Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
Chunk: 34

Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 34
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 as practicable after the board of directors learns of the transaction. |

| • |     | No director will participate in any discussion or approval of a related party transaction for which such director is a related party, except that the director will provide all material information concerning the interested transaction to our board of directors or the Appointed Committee. |

| • |     | If a related party transaction will be ongoing, our board of directors or the Appointed Committee may establish guidelines for our Company to follow in its ongoing dealings with the related party. Thereafter, the board of directors or the Appointed Committee, on at least an annual basis, will review and assess ongoing relationships with the related party to see that such related party is in compliance with the guidelines set and that the related party transaction remains appropriate. |

| • |     | All related party transactions will be disclosed in our applicable filings with the SEC as required under SEC rules. |

Identification of Director Candidates In accordance with the Corporate Governance Guidelines and its written charter, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assists our board of directors in identifying individuals qualified to become director candidates for our board of directors and recommends director candidates to our board of directors for consideration as nominees to stand for election at our annual meetings of stockholders. Director candidates are recommended for nomination for election as directors in accordance with the procedures set forth in the written charter of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. - 24 -

We seek highly qualified director candidates from diverse business, professional and educational backgrounds who combine a broad spectrum of experience and expertise with a reputation for the highest personal and professional ethics, integrity and values. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee periodically reviews the appropriate skills and characteristics required of our directors in the context of the current composition of our board of directors, our operating requirements and the long-term interests of our stockholders. In accordance with the Corporate Governance Guidelines, directors should possess the highest personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, exercise good business judgment, be committed to representing the long-term interests of our Company and its stockholders and have an inquisitive and objective perspective, practical wisdom and mature judgment. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assists our board of directors in reviewing director candidates with the objective of assembling a slate of directors that can best fulfill and promote our goals, regardless of gender, age or race, and recommends director candidates based upon contributions they can make to our board of directors and management and their ability to represent our long-term interests and those of our stockholders. Upon determining the need for additional or