UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

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~~May 3020, 2026

Benchmark 2026-B43 Mortgage Trust

(Exact name of issuing entity)

(Central Index Key number of issuing entity: 0002121298)

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

(Exact name of the depositor as specified in its charter)

(Central Index Key number of depositor: 0001258361)

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

(Central Index Key number: 0001701238)

German American Capital Corporation

(Central Index Key number: 0001541294)

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company

(Central Index Key number 0001541502)

Bank of America, National Association
(Central Index Key number 0001102113)

Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc.

(Central Index Key Number 0001549574)

UBS AG New York Branch
(Central Index Key number 0001685185)

Bank of Montreal
(Central Index Key number 0000927971)

(Exact name of sponsors as specified in their charters)

Delaware	333-286596-03	86-1073506
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of depositor)	(Commission File Number of issuing entity)	(IRS Employer Identification No. of depositor)
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number	(IRS Employer Identification
of incorporation of depositor)	of issuing entity)	No. of depositor)

388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York		10013
(Address of principal executive offices of depositor)		(Zip Code of depositor)

Depositor’s telephone number, including area code

(212) 816-5343

Not Applicable ~~(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)~~

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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:

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

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

None

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. ☐

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On ~~April~~May 3020, 2026, ~~Citigroup Global Markets Inc.~~ (the “~~CGMI~~Closing Date”), ~~Deutsche~~Citigroup ~~Bank~~Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. (the “~~DBSI~~Depositor”), ~~Goldman~~caused ~~Sachs~~the &issuance, ~~Co.~~pursuant ~~LLC~~to ~~(“GS&Co.”)~~a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, ~~BofA~~dated ~~Securities~~as of December 1, ~~Inc.~~2025 (the “~~BofA~~Pooling ~~Securities~~and Servicing Agreement”), ~~Barclays~~between ~~Capital~~the Depositor, ~~Inc.~~as ~~(“BCI”)~~depositor, ~~UBS~~ ~~Securities~~Trimont LLC, ~~(“UBS~~as ~~Securities”)~~master servicer, ~~BMO~~CWCapital ~~Capital~~Asset ~~Markets~~Management ~~Corp.~~LLC, ~~(“BMO~~as ~~Capital”)~~special servicer, ~~Academy~~Park ~~Securities,~~Bridge Lender Services ~~Inc.~~LLC, ~~(“Academy~~as ~~Securities”)~~operating advisor and ~~Mischler~~as ~~Financial~~asset ~~Group~~representations reviewer, ~~Inc~~Citibank, N.A., ~~(“Mischler”~~as ~~and~~certificate administrator, ~~collectively~~and ~~with~~Wilmington Savings ~~CGMI,~~Fund ~~DBSI~~Society, ~~GS&Co.~~FSB, ~~BofA~~as ~~Securities~~trustee, ~~BCI,~~of ~~UBS~~the ~~Securities,~~Benchmark ~~BMO~~2026-B43 ~~Capital~~Mortgage ~~and~~Trust ~~Academy~~(the ~~Securities~~“Issuing Entity”), inCommercial ~~such~~Mortgage Pass-Through ~~capacity~~Certificates, Series 2026-B43 (the “~~Underwriters~~Certificates”), ~~entered~~ ~~into~~and an ~~agreement~~uncertificated ~~with~~risk ~~Citigroup~~retention ~~Commercial~~interest ~~Mortgage~~in ~~Securities~~the Issuing ~~Inc.~~Entity (the “~~Depositor~~Uncertificated VRR Interest”),. ~~dated~~Capitalized asterms ofused ~~April~~but ~~30, 2026~~not ~~(the~~defined ~~“Underwriting~~herein ~~Agreement”),~~shall ~~which~~have isthe ~~attached~~meanings assigned ~~hereto~~to asthem ~~Exhibit~~in 1,the ~~with~~Pooling ~~respect~~and toServicing ~~the~~Agreement. ~~sale~~The ofPooling ~~the~~and ~~Public Certificates~~Servicing ~~(as~~Agreement ~~defined~~was ~~below)~~attached ~~scheduled~~as Exhibit 4.1 to ~~occur~~the onDepositor’s Current orReport ~~about~~on ~~May~~Form 208-K/A, ~~2026~~filed (with the ~~exact~~Securities ~~date~~and ofExchange ~~such~~Commission ~~sale,~~ (the “~~Closing Date~~Commission”)~~. The~~ ~~Public~~on ~~Certificates~~May ~~are~~20, ~~expected~~2026 under toCommission ~~have~~File anNo. ~~aggregate~~333-286596-03 ~~initial~~(the ~~principal~~“Form ~~amount of $584,444,000~~8-K/A”).

