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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-338735
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171106
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171109

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001467760
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				270467113
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34452
		FILM NUMBER:		171190655

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
		STREET 2:		9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(212) 515-3200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
		STREET 2:		9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November&nbsp;6, 2017 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-34452</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">27-0467113</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>c/o Apollo Global Management, LLC</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York</B></P></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">515-3200</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>n/a </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) </B></P>
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obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction&nbsp;A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre commencement communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule&nbsp;405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this
chapter). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;6, 2017, Apollo Commercial
Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into an underwriting agreement (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;), by and among the Company, ACREFI Management, LLC, the Company&#146;s external manager (the &#147;Manager&#148;),
and, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC. Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, $100.0&nbsp;million principal
amount of the Company&#146;s 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;Notes&#148;) pursuant to a reopening of its existing series of such Notes. In addition, the Company granted to the Underwriters the option to purchase, within a period
of 13&nbsp;days beginning on, and including, the date the Notes are first issued, up to an additional $15.0&nbsp;million principal amount of Notes. This option was exercised in full on November&nbsp;7, 2017. The Underwriting Agreement contains
customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;9, 2017, the Company issued $115.0&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of the Notes, which includes $15.0&nbsp;million
aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued pursuant to the Underwriters&#146; exercise of their option to purchase additional Notes. The public offering generated net proceeds of approximately $113.6&nbsp;million, after deducting the
underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, including accrued interest. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the
&#147;Base Indenture&#148;), dated as of March&nbsp;17, 2014, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;21,
2017 (the &#147;Supplemental Indenture&#148; and, together with the Base Indenture, the &#147;Indenture&#148;), with respect to the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.75% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February&nbsp;15 and August&nbsp;15 of each year,
beginning on February&nbsp;15, 2018. However, the final interest payment date will occur on August&nbsp;23, 2022, and no interest payment date will occur on August&nbsp;15, 2022. The Notes will mature on August&nbsp;23, 2022, unless earlier
repurchased, redeemed or converted. Upon conversion, holders of the Notes will receive cash, shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the
Company&#146;s election. If the Company undergoes a &#147;fundamental change&#148; (as defined in the Indenture), subject to certain conditions, holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of such holders&#146;
Notes. The fundamental change repurchase price for the Notes generally will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. Holders
may convert all or a portion of their Notes at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, unless the Notes have been previously repurchased or redeemed by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any conversion of Notes into shares of Common Stock will be subject to certain ownership limitations (as more fully described in the
Indenture). The initial conversion rate for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes is 50.2260&nbsp;shares of Common Stock, equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $19.91 per share of Common Stock, which is an approximately 10%
premium to the closing per share price of the Common Stock on August&nbsp;15, 2017. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the maturity date, except to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to preserve the
Company&#146;s status as a real estate investment trust (&#147;REIT&#148;). If the Company determines that redeeming the Notes is necessary to preserve its status as a REIT, then the Company may redeem all or part of the Notes at a cash redemption
price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an event of default (as defined in the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all
the Notes to be due and payable. In the case of an event of default arising out of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization (as set forth in the Indenture), 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes
will automatically become due and payable. </P>

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existing and future indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; equal in right of payment to any existing and future liabilities of the Company that are not so subordinated; effectively junior in
right of payment to any secured indebtedness of the Company to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all existing and future indebtedness, other liabilities (including trade payables) and (to
the extent not held by the Company) preferred stock, if any, of the Company&#146;s subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The preceding description is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are attached or incorporated by reference hereto as Exhibits&nbsp;1.1, 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report
on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> and are incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Off-Balance</FONT> Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information required by this Item&nbsp;2.03 relating to the Notes is contained in Item&nbsp;1.01 above and is incorporated herein by
reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Exhibits.</I> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d466777dex11.htm">Underwriting Agreement, dated November&nbsp;6, 2017, by and among the Company, the Manager, and Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;
&amp; Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule&nbsp;1 attached thereto </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312514110593/d693714dex41.htm">Indenture, dated as of March&nbsp;
17, 2014, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467760/000119312517263677/d639646dex42.htm">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;
21, 2017, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 4.75% Convertible Senior Note due 2022) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on August&nbsp;21, 2017) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d466777dex51.htm">Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP </A></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 1.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><I>Execution Version </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Underwriting Agreement (this &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">November&nbsp;6, 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp;
Co. LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Representatives (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;) of the </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1585 Broadway </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;New York, New York 10036 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Apollo Commercial Real
Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<B>C</B><B>om</B><B>pan</B><B>y</B>&#148;), which is externally managed and advised by ACREFI Management, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the
&#147;<B>Man</B><B>a</B><B>g</B><B>e</B><B>r</B>&#148;), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the &#147;<B>U</B><B>n</B><B>d</B><B>e</B><B>r</B><B>w</B><B>r</B><B>i</B><B>t</B><B>er</B><B>s</B>&#148;),
for whom you are acting as representatives (the &#147;<B>R</B><B>e</B><B>p</B><B>r</B><B>e</B><B>sen</B><B>t</B><B>a</B><B>ti</B><B>v</B><B>es</B>&#148;), $100,000,000 principal amount of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the
&#147;<B>U</B><B>n</B><B>de</B><B>r</B><B>w</B><B>r</B><B>i</B><B>t</B><B>t</B><B>en Securities</B>&#148;) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional $15,000,000 principal amount of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the
&#147;<B>O</B><B>p</B><B>t</B><B>i</B><B>on Securities</B>&#148;) if and to the extent that the Underwriters shall have determined to exercise the option to purchase such 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 granted to the Underwriters in
Section&nbsp;2 hereof. The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are herein referred to as the &#147;<B>Securities</B>&#148;. The Securities will be convertible into shares (the &#147;<B>Underlying Securities</B>&#148;) of common stock
of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<B>Common Stock</B>&#148;). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of March&nbsp;17, 2014 (the &#147;<B>Base Indenture</B>&#148;), between the Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as trustee (the &#147;<B>Trustee</B>&#148;), as supplemented by a second supplemental indenture (the &#147;<B>Second Supplemental Indenture</B>&#148; and, together with the Base Indenture, the
&#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148;) dated as of August&nbsp;21, 2017 between the Company and the Trustee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has previously issued
$230,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;Existing Notes&#148;) under the Base Indenture. The Securities constitute &#147;additional Notes&#148; (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2.09 of the
Second Supplemental Indenture) under the Indenture. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (each as defined below), the Securities will have terms identical to the Existing Notes and will be treated as a
single series of debt securities with the Existing Notes for all purposes under the Indenture. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase
and sale of the Securities, as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <U>Registration Statement</U>. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;), a registration statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-203971), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule
430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (&#147;<B>Rule 430 Information</B>&#148;), is referred to herein as the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;; and as used
herein, the term &#147;<B>Preliminary Prospectus</B>&#148; means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the
Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148; means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon
request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the
&#147;<B>Rule 462 Registration Statement</B>&#148;), then any reference herein to the term &#147;Registration Statement&#148; shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be. Any reference to &#147;amendment&#148; or &#147;supplement&#148; with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any
documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the
&#147;<B>Pricing Disclosure Package</B>&#148;): a Preliminary Prospectus dated November&nbsp;6, 2017, each &#147;free-writing prospectus&#148; (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act), if any, listed on Annex B hereto and the
