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) May 826, 2026

Benchmark 2026-V22 Mortgage Trust

(Exact name of issuing entity)

(Central Index Key number of issuing entity: 0002126766)

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)

Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc.

(Central Index Key Number 0001549574)

(Exact name of sponsors as specified in their charters)

Delaware	333-286596-04	86-1073506
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number	(IRS Employer Identification
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of depositor)	(Commission File Number of issuing entity)	(IRS Employer Identification No. of depositor)
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.)

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).

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On May 826, 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, ~~Barclays~~dated ~~Capital~~as ~~Inc.~~of May 1, 2026 (the “~~BCI~~Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), ~~Bancroft~~between ~~Capital~~the Depositor, as depositor, Trimont LLC, ~~(“Bancroft”) and~~as ~~Drexel~~master ~~Hamilton~~servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, ~~(“Drexel”~~as ~~and~~special servicer, ~~collectively~~BellOak, ~~with~~LLC, ~~CGMI~~as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, ~~DBSI~~Citibank, ~~GS&Co~~N.A., ~~BCI~~as ~~and~~certificate ~~Bancroft~~administrator, inand ~~such~~Wilmington ~~capacity~~Savings Fund Society, ~~the~~ ~~“Underwriters”)~~FSB, ~~entered~~as ~~into~~trustee, anof ~~agreement~~the ~~with~~Benchmark 2026-V22 ~~Citigroup~~Mortgage Trust (the “Issuing Entity”), Commercial Mortgage ~~Securities~~Pass-Through ~~Inc.~~Certificates, Series 2026-V22 (the “~~Depositor~~Certificates”), ~~dated~~ asand ofan ~~May~~uncertificated 8,risk ~~2026~~retention interest in the Issuing Entity (the “~~Underwriting~~Uncertificated VRR ~~Agreement~~Interest”),. ~~which~~Capitalized isterms ~~attached~~used ~~hereto~~but asnot ~~Exhibit~~defined 1,herein ~~with~~shall ~~respect~~have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing ~~sale~~Agreement. ofThe ~~the~~Pooling ~~Public~~and ~~Certificates~~Servicing ~~(as~~Agreement ~~defined~~was ~~below)~~attached ~~scheduled~~as Exhibit 4.1 to ~~occur~~the onDepositor’s orCurrent ~~about~~Report ~~May~~on 26Form 8-K/A, ~~2026~~filed with (the ~~exact~~Securities ~~date~~and ofExchange ~~such~~Commission ~~sale,~~ (the “~~Closing Date~~Commission”). ~~The~~on ~~Public~~May ~~Certificates~~26, ~~are~~2026 ~~expected~~under toCommission ~~have~~File anNo. ~~aggregate~~333-286596-04 (the ~~initial~~“Form ~~principal amount of $650,523,000~~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-2, ~~amount~~Class ~~of $79~~A-3,~~377,560,~~ ~~to CGMI,~~Class ~~DBSI~~X-A, ~~GS&Co.~~Class X-B, ~~BCI~~Class A-S, ~~Bancroft~~Class B and ~~Drexel~~Class C Certificates (collectively ~~in such capacity~~, the “~~Initial~~Public ~~Purchasers~~Certificates”), ~~pursuant to~~(ii) athe ~~purchase~~Class ~~agreement~~X-D, ~~dated~~Class asD, ofClass E, ~~May 8~~Class F-RR, Class G-RR ~~2026~~and ~~(the~~Class ~~“Certificate~~R ~~Purchase~~Certificates ~~Agreement”)~~(collectively, ~~among~~ the ~~Depositor and the Initial Purchasers. The~~ “Private Offered Certificates” ~~will~~and, becollectively ~~sold~~with ~~in a transaction exempt from registration under~~ the ~~Securities Act of 1933,~~ asPublic ~~amended~~Certificates, ~~pursuant~~the to“Offered ~~Section~~Certificates”), 4and (aiii)~~(2)~~ of the ~~Act~~Class VRR Certificates.

