---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-014880"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACRE"
cik: "0001529377"
company_name: "Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp"
filed_at: "2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:17:50.235480+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Michael Arougheti not standing for re-election; CEO Donohoe nominated to board

## Summary
- Michael J. Arougheti will not stand for re-election at the May 22, 2024 Annual Meeting; no disagreement with company.
- Board will nominate CEO Bryan P. Donohoe as Class III director to replace Arougheti after the Annual Meeting.
- Arougheti's decision due to time constraints from other professional commitments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-014880
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACRE
- cik: 0001529377
- company_name: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp
- filed_at: 2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828024014880/0001628280-24-014880-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828024014880/acre-20240402.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-014880
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-014880.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-014880.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bryan P. Donohoe was appointed as Class III Director at Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.
  - Action: nominated for election
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: the Board will nominate Bryan P. Donohoe, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, for election as a Class III director to replace Mr. Arougheti following the Annual Meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828024014880/0001628280-24-014880-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael J. Arougheti departed as Director at Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Michael J Arougheti notified Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (the “Company”) that he would not stand for re-election as a director of the Company at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 22, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828024014880/0001628280-24-014880-index.htm

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