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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 as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any postponements or adjournments thereof. |

The close of business on April 15, 2025 has been fixed by our board of directors as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any postponements or adjournments thereof. All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting virtually. By hosting the Annual Meeting via a live webcast, we believe we are able to communicate more effectively with our stockholders and enable increased attendance and participation from locations around the world. Whether or not you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, in order to assure proper representation of your shares at the Annual Meeting, we urge you to submit your proxy voting instructions. By submitting your proxy voting instructions promptly, you can help ARI avoid the expense of follow up mailings and ensure the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record or you hold a proxy from a stockholder of record and attend the Annual Meeting, you may, if so desired, revoke your prior proxy voting instructions and vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting. In order to attend and participate in the virtual Annual Meeting, you must register in advance at https://web.viewproxy.com/apollocref/2025 by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 6, 2025. Upon registering, you will receive a meeting invitation by email with your unique join link along with a password prior to the meeting date. Stockholders have substantially the same opportunities to participate in our virtual Annual Meeting as they would have in an in-personmeeting and will be able to listen, vote and submit questions during the virtual meeting. The Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time. Please check in by 9:45 a.m., Eastern Time, on the day of the Annual Meeting so that any technical difficulties may be addressed before the live webcast begins. If you are a registered holder of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), as of the close of business on the Record Date, you may vote your shares of Common Stock by proxy or electronically at the Annual Meeting, and your Virtual Control Number will be on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card. If you hold shares of our Common Stock in “street name” through a broker or other financial institution, you must follow