{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0002128115/8-k/2026-07-02/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 ****Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128115/0001104659-26-080008-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-080008","cik":"0002128115","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Ares Acquisition Corp III","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128115/0001104659-26-080008-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002128115","primary_entity_name":"Ares Acquisition Corp III"},"word_count":392,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01.****Other Events.**\n\n \n\nUpon closing of the IPO, a total of $406,200,000,\ncomprised of $395,000,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $13,825,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount)\nand $11,200,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was deposited into a trust account at JPMorgan Chase Bank,\nN.A. with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held\nin the trust account that may be released to the Company to: (i) fund its working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit\nof $500,000 (plus the rollover of unused amounts from prior years) (provided that only $250,000, plus the rollover of unused amounts from\nprior years of interest earned on the funds held in the trust account may be released to the Company during the six-month period that\nwill begin 24 months from the closing of the IPO if the Company has executed a letter of intent for an initial business combination within\n24 months from the closing of the IPO (the “Extended Period”)); (ii) pay taxes; and (iii) up to $100,000 of interest\nto pay liquidation expenses, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the\ncompletion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s Class A Ordinary\nShares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles\nof Association to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide holders of Class A Ordinary Shares\nthe right to have their shares redeemed in connection with any proposed initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Class A\nOrdinary Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, within\nthe Extended Period or such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors may approve or with respect to any other material provisions\nrelating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s\npublic shares if the Company is unable to complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, within\nthe Extended Period or by such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors may approve."}