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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-015518"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACRE"
cik: "0001529377"
company_name: "Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp"
filed_at: "2022-05-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:17:47.375853+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACRE shareholders approve 1.1M share increase to equity plan, re-elect three directors

## Summary
- Shareholders approved First Amendment to 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, increasing share reserve by 1.1M shares.
- Class I directors Browning, Moriarty III, and Parekh re-elected with strong support (over 95% of votes cast).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2022 with 35.3M votes for.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-015518
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACRE
- cik: 0001529377
- company_name: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp
- filed_at: 2022-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828022015518/0001628280-22-015518-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828022015518/acre-20220525.htm

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