Company: KBSR
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001482430-25-000025
Chunk: 56

Company: KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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, a majority of the votes cast at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present is required for the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. Abstentions, if any, will not affect the outcome of this proposal. Your shares may be voted for this proposal if they are held in the name of a brokerage firm even if you do not provide the brokerage firm with voting instructions.

The appointed proxies will vote your shares of common stock as you instruct. If you submit a proxy card with no further instructions, the appointed proxies will vote your shares FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025.

Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting and vote in person, we urge you to have your vote recorded. Stockholders have the following three options for submitting their votes by proxy: (i) via the Internet, (ii) by telephone or (iii) if you receive a paper copy of our proxy materials, by mail, using the paper proxy card. YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT! Your immediate response will help avoid potential delays and may save us significant additional expenses associated with soliciting stockholder votes.

#### Recommendation
<div align='center'>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE</div>

### RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS OUR

### INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE YEAR ENDING

#### DECEMBER 31, 2025.
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### STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Any proposals by stockholders for inclusion in our proxy solicitation material for the next an nual meeting of stockholders must be received by our Secretary, Jeffrey K. Waldvogel, at our executive offices no later than December 29, 2 025. However, if we hold the next annual meeting before June 23, 2026 or after August 22, 2026, stockholders must submit proposals for inclusion in our proxy statement within a reasonable time before we begin to print our proxy materials. The mailing address of our executive offices is 800 Newport Center Drive, Suite 700, Newport Beach, California 92660. If a stockholder wishes to present a proposal at the next annual meeting, whether or not the proposal