Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance拟于10月27日前后提交纽交所退市通知，预计11月6日为最后交易日

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): October 16, 2026

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, Inc.

9 West 57th Street, 42nd 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.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

ARI

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard, Transfer of Listing.

On October 16, 2026, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it intends to file a Form 25, or Notification of Removal from Listing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) relating to the delisting of shares of its common stock on or about October 27, 2026. The Company also expects that the last day of trading on the NYSE will be November 6, 2026.

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company is furnishing as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K a copy of the press release issued by the Company on October 16, 2026 related to the foregoing.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly provided by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated October 16, 2026.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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: October 16, 2026