{"url_path":"/sec/refi/8-k/2026-07-13/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 , including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867949/0001213900-26-077585-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-077585","cik":"0001867949","ticker":"REFI","issuer_name":"Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867949/0001213900-26-077585-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001867949","primary_entity_name":"Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc."},"word_count":667,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of\n1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing\nunder the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such\nfiling.\n\n** **\n\n**Additional Information and Where to Find It**\n\n \n\nIn connection with the Merger,\nLIEN intends to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form N-14 (the\n“Registration Statement”) that will include a joint proxy statement of the Company and LIEN and that also will constitute\na prospectus of LIEN (the “Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus”). INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY AND LIEN ARE\nURGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH\nTHE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY,\nLIEN, THE MERGER AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, the Joint Proxy\nStatement/Prospectus and the other documents filed by the Company and LIEN with the SEC, when available, through the website maintained\nby the SEC at www.sec.gov or from the Company’s website at www.refi.reit.\n\n** **\n\n**No Offer or Solicitation**\n\n \n\nThis Current Report on Form\n8-K is for informational purposes only and is not intended to, and shall not, constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer\nto sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval, in any jurisdiction, nor shall\nthere be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful\nprior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except\nby means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.\n\n** **\n\n**Participants in the Solicitation**\n\n \n\nThe Company and LIEN and their\nrespective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the\nCompany and LIEN in connection with the Merger. Information regarding the directors and executive officers of the Company and LIEN, and\na description of their direct and indirect interests in the Merger, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the Joint Proxy\nStatement/Prospectus when it becomes available and the other relevant materials filed or to be filed with the SEC. These documents may\nbe obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.\n\n** **\n\n**Forward-Looking Statements**\n\n \n\nThis Current Report on Form\n8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the\nSecurities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by terms\nsuch as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”\n“target,” “believe,” “plan,” “project,” “should,” “seek” and similar\nexpressions, including statements regarding the Merger, the exchange ratio and the Koach transaction. These statements are based on the\nCompany’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual\nresults to differ materially from those expressed or implied, including the timing, completion and effects of the Merger and the possibility\nthat it may not be completed on the anticipated timeline or at all; the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Merger; the exchange\nratio and the value of the merger consideration; changes in market conditions, interest rates, borrower and tenant performance, real estate\nvaluation, and regulatory developments affecting the cannabis industry; and the other risks described in the Company’s filings with\nthe SEC. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as\na result of new information, future events or otherwise.\n\n \n\n2"}