Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc 8-K/A, filed Jun 14, 2023
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (ARI)
About this 8-K/A
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc filed this 8-K/A on June 14, 2023, reporting on events of June 6, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, the fourth proposal on which the Company’s stockholders voted at the Annual Meeting was whether a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should be held every one, two or three years. The results of the voting are as shown below:
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2 Years |
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Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 80,980,314 | 333,297 | 1,236,067 | 555,431 | 29,912,841 |
In light of the stockholders’ recommendation that the advisory vote be held every year, which was consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors has decided that the Company’s stockholders shall vote annually on a resolution to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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.
| Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Stuart A. Rothstein | |
| Name: Stuart A. Rothstein | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: June 13, 2023