Company: ARI
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-104054
Chunk: 31

Company: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 31
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 to training and annual review programs, Apollo has instituted annual employee surveys that measure employee satisfaction and engagement and help evaluate and guide human capital decision-making. Apollo works in partnership with its employees to maintain a strong culture that prioritizes excellence and outperforming expectations to advance Apollo’s goal of being a modern high-performance workplace that is also a great place to work.**

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**Compensation and Benefits

Apollo works to offer a compelling employee value proposition to reward strong performance and support employees’ professional development and well-being. Apollo’s pay for performance compensation philosophy is designed to reward employees for performance and to align employee interests with the firm’s long-term growth and with Apollo’s shareholders. All of Apollo’s employees are granted stock through a range of equity-based compensation programs, including Apollo’s “One Apollo” stock program. Apollo’s benefits programs are intended to support employees and their families, and include healthcare, wellness initiatives, retirement programs, paid time off and family leave.

Expanding Opportunity

Apollo is committed to championing opportunity and fostering a culture of excellence where everyone has an opportunity to thrive. Apollo makes talent decisions based on the qualities necessary to succeed in its modern high- performance workplace, focusing on skills, experience, and performance that drive results, rather than demographic characteristics or preferences. Reducing individuals to a single trait — whether gender, race, or ethnicity — misses the full picture of their capabilities, contributions, and potential impact. At the same time, Apollo believes that a workforce of extraordinary people from a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints helps Apollo solve complex problems, drive innovation, and achieve great results over the long term. Apollo is committed to expanding opportunity across its ecosystem – the workplace, in the marketplace, and in the communities where Apollo’s employees live and work – to ensure that Apollo attracts and grows the best talent and business partners from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences who can perform at the highest levels for Apollo.

Citizenship

Apollo seeks to actively invest in its communities and engage employees and other stakeholders in meaningful and impactful Citizenship Programs. Apollo offers its employees philanthropic, volunteer, and other forms of engagement to strengthen communities and expand opportunity around the globe. To empower employees to give back, Apollo hosts volunteer events and provides citizenship grants for matching gifts and volunteer rewards each year. Apollo is proud to amplify the efforts of employees, supporting the communities in which they live and the causes and organizations of greatest importance to them.

Apollo Opportunity Foundation

The Apollo Opportunity Foundation was launched in February 202