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: May 31, 2018
(Date of earliest event reported)

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C44
(Central Index Key Number 0001736659)

(Exact name of issuing entity)

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(Central Index Key Number 0000740906)

Barclays Bank PLC
(Central Index Key Number 0000312070)

Ladder Capital Finance LLC
(Central Index Key Number 0001541468)

Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
(Central Index Key Number 0001624053)

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Central Index Key Number 0000850779)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 17, 2018, Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. (the “Depositor”) caused the issuance, pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of May 1, 2018 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor (the “Registrant”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, of Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C44, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2018-C44. The Certificates represent, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership in the WFCM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2018-C44 (the “Issuing Entity”), a common law trust fund formed under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The assets of the Issuing Entity consist primarily of 44 fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) secured by first liens on 55 commercial and multifamily properties.

The Mortgage Loan identified as “Re/Max Plaza” on Exhibit B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan”), which is an asset of the Issuing Entity, is part of a whole loan (the “Re/Max Plaza Whole Loan”) that includes such Mortgage Loan and one or more pari passu companion loans that is not an asset of the Issuing Entity. The Re/Max Plaza Whole Loan is being serviced and administered pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of May 1, 2018 and as to which an executed version is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 (the “UBS 2018-C10 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), by and among UBS Commercial Mortgage Securitization Corp., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, relating to the UBS 2018-C10 securitization transaction into which the related controlling companion loan is deposited.

The terms and conditions of the UBS 2018-C10 Pooling and Servicing Agreement applicable to the servicing of the Re/Max Plaza Mortgage Loan are substantially similar to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement applicable to the servicing of the other Mortgage Loans, as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement” in the prospectus filed by the Issuing Entity pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) with respect to the Certificates on May 17, 2018.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  

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