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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT<br> Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the<br> Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report&nbsp;(Date of earliest event reported): <b>June&nbsp;26, 2013</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.07&#160; Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Results of Annual Meeting of Stockholders</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On June&nbsp;26, 2013, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) held its Annual Meeting at the Palmer House Hilton, 17&nbsp;East Monroe Street, Chicago,&nbsp;Illinois&nbsp;60603.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting consisted of the 9,267,162 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, May&nbsp;10, 2013.&#160; The common stockholders of the Company voted on five matters at the Annual Meeting, all of which were approved.&#160; The final voting results from the Annual Meeting were as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A proposal to elect three directors to serve for a term of three years, and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John B. Bartling,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,212,488</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">735,836</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,409,206</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeffrey T. Hinson</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,079,642</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">868,684</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,409,206</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Todd S. Shuster</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,212,488</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">735,838</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,409,206</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2013.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABSTAIN</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:31.78%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,111,568</font></p>    </td>
<td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.14%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,539</font></p>    </td>
<td width="34%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.08%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">239,425</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A proposal to approve the issuance of the Company&#146;s common stock upon conversion of the Company&#146;s 7.000% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 if the payment method selected by the Company requires the issuance of shares in excess of the New York Stock Exchange limits for share issuances without stockholder approval.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.94%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.1%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AGAINST</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.32%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABSTAIN</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.64%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BROKER&nbsp;NON-VOTES</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
<tr>
<td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.94%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,642,999</font></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.1%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">62,795</font></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.32%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">242,532</font></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.64%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,409,206</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company&#146;s named executive officers as described in the Company&#146;s proxy statement.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="78%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.85in;width:78.88%;">
<tr>
<td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.92%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.44%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AGAINST</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.32%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABSTAIN</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.32%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BROKER NON-VOTES</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.92%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,663,953</font></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.44%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">19,638</font></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.32%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">264,735</font></p>    </td>
<td width="25%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.32%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,409,206</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-justify:inter-ideograph;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency with which future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company&#146;s named executive officers will be held.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.8%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ONE&nbsp;YEAR</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TWO&nbsp;YEARS</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THREE&nbsp;YEARS</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABSTAIN</font></b></p>    </td>
<td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.18%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BROKER&nbsp;NON-VOTES</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<td width="17%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.8%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,388,619</font></p>    </td>
<td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27,442</font></p>    </td>
<td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,488,844</font></p>    </td>
<td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">43,421</font></p>    </td>
<td width="22%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.18%;">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,409,206</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; June&nbsp;27, 2013</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARES COMMERCIAL   REAL ESTATE CORPORATION</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Timothy B.   Smith</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:&nbsp; &nbsp;Vice   President</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):
June 26, 2013
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
001-35517
45-3148087
(State or   Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS   Employer
Identification No.)
One North Wacker Drive, 48
th
Floor, Chicago, IL
60602
(Address   of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(312) 252-7500
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Results of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
(a)           On June 26, 2013, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.
(b)           The issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting consisted of the 9,267,162 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, May 10, 2013.  The common stockholders of the Company voted on five matters at the Annual Meeting, all of which were approved.  The final voting results from the Annual Meeting were as follows:
(1)           A proposal to elect three directors to serve for a term of three years, and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.
FOR
WITHHELD
BROKER NON-VOTES
John B. Bartling, Jr.
5,212,488
735,836
2,409,206
Jeffrey T. Hinson
5,079,642
868,684
2,409,206
Todd S. Shuster
5,212,488
735,838
2,409,206
(2)           A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013.
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
8,111,568
6,539
239,425
(3)           A proposal to approve the issuance of the Company's common stock upon conversion of the Company's 7.000% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 if the payment method selected by the Company requires the issuance of shares in excess of the New York Stock Exchange limits for share issuances without stockholder approval.
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
5,642,999
62,795
242,532
2,409,206
(4)           A proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Company's proxy statement.
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
5,663,953
19,638
264,735
2,409,206
(5)           A proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency with which future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers will be held.
ONE YEAR
TWO YEARS
THREE YEARS
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
2,388,619
27,442
3,488,844
43,421
2,409,206
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:       June 27, 2013
ARES COMMERCIAL   REAL ESTATE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Timothy B.   Smith
Name: Timothy B.   Smith
Title:   Vice   President