Ares Partners Holdco LLC - 14 Aug 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Ares Acquisition Corp III (AAC)

Reporting relationship: 10%+ Owner
Issuer ticker: AAC
Reported as of: 14 Aug 2026
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 14 Aug 2026, 17:04:42 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 02 Jul 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 14 Aug 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: 14 Aug 2026, 17:04.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 02 Jul 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: 14 Aug 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: 14 Aug 2026

Reported derivative securities

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

AAC transaction Derivative

Class B ordinary shares

Disposed to Issuer

Transaction value
Shares: -43,750
Change %: -0.44%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 9,875,000
Date: 14 Aug 2026
Ownership: See footnotes
Underlying class: Class A ordinary shares
Underlying amount: 43,750
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F3, F4, F5

AAC transaction Derivative

Class B ordinary shares

Disposed to Issuer

Transaction value
Shares: -43,750
Change %: -0.44%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 9,875,000
Date: 14 Aug 2026
Ownership: See footnotes
Underlying class: Class A ordinary shares
Underlying amount: 43,750
Exercise price
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

The Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class B Ordinary Shares"), will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Ares Acquisition Corporation III (the "Issuer") upon the completion of the Issuer's initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment and certain anti-dilution rights.

Footnote F2

As described in the registration statement filed by Issuer on Form S-1 (File No. 333-296746), the Class B Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the reporting persons included up to 1,293,750 shares that were subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters of the Issuer's initial public offering did not exercise in full their over-allotment option. The underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option, resulting in 43,750 Class B Ordinary Shares being forfeited.

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, 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 Ares Acquisition Holdings III LP (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.