---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-163532"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARI"
cik: "0001467760"
company_name: "Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T04:52:55.335011+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance reports annual meeting voting results

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; votes in favor ranged from 65.6M to 81.9M.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2023: 111.6M for, 762k against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 79.5M for, 2.9M against.
- Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay set at 1 year: 80.9M votes for one year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-163532
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARI
- cik: 0001467760
- company_name: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312523163532/0001193125-23-163532-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312523163532/d601521d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The voting results with respect to the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 111,622,113 762,533 633,305 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312523163532/0001193125-23-163532-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The voting results with respect to the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 79,537,367 2,894,125 673,618 29,912,841
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312523163532/0001193125-23-163532-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers (one year) at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The voting results with respect to the approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 80,980,314 333,297 1,236,067 555,431 29,912,841
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312523163532/0001193125-23-163532-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten directors for a term expiring in 2024 at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The voting results with respect to the election of each director were as follows: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Mark C. Biderman 81,237,587 1,867,524 29,912,841 Pamela G. Carlton 65,591,413 17,513,698 29,912,841 Brenna Haysom 81,932,965 1,172,145 29,912,841 Robert A. Kasdin 69,760,641 13,344,470 29,912,841 Katherine G. Newman 77,283,020 5,822,090 29,912,841 Eric L. Press 76,451,520 6,653,590 29,912,841 Scott S. Prince 81,904,116 1,200,994 29,912,841 Stuart A. Rothstein 81,275,074 1,830,036 29,912,841 Michael E. Salvati 69,186,456 13,918,655 29,912,841 Carmencita N.M. Whonder 73,217,421 9,887,689 29,912,841
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312523163532/0001193125-23-163532-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.
