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): April 28, 2015

 

 

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.)

 

 

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ITEM 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on April 28, 2015, at which 42,263,352 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 90.11% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected the seven directors named below for a term expiring in 2016; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015; (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and (iv) approved a stockholder proposal requesting that the Company’s board of directors initiate the process to implement majority voting in uncontested elections of directors. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2015 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
Jeffrey M. Gault			29,124,694				349,352				12,789,306
Mark C. Biderman			28,717,803				756,243				12,789,306
Robert A. Kasdin			28,905,901				568,145				12,789,306
Eric L. Press			29,000,225				473,821				12,789,306
Scott S. Prince			28,836,905				637,141				12,789,306
Stuart A. Rothstein			29,118,926				355,120				12,789,306
Michael E. Salvati			28,843,635				630,411				12,789,306

(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, 2014 were as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
41,516,417		618,643		128,292		—

(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
28,475,423		821,090		177,526		12,789,313

(iv) The voting results with respect to a stockholder proposal requesting that the Company’s board of directors initiate the process to implement majority voting in uncontested elections of directors were as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
25,850,411		1,045,276		2,578,345		12,789,320

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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 1, 2015