information listed on Annex C hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Applicable Time</B>&#148; means 5:45 p.m., New York City time, on November&nbsp;6, 2017.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <U>Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Underwritten Securities</I>. The Underwriters propose to offer the Underwritten Securities from time to time for sale in negotiated
transactions or otherwise, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Securities to the several Underwriters as
provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the </P>
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representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective
principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter&#146;s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 98.00% of the principal amount thereof (the &#147;<B>Purchase Price</B>&#148;) plus accrued interest, if any, from
August&nbsp;21, 2017 to the Closing Date (as defined below). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Option Securities</I>. In addition, the Company agrees to issue and
sell the Option Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have
the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, from August&nbsp;21, 2017 to the date of payment and delivery. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any Option Securities are to be purchased, the principal amount of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the
principal amount of Option Securities which bears the same ratio to the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities being purchased as the principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1
hereto (or such amount increased as set forth in Section&nbsp;12 hereof) bears to the aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to
eliminate Securities in denominations other than $1,000.00 as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Underwriters
may, by notice as provided in the immediately following sentence, exercise the option to purchase Option Securities at any time in whole, or in part, provided that the Additional Closing Date with respect thereto will in no event be (x)&nbsp;earlier
than the Closing Date; (y)&nbsp;later than the thirteenth day from, and including, the Closing Date; or (z)&nbsp;later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice. Such option may be exercised by written
notice from the Representatives to the Company setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities plus accrued interest, if any, as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Securities are to be
delivered and paid for. Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Public Offering</I>. The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the
effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell
Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Closing</I>. Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives (A)&nbsp;in the case of the Underwritten Securities, at the offices of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on November&nbsp;9,
2017, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, (B)&nbsp;in the case of the Option Securities, on the date
and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters&#146; election to purchase such Option Securities. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Securities is referred to herein as the
&#147;<B>Closing Date</B>&#148;, and the time and date for such payment for the Option Securities, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the &#147;<B>Additional Closing Date</B>&#148;. </P>
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the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (&#147;<B>DTC</B>&#148;) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased on such date of one or more global
notes representing the Securities (collectively, the &#147;<B>Global Note</B>&#148;), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by
the Representatives at the office of Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC set forth above not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm&#146;s length contractual
counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any
other person. Additionally, none of the Representatives or any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its
own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with
respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the
Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <U>Representations and Warranties of the Company</U>. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Preliminary Prospectus. </I>No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission,
and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Pricing Disclosure Package</I>. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; <U>provided</U> that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section&nbsp;9(b) hereof.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. </I>Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or
refer to any &#147;written communication&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and
representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;below) that would constitute an &#147;issuer free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, an &#147;<B>Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus</B>&#148;) other than (i)&nbsp;any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii)&nbsp;the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each electronic
road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period
specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did
not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; <U>provided</U> that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section&nbsp;9(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Registration Statement and Prospectus. </I>The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities
has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of (i)&nbsp;the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, (ii)&nbsp;the date of the Prospectus and (iii)&nbsp;the Closing Date and the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<B>Trust Indenture Act</B>&#148;), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; <U>provided</U> that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section&nbsp;9(b) hereof.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Well-Known Seasoned Issuer</I>. (i)&nbsp;At the time of filing the Registration Statement,
(ii)&nbsp;at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in
reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act, and (iv)&nbsp;at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company
was and is a &#147;well known seasoned issuer&#148; as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an &#147;automatic shelf registration statement,&#148; as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, and the Company has
not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I>Incorporated Documents</I>. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing
Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirement of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <I>Financial
Statements. </I>The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc., a Maryland corporation (&#147;<B>AMTG</B>&#148;), and its consolidated
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and AMTG and its consolidated subsidiaries, respectively, as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their
cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and any
supporting schedules in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein; the Company&#146;s ratios of earnings to fixed charges and, if applicable, ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred
stock dividends (actual and, if any, pro forma) included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> of the Commission; and the
other financial information of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly,
in all material respects, the information shown thereby. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called
for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <I>Pro Forma Financial Statements</I>. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been prepared in
accordance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and, in the opinion of the Company, the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and provide a
reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, and the related adjustments used therein give appropriate effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein
and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of these adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <I>No Material Adverse Change. </I>Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants or vesting of restricted stock units described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than under the revolving credit facilities and repurchase facilities described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or short-term indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business), or, except for the regular quarterly dividends on the shares of Common Stock in amounts per share that are consistent with past
practice, any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or
affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (ii)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any
transaction or agreement except in the ordinary course of business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or, subject to Section&nbsp;3(rr), incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material
to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except any liability or obligation in the ordinary course of business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)
<I>Organization and Good Standing. </I>Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, and has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the business in which it is
now engaged and in which it proposes to be engaged as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders&#146; equity results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a
&#147;<B>Company Material Adverse Effect</B>&#148;). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <I>Capitalization. </I>The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading &#147;Capitalization&#148;; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> and are not subject to any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-emptive</FONT> or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants or vesting of restricted stock units under existing equity incentive plans described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-emptive</FONT> rights), restricted stock units, warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the
issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on
voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) <I>Equity Incentive Awards. </I>With respect to the stock options,
restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and/or other equity incentive awards (the &#147;<B>Equity Incentive Awards</B>&#148;) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries, including without
limitation the Company&#146;s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan ( the &#147;<B>Company Stock Plans</B>&#148;), (i) each Equity Incentive Award intended to qualify as an &#147;incentive stock option&#148; under Section&nbsp;422 of the Code so qualifies,
(ii)&nbsp;each grant of an Equity Incentive Award was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Equity Incentive Award was by its terms to be effective by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by
the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly
executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii)&nbsp;each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of
the New York Stock Exchange (the &#147;<B>Exchange</B>&#148;) and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, and (iv)&nbsp;each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States applied on a consistent basis in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company&#146;s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws.
