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): September 23, 2009
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
001-34452 (Commission File Number) |
27-0467113 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| c/o Apollo Global Management, LLC 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor New York, New York (Address of principal executive offices) |
10019 (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 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 23, 2009, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “registrant”) issued a press release announcing that it had priced an underwritten initial public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock, at a price of $20.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $200 million and that it plans to, concurrently with the completion of the offering, complete a private placement of 500,000 shares of its common stock, at a price per share equal to the initial public offering price, to Apollo Global Management, LLC and certain of its affiliates. A copy of that press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 23, 2009, issued by Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. |
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/ Joseph F. Azrack | |
| Joseph F. Azrack President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: September 28, 2009
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 23, 2009, issued by Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. |