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:   2026-09-29T21:26:11+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-407837
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01, 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

ARI stockholders approve dissolution and liquidation; manager waives termination fee
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- Special Meeting held Sept 29, 2026: 73,456,215 shares represented, ~57.1% of outstanding; Dissolution Proposal passed 72,217,727 for, 799,088 against, 439,400 abstain.
- Advisory Executive Compensation Proposal approved 68,240,751 for vs 4,229,423 against, 986,035 abstain, covering payments to named executive officers tied to the liquidation.
- Termination Agreement signed Sept 29, 2026 ends the amended and restated management agreement with ACREFI Management, LLC; the Manager waived any termination fee.
- Termination effective when Maryland's SDAT accepts articles of dissolution; ARI pays accrued Manager compensation and reimbursable expenses then unpaid.
- Adjournment proposal was not presented because the Dissolution Proposal passed; Definitive Proxy Statement was filed Aug 24, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312526407837/0001193125-26-407837-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312526407837/d50327d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-407837

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