The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Equity Incentive Awards prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Equity Incentive Awards with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) <I>Due Authorization. </I>The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities (collectively, the &#147;<B>Transaction Documents</B>&#148;) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization,
execution and delivery by it of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents has been duly and validly taken. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) <I>The Indenture</I>. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and upon effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and on the Closing Date and on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, was or will have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, assuming the due execution and delivery in accordance with its terms by
each of the parties thereto other than the Company constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors&#146; rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the &#147;<B>Enforceability Exceptions</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) <I>Underwriting Agreement. </I>This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) <I>The Securities. </I>The Securities to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when
duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) <I>The Underlying Securities</I>. Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the
Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into shares of the Underlying Securities in accordance the terms of the Securities; the Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly
authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable,</FONT> and the issuance of the
Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) <I>Other Material Agreements</I>. Each of the
Management Agreement, dated September&nbsp;23, 2009, between the Company and the Manager which, among other things, provides for the management of the Company by the Manager (the &#147;<B>Management Agreement</B>&#148;) and that certain license
agreement, dated September&nbsp;23, 2009, between the Company and Apollo Global Management, LLC (<B>&#147;Apollo</B>&#148;) pursuant to which, among other things, Apollo granted to the Company a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exclusive,</FONT>
royalty-free license to use the name &#147;Apollo&#148; (the &#147;<B>License Agreement</B>&#148;) remains in full force and effect. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s) <I>Descriptions of Documents. </I>Each of the Transaction Documents, the Management Agreement
and the License Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t) <I>No Violation or Default. </I>Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i)&nbsp;in violation of its charter or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> or similar organizational documents; (ii)&nbsp;in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any
term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii)&nbsp;in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u) <I>No Conflicts. </I>The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the
Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, (ii)&nbsp;result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii)&nbsp;result in the
violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i)&nbsp;and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or
default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) <I>No Consents Required. </I>No
consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction
Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for (i)&nbsp;such as has been
obtained or made, (ii)&nbsp;the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and (iii)&nbsp;registrations or
qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#147;<B>FINRA</B>&#148;) and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w) <I>Legal Proceedings. </I>Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits
or proceedings are, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the
Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) <I>Accuracy of Disclosure</I>. The descriptions in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of statutes, legal, governmental and regulatory proceedings and organizational documents, contracts, benefit plans, and other documents are accurate in all material respects;
(i)&nbsp;the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the headings &#147;Underwriting&#148; and &#147;Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148;, (ii) the statements in the Registration Statement under the headings
&#147;Description of Certain Provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law and Our Charter and Bylaws,&#148; &#147;Description of Common Stock&#148; and &#147;U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148; (as modified and supplemented by the
statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the heading &#147;Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148;), to the extent that they constitute summaries of the terms of stock, matters of law or regulation or legal
conclusions, fairly summarize the matters described therein in all material respects. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) <I>Independent Accountants</I>.
Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and
regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act. Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of AMTG and its
subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the AMTG and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
and as required by the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z) <I>Title to Real and Personal Property</I>. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid and marketable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property and assets that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its
subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i)&nbsp;are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or may
arise or exist directly as a result of borrowings under any applicable repurchase agreements which are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii)&nbsp;do not materially interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (iii)&nbsp;could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa) <I>Title to Intellectual Property</I>. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess
adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">know-how</FONT> (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted (as described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), and to the knowledge of the Company, the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others. The Company and its
subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with any such rights of others in connection with its patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights and knowhow, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb) <I>No Undisclosed
Relationships</I>. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on
the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(cc) <I>Investment Company Act</I>. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application
of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an &#147;investment company&#148; or an entity &#147;controlled&#148; by an &#147;investment
company&#148; within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<B>Investment Company Act</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(dd) <I>Taxes. </I>The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all material federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all material tax
returns required to be filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be
expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee) <I>Real
Estate Investment Trust. </I>Commencing with its taxable year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust
(&#147;<B>REIT</B>&#148;) under the Code, and its proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ff) <I>Description of Organization and Method of Operations. </I>The description of the Company&#146;s organization and method of operation
and its qualification and taxation as a REIT set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is accurate and presents fairly the matters referred to therein; the Company&#146;s operating policies and
investment guidelines described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately reflect in all material respects the operation of the Company&#146;s business, and no material deviation from such guidelines
or policies is currently contemplated. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(gg) <I>Licenses and Permits. </I>The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations (collectively, &#147;<B>Licenses</B>&#148;) issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are
necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties and the conduct of their respective businesses as conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure
to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the
ordinary course. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(hh) <I>No Labor Disputes. </I>The Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute
with, the employees of any of the Company, its subsidiaries or the Manager, except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <I>Employee Matters</I>. Neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, any employer of any officers, investment
professionals or other key persons of the Company or the Manager named in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (each, a &#147;<B>Company-Focused Professional</B>&#148;) has been notified that any such
Company-Focused Professional plans to terminate his or her employment or association with his or her employer. Neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, any Company-Focused Professional is subject to any noncompetition, <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-disclosure,</FONT> confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the business activities of the Company or the Manager as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company does not have any employees. No subsidiary of the Company has any employees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(jj)
<I>ERISA. </I>Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will not have an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(kk) <I>Disclosure Controls</I>. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of &#147;disclosure controls and
procedures&#148; (as defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(e)</FONT> of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to provide reasonable assurances that information required
to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms, including controls and procedures
designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the
effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ll) <I>Accounting Controls. </I>The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of
&#147;internal control over financial reporting&#148; (as defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(f)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15</FONT> of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act
and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorizations; (ii)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; (iv)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v)&nbsp;the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company&#146;s internal controls. The Company&#146;s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of:
(i)&nbsp;all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company&#146;s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii)&nbsp;any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company&#146;s internal controls over financial reporting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm) <I>Insurance. </I>The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and
businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in such amounts as are prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any insurance
coverage sought or applied for or has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be
necessary for it to continue business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(nn) <I>No Unlawful Payments. </I>Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or other person associated with and acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i)&nbsp;used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other
unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii)&nbsp;made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)&nbsp;violated or is in violation of any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any similar law applicable to the Company; or (iv)&nbsp;made any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(oo) <I>Compliance with Money Laundering Laws</I>. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times
in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its
subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the &#147;<B>Anti-Money Laundering
Laws</B>&#148;) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(pp) Compliance with OFAC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee thereof, nor, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, any
agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (&#147;<B>Person</B>&#148;) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury&#146;s Office of Foreign Assets Control
(&#147;<B>OFAC</B>&#148;) (collectively, &#147;Sanctions&#148;); nor </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that
is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Sudan and Syria). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The Company will not,
directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or
facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person
(including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. Since their inception,
the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is
or was the subject of Sanctions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(qq) <I>No Restrictions on Subsidiaries</I>. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or directly as a result of borrowings under any applicable repurchase agreements which are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the
Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary&#146;s capital
stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary&#146;s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(rr) <I>Indebtedness</I>. Neither the Company nor any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries has
any indebtedness as of the date hereof other (A)&nbsp;than as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (B)&nbsp;increases in the principal amount outstanding under revolving credit facilities and
repurchase facilities which are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (C)&nbsp;immaterial short-term indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ss) <I>No Dissolution Proceedings</I>. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company has commenced any legal proceedings, nor have
any legal proceedings been threatened, to the knowledge of the Company, against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for the winding up, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(tt) <I>No Broker&#146;s Fees. </I>Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with
any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder&#146;s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(uu) <I>No Registration Rights</I>. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register
any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities, except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement dated September&nbsp;29, 2009
between the Company and Apollo Principal Holdings I, L.P. and ACREFI <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-Investors,</FONT> L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vv)
<I>No Stabilization. </I>Neither the Company nor its affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ww) <I>Forward-Looking Statements. </I>No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act and
Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xx) <I>Statistical and Market Data. </I>Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the
statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(yy) <I>Apollo-Related Data</I>. Any financial or other data regarding Apollo and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including, but not
limited to, the Manager, included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is derived from Apollo&#146;s accounting or other applicable records and is accurate in all material respects. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(zz) <I>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</I>. The Company and the Manager have taken all necessary action to
enable the Company, upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith that are then in effect and with which
the Company is then required to comply. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aaa) <I>Status under the Securities Act</I>. At the time of filing the Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a <I>bona fide </I>offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and at the date
hereof, the Company was not and is not an &#147;ineligible issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.
