{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0002128115/8-k/2026-07-08/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 ****Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-08","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128115/0001104659-26-081855-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-081855","cik":"0002128115","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Ares Acquisition Corp III","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128115/0001104659-26-081855-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002128115","primary_entity_name":"Ares Acquisition Corp III"},"word_count":240,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01.****Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn\nJuly 1, 2026, Ares Acquisition Corporation III (the “Company”) completed an initial public offering (the “IPO”)\nof 39,500,000 units (the “Units”), which included 5,000,000 Units issued pursuant to the partial exercise by the underwriters\nof their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share\n(“Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-tenth of one redeemable warrant of the Company (“Warrant”), with each\nwhole Warrant entitling the holder of such Warrant to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold\nat a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $395,000,000.\n\n \n\nSubstantially concurrently\nwith the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 7,466,667 private placement warrants to Ares Acquisition Holdings\nIII LP (the “Sponsor”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per warrant, generating gross proceeds of $11,200,000 (the “Private\nPlacement”).\n\n \n\nThe net proceeds from the\nIPO and certain of the proceeds from the Private Placement, $395,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Offering Proceeds”), were\nplaced in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders and the underwriters of the IPO with\nContinental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.\n\n \n\nAn audited balance sheet as\nof July 1, 2026 reflecting receipt of the Offering Proceeds has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to\nthis Current Report on Form 8-K."}