The ~~Depositor~~Certificates ~~also entered~~consist ~~into~~of ~~an agreement to sell~~ the ~~Private~~following ~~Certificates~~classes, (designated as ~~defined below~~(i), ~~having~~the anClass ~~aggregate~~A-1, ~~initial~~Class ~~principal~~A-4, ~~amount~~Class ~~of $76~~A-5,~~879,430,~~ ~~to CGMI,~~Class ~~DBSI~~A-SB, ~~GS&Co.,~~Class ~~BofA Securities~~X-A, ~~BCI,~~Class ~~UBS Securities~~X-B, ~~BMO~~Class ~~Capital~~A-S, ~~Academy~~Class B and ~~Mischler~~Class ~~(collectively~~C inCertificates ~~such capacity~~(collectively, the “~~Initial Purchasers~~Public Certificates”), ~~pursuant~~(ii) tothe aClass ~~purchase agreement~~X-D, ~~dated~~Class asX-E, ofClass ~~April~~X-F, 30Class D, ~~2026~~Class E, ~~(the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”)~~Class F, ~~among~~ ~~the~~Class G-RR ~~Depositor~~ and ~~the~~Class ~~Initial~~R ~~Purchasers. The Private~~ Certificates ~~will~~(collectively, bethe ~~sold~~“Private inOffered aCertificates” and, ~~transaction~~collectively ~~exempt~~with ~~from registration under~~ the ~~Securities~~Public ~~Act of 1933~~Certificates, asthe ~~amended~~“Offered Certificates”), ~~pursuant~~and ~~to Section 4~~(aiii)~~(2)~~ of the ~~Act~~Class VRR Certificates.

On ~~the~~April ~~Closing~~30, ~~Date~~2026, itCitigroup isGlobal ~~expected~~Markets ~~that~~Inc. ~~Citigroup~~(“CGMI”), ~~Commercial~~Deutsche ~~Mortgage~~Bank Securities Inc. (~~the~~ “~~Depositor~~DBSI”) ~~will cause the issuance~~, ~~pursuant to~~Goldman aSachs ~~Pooling~~& ~~and~~Co. ~~Servicing Agreement~~LLC (“GS&Co.”), ~~dated~~BofA ~~as of May 1~~Securities, ~~2026~~Inc. (~~the~~ “~~Pooling~~BofA ~~and Servicing Agreement~~Securities”), ~~between~~Barclays ~~the Depositor,~~Capital asInc. ~~depositor~~(“BCI”), UBS ~~Trimont~~Securities LLC, as(“UBS ~~master servicer~~Securities”), ~~CWCapital~~BMO ~~Asset~~Capital ~~Management~~Markets ~~LLC,~~Corp. as(“BMO ~~special servicer~~Capital”), ~~Park~~Academy ~~Bridge Lender Services LLC~~Securities, Inc. as(“Academy ~~operating~~Securities”) ~~advisor~~ and asMischler ~~asset~~Financial ~~representations reviewer~~Group, ~~Citibank, N~~Inc.~~A.,~~ as(“Mischler” ~~certificate administrator~~and, ~~and~~collectively ~~Wilmington Savings~~with ~~Fund~~CGMI, ~~Society~~DBSI, ~~FSB~~GS&Co., asBofA ~~trustee~~Securities, ofBCI, ~~the~~UBS ~~Benchmark~~Securities, ~~2026-B43~~BMO ~~Mortgage~~Capital ~~Trust,~~and ~~Commercial~~Academy ~~Mortgage~~Securities, ~~Pass-Through~~in ~~Certificates~~such capacity, ~~Series 2026-B43 (~~the “~~Certificates~~Underwriters”), had ~~and~~entered into an ~~uncertificated~~agreement ~~risk~~with ~~retention interest in~~ the ~~Issuing~~Depositor, ~~Entity~~dated ~~(the~~as ~~“Uncertificated VRR~~of ~~Interest”~~April ~~and~~30, ~~together~~2026 ~~with~~ (the ~~Class VRR Certificates, the~~ “~~Combined~~Underwriting ~~VRR Interest~~Agreement”)., ~~The~~with ~~Pooling and~~respect ~~Servicing~~to ~~Agreement~~the issale ~~attached~~of ~~hereto~~the asPublic ~~Exhibit~~Certificates, ~~4.1.~~which ~~Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall~~ have ~~the~~an ~~meanings~~aggregate ~~assigned to~~initial ~~them~~principal inamount ~~the~~of ~~Pooling and Servicing Agreement~~$584,444,000.