<U>Representations and Warranties of the Manager</U>. The Manager represents and warrants to each Underwriter that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Manager-Related
Disclosure</I>. Any financial or other data regarding the Manager and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is derived from the Manager&#146;s accounting or
other applicable records and is accurate in all material respects. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Organization and Good Standing</I>. The Manager is an indirect
subsidiary of Apollo and does not have any subsidiaries. The Manager has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, and has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the business in which it is
engaged and in which it proposes to be engaged as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Manager and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a &#147;<B>Manager Material
Adverse Effect</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Manager Ownership Interests</I>. The ownership interests of the Manager are owned indirectly by Apollo,
free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Due Authorization. </I>The Manager has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>The Management Agreement</I>. The Management Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Manager, and constitutes
a valid and legally binding agreement of the Manager enforceable against the Manager in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I>Underwriting Agreement</I>. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Manager. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <I>No Violation or Default. </I>Neither the Manager nor any of its subsidiaries is (i)&nbsp;in violation of
its certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or similar organizational documents; (ii)&nbsp;in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due
performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Manager or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Manager or
any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Manager or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii)&nbsp;in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Manager Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <I>No Conflicts. </I>The execution, delivery and performance by the Manager of this Agreement and the performance by the Manager of the
Management Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Manager or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Manager
or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Manager or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Manager or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii)&nbsp;result in any violation of the provisions of
the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or similar organizational documents of the Manager or any of its subsidiaries or (iii)&nbsp;result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation
of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i)&nbsp;and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Manager
Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <I>No Consents Required</I>. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, no consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the
Manager of this Agreement or the performance by the Manager of the Management Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Management Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) <I>No Material Adverse Change. </I>Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
since its formation, there has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of
the Manager or that could prevent the Manager from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement or the Management Agreement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <I>Legal Proceedings</I>. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Manager is or may be a party or to which any property of the Manager may be the subject that,
individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Manager or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Manager Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are, to the knowledge
of the Manager, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) <I>Employee
Matters</I>. The Manager has not been notified that any of the Manager&#146;s officers, investment committee members, investment professionals or other key persons named in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus plans to terminate his or her employment or association with the Manager. Neither the Manager nor any of the Manager&#146;s officers, investment committee members or other key persons named in the Pricing Disclosure Package is subject to
any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-competition,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-disclosure,</FONT> confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the business activities of the Company or the
Manager as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) <I>Investment Advisers
Act</I>. The Manager is not prohibited by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder, from performing its obligations under the Management Agreement as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) <I>Free Writing Prospectus</I>. The Manager (including its agents and representatives,
other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any &#147;written communication&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) <I>No Stabilization. </I>Neither
the Manager nor any of its affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that could reasonably be expected to, cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) <I>No Unlawful Payments. </I>The Manager has not (i)&nbsp;used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or
other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii)&nbsp;made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)&nbsp;violated or is in violation of any provision of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv)&nbsp;made any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) <I>Compliance with Money Laundering Laws</I>. The operations of the Manager are and have been conducted at all times in material
compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Manager conducts business, the rules and </P>
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regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the &#147;<B>Manager Anti-Money
Laundering Laws</B>&#148;) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Manager with respect to the Manager Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Manager, threatened. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) Compliance with OFAC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Manager is not owned or controlled by a Person that is </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) the subject of any Sanctions; nor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran,
North Korea, Crimea, Sudan and Syria). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. Since its inception, the Manager has not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in,
and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. <U>Further Agreements of the Company</U>. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Required Filings. </I>The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b)
and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will furnish
copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement,
or such time as otherwise agreed by the Representatives, in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)
<I>Delivery of Copies. </I>The Company will deliver, without charge, (i)&nbsp;to the Representatives, six signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents
filed therewith; and (ii)&nbsp;to each Underwriter through the Representatives (A)&nbsp;a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B)&nbsp;during the Prospectus Delivery
Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto, all documents incorporated by reference therein and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As
used herein, the term &#147;<B>Prospectus Delivery Period</B>&#148; means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer. </P>
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any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not use or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Notice to the Representatives. </I>The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing,
(i)&nbsp;when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii)&nbsp;when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii)&nbsp;when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv)&nbsp;of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating
to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v)&nbsp;of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Securities Act; (vi)&nbsp;of the occurrence of any
event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not
misleading; and (vii)&nbsp;of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Ongoing Compliance. </I>(1)&nbsp;If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i)&nbsp;any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing
when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii)&nbsp;it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to
paragraph (c)&nbsp;above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus
as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2)&nbsp;if at any time prior to the Closing Date
(i)&nbsp;any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the </P>
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circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii)&nbsp;it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply
with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c)&nbsp;above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the
Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances
existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I>Blue Sky Compliance. </I>The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; <U>provided</U> that the Company shall not be
required to (i)&nbsp;qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii)&nbsp;file any general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction or (iii)&nbsp;subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <I>Earning
Statement. </I>The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the
Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the &#147;effective date&#148; (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <I>Clear Market. </I>For a period of 45 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i)&nbsp;offer, pledge, announce the
intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file any
registration statement with respect to, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii)&nbsp;enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or any such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i)&nbsp;or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise,
without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than: (A)&nbsp;the registration, offer and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereunder, (B)&nbsp;the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options granted
under the Company Stock Plans and/or any shares of Common Stock issued upon final vesting of restricted stock units granted under the Company Stock Plans, (C)&nbsp;the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or restricted stock units of the Company
issued under the Company&#146;s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, (D)&nbsp;the issuance or other transfers of shares of Common Stock by the Company to the Manager (in whose hands such shares of Common Stock will be locked up pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(b)
below) in connection with the payment of any tax withholding obligations incurred by the Company&#146;s officers and personnel of the Manager in relation to the vesting of restricted shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Company Stock Plans,
(E)&nbsp;the filing of a registration statement in respect of a direct stock purchase and dividend reinvestment plan of the Company and any shares </P>
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of Common Stock issued pursuant thereto, (F)&nbsp;transfers of Common Stock required by Article VII of the charter of the Company and (G)&nbsp;the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to
that certain ATM Equity Offering Sales Agreement among the Company, the Manager, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated and JMP Securities LLC dated May&nbsp;7, 2013. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <I>Use of Proceeds. </I>The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) <I>No Stabilization.
