---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001498547-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMRF"
cik: "0001498547"
company_name: "CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:50:59.388498+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CIM Real Estate Finance Trust reduces one repurchase facility by $234.5M, expands another by $250M

## Summary
- CMFT Repurchase Facility maximum reduced from ~$512M to ~$277.5M via Fifth Amendment dated March 12, 2026.
- CLR Repurchase Facility maximum increased from $250M to $500M via amended fee letter dated March 13, 2026.
- Guarantors reaffirmed obligations under CLR Repurchase Agreement; CIM Commercial Lending REIT becomes sole guarantor after conditions.
- Both facilities are with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and provide financing for commercial real estate loans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001498547-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMRF
- cik: 0001498547
- company_name: CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498547/000149854726000004/0001498547-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498547/000149854726000004/cmft-20260312.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2ec806addb33c4a279315909c3d9e87cda64ee58
  claim: CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC. amended credit facility of $250.0 million to $500.0 million with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
  evidence_excerpt: The fee letter was amended and restated to, among other things, increase the maximum facility amount of the CLR Repurchase Facility from $250.0 million to $500.0 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498547/000149854726000004/0001498547-26-000004-index.htm
- claim_id: df4da3359a895ae238df89bd85cb6848bbf3a2ab
  claim: CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC. amended credit facility of $512.0 million to approximately $277.5 million with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
  evidence_excerpt: The fee letter that was entered into in connection with the CMFT Repurchase Agreement was amended and restated to reduce the maximum facility amount of the CMFT Repurchase Facility from approximately $512.0 million to approximately $277.5 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498547/000149854726000004/0001498547-26-000004-index.htm
- claim_id: a7eb74ebed5d87791742fe8348ba3579ac3ffa66
  claim: CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC. amended a credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association valued at from $250.0 million to $500.0 million (effective 2026-03-13).
  evidence_excerpt: on March 13, 2026, CLR RE Lending Sub WF, LLC (the “CLR Seller”), a subsidiary of CIM Commercial Lending REIT (“CLR”) and the Company, amended and restated the fee letter that was entered into in connection with that certain Master Repurchase and Securities Contract by and between CLR Seller and Wells Fargo dated August 15, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498547/000149854726000004/0001498547-26-000004-index.htm
- claim_id: c8218fe90b16b5a3ee49ec8291194c0f3bcf271f
  claim: CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC. amended Fifth Amendment to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association valued at from approximately $512.0 million to approximately $277.5 million (effective 2026-03-12).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 12, 2026, CMFT RE Lending RF Sub WF, LLC (“CMFT Seller”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) entered into that certain Fifth Amendment to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract (the “Fifth Amendment”), which amended that certain Master Repurchase and Securities Contract by and between CMFT Seller and Wells Fargo dated May 20, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498547/000149854726000004/0001498547-26-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.