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EX-4.4

 Exhibit 4.4 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 

APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. 

2019 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 

THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”),
and                  (the “Grantee”), dated as of the     day of
                , 20    . 
 WHEREAS,
the Company maintains the Amended and Restated Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) (capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto by
the Plan); 
 WHEREAS, in accordance with the Plan, the Company may from time to time issue awards of Restricted Stock Units
(“RSUs”) (also generally known and referred to under the Plan as Phantom Shares) to individuals and persons who provide services to, among others, the Company and the Manager; 

WHEREAS, the Grantee, as an employee of an affiliate of the Manager, is an Eligible Person under the terms of the Plan; and 

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Plan, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to
grant RSUs to the Grantee subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 

1.    Grant of RSUs. 

The Company hereby grants the Grantee [                ] RSUs.
The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and are also subject to the provisions of the Plan. The Plan is hereby incorporated herein by reference as though set forth herein in its entirety. To the extent such terms or
conditions in this Agreement conflict with any provision of the Plan, the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan shall govern. Where the context permits, references to the Company shall include any successor to the Company. If this Agreement is
not executed and returned to the Company by the Grantee by [                ], this award will be null and void ab initio and the Grantee will have no rights
hereunder. 
 2.    Restrictions. 

The RSUs awarded pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Paragraph 2. 

(a)    Subject to clauses (b) and (c) below, the RSUs granted hereunder shall vest, solely to the extent the
Grantee has not had a Termination of Service, in accordance with the following schedule: 
  

							
		 	Vesting Date	    	Shares Vested	 	
		 	  
	    	  
	 	
		 		    		 	
		 		    		 	
		 		    		 	

 (b)    Subject to clause (c) below, upon the Grantee’s Termination of Service
for any reason, all unvested RSUs shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives shall thereafter have any further
rights or interests in such RSUs. 
 (c)    Termination of Service as an employee shall not be treated as a termination
of employment for purposes of this Paragraph 2 if the Grantee continues without interruption to serve thereafter as an officer or director of the Company, or in such other capacity as determined by the Committee (or if no Committee is
appointed, the Board), and the termination of such successor service shall be treated as the applicable termination. 

 3.    Voting and Other Rights. 

The Grantee shall have no rights of a stockholder (including the right to distributions or dividends), and will not be treated as an owner of
Shares for tax purposes, except with respect to Shares that have been issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a DER is hereby granted to the Grantee, consisting of the right to receive, with respect to each outstanding and non-forfeited RSU, cash in an amount equal to the cash dividend distributions paid in the ordinary course on a Share to the Company’s common stockholders, as set forth below. All DERs (if any) payable on an
outstanding and non-forfeited RSU, whether or not then vested, shall be paid not later than 30 days after any ordinary cash dividend distributions on Shares are paid to the Company’s common
stockholders. Under no circumstances shall the Grantee be entitled to receive both (i) a distribution and a DER with respect to a vested RSU (or its associated Share) or (ii) a distribution and a DER with respect to an unvested RSU. 

4.    Settlement. 

One Share of Common Stock of the Company shall be issued to the Grantee in settlement of each vested RSU not later than the March 15th
following the year in which the applicable Vesting Date occurs (as set forth in Paragraph 2(a) above) (either by delivering one or more certificates for such Share or by entering such Share in book-entry form, as determined by the Company in
its discretion). Such issuance shall constitute payment of the RSUs. References herein to issuances to the Grantee shall include issuances to any beneficial owner or other person to whom (or to which) the Shares are issued. The Company’s
obligation to issue Shares or otherwise make any payment with respect to vested RSUs is subject to the condition precedent that the Grantee or other person entitled under the Plan to receive any Shares with respect to the vested RSUs deliver to the
Company any representations or other documents or assurances required pursuant to Paragraph 5(l) and the Company may meet any obligation to issue Shares by having one or more of its Subsidiaries or affiliates issue the Shares. The Grantee shall
have no further rights with respect to any RSUs, including with respect to any DER granted in connection with the RSU, that are paid or that terminate pursuant to Paragraph 2(b). For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the terms of this
Paragraph 4 conflict with any terms of the Plan relating to the settlement of RSU or DERs, the terms of this Paragraph 4 shall govern. 