</I>The Company will not take, and will cause its subsidiaries and affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of
the Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <I>Underlying Securities</I>. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-emptive</FONT> rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities. The Company will use its best
efforts to cause the Underlying Securities to be listed on the Exchange. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) <I>Reports. </I>During the period from two years from the
date of this Agreement, so long as the Securities are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the
Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; <U>provided</U> that the Company will be deemed to have furnished such
reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commission&#146;s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) <I>Record Retention</I>. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) <I>Filings. </I>The
Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) <I>Qualification and
Taxation as a REIT</I>. The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December&nbsp;31, 2017, and the Company will use its best efforts to continue
to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code unless the Company&#146;s Board of Directors determines in good faith that it is no longer in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to be so qualified. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. <U>Further Agreements of the Manager</U>. The Manager covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>No Stabilization. </I>The Manager will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to
cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Manager Lock-Up. </I>The Manager will not, during the period beginning on the date hereof
and ending 45 days after the date of the Prospectus, (1)&nbsp;offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise
transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or such other securities or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock, or such other
securities, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the
intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2)&nbsp;enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or any such other securities, whether
any such transaction described in clause (1)&nbsp;or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3)&nbsp;make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any
shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock without the prior written consent of the Representatives, in each case other than transfers of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible
into shares of Common Stock or exercisable or exchangeable to members or personnel of the Manager; <U>provided</U> that in the case of any such transfer, each transferee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form
of this paragraph; and <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that in the case of any such transfer, no filing by any party (transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in
connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 45-day period referred to above). In addition, this Section&nbsp;6(b) shall not apply to (1)&nbsp;the sale pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan
in effect on the date hereof that satisfies the requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)</FONT> (a &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;) or (2)&nbsp;the establishment of any Plan after the date hereof, provided that no sales of
Common Stock shall be made pursuant to such a Plan prior to the expiration of the 45-day period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7. <U>Certain Agreements of the
Underwriters</U>. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated
in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any &#147;free writing prospectus&#148;, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written
information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i)&nbsp;a free writing prospectus not required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission that contains no &#147;issuer information&#148; (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously
filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii)&nbsp;any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section&nbsp;3(c) or Section&nbsp;5(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii)&nbsp;any free writing prospectus
prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i)&nbsp;or (iii), an &#147;<B>Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus</B>&#148;). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free
writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section&nbsp;8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly
notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8. <U>Conditions of
Underwriters&#146; Obligations</U>. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the
performance by the Company and the Manager of their covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. </I>No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and
no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission
under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section&nbsp;5(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Representations and Warranties. </I>The
respective representations and warranties of the Company and the Manager contained herein, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be true and correct on the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be; and the respective statements of the Company and the Manager and their respective officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>No Downgrade. </I>Subsequent to the earlier of (A)&nbsp;the Applicable Time and
(B)&nbsp;the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if there are any debt securities or preferred stock of, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a &#147;nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,&#148; as such term is defined under Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, (i)&nbsp;no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (ii)&nbsp;no such organization shall have
publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>No Material Adverse Change. </I>No event or condition of a type described in Section&nbsp;3(i) or Section&nbsp;4(j) hereof shall have
occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the
judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Company Officer&#146;s Certificate. </I>The Representatives shall have received on and as
of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the
Representatives (i)&nbsp;confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and
3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii)&nbsp;confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part
to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii)&nbsp;to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d)&nbsp;above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I>Manager Officer&#146;s Certificate. </I>The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Manager and one additional senior executive officer of the Manager who is satisfactory to the Representatives (i)&nbsp;confirming that the
representations and warranties of the Manager in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Manager has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (ii)&nbsp;to the effect set forth in paragraph (d)&nbsp;above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)
<I>Comfort Letters. </I>On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters,
dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants&#146;
&#147;comfort letters&#148; to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries and AMTG and its subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; <U>provided</U> that the letters delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;cut-off&#148;</FONT>
date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <I>Opinions of
Counsel for the Company. </I>At the request of the Company, (i)&nbsp;Venable LLP, Maryland counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A-1</FONT> hereto, (ii)&nbsp;Clifford Chance US LLP, special counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion (which written opinion shall include a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10b-5</FONT> opinion), dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A-2</FONT> hereto, and (iii)&nbsp;Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the
Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written tax opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A-3</FONT> hereto. </P>
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Underwriters. </I>The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10b-5</FONT> statement of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) <I>No Legal Impediment to Issuance. </I>No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been
enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction
or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <I>Good Standing</I>. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company, the Manager and their respective subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the
Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) <I>Exchange Listing. </I>An application for the listing of the Underlying Securities shall have been submitted to the Exchange. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) <I>Lock-up Agreements</I>. The &#147;lock-up&#148; agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and the
persons and entities listed on Annex D hereto relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date
or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9. <U>Indemnification and Contribution</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Indemnification of the Underwriters. </I>The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors,
selling agents and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or
are based upon, (i)&nbsp;any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by </P>
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any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii)&nbsp;or any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any &#147;issuer information&#148; filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule
433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b)&nbsp;below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)
<I>Indemnification of the Company. </I>Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession information appearing in the third paragraph of text under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148;
and the information contained in the eleventh and twelfth paragraphs of text under the caption &#147;Underwriting.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Notice
and Procedures. </I>If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either
paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) above, such person (the &#147;<B>Indemnified Person</B>&#148;) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the &#147;<B>Indemnifying Person</B>&#148;) in writing; <U>provided</U> that
the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and <U>provided</U> <U>further</U>, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) above.
If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall
not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any
such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own </P>
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counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i)&nbsp;the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed
to the contrary; (ii)&nbsp;the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii)&nbsp;the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv)&nbsp;the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any
proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or
reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the
Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this
paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i)&nbsp;such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and
(ii)&nbsp;the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x)&nbsp;includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y)&nbsp;does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf
of any Indemnified Person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Contribution. </I>If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a)&nbsp;and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided by clause (i)&nbsp;is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the </P>
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one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the
Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The
relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Limitation on Liability. </I>The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section&nbsp;9 were determined by <U>pro</U> <U>rata</U> allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to in paragraph (d)&nbsp;above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d)&nbsp;above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section&nbsp;9, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the principal amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required
to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters&#146; obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section&nbsp;9 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Exclusive</FONT> Remedies</I>. The remedies provided for in this Section&nbsp;9 are not exclusive
and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.
<U>Effectiveness of Agreement</U>. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11. <U>Termination</U>. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Securities, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i)&nbsp;trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the
New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market or the Chicago Board Options Exchange; (ii)&nbsp;trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT></FONT> market; (iii)&nbsp;a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv)&nbsp;there shall have occurred any outbreak
or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12. <U>Defaulting Underwriter</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the
Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the
Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the
Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons
become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or
arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term &#147;Underwriter&#148; includes, for all
purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section&nbsp;12, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, does not exceed <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-eleventh</FONT> of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter&#146;s pro rata share (based on the principal
amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, exceeds <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-eleventh</FONT> of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b)&nbsp;above, then this
Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Securities on the Additional Closing Date shall terminate without liability on the part of the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section&nbsp;12 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the provisions of Section&nbsp;9 hereof shall
not terminate and shall remain in effect. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have
to the Company or any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriter for damages caused by its default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13.
