Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
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Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule14a-6(e)(2)) |

| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials |

| ☐ | Soliciting Material under§240.14a-12 |

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

| ☒ | No fee required. |

| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |

| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules14a-6(i)(1)and0-11. |

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 10, 2025 To the Stockholders of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.: The 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ARI,” our “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), will be held on June 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, to consider and vote on the following matters:

| (1) | The election of nine directors to serve on ARI’s board of directors until ARI’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify; |

| (2) | The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as ARI’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year; |

| (3) | A resolution to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of ARI’s named executive officers, as more fully described in the accompanying proxy statement; and |

| (4) | The transaction of such other business