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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): March 19, 2020

CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maryland
 
000-54939
 
27-3148022
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 March 19, 2020, CMFT Corporate Credit Securities, LLC (the “Borrower”), an indirect wholly owned, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of CIM Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), Citibank, N.A. (the “Bank”), as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and as lender, CMFT Securities Investments, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as equityholder and as collateral manager (in such capacity, the “Collateral Manager”), the Bank (acting through its Agency & Trust division), as both a collateral agent and as a collateral custodian, and Virtus Group, LP, as collateral administrator, entered into Amendment No. 1 to Credit and Security Agreement (the “Amendment”) to amend the revolving credit and security agreement dated December 31, 2019 (the “Credit and Security Agreement”) previously discussed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 7, 2020, to, among other things, modify the definition of Facility Amount by increasing available borrowings from $300.0 million to $500.0 million, which amount may be reduced or increased from time to time as agreed to by the Borrower, the lenders party to the Credit and Security Agreement from time to time, the Collateral Manager and the Administrative Agent.
The Amendment includes representations and warranties by the Borrower that, as of the date of the Amendment, (i) the events of default contained in the Credit and Security Agreement have not occurred and are not continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Credit and Security Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the Amendment (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date). The Company paid certain customary fees in connection with the Amendment. Other than the modified terms described above, the material terms of the Credit and Security Agreement remain unchanged. As of March 19, 2020, the Company had approximately $100.0 million outstanding under the Credit and Security Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is 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




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: March 24, 2020
CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST, INC.
 
 
By:
/s/ Nathan D. DeBacker
 
 
Name:
Nathan D. DeBacker
 
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 
Principal Financial Officer