<U>Payment of Expenses</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is
terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i)&nbsp;the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and
delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii)&nbsp;the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii)&nbsp;the costs of reproducing and distributing this Agreement; (iv)&nbsp;the fees and
expenses of the Company&#146;s counsel and independent accountants; (v)&nbsp;the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities
under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection therewith); (vi)&nbsp;fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (vii) if required all expenses and application fees, incurred in connection
with the review by, any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (including filing fees and fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the clearance of the offering by FINRA) and the approval of the Securities for book
entry transfer by DTC; (viii)&nbsp;all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any &#147;road show&#148; presentation to potential investors; (ix)&nbsp;all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Underlying Securities
on the Exchange; and (x)&nbsp;all fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act. It is understood, however, that, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Underwriters will pay all fees and
expenses of counsel for the Underwriters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If (i)&nbsp;this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section&nbsp;11, (ii) the Company for
any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii)&nbsp;the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement (other than a termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(c) hereof), the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14. <U>Persons Entitled
to Benefit of Agreement</U>. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section&nbsp;9 hereof. Nothing
in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall
be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase. </P>
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warranties and agreements of the Company, the Manager and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Manager or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto
shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16. <U>Certain Defined Terms</U>. For purposes of this Agreement, (a)&nbsp;except where otherwise expressly provided, the term
&#147;<B>affiliate</B>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b)&nbsp;the term &#147;<B>business day</B>&#148; means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and
(c)&nbsp;the term &#147;<B>subsidiary</B>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17. <U>Miscellaneous</U>.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Authority of the Representatives. </I>Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of
the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Notices. </I>All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the
Representatives c/o Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park,
New York, NY 10036, Facsimile: (646) 855 3073, Attention:&nbsp;Syndicate Department, with a copy to: Facsimile:&nbsp;(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">230-8730,</FONT> Attention:&nbsp;ECM Legal; c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich
Street, New York, NY 10013, Facsimile: (646) 291 1469, Attention: General Counsel; and c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Facsimile: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">622-8358,</FONT> Attention: Equity
Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company or the Manager shall be given to it at Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. c/o Apollo Global Management, LLC, 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019, Facsimile: (212) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">515-3251,</FONT> Attention: John J. Suydam. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Governing Law. </I>This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)
<I>Counterparts. </I>This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Amendments or Waivers. </I>No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to
any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)
<I>Headings. </I>The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. </P>
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this Agreement by signing in the space provided below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:65%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jai Agarwal</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Jai Agarwal</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Stuart A. Rothstein</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Stuart A. Rothstein</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Serkan Savasoglu</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Serkan Savasoglu</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jack Vissicchio</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Jack Vissicchio</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Managing Director and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-Head</FONT> of Americas Real Estate Investment Banking</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Aaron Weiss</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Kevin C. Cheng</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Kevin C. Cheng</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">Principal&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;of<BR>Securities</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,831,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;Incorporated</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20,593,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20,593,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20,593,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,130,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JMP Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,130,000.00</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Keefe, Bruyette&nbsp;&amp; Woods, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,130,000.00</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Operating, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings DB Member, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings DB, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">DB-Series</FONT> II </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">5.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">DB-Series</FONT> III </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">6.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">DB-Series</FONT> IV </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">7.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">DB-Series</FONT> V </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">8.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">DB-Series</FONT> VI </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">9.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">DB-Series</FONT> VII </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">10.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">DB-Series</FONT> VIII </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">11.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Currency, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">12.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Lender, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">13.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI I TRS, Inc </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">14.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI II TRS, Ltd. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">15.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Mezzanine, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">16.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">J-II,</FONT> LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">17.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Mortgage Lending, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">18.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Insurance Services, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">19.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">PEM Kent Holdings, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">20.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">U-1,</FONT> LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">21.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">J-1,</FONT> LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">22.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ACREFI Cash Management, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">23.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM Operating, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">24.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM I, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">25.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM I WL, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">26.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM II, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">27.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM II SPE, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">28.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM I QRS, Inc. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">29.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM Cash Management, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">30.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARM TRS, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">31.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARWL <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">2013-1</FONT> Trust </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">32.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARWL <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">2013-1</FONT> REO Trust </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">33.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">ARWL <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">2014-1</FONT> Trust </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">34.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Apollo Residential Mortgage Loans, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">35.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Apollo Residential Mortgage Securities, LLC </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form of Opinion of Venable LLP </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form of Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form of Tax Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pricing Term Sheet in the form of Annex C </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Filed pursuant to Rule 433 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-203971</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Relating to the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Preliminary Prospectus Supplement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>dated November&nbsp;6, 2017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>(To Prospectus dated May&nbsp;7, 2015) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>PRICING TERM SHEET </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Dated November&nbsp;6, 2017
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering of </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$100,000,000
aggregate principal amount of </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The information in this pricing term sheet supplements Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.&#146;s preliminary prospectus supplement, dated
November&nbsp;6, 2017 (the &#147;Preliminary Prospectus Supplement&#148;), and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Terms used,
but not defined, in this pricing term sheet have the respective meanings set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this pricing term sheet to the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148;
&#147;our&#148; and &#147;us&#148; refer only to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. and not to its subsidiaries. </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Issuer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">ARI / The New York Stock Exchange (&#147;NYSE&#148;).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">November&nbsp;7, 2017.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">November&nbsp;9, 2017.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;Notes&#148;), which will be issued as additional notes under the indenture pursuant to which the Issuer previously issued $230,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.75%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 in August 2017 (the &#147;Initial Notes&#148;). The Notes will have substantially identical terms as the Initial Notes, will be treated as a single series of securities with the Initial Notes under the indenture and
will have the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes. Holders of the Notes and the Initial Notes will vote as one class under the indenture.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Aggregate Principal Amount Offered</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (or $115,000,000, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$330,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (or $345,000,000, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">100.5% of principal amount, plus accrued interest from, and including, August&nbsp;21, 2017. Such accrued interest to, but excluding, November&nbsp;9, 2017 equals approximately $10.291667 per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;23, 2022, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.75% per annum.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">February&nbsp;15 and August&nbsp;15 of each year, beginning on February&nbsp;15, 2018. However, the final Interest Payment Date will occur on August&nbsp;23, 2022, and no Interest Payment Date will occur on August&nbsp;15,
2022.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">February&nbsp;1 and August 1.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">98.00% of principal amount, plus accrued interest from, and including, August&nbsp;21, 2017.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">$18.10 per share.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Approximately 10% above the NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of the Issuer&#146;s Common Stock on August 15, 2017.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Approximately $19.91 per share.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">50.2260 shares of the Issuer&#146;s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Net Proceeds after Expenses</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Approximately $98.8&nbsp;million (or approximately $113.6&nbsp;million, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes), after deducting the underwriting discount and the Issuer&#146;s estimated
offering expenses, and including accrued interest.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Issuer intends to use all or a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to acquire or originate its target assets, which include commercial first mortgage loans, subordinate financings, CMBS and other commercial real
