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accession: "0001628280-24-025620"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACRE"
cik: "0001529377"
company_name: "Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-29T23:59:59+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Shareholders approve 2.5M share increase to equity plan and re-elect directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Re-elected Class III directors Rand S. April, Bryan P. Donohoe, and James E. Skinner.
- Ratified Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2024.
- Approved non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation.
- Approved Second Amendment to 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, increasing available shares by 2,525,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-025620
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACRE
- cik: 0001529377
- company_name: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1529377/000162828024025620/0001628280-24-025620-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828024025620/acre-20240522.htm

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