~~The~~In ~~Certificates~~addition, ~~will~~the ~~consist~~Depositor ofalso ~~the~~entered ~~following~~into ~~classes,~~an ~~designated~~agreement asto ~~(i)~~sell the ~~Class~~Private ~~A-1~~Offered Certificates, ~~Class~~which ~~A-4,~~have ~~Class~~an ~~A-5,~~aggregate ~~Class~~initial ~~A-SB~~principal amount of $76,879,430, to ~~Class~~CGMI, ~~X-A~~DBSI, ~~Class~~GS&Co., ~~X-B~~BofA Securities, ~~Class~~BCI, ~~A-S~~UBS Securities, ~~Class~~BMO ~~B and~~Capital, ~~Class~~Academy CSecurities ~~Certificates~~and Mischler (collectively, in such capacity, the “~~Public~~Initial ~~Certificates~~Purchasers”), ~~(ii)~~pursuant ~~the~~to ~~Class~~a ~~X-D~~purchase agreement, ~~Class~~dated ~~X-E,~~as ~~Class~~of ~~X-F,~~April ~~Class D~~30, ~~Class~~2026 E,(the ~~Class~~“Certificate Purchase FAgreement”), ~~Class G-RR~~among ~~and~~the ~~Class~~Depositor Rand ~~Certificates~~the ~~(collectively,~~Initial ~~the~~Purchasers. “The Private Offered Certificates~~”),~~ ~~and~~will ~~(iii)~~be sold in a transaction exempt from registration under the ~~Class~~Securities ~~VRR~~Act ~~Certificates~~of ~~(which~~1933, isas aamended ~~certificated~~(the ~~risk~~“Act”), ~~retention~~pursuant ~~interest~~to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act.

~~CGMI, DBSI, GS&Co., BofA Securities, BCI, UBS Securities and BMO Capital are acting as co-lead managers in connection with the offering of the Public Certificates.~~ The Public Certificates were offered by the Underwriters for sale to the public, pursuant to the Depositor’s Preliminary Prospectus, dated April 27, 2026, and by the Depositor’s Prospectus, dated April 30, 2026 (as completed and supplemented by a supplement thereto dated May 19, 2026, the “Prospectus”), in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices determined at the time of sale. In connection with the issuance, and sale to the Underwriters, of the Public Certificates, a legal opinion was rendered related to the validity of, and certain federal income tax considerations relating to, the Public Certificates, which legal opinion is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.

The net proceeds of the sale of the Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest ~~will~~were ~~represent,~~applied into the ~~aggregate,~~purchase by the ~~entire~~Depositor ~~beneficial~~from ~~ownership~~Citi inReal ~~Benchmark~~Estate ~~2026-B43~~Funding Inc. ~~Mortgage~~(“CREFI”), ~~Trust~~German American Capital Corporation (~~the~~ “~~Issuing Entity~~GACC”), aGoldman ~~common~~Sachs ~~law~~Mortgage ~~trust~~Company ~~fund~~(“GSMC”), Bank ~~formed~~of ~~under~~America, ~~the~~National ~~laws~~Association, ofBarclays ~~the~~Capital ~~State~~Real ofEstate Inc., UBS AG New York ~~pursuant~~Branch toand ~~the~~Bank ~~Pooling~~of ~~and Servicing~~Montreal ~~Agreement.~~of the

