As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2025
Registration No. 333-285101
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Pre-Effective Amendment No.1
To
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 47-4074900 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
c/o Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies, L.P.
60 Columbus Circle, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 484-0050
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
J.D. Siegel, Esq.
General Counsel
c/o Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies, L.P.
60 Columbus Circle, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 484-0050
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Brent T. Epstein, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
10250 Constellation Blvd. Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: (213) 485-1234
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
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| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ | |||||
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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-285101) (the “Registration Statement”) of Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, is being filed as an exhibits only filing to file an updated Exhibit 23.1. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 16(a) of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
| Item 16. | Exhibits |
| * | To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of the securities. |
| + | Previously filed. |
II-1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, New York, on May 9, 2025.
| CLAROS MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ J.D. Siegel | |
| J.D. Siegel | ||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendmentto the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| SIGNATURE |
TITLE |
DATE | ||
| * Richard J. Mack |
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) |
May 9, 2025 | ||
| * J. Michael McGillis |
Chief Financial Officer, President and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
May 9, 2025 | ||
| * Derrick D. Cephas |
Director | May 9, 2025 | ||
| * Mary Haggerty |
Director | May 9, 2025 | ||
| * Pamela Liebman |
Director | May 9, 2025 | ||
| * Steven L. Richman |
Director | May 9, 2025 | ||
| * Andrew Silberstein |
Director | May 9, 2025 | ||
| * Vincent Tese |
Director | May 9, 2025 | ||
| * W. Edward Walter III |
Director | May 9, 2025 | ||
| *By: | /s/ J.D. Siegel | |
| J.D. Siegel Attorney-in-fact |