On ~~the~~May ~~Closing~~8, ~~Date~~2026, itCitigroup isGlobal ~~expected~~Markets ~~that~~Inc. ~~Citigroup~~(“CGMI”), ~~Commercial~~Deutsche ~~Mortgage~~Bank Securities Inc. (~~the~~ “~~Depositor~~DBSI”), ~~will~~Goldman ~~cause~~Sachs ~~the~~& ~~issuance,~~Co. ~~pursuant~~LLC to(“GS&Co.”), aBarclays ~~Pooling~~Capital ~~and~~Inc. ~~Servicing Agreement~~(“BCI”), ~~dated~~Bancroft ~~as of May 1~~Capital, ~~2026~~LLC (~~the~~ “~~Pooling and Servicing Agreement~~Bancroft”)~~, between the~~ ~~Depositor,~~and asDrexel ~~depositor~~Hamilton, ~~Trimont~~ LLC, as(“Drexel” ~~master servicer~~and, ~~LNR~~collectively ~~Partners,~~with ~~LLC~~CGMI, ~~as special servicer~~DBSI, ~~BellOak~~GS&Co., ~~LLC,~~BCI ~~as operating advisor~~ and as ~~asset~~Bancroft, ~~representations~~in ~~reviewer,~~such ~~Citibank~~capacity, the ~~N.A.~~“Underwriters”), ashad ~~certificate~~entered ~~administrator,~~into ~~and~~an ~~Wilmington~~agreement ~~Savings~~with ~~Fund~~the ~~Society~~Depositor, ~~FSB,~~dated as ~~trustee,~~ of ~~the~~May ~~Benchmark 2026-V22 Mortgage Trust~~8, ~~Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series~~ 2026~~-V22~~ (the “~~Certificates~~Underwriting Agreement”) ~~and~~, anwith ~~uncertificated~~respect ~~risk~~to ~~retention interest in~~ the ~~Issuing~~sale ~~Entity~~of (the ~~“Uncertificated~~Public ~~VRR~~Certificates, ~~Interest”).~~which ~~The Pooling and Servicing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall~~ have ~~the~~an ~~meanings assigned~~aggregate toinitial ~~them~~principal inamount ~~the~~of ~~Pooling and Servicing Agreement~~$650,523,000.

~~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-2,~~have ~~Class~~an ~~A-3,~~aggregate ~~Class~~initial ~~X-A,~~principal ~~Class~~amount ~~X-B~~of $79,377,560, to ~~Class~~CGMI, ~~A-S~~DBSI, ~~Class~~GS&Co., BBCI, Bancroft and ~~Class~~Drexel ~~C Certificates~~ (collectively in such capacity, the “~~Public~~Initial ~~Certificates~~Purchasers”), ~~(ii)~~pursuant to ~~the~~a ~~Class~~purchase ~~X-D~~agreement, ~~Class~~dated D,as ~~Class E~~of May 8, ~~Class F-RR~~2026 (the “Certificate Purchase Agreement”), ~~Class G-RR~~ among the Depositor and ~~Class~~the Initial RPurchasers. The Private Offered Certificates ~~(collectively~~will be sold in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “~~Private Certificates~~Act”), ~~and~~pursuant to Section 4(~~iii~~a)(2) of the ~~Class VRR Certificates~~Act.

