secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (ARI)
CIK:        0001467760
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-16T00:59:23+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-271542
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ARI declares $3.75/sh dividend and plans to dissolve, liquidate assets, return capital
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- Dividend of $3.75 per share declared, payable July 15, 2026 to holders of record June 30, 2026; primarily return of capital.
- Board determined dissolution and liquidation advisable and in best interest of ARI and stockholders.
- Dissolution requires stockholder approval; preliminary proxy statement to be filed with SEC for complete liquidation plan.
- Follows completion of loan portfolio sale in April 2026; remaining properties to be sold and net proceeds distributed.
- Board may terminate or amend plan without stockholder approval or pursue merger/other strategic alternative.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312526271542/0001193125-26-271542-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312526271542/d116031d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-271542

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