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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001625941-23-000150"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001625941"
company_name: "ARES INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T12:51:03.562941+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Industrial REIT amends bylaws to narrow exclusive forum provision for securities claims

## Summary
- Adopted Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws effective Dec 8, 2023, amending exclusive forum provision.
- Clarifies exclusive forum does not apply to Securities Act, Exchange Act, or sale-of-securities claims in U.S. states/territories where shares are sold.
- Company consents to jurisdiction in any competent court within those jurisdictions for such claims.
- No financial or operational impact disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001625941-23-000150
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001625941
- company_name: ARES INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625941/000162594123000150/0001625941-23-000150-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625941/000162594123000150/aire-20231208x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001625941-23-000150.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ARES INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST Inc.: Amended exclusive forum provision to clarify it does not apply to Securities Act, Exchange Act claims, or actions arising from securities sales in Relevant Jurisdictions; consented to jurisdiction in such jurisdictions (effective 2023-12-08).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-08
  source text: On December 8, 2023, we adopted the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective immediately, to amend our exclusive forum provision to clarify that such provision does not apply to claims arising under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or to actions arising out of, or in connection with, the sale of securities in, or the violation of the laws of, the U.S. states, territories and districts in which our shares are sold (such states, territories and districts the “Relevant Jurisdictions”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625941/000162594123000150/0001625941-23-000150-index.htm

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