Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
Chunk: 53

Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 53
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ably forfeited upon a termination of the employment of the named executive officer by our Manager or its affiliates; including, a termination of employment due to such officer’s resignation, discharge, death or retirement. Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation There are no Compensation Committee interlocks and no insider participation in compensation decisions that are required to be reported under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act. Recovery Policy Relating to Erroneously Awarded Incentive Compensation In compliance with the final rules adopted by the SEC and the listing standards adopted by the NYSE, our board of directors adopted a formal recovery policy relating to erroneously awarded incentive compensation (the “Recovery Policy”). The Recovery Policy requires us to, subject to limited exceptions, recover erroneously awarded incentive compensation received by covered executives the three fiscal years that precede the date we are required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance with a financial reporting requirement. A copy of the Recovery Policy is filed as an exhibit in our annual report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2024. Policies Related to the Grant of Certain Equity Awards Close in Time to the Release of Material Non-publicInformation Our Company does not currently grant awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, or similar option-like awards. Our Company does not timethe disclosure of material non-publicinformation, or the granting of equity awards, for the purpose of impacting the value of executive compensation. - 40 -

#### DELINQUENT SECTION 16(A) REPORTS
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers and holders of more than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (“10% Holders”) to file with the SEC and the NYSE initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of Common Stock and other equity securities of ARI. Directors, executive officers and 10% Holders are required by the SEC’s regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a)(a) forms and amendments thereto filed during any given year.

Based on the review of copies of the Section 16(a) reports and amendments thereto furnished to us and written representations from our directors, executive officers and 10% Holders, we believe that for the year ended December 31, 2024, our directors, executive officers and 10% Holders complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to them, except that a Form 4 for each of Stuart A. Rothstein and Anastasia Mironova