8-K

Date: June 12, 2023

ARES ACQUISITION CORPORATION II

/s/ Anton Feingold

Anton Feingold

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2023

ARES ACQUISITION CORPORATION II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-41691

98-1592112

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

245 Park Avenue, 44th Floor

New York, NY

10167

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(310) 201-4100

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant	AACT.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A Ordinary Shares	AACT	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50	AACT WS	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On June 12, 2023, Ares Acquisition Corporation II (the “Company”) announced that the holders of the Company’s units (the “Units”) may elect to separately trade the shares of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”), and warrants included in the Units commencing on June 12, 2023. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “AACT.U.” Any underlying Class A ordinary shares and warrants that are separated will trade on the NYSE under the symbols “AACT” and “AACT 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 holders’ Units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the separate trading of the securities underlying the Units is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


99.1		Press Release, dated June 12, 2023.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)