estate-related debt investments, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Pending such uses, the Issuer may use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to temporarily reduce borrowings under its repurchase agreements
(excluding repurchase agreements secured by its CMBS portfolio). An affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, an underwriter in this offering, is the lender under the Issuer&#146;s master repurchase agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., or the
JPMorgan Facility. As such, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC may receive a portion of the net proceeds of this offering, to the extent the JPMorgan Facility is repaid. See &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; in the Preliminary Prospectus
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JMP Securities
LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Keefe, Bruyette&nbsp;&amp; Woods</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>A Stifel Company</I></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">03762U AB1.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">US03762UAB17.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Repurchase at the Option of Holders</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">upon a
Fundamental Change</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Following a &#147;fundamental change&#148; (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), subject to certain conditions, holders may require the Issuer to repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes at a repurchase price
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Issuer may not redeem the Notes prior to their maturity, except to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to preserve its status as a real estate investment trust (&#147;REIT&#148;) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
If the Issuer determines that redeeming the Notes is necessary to preserve its status as a REIT, then it may redeem all or part of the Notes at a cash redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The following table sets forth the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for each stock price and effective date set forth below:</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.8866</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.5185</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.2293</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0403</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;23, 2018</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5.0226</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.2016</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.4947</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.8353</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.2269</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.6740</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.1662</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.7559</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.4059</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.1462</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;23, 2019</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5.0226</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.0864</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.3620</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.6884</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.0710</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.5143</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.0100</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.6119</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.2873</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0721</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;23, 2020</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5.0226</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.9446</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.2000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.5121</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.8870</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.3311</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.8373</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.4589</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.1678</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0014</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;23, 2021</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5.0226</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.6891</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.9091</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.1989</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.5684</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.0265</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.5701</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.2515</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0478</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;23, 2022</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5.0226</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.1218</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.2499</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2.4056</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.5875</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.7944</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.0000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exact stock prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if the stock price is between two stock prices in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased will be
determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock prices and the earlier and later effective dates, as applicable, based on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">365-</FONT> or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">366-day</FONT> year, as applicable; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if the stock price is greater than $21.10 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the
conversion rate; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C-4 </P>


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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">if the stock price is less than $18.10 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion
rate. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*&nbsp; *&nbsp; * </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate be increased pursuant to the provisions described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
under the caption &#147;Description of Notes&#151;Conversion Rights&#151;Increase in Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon a Make-whole Fundamental Change&#148; to exceed 55.2486 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to
adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under the caption &#147;Description of Notes&#151;Conversion Rights&#151;Conversion Rate Adjustments.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus), and the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, with the SEC for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer
and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter, or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you
request it by contacting Morgan Stanley, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, Telephone: (866) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">718-1649;</FONT> BofA Merrill Lynch, Telephone (800) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">294-1322;</FONT> Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Telephone: (800) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">831-9146;</FONT> or J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial
Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Telephone: (866) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">803-9204.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>You should rely on
the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and in the related registration statement, as supplemented by this pricing term sheet, in making an investment decision with respect to the Notes.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Neither this pricing term sheet nor the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement nor the related registration statement constitutes an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any Notes in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful to do so, where the person making the offer is not qualified to do so or to any person who cannot legally be offered the Notes. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES
WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C-5 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Annex D </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>PERSONS AND ENTITIES SUBJECT TO LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Apollo Principal Holdings I, L.P. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Jeffrey Gault </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Mark C. Biderman </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Robert A. Kasdin </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">5.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Eric L. Press </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">6.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Scott S. Prince </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">7.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Michael E. Salvati </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">8.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Stuart A. Rothstein </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">9.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Jai Agarwal </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">10.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Scott Weiner </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">11.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Cindy Michel </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">[&#149;], 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Incorporated </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As Representatives (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;) of the </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1585 Broadway </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. &#150; Public Offering Convertible Senior Notes </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and
Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting
Agreement (the &#147;<B>Underwriting Agreement</B>&#148;) with Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), providing for the public offering (the &#147;<B>Public Offering</B>&#148;) by the
several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the &#147;<B>Underwriters</B>&#148;), of the Company&#146;s 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;<B>Securities</B>&#148;), which are convertible into shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the &#147;<B>Common Stock</B>&#148;). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In consideration of the Underwriters&#146; agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and
valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, subject to the exceptions set forth
in this letter agreement, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending 45 days after the date of the prospectus supplement relating to the Public Offering (the &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148;), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or such other securities or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a </P>

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stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2)&nbsp;enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1)&nbsp;or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise or (3)&nbsp;make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock without the prior written consent of the
Representatives, in each case other than (A)&nbsp;transfers of shares of Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts, (B)&nbsp;transfers of shares of Common Stock to members, partners, stockholders or other equity holders of the undersigned,
(C)&nbsp;transfers to family members or trusts for the benefit of the undersigned&#146;s family members or (D)&nbsp;transfers of shares of Common Stock or restricted stock units to the Company to pay any tax withholding obligations incurred by the
undersigned in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted Common Stock or restricted stock units issued pursuant to Company Stock Plans held by the undersigned; <U>provided</U> that in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (A), (B) or
(C), each donee or transferee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C), no filing by any
party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made
after the expiration of the 45-day period referred to above). In addition, this letter agreement shall not apply to (1)&nbsp;the sale pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan in effect on the date hereof that satisfies the requirements of Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)</FONT> (a &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;) or (2)&nbsp;the establishment of any Plan after the date hereof, provided that no sales of Common Stock shall be made pursuant to such a Plan prior to the expiration of
the 45-day period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer
of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this letter agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this letter agreement. All
authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the
provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from, all obligations under this letter agreement. The
undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this letter agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict
of laws principles thereof. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">31 WEST 52ND STREET</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NEW YORK, NY
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TEL + 1 212 878 8000</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FAX + 1 212 878
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Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Apollo Global Management, LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, NY 10019 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as counsel to Apollo
Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), in connection with a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-203971), as amended (the
&#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;). We are furnishing
this letter to you in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;<B>Notes</B>&#148;) (which includes $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount
subject to the underwriters&#146; option to purchase additional Notes), for issuance pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated November&nbsp;6, 2017 (the &#147;<B>Underwriting Agreement</B>&#148;), among the Company, ACREFI Management, LLC, and
Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, and an Indenture, dated as of
March&nbsp;17, 2014, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;21, 2017 (collectively, the &#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148;), by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the
Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Notes and certain resolutions of the board of directors of the Company and of a pricing committee thereof, relating to the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and other related matters.
