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APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 12, 2016
Offices of Clifford Chance US LLP, 31 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019
This
communication presents only an overview of the more complete We encourage proxy materials you to access that are and available review to all you of on the the important Internet. information contained in the proxy materials before voting. The Proxy
Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at www.viewproxy.com/apolloreit/2016 If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of these documents, copy. you must Please request make one. your There request is no for charge a copy to as
you instructed for requesting below on a or before April 28, 2016 to facilitate timely delivery.
Important Company’s information proxy materials,
regarding instructions the Internet for accessing availability your of proxy the or materials e-mail and copies voting of online your proxy and instructions materials are for requesting provided on paper the reverse side of this Notice.
STOCKHOLDERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTE IN PERSON.
To the
Stockholders of APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Apollo Commercial Real Estate
Finance, Inc. will be held on May 12, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Offices of Clifford Chance US LLP, 31 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019 for the following purposes:
1. Election of Directors.
(01) Jeffrey M. Gault (02) Mark C. Biderman (03) Robert A.
Kasdin (04) Eric L. Press (05) Scott S. Prince (06) Stuart A. Rothstein (07) Michael E. Salvati
2. Ratification of the appointment of
Deloitte & Touche LLP as Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2016 fiscal year.
3.
Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.’s named executive officers, as more fully described in the 2016 Proxy Statement.
Transaction of such other business as may properly come before the Annual meeting or any postponements or adjournments thereof.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed under Proposal 1 and FOR Proposals 2 and 3.
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