---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-022056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACRE"
cik: "0001529377"
company_name: "Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp"
filed_at: "2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:22:31.011938+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACRE extends Morgan Stanley repurchase facility to July 2029, ups commitment to $350M

## Summary
- Initial maturity extended to July 16, 2029 with one 12-month extension option subject to conditions and fee.
- Facility commitment increased from $250M to $350M; accordion provision allows further increase to $400M.
- Upsize fee of $78,082.19 paid; no default, Event of Default, or margin deficit as of amendment date.
- Amendment entered March 24, 2026 by ACRE subsidiaries ACRC Lender MS LLC and ACRC Lender MS II LLC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-022056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACRE
- cik: 0001529377
- company_name: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp
- filed_at: 2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828026022056/0001628280-26-022056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828026022056/acre-20260324.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-022056.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 0e0642b37e1863d9bb893a3d3c6bec56440e64ad
  claim: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp amended credit facility of from $250 million to $350 million with Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. maturing July 16, 2029.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 24, 2026, ACRC Lender MS LLC and ACRC Lender MS II LLC, each a subsidiary of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (the “Company”), and the Company entered into an amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement and Securities Contract (as amended from time to time, the “Morgan Stanley Facility”) with Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828026022056/0001628280-26-022056-index.htm
- claim_id: 7a3d9dc33379f413cf6a503d090973809ab1d51c
  claim: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp amended Master Repurchase Agreement and Securities Contract with Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. valued at from $250 million to $350 million (effective 2026-03-24).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 24, 2026, ACRC Lender MS LLC and ACRC Lender MS II LLC, each a subsidiary of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (the “Company”), and the Company entered into an amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement and Securities Contract (as amended from time to time, the “Morgan Stanley Facility”) with Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529377/000162828026022056/0001628280-26-022056-index.htm

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