Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2026


Registration No. 333-____________

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Creative Media & Community Trust

Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 4700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (Address of Principal Executive Offices)			75-6446078 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 90010 (Zip Code)

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation 2026 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

David Thompson

Chief Executive Officer

4700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010

(Name and address of agent for service)

(866) 242-1266 

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Patrick S. Brown

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100

Los Angeles, California 90067

(310) 712-6600

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer			Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer ☑			Smaller reporting company ☑
			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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register an aggregate of 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), for issuance under the Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

As permitted by Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement omits the information specified by Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement, as required by Rule 428. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference:

(a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed on March 10, 2026 (as amended by the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed on April 29, 2026);

(b)The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed on May 8, 2026;

(c)The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 22, 2026, March 9, 2026 (as amended on March 18, 2026), March 31, 2026, April 22, 2026, June 17, 2026, July 15, 2026 and August 4, 2026 (excluding any information furnished in such reports under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 or any corresponding Item 9.01); and

(d)Description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 7, 2025, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such documents.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, provided, however, that the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information in these documents or filings that is deemed “furnished” to and not filed with the Commission.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

Not applicable.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (i) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (ii) active or deliberate dishonesty established in a judgment or other final adjudication to be material to the cause of action. The Registrant’s charter contains a provision that eliminates the liability of the Registrant’s directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

Maryland law requires a Maryland corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant’s charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

•an act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and:

◦was committed in bad faith; or

◦was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

•the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

•in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

However, under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. In addition, Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of:

•a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and

•a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the director’s or officer’s behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.

The Registrant’s charter and bylaws obligate the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

•any present or former director or officer who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; or

•any individual who, while a director or officer of the Registrant and at the Registrant’s request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, trustee, member, manager or partner and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity.

The Registrant’s charter and bylaws also permit the Registrant, subject to approval from the Registrant’s Board of Directors, to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of the Registrant in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of the Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant.

Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides that we will indemnify and hold harmless each such director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law.

The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, the Registrant’s charter and the Registrant’s bylaws and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number			Description
4.1			Articles of Amendment and Restatement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2014).
4.2			Articles of Amendment (Name Change) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2014).
4.3			Articles of Amendment (Reverse Stock Split) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2014).
4.4			Articles of Amendment (Par Value Decrease) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2014).
4.5			Articles of Amendment (Reverse Stock Split) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2019).
4.6			Articles of Amendment (Par Value Decrease) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2019).
4.7			Articles of Amendment (Name Change) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2022).
4.8			Articles of Amendment (Reverse Stock Split) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2025).
4.9			Articles of Amendment (Par Value Decrease) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2025).
4.10			Articles of Amendment (Reverse Stock Split) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 17 , 2025).
4.11			Articles of Amendment (Par Value Decrease) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 17 , 2025).
4.12			Articles of Amendment (Reverse Stock Split) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 31 , 2026).
4.13			Articles of Amendment (Par Value Decrease) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 31 , 2026).
4.14			Articles of Amendment (Reverse Stock Split) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2026).


4.15			Articles of Amendment (Par Value Decrease) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2026).
4.16			Articles Supplementary, designating the Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 27, 2016).
4.17			Amendment No. 1 to the Articles Supplementary, designating the Series A Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 31, 2020).
4.18			Articles Supplementary, designating the Series D Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 31, 2020).
4.19			Articles Supplementary, designating the Series L Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Form S-11 Registration Statement (333-218019) filed with the SEC on November 15, 2017).
4.20			Articles Supplementary, designating the Series A1 Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 17, 2022).
4.21			Bylaws of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2022).
4.22			Description of Securities of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2025).
4.23			Junior Subordinated Indenture between PMC Commercial Trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as Trustee dated March 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 10, 2005).
4.24			Amended and Restated Trust Agreement among PMC Commercial Trust, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Chase Bank USA, National Association and The Administrative Trustees Named Therein dated March 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 10, 2005).
4.25			Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Note due 2035 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 10, 2005).
4.26			2026 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed on June 23, 2026).
4.27			Form of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation 2026 Equity Incentive Plan Director Restricted Stock Agreement (filed herewith).
5.1			Opinion of Venable LLP (filed herewith).
23.1			Consent of Venable LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2			Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
24.1			Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
107			Filing Fee Table (filed herewith).

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

(a)            The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)            To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i)            To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)            To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (17 C.F.R. § 230.424(b)) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii)            To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

(2)            That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)            To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)            Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions referenced in Item 6 of this Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on the 11th day of August, 2026.


			CREATIVE MEDIA & COMMUNITY TRUST CORPORATION

			By:			/s/ David Thompson
			Name:			David Thompson
			Title:			Chief Executive Officer

			By:			/s/ Brandon Hill
			Name:			Brandon Hill
			Title:			Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David Thompson and Brandon Hill and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated capacities on August 11, 2026.


Signature						Title

/s/ David Thompson
David Thompson						Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Brandon Hill
Brandon Hill						Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Richard Ressler
Richard Ressler						Chairman of the Board, Director

/s/ Douglas Bech
Douglas Bech						Director

/s/ John Hope Bryant
John Hope Bryant						Director

/s/ Marcie L. Edwards
Marcie L. Edwards						Director

/s/ Shaul Kuba
Shaul Kuba						Director

/s/ Avraham Shemesh
Avraham Shemesh						Director

/s/ Elaine Wong
Elaine Wong						Director

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