{"url_path":"/sec/refi/8-k/2026-08-11/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-08-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867949/0001213900-26-087484-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-087484","cik":"0001867949","ticker":"REFI","issuer_name":"Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867949/0001213900-26-087484-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001867949","primary_entity_name":"Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc."},"word_count":903,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item\n7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**\n\n \n\nOn\nAugust 11, 2026, the Company disseminated a presentation to be used in connection with its conference call to discuss its financial results\nfor the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, which will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. (eastern time). A copy of the\npresentation has been posted to the Company’s Investor Relations page of its website and is included herewith as Exhibit 99.2,\nand by this reference incorporated herein.\n\n \n\nThe\ninformation disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.2 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed”\nfor purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.\nThe information provided herein shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made under the Securities Act of 1933,\nas amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.\n\n \n\n**No\nOffer or Solicitation**\n\n \n\nThis\ncommunication is not intended to and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation\nof an offer to buy any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction\nin which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such\njurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities\nAct of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities\nAct.\n\n \n\n1\n\n \n\n \n\n**Additional\nInformation and Where to Find It**\n\n \n\nThis\ncommunication includes information relating to the proposed merger (the “Merger”) of the Company with and into Chicago Atlantic\nBDC, Inc. (“LIEN”), along with related proposals for which stockholder approval will be sought, pursuant to the Agreement\nand Plan of Merger, dated as of June 17, 2026 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and between LIEN and the Company. The Merger Agreement\nwas unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both LIEN and the Company, each acting on the unanimous recommendation of its\nspecial committee of independent directors. In connection with the proposals, LIEN filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form\nN-14 on July 31, 2026, which includes a joint proxy statement of LIEN and the Company and a prospectus of LIEN (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”).\nThis communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any\nvote or approval. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the\nSecurities Act. STOCKHOLDERS OF LIEN AND THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED\nOR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY\nBECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT LIEN, THE COMPANY, THE MERGER AND THE PROPOSALS. Investors and\nsecurity holders will be able to obtain the documents filed with the SEC free of charge at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, or from each\ncompany’s investor relations website at **www.investors.chicagoatlanticbdc.com** (LIEN) and **www.investors.refi.reit** (the Company),\nor by directing a request to **LIEN@chicagoatlantic.com** (LIEN) or **IR@REFI.reit** (the Company).\n\n \n\n**Participants\nin the Solicitation**\n\n \n\nLIEN,\nthe Company and their respective directors and executive officers, Chicago Atlantic BDC Adviser, LLC, the external investment adviser\nto LIEN (the “LIEN Adviser”), and Chicago Atlantic REIT Manager, LLC, the external manager of the Company (the “Company\nManager”), and their respective directors, officers, members, managers, partners, employees and affiliates, and other persons may\nbe deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of LIEN and the Company in connection with the Merger\nand the related proposals. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation\nof the stockholders of LIEN and the Company in connection with the Merger and the related proposals, including a description of their\ndirect or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other relevant\nmaterials to be filed with the SEC when they become available. Additional information regarding the ownership of LIEN and the Company\nsecurities by their respective directors and executive officers is included in their SEC filings on Forms 3, 4 and 5, which can be found\nthrough the SEC’s website at **www.sec.gov**. Information about the directors and executive officers of LIEN set forth in LIEN’s\nproxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2026, and in LIEN’s Annual Report\non Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 19, 2026. Information about the directors and executive\nofficers of the Company set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the\nSEC on April 23, 2026, and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with\nthe SEC on March 12, 2026. Each of these documents is available free of charge at the SEC’s website, **www.sec.gov**, or from\nLIEN’s or the Company’s investor relations website, as applicable.\n\n \n\n2"}