Company: KBSR
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001482430-25-000025
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Company: KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025.

In addition, we will attend to such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. The Board of Directors does not know of any matters that may be voted upon at the annual meeting other than the matters set forth above.

The Board of Directors has selecte d April 25, 2025 as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

We are providing our stockholders access to our proxy materials over the Internet under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules. On or about April 28, 2025, we will mail to certain stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on (1) how to access our proxy materials, including our proxy statement, form of proxy card and 2024 annual report to stockholders, via the Internet, (2) how stockholders may vote their shares by proxy or in person at the annual meeting, and (3) how to request a paper copy of our proxy materials. On or about April 28, 2025 , we expect to mail a paper copy of our proxy materials to our other stockholders .

Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting and vote in person, we encourage you to have your vote recorded as early as possible. Stockholders can vote by proxy: (1) via the Internet; (2) by telephone; or (3) 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 .

By Order of the Board of Directors

Jeffrey K. Waldvogel

Secretary

Newport Beach, California

April 28, 2025

### QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING
The following are some questions that you, as a stockholder of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”), may have regarding the annual meeting and voting and brief answers to those questions. We urge you to read carefully the remainder of this proxy statement because the information in this section may not provide all the information that might be important to you with respect to the proposals being considered at