Ares Real Estate Income Trust secures $200M from affiliate; Sep NAV per share $7.8710

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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement . Subscription Agreement On October 17, 2025 (the “Purchase Date”), Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with Ares Apogee Finance HoldCo L.P. (“Apogee SPV”), an affiliate of Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC, the Company’s advisor (the “Advisor”), pursuant to which Apogee SPV agreed to purchase a number of shares (the “Securities”) of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Shares”) of the Company in a purchase amount equal to $200,000,000 (the “Purchase”) capitalized by the sponsor of the Company and an institutional investor for the Securities to be issued by the Company on

On October 14, 2025, in connection with the Subscription Agreement, the Company filed Articles of Amendment (the “Articles of Amendment”) to its charter with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (the “SDAT”) to increase the number of shares of capital stock that the Company has authority to issue to 3,000,000,000 and the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that the Company has authority to issue to 2,800,000,000. Immediately following the filing of the Articles of Amendment, the Company filed with the SDAT Articles Supplementary (the “Articles Supplementary”) to its charter, pursuant to which the Company classified and designated 300,000,000 authorized but unissued shares common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company as shares of Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Class B Common Shares”) with the following conversion rights, rights upon liquidation and voting rights