Ares Acquisition Corporation III Announces the Separate Trading of its Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants Commencing August 20, 2026
Ares Acquisition Corporation III (NYSE: AAC.U) (the “Company”), a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of entering into a combination with one or more businesses, today announced that, commencing August 20, 2026, holders of the 39,500,000 units sold in the Company’s initial public offering (the “Units”), completed on July 1, 2026, may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares and warrants included in the Units. Those Units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “AAC.U,” and the Class A ordinary shares and warrants that are separated will trade on the NYSE under the symbols “AAC” and “AAC WS,” respectively. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants.
The Units were initially offered by the Company in an underwritten offering. J.P. Morgan and Jefferies acted as joint book-runners and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. A registration statement relating to the Units and the underlying securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 29, 2026.
