Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
Chunk: 19

Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 paid to our Chief Financial Officer, Anastasia Mironova, based on the percentage of her time spent managing our affairs in that role. However, we did not and do not determine the compensation payable to Ms. Mironova by our Manager.

Our Manager and personnel of our Manager and its affiliates who support our Manager in providing services to us under our Management Agreement are eligible to receive equity award compensation under the Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted in June 2024 (the “2024 Equity Incentive Plan”). These persons previously received equity award compensation under the Amended and Restated Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Equity Incentive Plan” and together with the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, the “Equity Incentive Plans” and each an “Equity Incentive Plan”). Our named executive officers are also eligible to receive such grants. Please refer to “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis” for a description of grants made under the Equity Incentive Plans.

Accordingly, the following advisory and non-binding resolution will be presented to our stockholders at the Annual Meeting:

RESOLVED, that the stockholders of our Company approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation payable to our named executive officers as disclosed in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules in our Company’s Proxy Statement for our Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting, including the disclosure under “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the compensation tables and other narrative executive compensation disclosure in the Proxy Statement relating to our Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting.

Although this approval is advisory and non-binding, our board of directors and the Compensation Committee of our board of directors (the “Compensation Committee”) value the opinions of our stockholders and will consider the voting results when making future decisions regarding compensation of our named executive officers.

Our board of directors recommends a vote FOR the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in accordance with SEC rules in this Proxy Statement, including the disclosure under “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the compensation tables and other narrative executive compensation disclosure in this Proxy Statement.**

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A majority of all the votes cast on this proposal at the Annual Meeting is required for its approval. Proxies solicited by our board of directors will be voted FOR this proposal, unless otherwise instructed.