As to factual matters relevant to the opinion set forth below, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and public officials and representations and warranties of the parties set forth in the Underwriting Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on, and subject to, the foregoing, the qualifications and assumptions set forth herein and such other examination of law as we have deemed necessary, we
are of the opinion that (i)&nbsp;the Notes are the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors&#146; rights generally, or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
(ii)&nbsp;the shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, into which the Notes are convertible (the &#147;<B>Conversion Shares</B>&#148;) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part of the
Company and, if and when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture upon conversion of the Notes, the Conversion Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </P>

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General Corporation Law. We express no opinion as to the laws of another jurisdiction and we assume no responsibility for the applicability, or effect of the law of any other jurisdiction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to a current report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that shall be
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the prospectus supplement which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not concede
that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">31 WEST 52ND STREET</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131</P>
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Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Apollo Global Management, LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, NY 10019 </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">REIT Qualification of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as counsel to Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), in connection with the
issuance and sale by the Company of $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;) (which includes $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes pursuant to the exercise of the
underwriters&#146; option to purchase additional Notes) pursuant to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (Registration No.&nbsp;333-203971) (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), the
related prospectus included therein, dated May&nbsp;7, 2015 (the &#147;<U>Base Prospectus</U>&#148;), the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated November&nbsp;6, 2017 (the &#147;<U>Preliminary Prospectus Supplement</U>&#148; and together with the
Base Prospectus, the &#147;<U>Preliminary Prospectus</U>&#148;), and the prospectus supplement dated November&nbsp;6, 2017 (the &#147;<U>Prospectus Supplement</U>,&#148; and together with the Base Prospectus, the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>&#148;).
Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this opinion letter have the meanings given to them in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering
the opinions expressed herein, we have examined and, with your permission, relied on the following items: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the bylaws of the Company; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a Certificate of Representations, (the &#147;<U>Certificate of Representations</U>&#148;) dated as of the date hereof, provided to us by the Company and ACREFI Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
&#147;<U>Manager</U>&#148;); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registration Statement; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">5.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Preliminary Prospectus; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">6.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Prospectus; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">7.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">such other documents, records and instruments as we have deemed necessary in order to enable us to render the opinion referred to in this letter. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed, with your consent, that (i)&nbsp;all documents reviewed by us are original documents, or true
and accurate copies of original documents and have not been subsequently amended, (ii)&nbsp;the signatures of each original document are genuine, (iii)&nbsp;all representations and statements set forth in such documents are true and correct,
(iv)&nbsp;all obligations imposed by any such documents on the parties thereto have been performed or satisfied in accordance with their terms, and (v)&nbsp;the Company at all times has operated and will continue to operate in accordance with the
method of operation described in its organizational documents, the Registration Statement and the Certificate of Representations. As of the date hereof, we are not aware of any facts inconsistent with the statements in the organizational documents,
the Registration Statement or the Certificate of Representations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of rendering the opinions stated below, we have assumed, with your
consent, the accuracy of the representations contained in the Certificate of Representations provided to us by the Company and the Manager, and that each representation contained in such Certificate of Representations to the best of the
Company&#146;s or the Manager&#146;s knowledge, intent or belief is accurate and complete without regard to such qualification as to the best of such entity&#146;s knowledge, intent or belief. These representations generally relate to the
organization and method of operation of the Company as a REIT under the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon, subject to, and limited by the assumptions and qualifications
set forth herein, we are of the opinion that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Commencing with its taxable year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a
&#147;<U>REIT</U>&#148;) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;), and its proposed method of operation as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and as set
forth in the Certificate of Representations will enable the Company to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The statements included in the Registration Statement under the caption &#147;U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,&#148; as modified and supplemented by the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the
Prospectus Supplement under the caption &#147;Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,&#148; to the extent they describe applicable U.S. federal income tax law, are correct in all material respects. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinions set forth in this letter are based on relevant provisions of the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, interpretations of the
foregoing as expressed in court decisions, legislative history, and existing administrative rulings and practices of the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;<U>IRS</U>&#148;) (including its practices and policies in issuing private letter rulings, which
are not binding on the IRS except with respect to a taxpayer that receives such a ruling), all as of the date hereof. These provisions and interpretations are subject to change, which may or may not be retroactive in effect, and which may result in
modifications of our opinions. Our opinions do not foreclose the possibility of a contrary determination by the IRS or a court of competent jurisdiction, or of a contrary determination by the IRS or the Treasury Department in regulations or rulings
issued in the future. In this regard, an opinion of counsel with respect to an issue represents counsel&#146;s best professional judgment with respect to the outcome on the merits with respect to such issue, if such issue were to be litigated, but
an opinion is not binding on the IRS or the courts and is not a guarantee that the IRS will not assert a contrary position with respect to such issue or that a court will not sustain such a position asserted by the IRS. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinions set forth above represent our conclusions based upon the documents, facts, representations and assumptions referred to above. Any material
amendments to such documents, changes in any significant facts or inaccuracy of such representations or assumptions could affect the opinions referred to herein. We assume no responsibility to inform any person of any change or inaccuracy that may
come to our attention. Moreover, the Company&#146;s qualification as a REIT depends upon the ability of the Company to meet for each taxable year, through actual annual operating results, requirements under the Code regarding gross income, assets,
distributions and diversity of stock ownership. We have not undertaken to review the Company&#146;s compliance with these requirements on a continuing basis. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company&#146;s
operations for any single taxable year have satisfied or will satisfy the tests necessary to qualify as or be taxed as a REIT under the Code. In addition, the opinion set forth above does not foreclose the possibility that the Company may have to
pay an excise or penalty tax, which could be significant in amount, in order to maintain the Company&#146;s REIT qualification. Although we have made such inquiries and performed such investigations as we have deemed necessary to fulfill our
professional responsibilities as counsel, we have not undertaken an independent investigation of all of the facts referred to in this letter or the Certificate of Representations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinions set forth in this letter are: (i)&nbsp;limited to those matters expressly covered and no opinion is expressed in respect of any other matter;
(ii)&nbsp;as of the date hereof; and (iii)&nbsp;rendered by us at the request of the Company. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references therein to us. In giving
such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Fixed Charges</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest-Expensed</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,129</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,727</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,753</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">597</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total Fixed Charges</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">47,060</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,417</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,293</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,350</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Net Income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">91,372</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">75,300</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45,045</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,102</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Less: Equity Investments Income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(3,464</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">157</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Adjusted Net Income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">87,908</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">75,457</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45,045</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Add Back:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fixed Charges</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">47,060</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,417</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,293</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,350</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amortization of Capitalized Interest</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,446</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,503</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,700</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,918</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">866</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,962</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Capitalized</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2,900</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(8,795</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(566</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(597</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total Earnings</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,446</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,503</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">136,768</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">101,997</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">49,638</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">46,817</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Ratio of earnings to fixed charges</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>3.63x</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.91x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>3.15x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>11.56x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>5.61x</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Fixed Charges</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest-Expensed</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30,149</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,129</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,727</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,753</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest-Expensed Convert</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">14,011</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,900</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,795</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">566</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">597</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest-Capitalized TALF</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Preferred Stock Dividends</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,884</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,440</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,440</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,079</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total Fixed Charges</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">58,945</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39,857</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,733</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,428</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Earnings</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Net Income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">91,372</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">75,300</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45,045</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Less: Equity Investments Income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(3,464</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">157</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Adjusted Net Income</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">87,908</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">75,457</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45,045</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Add Back:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fixed Charges</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">58,945</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">39,857</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,733</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11,428</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amortization of Capitalized Interest</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,446</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,503</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,700</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,918</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">866</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,962</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Capitalized</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2,900</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(8,795</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(566</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(597</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total Earnings</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,446</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,503</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">148,653</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">109,437</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">57,078</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">49,895</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.75x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.76x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.52x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2.75x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>4.86x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>4.37x</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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