UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 2, 2013

 

 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		001-34452		27-0467113
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

c/o Apollo Global Management, LLC 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor New York, New York		10019
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 515-3200

n/a

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on May 2, 2013, at which 24,204,708 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 86.25% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected the seven directors named below for a term expiring in 2014; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2013 Proxy Statement. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

(i) The voting results with respect to the election of each director were as follows:

 

Name		Votes For				Votes Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Douglas D. Abbey			12,991,709.334				448,470.969				10,764,528
Joseph F. Azrack			12,432,890.334				1,007,289.969				10,764,528
Mark C. Biderman			12,930,329.334				509,850.969				10,764,528
Alice Connell			13,131,652.334				308,527.969				10,764,528
Eric L. Press			10,286,013.334				3,154,166.969				10,764,528
Michael Salvati			13,049,985.334				390,194.969				10,764,528
Stuart A. Rothstein			13,055,986.334				384,193.969				10,764,528

(ii) 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, 2013 were as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
23,818,769.928		273,544.511		112,393.864		0

(iii) 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
12,898,081.380		451,590.631		89,508.292		10,765,528

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 8, 2013