Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
Chunk: 45

Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 45
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 Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans The 2024 Equity Incentive Plan provides for grants of restricted Common Stock, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards up to an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of our Common Stock. The following table presents certain information about our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2024:

| Plan Category                                          |     | Number of     
 Securities    
 to Be Issued  
 Upon          
 Exercise of   
 Outstanding   
 Options,      
 Warrants      
 and Rights(1) |           |     | Weighted-average  
 Exercise Price of 
 Outstanding       
 Options,          
 Warrants and      
 Rights            |   |     | Number of              
 Securities Remaining   
 Available for Future   
 Issuance Under         
 Equity                 
 Compensation Plans     
 (Excluding Securities  
 Reflected in the First 
 Column of This         
 Table)                 |           |
|:-------------------------------------------------------|:----|:--------------|----------:|:----|:------------------|:--|:----|:-----------------------|----------:|
| Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders     |     |               | 3,487,602 |     | $                 | — |     |                        | 6,380,459 |
| Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders |     |               |         — |     | $                 | — |     |                        |         — |
| Total                                                  |     |               | 3,487,602 |     | $                 | — |     |                        | 6,380,459 |

| (1) | Reflects the aggregate number of outstanding restricted stock units granted under the Equity Incentive Plans as of December 31, 2024 (including any restricted stock units that had vested but were undelivered as of December 31, 2024). |

**Equity Incentive Plans and Other Matters We have adopted the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan to provide incentive compensation to attract and retain qualified directors, officers, advisors, consultants and other personnel, including our Manager and affiliates and personnel of our Manager and its affiliates, and any joint venture affiliates of ours, who are expected to provide significant services to our Company and our subsidiaries. The 2024 Equity Incentive Plan permits the granting of stock options, shares of restricted Common Stock, phantom shares, dividend equivalent rights, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards. Repricing of options or stock appreciation rights granted under the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan are not permitted without stockholder approval.