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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (2024)
Renewal of Advisory Agreement
Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), AREIT Operating Partnership LP, the Company’s operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC, the Company’s advisor (the “Advisor”), previously entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (2023), effective as of June 3, 2023 (the “2023 Advisory Agreement”). The term of the 2023 Advisory Agreement continued through April 30, 2024, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Advisor renewed the 2023 Advisory Agreement on substantially the same terms through April 30, 2025, by entering into the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (2024) (the “2024 Advisory Agreement”), effective as of April 30, 2024.
In addition to the renewal, the 2024 Advisory Agreement amends the 2023 Advisory Agreement by clarifying that the property accounting services provided by the Advisor do not include financial systems and software and consultants related thereto, and that the Advisor may be reimbursed for expenses related to such financial systems and software and consultants related thereto.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2023 Advisory Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
10.1* | ||
* Filed herewith.