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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 on behalf of our board of directors to discharge our board of directors’ responsibilities relating to our and our subsidiaries’ corporate accounting and reporting practices, the quality and integrity of our consolidated financial statements, our compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, the performance, qualifications and independence of our external auditors, the staffing, performance, budget, responsibilities and qualifications of our internal audit function and reviewing our policies and procedures with respect to risk assessment and risk management. The Audit Committee is also responsible for reviewing with management and external auditors our interim and audited annual financial statements as well as approving the filing of our interim financial statements, meeting with officers responsible for certifying our annual report on Form 10-K or any quarterly report on Form 10-Q prior to any such certification and reviewing with such officers disclosures related to any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls. The Audit Committee is charged with periodically discussing with our external auditors such auditors’ judgments about the quality, not just the acceptability, of our accounting principles as applied in our consolidated financial statements. The specific responsibilities of the Audit Committee are set forth in its written charter, which is available for viewing on our website at www.apollocref.com.

Compensation Committee. Scott S. Prince (Chairperson), Mark C. Biderman, Pamela G. Carlton, Brenna Haysom and Robert A. Kasdin are the current members of the Compensation Committee. Our board of directors has determined that all of the members of the Compensation 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 Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee, which met seven**

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times during 2024, is responsible for evaluating the performance of our Manager, reviewing the compensation and fees payable to our Manager under our Management Agreement, issuing an annual compensation committee report and administering the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or other equity awards issued to personnel of our Manager and its affiliates who support our Manager in providing services to us under our Management Agreement. Because our Management Agreement provides that our Manager is responsible for managing our affairs, our officers, who are employees of our Manager or one of its affiliates, do not receive cash compensation from us for serving as our officers. The Compensation Committee reviews and approves corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation payable to our Chief Executive Officer pursuant to our Company’s equity-based plans, evaluates the performance of our Chief Executive Officer in light of those