~~The~~mortgage ~~assets~~loans ofbacking the ~~Issuing~~Certificates ~~Entity consist primarily of 32 fixed-rate mortgage loans~~ (the “Mortgage Loans”) ~~secured by first liens on various types of commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community properties~~. The ~~Mortgage~~net ~~Loans~~proceeds ~~are expected~~ to ~~be acquired by~~ the Depositor ~~from (i) Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. (“CREFI”), pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as~~ of the ~~Closing~~offering ~~Date~~of (the ~~“CREFI~~ ~~Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”)~~Certificates, ~~between~~after ~~the~~deducting ~~Depositor and CREFI, (ii) German American Capital Corporation~~expenses ~~(“GACC”),~~payable ~~pursuant~~by ~~to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of~~ the ~~Closing~~Depositor ~~Date~~in ~~(the~~connection ~~“GACC~~with ~~Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between~~ the ~~Depositor~~issuance and ~~GACC,~~distribution ~~(iii) Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (“GSMC”), pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as~~ of the ~~Closing~~Certificates ~~Date~~of ~~(the “GSMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”)~~$4, ~~between the Depositor and GSMC~~560, ~~(iv) Bank of America~~316, ~~National~~were ~~Association~~approximately ~~(“BANA”)~~$704, ~~pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement~~335,249. Of ~~dated as of~~ the ~~Closing~~expenses ~~Date~~paid ~~(the~~by ~~“BANA Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between~~ the Depositor, ~~and~~approximately ~~BANA~~$443, ~~(v)~~662 ~~Barclays~~were ~~Capital~~paid ~~Real~~directly ~~Estate Inc. (“Barclays”), pursuant~~ to aaffiliates ~~Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as~~ of the ~~Closing~~ ~~Date~~Depositor, ~~(the “Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”)~~$50,000 ~~between~~in the ~~Depositor~~form ~~and Barclays, (vi) UBS AG New~~of ~~York~~fees ~~Branch~~were ~~(“UBSNY”),~~paid ~~pursuant~~ to ~~a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of~~ the ~~Closing~~Underwriters ~~Date~~and (the ~~“UBSNY Mortgage~~Initial ~~Loan Purchase Agreement”)~~Purchasers, ~~between~~$0 ~~the~~were ~~Depositor~~paid ~~and UBSNY and (vii) Bank of Montreal (“BMO”), pursuant~~ to aor ~~Mortgage~~for ~~Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of~~ the ~~Closing~~Underwriters ~~Date (the “BMO Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”~~ and, ~~collectively with~~ the ~~CREFI~~Initial ~~Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement~~Purchasers, ~~the GACC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the GSMC Mortgage Loan~~and ~~Purchase Agreement~~$4, ~~the BANA Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement~~066,655 ~~the~~were ~~Barclays~~other ~~Mortgage~~expenses. All ~~Loan~~of ~~Purchase Agreement and~~ the ~~UBSNY~~foregoing AGexpense ~~Mortgage Loan~~amounts ~~Purchase~~are ~~Agreement,~~ the ~~“Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”), between the~~ Depositor’s ~~and~~reasonable ~~BMO.~~estimates ~~The~~of ~~Mortgage~~such ~~Loan~~expenses. ~~Purchase~~No ~~Agreements~~underwriting ~~are~~discounts ~~attached~~and ~~hereto~~commissions asor ~~Exhibits~~finder’s ~~99.1,~~fees ~~99.2,~~were ~~99.3,~~paid ~~99.4,~~by ~~99.5,~~the 99Depositor.~~6 and 99.7, respectively.~~

~~The~~Further ~~assets~~information ~~of the Issuing~~regarding ~~Entity~~sales ~~include several Mortgage Loans that are each part~~ of ~~a Whole Loan as described in~~ the ~~Prospectus.~~Public ~~Each~~Certificates ~~Whole Loan~~ is ~~governed~~set ~~by a~~forth co-lender, intercreditor or similar agreement (each, a “Co-Lender Agreement”) between the holders of the promissory notes comprising such Whole Loan, the terms of which are described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” in the ~~Prospectus.~~Underwriting ~~Each Co-Lender~~ Agreement ~~is attached as an exhibit hereto~~(including, as ~~identified~~to in the ~~following~~price ~~table.~~per ~~Moreover,~~class ~~certain~~ of ~~such~~Public ~~Whole Loans will not be serviced pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement~~Certificates, ~~but will instead be serviced pursuant to a different~~ ~~servicing~~on ~~agreement~~Schedule ~~(each,~~II ~~an “Outside Servicing Agreement”~~thereto). ~~Each~~and ~~such Outside Servicing Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto, as described~~ in the ~~following~~Depositor’s ~~table.~~Prospectus, ~~For~~dated aApril ~~description of the servicing of the applicable Whole Loans under such Outside Servicing Agreements~~30, ~~see~~2026. “The ~~Pooling~~related ~~and~~registration ~~Servicing~~statement ~~Agreement—Servicing~~(file ofno. ~~the~~333-286596) was ~~Outside~~originally ~~Serviced~~declared ~~Mortgage~~effective ~~Loans” in~~on ~~the~~June ~~Prospectus~~20, 2025.

