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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

ARI/Athene Holding Ltd.private

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance to sell loan portfolio to Athene Holding

Vote Scheduledhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

Consideration
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

    Apr 21, 2026

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required87d post-vote
Vote dateApr 21, 2026
Record date
Mailing date
Record → vote
Thresholdthe affirmative vote of the stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on such proposal
Min approvalparsed
Shares outstanding
Insider lock-up

Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups
0 done · 1 pending · 1 total
  • Shareholder approval· the affirmative vote of the stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on such proposal

Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

Acquirer side· Athene Holding Ltd.

None on record

Target side· Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

Legal

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

The special meeting of stockholders (including any adjournments or postponements thereof, the "Special Meeting") of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("ARI," the "Company," "we," "our" or "us"), will be held at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Midtown Conference Center, 535 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10022

Counterparty Historyprior deals in DB
FirmRoleSideDeals in DB
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPLegalTarget1View deals →

Filing Timelineevery filing on this issuer
  1. Apr 24, 2026this filing

    Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance to sell loan portfolio to Athene Holding


Sources

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (ARI) is selling its commercial real estate loan portfolio to Athene Holding Ltd. pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated January 27, 2026. The transaction requires shareholder approval at a Special Meeting scheduled for April 21, 2026. ARI's board of directors, acting on unanimous recommendation of its Special Committee, has approved the Asset Sale and recommends shareholder approval.

Item id: b7b64546-ab63-4d0f-ab59-131627f0bc6c · ingested Apr 24, 2026