AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC., ARROW MERGER SUB, INC. and APOLLO RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC. dated as of February 26, 2016Agreement and Plan of Merger • February 26th, 2016 • Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. • Real estate investment trusts • Maryland
Contract Type FiledFebruary 26th, 2016 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter referred to as this “Agreement”), dated February 26, 2016, is by and among Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), Arrow Merger Sub, Inc., a Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”). All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Section 9.5 or as otherwise defined elsewhere in this Agreement unless the context clearly provides otherwise. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are each sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.