5.    Miscellaneous. 

(a)    The value of an RSU may decrease depending upon the Fair Market Value of a Share from time to time. Neither the
Company, the Committee, the Manager, nor any other party associated with the Plan, shall be held liable for any decrease in the value of the RSUs. If the value of such RSUs decrease, there will be a decrease in the underlying value of what is
distributed to the Grantee under the Plan and this Agreement. 
 (b)    Participation in the Plan confers no rights or
interests other than as herein provided. With respect to this Agreement, (i) the RSUs are bookkeeping entries, (ii) the obligations of the Company under the Plan are unsecured and constitute a commitment by the Company to make benefit
payments in the future, (iii) to the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Company, (iv) all
payments under the Plan (including distributions of Shares) shall be paid from the general funds of the Company in the manner specified in Paragraph 5(f) and (v) no special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of
assets made to assure such payments (except that the Company may in its discretion establish a bookkeeping reserve to meet its obligations under the Plan). The RSUs shall be used solely as a device for the determination of the payment to eventually
be made to the Grantee if the RSUs vest pursuant to Paragraph 2. The award of RSUs is intended to be an arrangement that is unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended. 
 (c)    Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted
under and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to any conflicts of laws principles thereof that would give effect to the laws of another jurisdiction), and any dispute, controversy, suit, action
or proceeding (“Proceeding”) arising out of or relating to this Award or any other Award, other than injunctive relief, will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, be settled exclusively by arbitration,
conducted before a single arbitrator in New York County, New York (applying Delaware law) in accordance with, 

  
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and pursuant to, the Employment Arbitration Rules and Procedures of JAMS (“JAMS”). The decision of the arbitrator will be final and binding upon the parties hereto. Any arbitral
award may be entered as a judgment or order in any court of competent jurisdiction. Either party may commence litigation in court to obtain injunctive relief in aid of arbitration, to compel arbitration, or to confirm or vacate an award, to the
extent authorized by the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act or the New York Arbitration Act. The Company and the Grantee will share the JAMS administrative fees, the arbitrator’s fee and expenses. Each party shall be responsible for such party’s
attorneys’ fees. IF THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE IS HELD INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE THEN, TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, THE GRANTEE AND THE COMPANY WAIVE AND COVENANT THAT THE GRANTEE AND THE COMPANY WILL
NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH AN AWARD UNDER THE PLAN OR ANY MATTERS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, WHETHER NOW OR HEREAFTER ARISING,
AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AND AGREE THAT ANY OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR THE GRANTEE MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE GRANTEE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO AN AWARD UNDER THE PLAN AND THAT ANY PROCEEDING PROPERLY HEARD BY A COURT UNDER AN AWARD AGREEMENT UNDER THE PLAN WILL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY. 

(d)    The Committee may construe and interpret this Agreement and establish, amend and revoke such rules, regulations and
procedures for the administration of this Agreement as it deems appropriate. In this connection, the Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in this Agreement or in any related agreements, in the
manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective. All decisions and determinations by the Committee in the exercise of this power shall be final and binding upon the Company and the Grantee. 

(e)    All notices hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Company or the Committee, shall be delivered to the Board
or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the Board; and if to the Grantee, shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Grantee at the address appearing in the records of the Company. Such
addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this Paragraph 5(e). 

(f)    The grant made hereby is made to an affiliate of the Manager in consideration of services rendered thereby, and is
in turn made by such affiliate of the Manager in consideration of the services rendered by the Grantee (as further set forth in that certain letter agreement between the Company and the Manager dated
[                ], 20    ). For purposes of the provisions in Paragraphs 2(a) through 2(c) above relating to employment with the Company (and
the termination thereof), and also for purposes of any references in the Plan to an employment agreement, “Company,” as the context so requires, shall include Manager and its affiliates to the extent that the Grantee is a provider of
services to such entities. 
 (g)    The failure of the Grantee or the Company to insist upon strict compliance with any
provision of this Agreement or the Plan, or to assert any right the Grantee or the Company, respectively, may have under this Agreement or the Plan, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of
this Agreement or the Plan. 
 (h)    The Company or the Manager shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or
deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law. 
 (i)    Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that the Board determines that the Plan or the RSU is subject to Section 409A of the Code and fails to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Board reserves the
right (without any obligation to do so or to indemnify the Grantee for failure to do so), without the consent of the Grantee, to amend or terminate the Plan and this Agreement and/or amend, restructure, terminate or replace the RSU in order to cause
the RSU to either not be subject to Section 409A of the Code or to comply with the applicable provisions of such section. 

