{"url_path":"/sec/acre/8-k/2026-06-01/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/0001628280-26-039475-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-039475","cik":"0001529377","ticker":"ACRE","issuer_name":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/0001628280-26-039475-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001529377","primary_entity_name":"Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp"},"word_count":269,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote Security Holders.\n\nOn May 27, 2026, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A quorum was present at the Annual Meeting and the Company’s stockholders: (i) elected the two Class II directors named below; (ii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; and (iii) approved on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The final voting results from the Annual Meeting were as follows:\n\n(1) A proposal to elect two Class II directors to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders, and until their successors have been duly elected and qualify.\n\nVOTES FOR\n\nVOTES WITHHELD\n\nBROKER NON-VOTES\n\nWilliam S. Benjamin\n\n15,754,104\n\n6,897,290\n\n17,249,325\n\nCaroline E. Blakely\n\n15,832,783\n\n6,818,611\n\n17,249,325\n\n(2) A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.\n\nVOTES FOR\nVOTES AGAINST\nVOTES ABSTAINED\n\n36,662,962\n\n328,926\n\n2,908,831\n\n(3) A proposal for the non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.\n\nVOTES FOR\nVOTES AGAINST\nVOTES ABSTAINEDBROKER NON-VOTES\n\n19,848,823\n\n2,518,989\n\n283,582\n\n17,249,325\n\n2\n\nSIGNATURE\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n  ARES COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION\n\n   \n\nDate: June 1, 2026/s/ Anton Feingold\n\n Name:Anton Feingold\n\n Title:General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary\n\n    \n\n3"}