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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-144855
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190508
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190513
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190513

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:		19816992

	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>
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<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>
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<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): May&nbsp;8, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>c/o&nbsp;Apollo&nbsp;Global&nbsp;Management,&nbsp;LLC</B></P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;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>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;230.425)
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting material pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;240.14a-12)</FONT> </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(17&nbsp;CFR&nbsp;240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></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 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>
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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="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;page-break-before:always"></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Underwriting Agreement </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;8, 2019, Apollo
Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) entered into an underwriting agreement (the &#147;<B>Underwriting Agreement</B>&#148;), by and among the Company, ACREFI Management, LLC, the Company&#146;s external manager (the
&#147;<B>Manager</B>&#148;), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC (the &#147;<B>Underwriters</B>&#148;). 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, an aggregate of 15,000,000&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. In addition, the Company granted to the Underwriters a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> option to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000&nbsp;shares (the &#147;<B>Option</B>&#148;). The Underwriters exercised the Option in full. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The public offering, expected to close on May&nbsp;13, 2019, will generate net proceeds of approximately $314.8&nbsp;million, after deducting estimated
transaction expenses. 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The preceding description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the underwriting agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to
this Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> and is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Exhibits.</I> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d744197dex11.htm">Underwriting Agreement dated May&nbsp;8, 2019, by and among the Company, the Manager, J.P.&nbsp;Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley&nbsp;
&amp; Co. 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="d744197dex51.htm">Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP regarding the legality of the shares of common stock</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;13, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Stuart&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Rothstein</TD></TR>
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<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">15,000,000 Shares of Common Stock </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">May&nbsp;8, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As
Representatives (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;) of the </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">383 Madison
Avenue, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, NY 10179 </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:12pt; 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>Company</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>Manager</B>&#148;), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the
&#147;<B>Underwriters</B>&#148;), for whom you are acting as representatives (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;), an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the &#147;<B>Common Stock</B>&#148;;
and such shares, the &#147;<B>Underwritten Shares</B>&#148;) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock (the &#147;<B>Option Shares</B>&#148;). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are
herein referred to as the &#147;<B>Shares</B>&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shares of Common Stock to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the
Shares are referred to herein as the &#147;<B>Stock</B>&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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 Shares, as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Statement</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 S-3 (File No. 333-224695), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. 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 </P>
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Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. 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;<B>Exchange Act</B>&#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 May&nbsp;8, 2019, 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 5:25 p.m., New York City time, on May&nbsp;8,
2019. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Purchase of the Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Underwritten Shares</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriters propose to offer the Underwritten Shares 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 Shares to the
several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the 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 number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter&#146;s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share of $18.27. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Option Shares</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares 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 Shares at a price per share of $18.27, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares
which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section&nbsp;13
hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall
make. </P>
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in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and
the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or later than the tenth full business day (as
hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;13 hereof). 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Public Offering</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company understands that the Underwriters
intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Closing</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment for the Shares 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 Shares, at the offices of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on May&nbsp;13, 2019, 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 Shares, 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 Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the &#147;<B>Closing Date</B>&#148;, and the time and
date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the &#147;<B>Additional Closing Date</B>&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery
to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares
duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (&#147;<B>DTC</B>&#148;) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. Certificates for the Shares, if the Shares are
represented by certificates, will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representatives at the office of DTC or its designated custodian 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Shares 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 </P>
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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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations and Warranties of the Company</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company represents and warrants to each
Underwriter that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Preliminary Prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Pricing Disclosure Package</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Shares (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 </P>
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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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Registration Statement and
Prospectus.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Shares 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 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Well-Known Seasoned Issuer</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Incorporated Documents</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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>
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(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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Pro Forma Financial
Statements</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Material Adverse Change.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 </P>
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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(pp), 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Organization and Good Standing.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Capitalization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Company
has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; 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>
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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 and the Company&#146;s 2019 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 applicable Company Stock Plan, 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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Due Authorization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Company 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">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Underwriting Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> and will conform to the
descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The form of certificates used to represent the Shares, where
