Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI) announced the company has entered into a definitive agreement with Athene Holding to sell the company’s entire approximately $9 billion commercial real estate loan portfolio for a purchase price based on 99.7 percent of total loan commitments, net of asset specific CECL reserves, except for two loans with a combined total principal balance of $146 million expected to be repaid prior to closing. Following repayment of ARI’s financing facilities and other indebtedness and transaction expenses, ARI expects to have approximately $1.4 billion of net cash and approximately $1.7 billion of common stockholders’ equity, which equates to approximately $12.05 per share of common stock. ARI will retain all the net-equity interest in the real estate properties the company holds, which totaled $466 million as of Sept. 30, 2025.
Under the definitive agreement, Athene has the right to assign the right to acquire the assets to affiliates of an
