Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Announces 2019 Dividend Income Tax Treatment

NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company” or “ARI”) (NYSE:ARI) today announced the estimated federal income tax treatment of the Company’s 2019 distributions on its common stock (CUSIP #03762U105) and on its 8.00% Fixed-to-Floating Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock and 8.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (CUSIP #03763V201).

The federal income tax classification of the 2019 distributions on the Company’s common stock as it is expected to be reported on Form 1099-DIV is set forth in the following table:

Record Date	Payable Date	Total Distribution Per Share			Ordinary Income Per Share (2)		Return of Capital Per Share		Capital Gain Per Share
12/31/2018	01/15/2019	$0.46			$0.3478		$0.1122		-
03/29/2019	04/15/2019	$0.46			$0.3478		$0.1122		-
06/28/2019	07/15/2019	$0.46			$0.3478		$0.1122		-
09/30/2019	10/15/2019	$0.46			$0.3478		$0.1122		-
12/31/2019(1)	01/15/2020	$0.46			-		-		-

⁽¹⁾ Pursuant to Section 857(b)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, cash distributions made on January 15, 2020 to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2019, are treated, to the extent of the Company’s 2019 tax earnings and profits, as received by stockholders on December 31, 2019. Since the Company’s aggregate cash distributions exceeded its 2019 tax earnings and profits, all of the January 2020 cash distribution declared in the fourth quarter of 2019 will be treated as a 2020 distribution for federal income tax purposes and will not be included on the 2019 Form 1099-DIV.