the Shares are represented by certificates, complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements and any requirements of the Exchange and with any applicable requirements of the charter,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> and other organizational documents of the Company. The Shares have been registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act. The Shares have been approved for listing on the Exchange, and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">de-listing</FONT> the Shares from the Exchange, nor has the Company
received any notification that the Commission or the Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. </P>
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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 (&#147;<B>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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Descriptions of Documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>Each of the Underwriting Agreement, 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">(r)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Violation or Default.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Conflicts.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the
issuance and sale of the Shares, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby 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">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Consents Required.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 this </P>
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Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (i)&nbsp;such as has been obtained or made, (ii)&nbsp;the registration of
the Shares under the Securities 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 Shares by the Underwriters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Legal Proceedings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accuracy of
Disclosure</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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">(w)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Independent Accountants</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Title to Real and Personal Property</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 </P>
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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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Title to Intellectual
Property</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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">(z)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Undisclosed Relationships</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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">(aa)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Investment Company Act</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Shares 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">(bb)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Taxes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(cc)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Real Estate Investment Trust.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>
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Operations.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Licenses and Permits.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(ff)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Labor Disputes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(gg)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">(hh)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>ERISA.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Disclosure
Controls</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 </P>
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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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(jj)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accounting Controls.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(kk)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Insurance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(ll)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Cybersecurity</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;To the
knowledge of the Company, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of the Company&#146;s or its subsidiaries&#146; information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware,
software, </P>
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data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its
subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, &#147;<B>IT Systems and Data</B>&#148;), except for any such security breach or incident,
unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of the Company&#146;s or its subsidiaries&#146; IT Systems and Data that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (B)&nbsp;to the knowledge of the Company,
neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would result in, any material security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise of the
Company&#146;s or its subsidiaries&#146; IT Systems and Data and (C)&nbsp;the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures and technological safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity,
operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data to be used in connection with the Company&#146;s method of operation set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except where
failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws and statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any
court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access,
misappropriation or modification, except where failure to be so in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Unlawful Payments.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(nn)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with Money Laundering Laws</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 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>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;located, organized or
resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Crimea and Syria). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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">(pp)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Restrictions on Subsidiaries</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(qq)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indebtedness</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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">(rr)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Dissolution Proceedings</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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>
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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 Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(tt)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No
Registration Rights</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Shares, 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">(uu)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Stabilization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Forward-Looking Statements.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(ww)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Statistical and Market Data.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(xx)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Apollo-Related Data</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(yy)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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">(zz)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Status under the Securities
Act</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Shares 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>
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Manager</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Manager represents and warrants to each Underwriter that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Manager-Related
Disclosure</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Organization and Good
Standing</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Manager Ownership
Interests</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Due Authorization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Management Agreement</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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, 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Underwriting Agreement</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Violation or Default.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>
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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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Consents Required</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Material Adverse Change.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Legal Proceedings</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Employee Matters</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 </P>
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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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Investment Advisers Act</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Free Writing Prospectus</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No
Stabilization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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
Shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Unlawful Payments.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with Money Laundering Laws</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with OFAC</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Manager is not owned or controlled by a Person that is </P>
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the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Crimea and Syria). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Further Agreements of the Company</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company covenants and agrees
with each Underwriter that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Required Filings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delivery of Copies.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares 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 Shares by any Underwriter or dealer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>Before using or filing 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Notice to the Representatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 </P>
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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
