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 4, 2011

 

 

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 4, 2011, at which 15,581,136 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 88.77% 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 2012; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011; (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2011 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		8,315,683		234,451		7,031,002
Joseph F. Azrack		8,286,602		263,532		7,031,002
Mark C. Biderman		8,313,783		236,351		7,031,002
Alice Connell		8,313,041		237,093		7,031,002
Eric L. Press		7,593,306		956,828		7,031,002
Michael Salvati		8,315,679		234,455		7,031,002
Henry R. Silverman		8,170,354		379,780		7,031,002

(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, 2011 were as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
15,418,920		116,185		46,031		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
8,178,503		224,712		146,919		7,031,002

(iv) The voting results with respect to the approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of holding 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
5,021,169		78,214		3,330,536		120,215		7,031,002

 

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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 10, 2011

 

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