  
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 (j)    The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Grantee and
upon the Grantee’s heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, transferees, assignees and successors in interest and upon the Company and its successors and assignees, subject to the terms of the Plan. 

(k)    Unless otherwise permitted in the sole discretion of the Committee, (i) neither this Agreement nor any rights
granted herein shall be assignable by the Grantee, and (ii) no purported sale, assignment, mortgage, hypothecation, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, gift, transfer in trust (voting or other) or other disposition of, or creation of a security
interest in or lien on, any RSUs or Shares by any holder thereof in violation of the provisions of this Agreement or the Plan will be valid, and the Company will not transfer any of said RSUs or Shares on its books nor will any Shares be entitled to
vote, nor will any distributions be paid thereon, unless and until there has been full compliance with said provisions to the satisfaction of the Company. The foregoing restrictions are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies, legal or
equitable, available to enforce said provisions. 
 (l)    The Grantee hereby agrees to perform all acts, and to execute
and deliver any documents, that may be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this Agreement, including but not limited to all acts and documents related to compliance with securities, tax and other applicable laws and regulations. 

(m)    The Grantee hereby represents and agrees that the Participant is not acquiring the RSUs or the Shares with a view
to distribution thereof. 
 (n)    Nothing in this Agreement shall confer on the Grantee any right to continue in the
employ or other service of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any other Participating Companies or interfere in any way with the right of any such entity and its stockholders to terminate the Grantee’s employment or other service at any time.
Employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Grantee to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a Termination of
Service as provided in this Agreement or under the Plan. 
 (o)    This Agreement and the Plan contain the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. 

(p)    This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including via facsimile, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. 
 (q)    Except
as otherwise provided in the Plan or clause (i) above, no amendment or modification hereof shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and signed by all parties hereto. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written. 
  

					
	APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	

  
 The undersigned hereby accepts and agrees to all of
the terms and provisions of this Agreement.EX-4.5

 Exhibit 4.5 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 

APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. 

2019 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 

THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and
                 (the “Grantee”), dated as of the                  day
of                 , 20    . 
 WHEREAS,
the Company maintains the Amended and Restated Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) (capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto by
the Plan); 
 WHEREAS, the Grantee is [                ] of
a Participating Company; and 
 WHEREAS, in accordance with the Plan, the [Committee] [Board] has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant Restricted Stock to the Grantee subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 

1.    Grant of restricted stock. 

The Company hereby grants the Grantee [                ]
Shares of Restricted Stock of the Company, subject to the following terms and conditions and subject to the provisions of the Plan. The Plan is hereby incorporated herein by reference as though set forth herein in its entirety. To the extent the
terms or conditions in this Award Agreement conflict with any provision of the Plan, the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan shall govern. 

2.    Restrictions and conditions. 

The Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions: 

(i)    Subject to clauses (iii) and (iv) below, the period of restriction with respect to Shares granted hereunder
(the “Restriction Period”) shall begin on the date hereof and lapse, solely to the extent the Grantee has not had a Termination of Service, on the following schedule: 

 

			
	 Date Restriction Lapses
	 	Number of Shares
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

 For purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, Shares with respect to which the Restriction Period
has lapsed shall be vested. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Restriction Period with respect to such Shares shall only lapse as to whole Shares. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, during the Restriction Period, the Grantee
shall not be permitted voluntarily or involuntarily to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, alienate, encumber or assign the Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan (or have such Shares attached or garnished). 

