# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001332551
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-197206
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 7769
**Document Hash:** f25ae1501f56e24e6e33a6bfb7e3184c
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-197206.hdr.sgml**: 20260430

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-197206

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 10

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260427

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260430

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260430

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001332551
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 202287134
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-32733
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26925215

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 390 RXR PLAZA
- **CITY:** UNIONDALE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11556
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 516-535-0015

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 390 RXR PLAZA
- **CITY:** UNIONDALE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11556

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Exantas Capital Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20180525

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Resource Capital Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20050708

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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## FORM 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** April 27, 2026<br>

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ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Maryland | 1-32733 | 20-2287134 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 390 RXR Plaza |  |  |
| Uniondale**,** New York |  | 11556 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** 516 535-0015<br>

N/A<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | ACR | New York Stock Exchange |
| 8.625% Fixed-to-Floating Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | ACRPrC | New York Stock Exchange |
| 7.875% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | ACRPrD | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant**

*(a) Dismissal of Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*

On April 27, 2026, the Audit Committee (the "Audit Committee") of the Board of Directors of ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. (the "Company") determined to dismiss Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon filing the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The dismissal is not related to any disagreements with EY on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure.

The reports of EY on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, as well as the subsequent interim periods through the date of this report, there were no disagreements within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K between the Company and EY on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, any of which, if not resolved to EY's satisfaction, would have caused EY to make reference thereto in their reports. Additionally, during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, as well as the subsequent interim periods through the date of this report, there were no "reportable events" (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Company provided EY with a copy of the disclosures it is making in this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that EY furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made herein and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of such letter provided by EY, dated April 30, 2026, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.

*(b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*

On April 27, 2026, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, effective upon filing the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, as well as the subsequent interim periods through the date of this report, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with PwC regarding any of the matters described in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.

## Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 16.1 | [<u>Letter from Ernst & Young LLP dated April 30, 2026</u>](acr-ex16_1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**SIGNATURES**

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

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|  |  |  | ACRES COMMERCIAL REALTY CORP. |
| Date: | April 30, 2026 | By:  | /s/ Eldron C. Blackwell |
|  |  |  | Eldron C. Blackwell<br>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 16.1

April 30, 2026

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Commissioners:

We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K dated April 30, 2026, of ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. and are in agreement with the statements contained under Item 4.01(a) therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

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