~~CGMI, DBSI, GS&Co. and BCI 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 May 4, 2026, and by the Depositor’s Prospectus, dated May 8, 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 ~~Certificates~~net ~~and~~proceeds ~~the Uncertificated~~of ~~VRR Interest will represent, in~~ the ~~aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership in Benchmark 2026-V22 Mortgage Trust (the~~ ~~“Issuing~~sale ~~Entity”), a common law trust fund formed under the laws~~ of the ~~State~~Certificates ~~of New York pursuant to the Pooling~~ and ~~Servicing~~ ~~Agreement. The assets of~~ the ~~Issuing~~Uncertificated ~~Entity~~VRR ~~consist~~Interest ~~primarily~~were ofapplied 32to ~~fixed-rate mortgage loans (~~the ~~“Mortgage~~purchase ~~Loans”) secured~~ by ~~first liens on various types of commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community properties. The Mortgage Loans 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 Date (the “CREFI Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”), between the Depositor and CREFI, (ii)~~ Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (“GSMC”), ~~pursuant~~German toAmerican aCapital ~~Mortgage~~Corporation ~~Loan~~and Barclays ~~Purchase~~Capital ~~Agreement,~~Real ~~dated~~Estate asInc. of ~~the~~ ~~Closing Date (~~the ~~“GSMC~~mortgage ~~Mortgage~~loans ~~Loan~~backing ~~Purchase Agreement”), between~~ the ~~Depositor~~Certificates ~~and GSMC,~~ (~~iii)~~the ~~German American Capital Corporation (~~“~~GACC~~Mortgage Loans”),. The net ~~pursuant~~proceeds to athe ~~Mortgage~~Depositor ~~Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as~~ of the ~~Closing~~offering ~~Date~~of (the ~~“GACC Mortgage~~Certificates, ~~Loan~~after ~~Purchase~~deducting ~~Agreement”),~~expenses ~~between~~payable by the Depositor ~~and~~in ~~GACC,~~connection ~~and (iv) Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. (“Barclays”),~~with ~~pursuant~~the toissuance aand ~~Mortgage~~distribution ~~Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as~~ of the ~~Closing~~Certificates ~~Date~~of ~~(the~~$4,278,431, ~~“Barclays~~were ~~Mortgage~~approximately ~~Loan Purchase Agreement” and~~$756,006,995. Of ~~collectively with~~ the ~~CREFI~~expenses ~~Mortgage~~paid ~~Loan~~by ~~Purchase~~the ~~Agreement~~Depositor, approximately ~~the~~$321,087 ~~GSMC~~were ~~Mortgage~~paid ~~Loan~~directly ~~Purchase~~to ~~Agreement~~affiliates ~~and~~of the ~~GACC~~Depositor, ~~Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement~~$50,000 in the ~~“Mortgage~~form ~~Loan~~of ~~Purchase~~fees ~~Agreements”),~~were ~~between~~paid to the ~~Depositor~~Underwriters and ~~Barclays. The Mortgage Loan~~ ~~Purchase~~the ~~Agreements~~Initial ~~are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1~~Purchasers, ~~99.2,~~$0 ~~99.3,~~were ~~and~~paid ~~99.4,~~to ~~respectively.~~or for

~~The assets of~~ the ~~Issuing~~ ~~Entity~~Underwriters ~~include~~and ~~several Mortgage Loans that are each part of a Whole Loan as described in~~ the ~~Prospectus.~~Initial ~~Each Whole Loan is governed by a co-lender~~Purchasers, ~~intercreditor~~and ~~or similar agreement (each~~$3,907,343 awere ~~“Co-Lender~~other ~~Agreement”)~~expenses. All ~~between the holders~~ of the ~~promissory notes~~foregoing ~~comprising~~expense ~~such~~amounts ~~Whole Loan, the terms of which~~ are ~~described under “Description of~~ the ~~Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”~~Depositor’s inreasonable ~~the~~estimates ~~Prospectus. Each Co-Lender Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto, as identified in the following table. Moreover, certain~~ of such ~~Whole Loans will not be serviced pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, but will instead be serviced pursuant to a different servicing agreement (each, an “Outside Servicing Agreement”)~~expenses. No ~~Each~~underwriting ~~such~~discounts Outside Servicing Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto, as described in the following table. For a description of the servicing of the applicable Whole Loans under such Outside Servicing Agreements, see “The Pooling and ~~Servicing~~commissions ~~Agreement—Servicing~~or offinder’s ~~the~~fees ~~Outside~~were ~~Serviced~~paid ~~Mortgage~~by ~~Loans” in~~ the ~~Prospectus~~Depositor.

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)
Mountain Industrial Portfolio	4.6	4.2
Compass Storage National Portfolio	4.7	–
Pinnacle Tower	4.8	–
Marriott Savannah Riverfront	4.9	4.3
1 Willoughby Square	4.10	4.4
ONX Industrial Campus	4.11	–
535 & 545 5th Avenue	4.12	4.4
Del Rey Campus	4.13	4.5
400 Arcola Road	4.14	4.5

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 May 8, 2026. The related registration statement (file no. 333-286596) was originally declared effective on June 20, 2025.

