secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (ZARE)
CIK:        0001327978
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-07T20:38:01+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-065337
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.24
Item codes: 3.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000162828026065337/0001628280-26-065337-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000162828026065337/are-20261001.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-065337

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