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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-065337"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZARE"
cik: "0001327978"
company_name: "Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-07T20:38:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:49:04.395505+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.24
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.24
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Real Estate Income Trust raises $23.4M via Regulation D issuance of 2.81M shares

## Summary
- Issued 1,237,828 Class S-PR shares for $10,331,500 and 1,576,662 Class I-PR shares for $13,049,874 on October 1, 2026.
- Total issuance of 2,814,490 shares at roughly $8.3 per share; combined gross proceeds about $23.4M.
- Class S-PR gross proceeds include $86,125 in aggregate upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees.
- Share counts and proceeds include shares issued under the company's distribution reinvestment plan; sales were exempt under Regulation D.
- Managing Director, CFO and Treasurer Taylor M. Paul signed the report dated October 7, 2026; no shares are registered under Section 12(b).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-065337
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZARE
- cik: 0001327978
- company_name: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-07T20:38:01+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.24
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.24
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000162828026065337/0001628280-26-065337-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000162828026065337/are-20261001.htm

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