~~Further~~CREFI, ~~information~~in ~~regarding~~its capacity as ~~sales~~“retaining sponsor” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR (12 C.F.R. Part 43) promulgated under Section 15G of the ~~Public~~Securities Exchange ~~Certificates~~Act of 1934, as amended (“Regulation RR”)) (the “Retaining Sponsor”), is ~~set~~satisfying ~~forth~~a portion of its credit risk retention obligation under Regulation RR in connection with the ~~Underwriting~~securitization ~~Agreement~~of the Mortgage Loans referred to above by the acquisition by CREFI and Goldman Sachs Bank USA (~~including~~“GS Bank”) from the Depositor, ason the Closing Date in transactions exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the ~~price~~Act, ~~per~~of ~~class~~their respective portions of ~~Public~~a ~~Certificates~~“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 $20,254,178 as of the Closing Date, consisting of (i) the onClass ~~Schedule~~VRR IICertificates ~~thereto~~acquired by CREFI 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 2.7000% 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 ~~Depositor’s~~Entity. ~~Prospectus~~On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated ~~May~~as 8of the Closing Date, ~~2026.~~between ~~The~~GSMC ~~related~~and the ~~registration~~Depositor, ~~statement~~GS Bank, an “originator” (~~file~~within nothe meaning of Regulation RR) of all the Mortgage Loans and/or portions thereof being sold by it (through GSMC) to the Depositor, representing approximately 24.9% ~~333~~of the aggregate Cut-~~286596~~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) ~~was~~of ~~originally~~the ~~declared~~Act, ~~effective~~a onportion ~~June~~of 20the Combined VRR Interest in the form of the Uncertificated VRR Interest with an initial principal balance of $5,042,007, ~~2025~~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. InOn ~~connection~~the ~~with~~Closing ~~such~~Date, ~~Prospectus~~pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Closing ~~principal~~Date, ~~executive~~between ~~officer~~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 ~~has~~portion ~~provided~~of the ~~certification~~Combined ~~attached~~VRR ~~hereto~~Interest asin ~~Exhibit~~the 36form of the Class VRR Certificates with an initial certificate balance of $15,212,171.1.

~~Item~~CREFI, 9in 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 two third-party purchasers, which are CMBS 4 Sub 15, LLC and TH Holdco 1 (Cayman), L.01P., ~~Financial~~in ~~Statements~~each case directly or through one or more “majority-owned affiliates” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR), of their respective proportionate shares of an “eligible horizontal residual interest” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR), consisting of all of the Class F-RR and ~~Exhibits~~Class G-RR Certificates (collectively, the “HRR Certificates”). The HRR Certificates have an aggregate initial certificate balance of approximately $39,232,560 as of the Closing Date and a fair value equal to approximately 2.3332% 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.

(d) Exhibits

Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 5	Legality Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated May 26, 2026
Exhibit 8	Tax Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated May 26, 2026 (included as part of Exhibit 5)
Exhibit 23	Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated May 26, 2026 (included as part of Exhibit 5)

Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 1	Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 4.1	Pooling and Servicing Agreement
Exhibit 4.2	MTN 2026-LPFX TSA
Exhibit 4.3	BBCMS 2026-5C41 PSA
Exhibit 4.4	Benchmark 2026-V20 PSA
Exhibit 4.5	Benchmark 2026-V21 PSA
Exhibit 4.6	Mountain Industrial Portfolio Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.7	Compass Storage National Portfolio Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.8	Pinnacle Tower Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.9	Marriott Savannah Riverfront Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.10	1 Willoughby Square Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.11	ONX Industrial Campus Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.12	535 & 545 5th Avenue Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.13	Del Rey Campus Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 4.14	400 Arcola Road Co-Lender Agreement
Exhibit 36.1	Depositor’s Certification for Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities in respect of that certain Prospectus dated May 8, 2026, which such certification is dated May 8, 2026
Exhibit 99.1	CREFI Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.2	GSMC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.3	GACC Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 99.4	Barclays 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 12, 2026	CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
Date: May 26, 2026	CITIGROUP COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC.
	By:	/s/ Richard Simpson
		Name:	Richard Simpson
		Title:	President

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