Shares 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 Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Ongoing Compliance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Blue Sky Compliance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify the Shares 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 </P>
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required for distribution of the Shares; <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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Earning Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Clear Market.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>For a period of 30 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 Shares as contemplated hereunder, (B)&nbsp;the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of options granted under a Company Stock Plan and/or any shares of Common Stock issued upon final vesting of restricted stock units granted under a Company Stock Plan, (C)&nbsp;the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or restricted
stock units of the Company issued under a Company Stock 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 a
Company Stock Plan, (E)&nbsp;the filing of a registration statement in respect of a Company Stock Plan, (F)&nbsp;the filing of a registration statement in respect of a dividend reinvestment and direct stock purchase plan of the Company and any
shares of Common Stock issued pursuant thereto, (G)&nbsp;transfers of Common Stock required by Article VII of the charter of the Company and (H)&nbsp;the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of securities outstanding as of the date of
this Agreement, including the outstanding 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 and the 5.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Use of Proceeds.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Stabilization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Stock. </P>
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efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on the Exchange. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Reports.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>During
the period from two years from the date of this Agreement, so long as the Shares 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 Shares, 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Record Retention</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Filings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Qualification and Taxation as a REIT</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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, 2019, 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Further Agreements of the Manager</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Manager covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Stabilization.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Manager Lock-Up.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Manager will not, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending
30 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 </P>
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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 30-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 30-day period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Certain Agreements of the Underwriters</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Conditions of Underwriters&#146; Obligations.</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the
Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares 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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Registration Compliance; No Stop Order.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>No order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to </P>
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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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Representations and Warranties.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Downgrade.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Material Adverse Change.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Shares 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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Company Officer&#146;s Certificate.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>
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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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Comfort Letters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinions of Counsel for the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinion and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10b-5</FONT>
Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Legal Impediment to Issuance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Shares; 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 Shares. </P>
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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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exchange Listing.&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date,
as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Lock-up Agreements</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of the Underwriters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 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>
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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 second paragraph of text under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148; and the information contained in the twelfth, thirteenth
and fourteenth 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Notice and
Procedures.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 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
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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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Contribution.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 Shares 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 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 Shares 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 Shares. 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>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Limitation on Liability.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;<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 Shares exceeds
the 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Exclusive</FONT> Remedies</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if
this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes
subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under
the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For
purposes of this Section&nbsp;10: (A) &#147;BHC Act Affiliate&#148; has the meaning assigned to the term &#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k); (B) &#147;Covered Entity&#148; means any of the
following: (i)&nbsp;a &#147;covered entity&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 252.82(b); (ii) a &#147;covered bank&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
&#167; 47.3(b); or (iii)&nbsp;a &#147;covered FSI&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 382.2(b); (C) &#147;Default Right&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in
accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (D) &#147;U.S. Special Resolution Regime&#148; means each of (i)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii)&nbsp;Title II of
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. </P>
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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">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Termination</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Shares, 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 Shares 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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its
obligation to purchase the Shares 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 Shares 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
Shares, 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 Shares on such terms. If other
persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares 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;13, purchases Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares 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 number of Shares 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 number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have </P>
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the right to require each <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus
such Underwriter&#146;s pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares 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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares 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 number of Shares 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 amount of Shares 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 Shares 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;13 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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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
Shares 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 Shares 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;the cost of preparing stock
certificates; (vii)&nbsp;the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii)&nbsp;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); (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any &#147;road show&#148; presentation to potential
investors; (x)&nbsp;all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the Exchange; and (xi)&nbsp;all fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Shares 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>
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Section&nbsp;12, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii)&nbsp;the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement (other than a termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(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">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Survival</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, 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 Shares 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">17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Certain Defined Terms</U>.&nbsp;&nbsp;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">18.
