Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Provides Update on Liquidation Activities

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: ARI) today provided an update on its ongoing liquidation activities, including updates regarding the anticipated timing of delisting from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the establishment of a liquidating trust for purposes of completing the wind-down process and dissolution of the Company in accordance with the Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution (the “Plan”).

The Company has provided notice to the NYSE of its intention to voluntarily delist its shares of common stock (the “Shares”) from the NYSE. The Company expects to file a Form 25, or Notification of Removal from Listing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the NYSE relating to the delisting of the Shares on or about October 27, 2026. The Company also expects that the last day of trading on the NYSE will be November 6, 2026. After delisting from the NYSE, the Company will transfer all of its remaining assets and liabilities to a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Liquidating Trust”), deregister with the SEC, which the Company expects to occur on November 9, 2026, and terminate its existence by voluntary dissolution. The purpose of the Liquidating Trust is to wind up the Company’s affairs and liquidate the Company’s remaining assets, to preserve the value of such assets in connection with their orderly liquidation and, after satisfying or providing for the Company’s remaining liabilities, to distribute such assets or the proceeds thereof to the holders of the beneficial interests of the Liquidating Trust (the “Beneficial Interests”). After the transfer of the Company’s assets and liabilities to the Liquidating Trust, the Company intends to distribute the Beneficial Interests to the stockholders of the Company on a one-for-one basis.