 CIM Commercial Trust Corporation Nasdaq: CMCT and TASE: CMCT-LCMCT or CIM Commercial Trust announced today that it has been notified that an affiliate of CIM Group has acquired 2,468,390 shares of common stock of CMCT for 19.1685 per share in a private transaction. Following this purchase, CIM Group, its affiliates, and officers and directors of CMCT have an aggregate economic interest in approximately 19 of the outstanding shares of CMCT common stock. 