Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
Chunk: 22

Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 22
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 goals and objectives, and determines the level of compensation payable to our Chief Executive Officer pursuant to our Company’s equity-based plans based on (i) this evaluation, (ii) the results of the most recent stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation required by Section 14A of the Exchange Act, and (iii) any other factors which the Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, consider appropriate. Under our Management Agreement, we are responsible for reimbursing our Manager for our allocable share of the compensation paid to our Manager’s personnel serving as our Chief Financial Officer and other corporate finance, tax, accounting, internal audit, legal, risk management, operations and compliance and other non-investment personnel of our Manager and its affiliates who spend all or a portion of their time managing our affairs. The Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the information provided by our Manager to support the determination of our share of such costs. The Compensation Committee consults with our Manager when recommending to the board of directors the level of awards under the Equity Incentive Plans (as described below) to be payable to the personnel of our Manager and its affiliates. The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, delegate all or a portion of its duties and responsibilities to a subcommittee. The specific responsibilities of the Compensation Committee are set forth in its written charter, which is available for viewing on our website at www.apollocref.com.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Pamela G. Carlton (Chairperson), Robert A. Kasdin and Michael E. Salvati are the current members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our board of directors has determined that all of the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are independent as required by the NYSE listing standards, the Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Independence Standards (as defined below) and the written charter of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which met three times during 2024, is responsible for, among other things, reviewing periodically and making recommendations to our board of directors on the range of qualifications that should be represented on our board of directors and eligibility criteria for individual board membership, as well as seeking, considering and recommending to the board qualified candidates for election as directors and approving and recommending to the full board of directors the appointment of each of our officers. For a discussion of the process by which candidates for director are considered for nomination by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and the process for identifying and evaluating nominees for director, including nominees recommended