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Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-01 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

4Ballot items
136Asset managers
574Fund votes
2026-05-27Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation

These tallies are Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-01 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2026-05-27
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Outcome
Elect Director: William S. Benjamin	15,754,104	--	--	6,897,290	17,249,325	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Caroline E. Blakely	15,832,783	--	--	6,818,611	17,249,325	Majority: yes
(2) A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.	36,662,962	328,926	2,908,831	--	--	Majority: yes
(3) A proposal for the non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.	19,848,823	2,518,989	283,582	--	17,249,325	Majority: yes

Source: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2026-06-01 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 136 asset managers that disclosed a Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025, AS DESCRIBED IN THE 2026 PROXY STATEMENT.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

89% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 89%11%

FOR: 19,848,823AGAINST: 2,518,989

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s own tally for this item (“(3) A proposal for the non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.”): 19,848,823 for, 2,518,989 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-06-01 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 55,481,113 outstanding shares: 36% for, 5% against (40% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 135 asset managers below cast 98% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (15,521,768 for, 270,686 against).

FOR 92%

FOR: 15,521,768 (92.4%)AGAINST: 270,686 (1.6%)ABSTAIN: 1,009,939 (6.0%)NOT VOTED: 1,500 (0.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FOR T” at Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
BlackRock	4,252,542	0	0	For
Vanguard	2,718,895	8	1	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	1,121,191	0	0	For
Fidelity	1,114,864	0	0	For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	905,741	0	0	For
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S	523,072	0	0	For
State Street	461,254	0	0	For
Alpine Global Management, LLC	0	0	456,912	Abstain
Northern Trust	386,830	0	0	For
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP	354,742	0	0	For
VanEck ETF Trust	354,742	0	0	For
DELPHI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	0	0	334,937	Abstain
Charles Schwab	334,688	0	0	For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/	280,900	0	0	For
ETF Series Solutions	234,286	0	0	For
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.	232,318	0	0	For
Ardent Capital Management, Inc.	0	0	218,089	Abstain
Principal	204,528	0	0	For
Goldman Sachs	184,879	0	0	For
Invesco	0	175,503	0	Against
AQR	138,503	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	119,200	0	0	For
Focus Partners Wealth	113,929	45	0	For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC	108,363	0	0	For
WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES, LLC	105,553	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 135 asset managers. See all 135 in the interactive database.

2. Election of Directors: Caroline E. Blakely Persons to serve as Class II Directors until the Company's 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

70% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 70%WITHHELD 30%

FOR: 15,832,783WITHHELD: 6,818,611

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Caroline E. Blakely”): 15,832,783 for, 6,818,611 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-06-01 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 55,481,113 outstanding shares: 29% for, 12% withheld (41% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 41 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (7,654,305 for, 0 against).

FOR 91%9%

FOR: 7,654,305 (91.1%)ABSTAIN: 750,143 (8.9%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Caroline E. Blakely Persons to serve as Class II Directors until the Company's 2029 Ann” at Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	2,685,753	4,579	For
BlackRock	2,678,717	0	For
Fidelity	1,109,726	0	For
VanEck ETF Trust	354,742	0	For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/	0	280,900	Abstain
ETF Series Solutions	234,286	0	For
Principal	0	204,528	Abstain
Charles Schwab	167,314	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	119,200	Abstain
TIAA	96,120	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	91,669	0	For
Invesco	81,022	0	For
Equitable	9,388	36,120	Abstain
Lincoln Financial	0	35,689	Abstain
JPMorgan	27,589	0	For
Global X	25,082	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	22,916	0	For
Pacific Life	21,691	0	For
Goldman Sachs	21,240	0	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	4,381	16,220	Abstain
John Hancock	0	15,432	Abstain
SEI	9,600	0	For
Nationwide	7,462	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	0	6,800	Abstain
ProShares	0	6,601	Abstain

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

3. Election of Directors: William S. Benjamin Persons to serve as Class II Directors until the Company's 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

70% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 70%WITHHELD 30%

FOR: 15,754,104WITHHELD: 6,897,290

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: William S. Benjamin”): 15,754,104 for, 6,897,290 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-06-01 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 55,481,113 outstanding shares: 28% for, 12% withheld (41% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 41 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (6,583,808 for, 0 against).

