Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On January 5, 2022, CIM Commercial Trust Corporation ("CMCT", "CIM Commercial"
or the "Company") and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a Fee Waiver (the
"Fee Waiver") with certain affiliates of CIM Group, LLC with respect to fees
that are payable to them. The Fee Waiver is effective retroactively to January
1, 2022.
Set forth below is a comparison of the new fee arrangement versus the existing
fee arrangement. The following description is only a summary and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the full text of the Fee Waiver, a copy of which is
attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 1.1, which is incorporated herein by
reference.
                                                 New                                       Existing
                                                                            

Based on the fair value of RE assets

Less than $500 million

$500 million to $1    1.00%
                            1% of CMCT's net asset value attributable to          billion          0.95%
      Base Fee                            its common stock.                  $1 billion to $1.5    0.90%
                                                                                  billion          0.85%
                                                                             $1.5 billion to $4    0.40%
                                                                                  billion
                                                                                $4 billion+

                              In any quarter, 100% of CIM Commercial's
                             quarterly core funds from operations ("core
                              FFO") in excess of a quarterly threshold
                              equal to 1.75% (the "hurdle rate") (i.e.,    

In any quarter, 15% of CIM Commercial's


                            7.00% on an annualized basis), but less than  

quarterly core FFO in excess of a quarterly


                              2.1875% (i.e., 8.75% annualized), of CIM    

threshold equal to 1.75% (i.e., 7.00% on an


                                Commercial's average adjusted common        

annualized basis) of CIM Commercial's


    Incentive Fee                stockholders' equity (i.e., common         

average adjusted common stockholders'


                                stockholders' equity plus accumulated      

equity (i.e., common stockholders' equity


                               depreciation and amortization) for such         plus accumulated depreciation and
                                quarter and 20% of the amount of the            amortization) for such quarter.
                              quarterly core FFO, if any, that exceeds
                            2.1875% (8.75% annualized) of CMCT's average
                            adjusted common stockholders' equity for such
                                              quarter.

                              (i) 15% of cumulative aggregate realized
                               capital gains net of aggregate realized
                               capital losses minus (ii) the aggregate
                              capital gains fees paid in prior periods.
                             Realized capital gains and realized capital
    Capital Gains           losses are calculated by subtracting from the                     N/A
                             sales price of a property (a) any costs and
                             expenses incurred to sell such property and
                            (b) the property's original acquisition price
                             plus any subsequent, non-reimbursed capital
                                improvements thereon paid for by CIM
                                             Commercial.

                              CMCT, at the direction of the independent
                            members of its Board of Directors, will have
                             a rolling, one-time option to revert to the
  Independent Board          existing management fee methodology if the                       N/A
    Member Option             cumulative fees paid to CIM under the new
                             methodology exceed the cumulative fees that
                                would have been paid to CIM under the
                                        existing methodology.


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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


  Exhibit Number                                      Exhibit Description

               1.1         Fee Waiver, dated January 5, 2022, by and among CIM Commercial Trust
                         Corporation, CIM Service Provider, LLC, CIM

Capital, LLC, CIM Capital

Securities Management, LLC, CIM Capital Controlled 

Company Management, LLC,

CIM Capital RE Debt Management, LLC, CIM Capital

Real Property Management,


                         LLC, CIM Urban Partners, L.P., PMC Funding Corp.

and PMC Properties, Inc.



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