<U>Miscellaneous</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Authority of the Representatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Notices.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 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; and Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Governing Law.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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>
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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">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Amendments or Waivers.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Headings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding,
please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For itself and on behalf of the</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">several Underwriters listed</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">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,675,000</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">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,675,000</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">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,100,000</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">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,100,000</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">Goldman Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,100,000</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">JMP Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">450,000</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">Keefe, Bruyette&nbsp;&amp; Woods, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">450,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">450,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Operating, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI HS Member, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI CS U Member, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI CS Member, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Holdings DB Member, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Holdings DB, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI GS Member, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI GS, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">J-1</FONT> JV, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Operating <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">J-1</FONT> JV, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Currency, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Lender, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI I TRS, Inc </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI II TRS, Ltd. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Mezzanine, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">J-II,</FONT> LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Mortgage Lending, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Insurance Services, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PEM Kent Holdings, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">U-1,</FONT> LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Holdings <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">J-1,</FONT> LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI Cash Management, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI HS, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI CS U, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI CS, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-1,</FONT> LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACREFI <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-2,</FONT> LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">28.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ARM Operating, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ARM TRS, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ARWL <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">2013-1</FONT> Trust </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">31.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ARWL <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">2013-1</FONT> REO Trust </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ARWL <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">2014-1</FONT> Trust </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">33.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Apollo Residential Mortgage Loans, LLC </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Apollo Residential Mortgage Securities, LLC </P></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"><U>Information </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The price per Share to the public is: Variable price offering on an investor by investor basis.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The number of Shares purchased by the Underwriters is 15,000,000. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company has granted an option to the Underwriters to purchase 2,250,000 Option Shares.
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<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>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Apollo Principal Holdings I, L.P. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Mark C. Biderman </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Robert A. Kasdin </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Cindy Z. Michel </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Eric L. Press </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Scott S. Prince </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Stuart A. Rothstein </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Michael E. Salvati </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</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 LOCK-UP AGREEMENT </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">May&nbsp;8, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As
Representatives (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;) of the </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">several Underwriters </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">383 Madison
Avenue, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, NY 10179 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. &#150; Public Offering </P></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:12pt; 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 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the &#147;<B>Common Stock</B>&#148;; and such shares of Common Stock publicly offered by the several Underwriters, the &#147;<B>Shares</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 Shares, 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 30 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 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,
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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 30-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 30-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
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>CLIFFORD&nbsp;CHANCE&nbsp;US&nbsp;LLP</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<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>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <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:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FAX +1 212 878 8375</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">www.cliffordchance.com</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May 13, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Apollo 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:12pt; 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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-224695)</FONT> (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 17,250,000 shares (which includes 2,250,000&nbsp;shares to be purchased pursuant to the underwriters&#146;
option to purchase additional shares) of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<B>Securities</B>&#148;), for issuance pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated May&nbsp;8, 2019 (the &#147;<B>U</B><B>nderwriting
Agreement</B>&#148;), among the Company and ACREFI Management, LLC, on the one hand, and J.P.&nbsp;Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, on the other. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such
corporate records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate. As to factual matters relevant to the opinion set forth below, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and public
officials. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on the foregoing, and such other examination of law as we have deemed necessary, we are of the opinion that following the
(i)&nbsp;issuance of the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and (ii)&nbsp;receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Securities specified in the resolutions of the Board of Directors and of the Pricing Committee,
the Securities will be legally issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion set forth in this letter relates only to the Maryland 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 as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to a Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;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:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>CLIFFORD&nbsp;CHANCE&nbsp;US&nbsp;LLP</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<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>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <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:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FAX +1 212 878 8375</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May 13, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Apollo 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">Re: REIT Qualification of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. </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:12pt; 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 offer and sale by the Company of 17,250,000&nbsp;shares (which includes 2,250,000&nbsp;shares to be purchased pursuant to the
underwriters&#146; option to purchase additional shares) of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to the Company&#146;s registration statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3</FONT> (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-224695) (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), the related prospectus included therein, dated May&nbsp;4, 2018 (the &#147;<U>Base Prospectus</U>&#148;), the preliminary prospectus supplement dated May&nbsp;8, 2019 (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 May&nbsp;8, 2019 (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>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the bylaws of the Company; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">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;); </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registration Statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Preliminary Prospectus; </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Prospectus; and </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">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. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <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
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<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">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 ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">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 </P></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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">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. </P></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> <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
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<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">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:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP </P>
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