APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. : Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (form 8-K)

By Beth McCandry On Jun 15, 2021

Point 5.07 Submission of Matters to the Vote of Securityholders.

The annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 8, 2021 at which 111,543,528 common shares of the Company in person or by proxy, representing approximately 79, Represents 7% of the issued and outstanding shares of the voting ordinary shares of the company.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders have: (i) elected the nine directors listed below for a term ending in 2022; (ii) has ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2021; and (iii) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s designated officers. The proposals are described in detail in the company’s Proxy Statement 2020. The final results of the votes on each proposal are set out below.

(i) The voting results in relation to the election of each director were as follows: Name Votes for Votes Withheld Non-Voting Broker Mark C. Biderman 87,674,973 949,770 22,918,785 Brenna Haysom 87,811,031 813,712 22,918,785 Robert A. Kasdin 75,537. 783 13,086,960 22,918,785 Newman Katherine G.918,785 82,334,182 6,290,561 22,918,785 Eric L. Press 82,342,031 6,282,712 22,918,785 Scott S. Prince 75,482,054 13,142,689 22,918,785 Stuart A. Rothstein 86,564,974 2,059,769 Whole 22,918,785 Michael E. Salvati 8,1874,952

(ii) The results of the voting in relation to the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

Votes for votes against abstentions Broker non-votes 110,733,536 533,602 276,390 –

(iii) The results of the voting in relation to the advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s designated officers were as follows:

Votes for votes against abstentions Broker non-votes 84,396,666 3,596,641 631,437 22,918,784

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