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Ares Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE:AACT) ("AACT") and Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Kodiak") announced today that on August 29, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") declared effective the Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), that AACT and Kodiak jointly filed in connection with the previously announced proposed business combination (the "proposed business combination") between AACT and Kodiak. AACT is an affiliate of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) ("Ares").
An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "Extraordinary General Meeting") to approve the proposed business combination is scheduled to be held on September 23, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Extraordinary General Meeting will be held in person at the offices Kirkland & Ellis LLP located at 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 and virtually via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/aresacquisitioncorporationii/egm2025. Holders of AACT's ordinary shares at the close of business on the record date of August 20, 2025, are entitled to notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting and to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. AACT and Kodiak filed the definitive proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed business combination and AACT began mailing it to shareholders as of the record date on or about Friday August 29, 2025. More details about the proposed business combination and the resolutions to be voted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting can be found in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed by AACT, available at: http://www.sec.gov.
Assuming satisfaction of the conditions to the closing of the proposed business combination, including approval of the proposed business combination by AACT's shareholders, the post-proposed business combination company intends to list its securities on The Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq") under the proposed symbols "KDK" and "KDKRW," respectively. The Nasdaq listing is subject to the closing of the proposed business combination and fulfillment of all Nasdaq listing requirements.