FOR 78%ABSTAIN 22%

FOR: 6,583,808 (78.3%)ABSTAIN: 1,820,640 (21.7%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: William S. Benjamin Persons to serve as Class II Directors until the Company's 2029 Ann” at Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	2,688,250	2,082	For
BlackRock	2,678,717	0	For
Fidelity	0	1,109,726	Abstain
VanEck ETF Trust	354,742	0	For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/	0	280,900	Abstain
ETF Series Solutions	234,286	0	For
Principal	0	204,528	Abstain
Charles Schwab	167,314	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	119,200	Abstain
TIAA	96,120	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	91,669	0	For
Invesco	81,022	0	For
Equitable	9,388	36,120	Abstain
Lincoln Financial	35,689	0	For
JPMorgan	27,589	0	For
Global X	25,082	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	22,916	0	For
Pacific Life	21,691	0	For
Goldman Sachs	21,240	0	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	4,381	16,220	Abstain
John Hancock	0	15,432	Abstain
SEI	9,600	0	For
Nationwide	7,462	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	0	6,800	Abstain
ProShares	0	6,601	Abstain

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

4. TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2026.

AUDIT-RELATEDMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.1%

FOR: 36,662,962AGAINST: 328,926

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s own tally for this item (“(2) A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.”): 36,662,962 for, 328,926 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-06-01 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 55,481,113 outstanding shares: 66% for, 0.6% against (67% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 41 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (8,404,444 for, 0 against).

FOR 99.9%

FOR: 8,404,444 (100.0%)ABSTAIN: 4 (0.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FO” at Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	2,690,328	4	For
BlackRock	2,678,717	0	For
Fidelity	1,109,726	0	For
VanEck ETF Trust	354,742	0	For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/	280,900	0	For
ETF Series Solutions	234,286	0	For
Principal	204,528	0	For
Charles Schwab	167,314	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	119,200	0	For
TIAA	96,120	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	91,669	0	For
Invesco	81,022	0	For
Equitable	45,508	0	For
Lincoln Financial	35,689	0	For
JPMorgan	27,589	0	For
Global X	25,082	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	22,916	0	For
Pacific Life	21,691	0	For
Goldman Sachs	21,240	0	For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust	20,601	0	For
John Hancock	15,432	0	For
SEI	9,600	0	For
Nationwide	7,462	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	6,800	0	For
ProShares	6,601	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 41 asset managers. See all 41 in the interactive database.

Largest Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation shareholders voting in 2025-2026

Ranked by the number of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2025-2026 meeting, shown as a share of the 55,481,113 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Top Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation shareholders by shares voted, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	BlackRock	7.66%
2	Vanguard	4.90%
3	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2.02%
4	Fidelity	2.01%
5	HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	1.63%
6	BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S	0.94%
7	State Street	0.83%
8	Alpine Global Management, LLC	0.82%
9	Northern Trust	0.70%
10	VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP	0.64%

Reported Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation ownership

Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation beneficial owners on record for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
BlackRock	8.14%	13F
Entities affiliated with Antony P. Ressler	3.85%	DEF14A
State Street	2.09%	13F
Northern Trust	1.04%	13F
Wellington Management	0.87%	13F
JPMorgan Chase	0.61%	13F
Morgan Stanley	0.58%	13F
Tae‑Sik Yoon	0.52%	DEF14A
Goldman Sachs	0.52%	13F
Two Sigma	0.45%	13F

Percentages above are of 55,481,113 shares outstanding, as reported by Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation on its Form 10-Q dated 2026-05-04 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation’s 10-Q dated 2026-05-04. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation's shareholder meeting held 2026-05-27, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 136 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 574 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — TO APPROVE, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE… — FOR was 89% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation's Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2026-06-01.

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