As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2012

 

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland

 

45-3148087

 

 

(State of incorporation or
organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

 

 

 

Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 925
Chicago, IL 60602

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which each class
is to be registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

The New York Stock Exchange

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:  333-176841

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

Title of Class

 

 

 


 

Item 1.            Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The description of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (the “Registrant”), as included under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-11, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 14, 2011 (Registration No. 333-176841), including exhibits, and as may be subsequently amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), is hereby incorporated by reference.  In addition, the above-referenced description included in any prospectus relating to the Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.            Exhibits.

 

Pursuant to the Instructions to Exhibits to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed, because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The New York Stock Exchange and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 


 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 18, 2012

ARES COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael D. Weiner

 

 

Name: Michael D. Weiner

 

 

Title: General Counsel