UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2023

CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Commission file number 000-54939

Maryland		27-3148022
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2398 East Camelback Road, 4th Floor
Phoenix,	Arizona	85016
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
	(602)	778-8700
	(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
	None
	(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 19, 2023, CMFT RE Lending RF Sub CB, LLC (the “CMFT Seller”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement (the “Restated MRA”) with Citibank, N.A. (“Citi”), to amend and restate that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, dated June 4, 2020, by and between Citi and the CMFT Seller (the “Repurchase Agreement”), which provides financing for certain eligible assets of the CMFT Seller and advances to the CMFT Seller (the “Repurchase Facility”), as described in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 9, 2020, as such Repurchase Agreement was amended on August 17, 2021 and January 27, 2022, as discussed in Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on August 23, 2021 and February 1, 2022, respectively. The Restated MRA was amended and restated to, among other things, include certain provisions and terms in connection with the entry into the CLR Repurchase Agreement (as defined below). The fee letter that was entered into in connection with the Repurchase Agreement was also amended and restated to, among other things, reduce the maximum facility amount from $400.0 million to approximately $70.5 million, and thereafter decrease the maximum facility amount by the amount of (i) each payment in reduction of the aggregate outstanding purchase price of all purchased assets and (ii) the cancellation of any unfunded committed future funding advances, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Restated MRA (the “CMFT Maximum Facility Amount”). Other than the modified terms described above, the material terms of the Repurchase Agreement remain unchanged.

In addition, on December 19, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), CLR RE Lending RF Sub CB, LLC (the “CLR Seller”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement (the “CLR Repurchase Agreement”) with Citi (the “Buyer”), with a maximum facility amount of $650.0 million minus the CMFT Maximum Facility Amount (the “CLR Maximum Facility Amount”), in connection with the Buyer’s purchase of certain eligible assets from the CLR Seller and future funding advances to the CLR Seller. The proceeds from the CLR Repurchase Agreement will be used to finance certain commercial real estate mortgage loans originated or acquired by subsidiaries of CIM Commercial Lending REIT (“CLR”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Advances under the CLR Repurchase Agreement accrue interest at per annum rates based on the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), plus a spread to be determined on a case-by-case basis between the CLR Seller and the Buyer (“Purchase Price Differential”). The initial maturity date of the CLR Repurchase Agreement is December 19, 2025, with three one-year extensions at the CLR Seller’s option, which may be exercised upon the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the CLR Repurchase Agreement.

In connection with the CLR Repurchase Agreement, the Company (the “Initial Guarantor”) and CLR (the “Replacement Guarantor”) (and together, the “Guarantors”) entered into a guaranty with the Buyer (the “Guaranty”) on a joint and several basis until the satisfaction of certain terms and conditions as set forth in the Guaranty, at which point the Replacement Guarantor will become the sole guarantor under the Guaranty (the “Guarantor Replacement Event”). Under the Guaranty, the Initial Guarantor and the Replacement Guarantor agreed to guarantee the CLR Seller’s obligations under the CLR Repurchase Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, the maximum aggregate liability under the Guaranty will not exceed 25% of the then aggregate repurchase price of all purchased assets.

The initial purchase price for a purchased asset is the product of the purchase price percentage, which is 75% or another percentage as agreed to between the Buyer and the CLR Seller, but not to exceed 80%, and the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the purchased asset and (ii) the market value (as defined in the CLR Repurchase Agreement) of the purchased asset.

Pursuant to the CLR Repurchase Agreement, the repurchase price of a purchased asset will equal the sum of (i) the outstanding purchase price of such purchased asset as of such date; (ii) the accrued and unpaid Purchase Price Differential of such purchased asset; (iii) all accrued and unpaid actual and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of outside counsel of the Buyer, relating to such purchased asset; and (iv) any other amounts due and owing by the CLR Seller to the Buyer pursuant to the terms of the CLR Repurchase Agreement.

The CLR Repurchase Agreement and the Guaranty contain representations, warranties, covenants, conditions precedent to funding, events of default and indemnities that are customary for agreements of these types. In addition, the Guaranty contains financial covenants that require the then-current Guarantor(s) to maintain: (i) minimum liquidity of not less than the lower of (a) $50.0 million and (b) the greater of (A) $10.0 million and (B) 5% of the then-current Guarantors’ recourse indebtedness, as defined in the Guaranty; (ii) minimum consolidated net worth greater than or equal to $1.0 billion plus (a) 75% of the equity issued by the Guarantors following the Closing Date or 75% of the equity issued by CLR following the Guarantor Replacement Event, as applicable, minus (b) the aggregate amount of any redemptions or similar transaction by the Guarantors from the Closing Date or the aggregate amount of any redemptions or similar transaction by CLR following the Guarantor Replacement Event, as applicable; (iii) maximum leverage ratio of total indebtedness to total equity less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00; and (iv) minimum interest coverage ratio of EBITDA to interest expense equal to or greater than 1.40.

The foregoing summary of the Restated MRA, the CLR Repurchase Agreement and the Guaranty does not purport to be a complete description and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Restated MRA, the CLR Repurchase Agreement and the Guaranty, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 in its entirety.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated December 19, 2023, by and between CMFT RE Lending RF Sub CB, LLC, and Citibank, N.A.
10.2	Master Repurchase Agreement, dated December 19, 2023, by and between CLR RE Lending RF Sub CB, LLC and Citibank, N.A.
10.3	Guaranty, dated as of December 19, 2023, by CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. and CIM Commercial Lending REIT for the benefit of Citibank, N.A.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: December 26, 2023	CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC.
	By:	/s/ Nathan D. DeBacker
	Name:	Nathan D. DeBacker
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer
		(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)