(ii)    Except as provided in the foregoing clause (i), below in this clause (ii) or in the Plan, the Grantee
shall have, in respect of the Shares of Restricted Stock (whether or not vested), all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive any cash dividends. Shares (not subject to
restrictions) shall be delivered to the Grantee or his or her designee promptly after, and only after, the Restriction Period shall lapse without forfeiture in respect of such Shares of Restricted Stock. 

 

 (iii)    Subject to clause (iv) below, upon the Grantee’s
Termination of Service for any reason during the Restriction Period, all Shares still subject to restriction shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee. 

(iv)    Termination of Service as an employee shall not be treated as a termination of employment for purposes of this
paragraph 2 if the Grantee continues without interruption to serve thereafter as an officer or director of the Company or in such other capacity as determined by the Committee (or if no Committee is appointed, the Board), and the termination of
such successor service shall be treated as the applicable termination. 
 3.    Miscellaneous. 

(a)    Governing law; venue; waiver of jury trial. The Plan and all awards granted under the Plan shall be governed
by, interpreted under, and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws, and not the laws pertaining to conflicts or choices of laws, of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within the State
of Delaware. With respect to any suit, action or proceeding (“Proceeding”) arising out of or relating to this Award Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably (a) submits to
the exclusive personal and legal jurisdiction of (i) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or (ii) in the event that such court lacks jurisdiction to hear the claim, the state courts of New York located in
the borough of Manhattan, New York City (the “Selected Courts”), and waives any objection to venue being laid in the Selected Courts whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise and hereby agrees not to
commence any such Proceeding other than before one of the Selected Courts; provided, however, that a party may commence any Proceeding in a court other than a Selected Court solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or
judgment issued by one of the Selected Courts; (b) consents to service of process in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized international express carrier or delivery
service, to the Company and the Participant at their respective addresses consistent with Section 22 of the Plan; provided, however, that nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any
other manner permitted by law; and (c) except to the extent prohibited by law, agrees to be solely responsible for his or its own legal costs. Unless otherwise specifically provided by explicit reference to the jury waiver provision in this
Section 3 in a written agreement executed by the Company and the Grantee, each Grantee, TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT THE GRANTEE WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF,
DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN OR ANY AWARD AGREEMENT, WHETHER AT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OR THEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, AND AGREES THAT ANY OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR THE GRANTEE MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT
AMONG THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE GRANTEE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE PLAN OR ANY AWARD AGREEMENT, AND THAT ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING WILL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY. 

(b)    All notices hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Company or the Committee, shall be delivered to the Board
or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the Board; and if to the Grantee, shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Grantee at the address appearing in the records of the Company. Such
addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this paragraph 3(b). 

(c)    Without limiting the Grantee’s rights as may otherwise be applicable in the event of a Change in Control, if
the Company shall be consolidated or merged with another corporation or other entity, the Grantee may be required to deposit with the successor corporation the certificates for the stock or securities or the other property that the Grantee is
entitled to receive by reason of ownership of Restricted Stock in a manner consistent with the Plan, and such stock, securities or other property shall become subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed under the Plan and this Agreement,
and the certificates therefor or other evidence shall bear a legend similar in form and substance to the legend set forth in the Plan. 

  
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 Any shares or other securities distributed to the grantee with respect to Restricted Stock
or otherwise issued in substitution of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by the Plan and this Agreement, including depositing the certificates therefor with the Company together with a stock power and
bearing a legend as provided in the Plan. 
 (d)    The failure of the Grantee or the Company to insist upon strict
compliance with any provision of this Agreement, or to assert any right the Grantee or the Company, respectively, may have under this Agreement, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this
Agreement 
 (e)    The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax
withholding it determines to be required by law. 
 (f)    Nothing in this Agreement shall confer on the Grantee any
right to continue in the employ or other service of the Company or its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries and its stockholders to terminate the Grantee’s employment or other service at any
time. Employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Grantee to ny proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination
of employment or service as provided in this Award Agreement or under the Plan. 
 (g)    This Agreement contains the
entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written. 
  

			
	APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	 	 	Name:  
	 	 	Title:    
	
	  

	[GRANTEE]

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