CREFI, in its capacity as “retaining sponsor” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR (12 C.F.R. Part 43) promulgated under Section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Regulation RR”)) (the “Retaining Sponsor”), is satisfying a portion of its credit risk retention obligation under Regulation RR in connection with the securitization of the Mortgage Loans referred to above by the acquisition by CREFI, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch (“DBNY”) and Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”) from the Depositor, on the Closing Date in transactions exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act, of their respective portions of a “single vertical security” (as defined in Regulation RR) that is an “eligible vertical interest” (as defined in Regulation RR) in the Issuing Entity, with an aggregate initial principal balance of approximately $21,911,340 as of the Closing Date, consisting of (i) the Class VRR Certificates acquired by CREFI and DBNY as described below and (ii) the Uncertificated VRR Interest retained by GS Bank. The Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest are collectively referred to as the “Combined VRR Interest”. The Combined VRR Interest represents at least 3.207% of the sum of the initial aggregate certificate balance of all of the Certificates and the initial principal balance of the Uncertificated VRR Interest as of the Closing Date. The Combined VRR Interest will entitle the holders thereof to a specified percentage of the amounts paid on each other class of “ABS interests” (as defined in Regulation RR) in the Issuing Entity. On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between GSMC and the Depositor, GS Bank, an “originator” (within the meaning of Regulation RR) of all the Mortgage Loans and/or portions thereof being sold by it (through GSMC) to the Depositor, representing approximately 22.613% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans, acquired (through GSMC) from the Depositor, in a transaction exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act, a portion of the Combined VRR Interest in the form of the Uncertificated VRR Interest with an initial principal balance of $4,954,815, in exchange for a reduction in the price that GS Bank received for its sale (through GSMC) to the Depositor of the Mortgage Loans and/or portions thereof that it originated. On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between GACC and the Depositor, DBNY (a “majority-owned affiliate” (as defined in Regulation RR) of GACC, an “originator” (within the meaning of Regulation RR) of Mortgage Loans and/or portions thereof representing approximately 23.014% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all the Mortgage Loans) acquired (through GACC) from the Depositor, in a transaction exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act, a portion of the Combined VRR Interest in the form of a portion of the Class VRR Certificates with an initial principal balance of $5,042,687, in exchange for a reduction in the price that GACC received for its sale to the Depositor of the Mortgage Loans and/or portions thereof that it originated. On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between CREFI and the Depositor, CREFI received, in a transaction exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act, as partial consideration for the Mortgage Loans and/or portions thereof that CREFI transferred to the Depositor, a portion of the Combined VRR Interest in the form of the Class VRR Certificates with an initial certificate balance of $11,913,838.

Name of Mortgaged Property or Portfolio of Mortgaged Properties Securing Subject Whole Loan (as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)	Exhibit Number of Related Co-Lender Agreement	Exhibit Number of Related Outside Servicing Agreement (if any)
NOVA Retail 2-Pack	4.4	4.2
Phoenix Industrial Portfolio XV	4.5	–
215 Park Avenue South	4.6	4.3
Fishers Twinbrook	4.7	4.3

CREFI, in its capacity as “retaining sponsor”, is satisfying the remainder of its credit risk retention obligation under Regulation RR in connection with the securitization of the Mortgage Loans referred to above by the purchase on the Closing Date and holding by a third-party purchaser, which is BREC Securities Holdings, LLC, directly or through its “majority-owned affiliate” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR), of an “eligible horizontal residual interest” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR), consisting of all of the Class G-RR Certificates (also referred to herein as the “HRR Certificates”). The HRR Certificates have an aggregate initial certificate balance of approximately $31,413,430 as of the Closing Date and a fair value equal to approximately 1.8292% of the fair value, as of the Closing Date, of all of the “ABS interests” (as defined in Regulation RR) issued by the Issuing Entity, determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Further information regarding sales of the Public Certificates is set forth in the Underwriting Agreement (including, as to the price per class of Public Certificates, on Schedule II thereto) and in the Depositor’s Prospectus, dated April 30, 2026. The related registration statement (file no. 333-286596) was originally declared effective on June 20, 2025. In connection with such Prospectus, the principal executive officer of the Depositor has provided the certification attached hereto as Exhibit 36.1.

Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 5	Legality Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated May 20, 2026
Exhibit 8	Tax Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated May 20, 2026 (included as part of Exhibit 5)
Exhibit 23	Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated May 20, 2026 (included as part of Exhibit 5)

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 1	Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 4.1	Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Exhibit 4.2	WFCM 2026-C66 PSA
Exhibit 4.3	Benchmark 2026-B42 PSA
Exhibit 4.4	NOVA Retail 2-Pack Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.5	Phoenix Industrial Portfolio XV Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.6	215 Park Avenue South Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.7	Fishers Twinbrook Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 36.1	Depositor’s Certification for Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities in respect of that certain Prospectus dated April 30, 2026, which such certification is dated April 30, 2026
Exhibit 99.1	CREFI Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.2	GACC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.3	GSMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.4	BANA Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.5	Barclays Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.6	UBSNY Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.7	BMO Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

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

Date: May 4, 2026	CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
Date: May 20, 2026	CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
		SECURITIES INC.
	By:	/s/ Richard Simpson
		Name: Richard Simpson
		Title: President

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