after: 7,466,667
Date: 01 Jul 2026
Ownership: See footnotes
Underlying class: Class A ordinary shares
Underlying amount: 666,667
Exercise price: $11.50
Footnotes: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5

AAC transaction Derivative

Private placement warrants

Award

Transaction value
Shares: +666,667
Change %: +9.8%
Price: $1.50^*
Shares after: 7,466,667
Date: 01 Jul 2026
Ownership: See footnotes
Underlying class: Class A ordinary shares
Underlying amount: 666,667
Exercise price: $11.50
Footnotes: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 5 footnotes

Footnote F1

In connection with the initial public offering of Ares Acquisition Corporation III (the "Issuer"), the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option. In connection with such exercise, Ares Acquisition Holdings III LP (the "Sponsor") acquired an additional 666,667 warrants.

Footnote F2

The reported warrants become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the Issuer's initial business combination and expire five (5) years after the completion of the Issuer's initial business combination.

Footnote F3

Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners") is the sole member of each of Ares Voting LLC ("Ares Voting") and Ares Management GP LLC ("Ares Management GP"), which are respectively the holders of the Class B and Class C common stock of Ares Management Corporation ("Ares Management"), which common stock allows them, collectively, to generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares Management if certain conditions are met. Ares Management is the sole member of Ares Holdco LLC ("Ares Holdco" and together with each of the foregoing entities, the "Ares Entities"), which is the general partner of Ares Holdings L.P. ("Ares Holdings").

Footnote F4

Ares Holdings is the sole shareholder of Ares Acquisition Holdings III, which is the general partner of the Sponsor. The Sponsor directly holds the securities reported herein. Each of the Ares Entities and Ares Holdings may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities directly held by the Sponsor, but each of the foregoing disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its respective pecuniary interest therein.

Footnote F5

Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael J Arougheti, R. Kipp deVeer, David B. Kaplan, Antony P. Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal (collectively, the "Board Members"). Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over the Board Members' decisions. Each of these individuals expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Ares Partners, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. The principal business office of the Sponsor, the Ares Entities and Ares Holdings is c/o Ares Management LLC, 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90067.