Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Note 11 - Related Party Transactions

Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement the Adviser is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and monitoring the Company's investment opportunities and making decisions related to the acquisition, management, financing and disposition of the Company's assets, in accordance with the Company's investment objectives, guidelines, policies and limitations, subject to oversight by the Company's board of directors.

The Special Limited Partner holds a performance participation interest in the Operating Partnership that entitles it to receive an allocation from the Operating Partnership on Class S shares, Class D shares, and Class I shares equal to 12.5% of the annual Total Return, subject to a 5% annual Hurdle Amount and a High Water Mark, with a Catch-Up (each term as defined in the limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership, by and among the Company, as general partner, the Special Limited Partner and the limited partners party thereto from time to time (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Limited Partnership Agreement")). On Class F-S shares, Class F-D shares, and Class F-I shares, the Special Limited Partner is entitled to receive an allocation equal to 9.0% of the annual Total Return, subject to a 5% annual Hurdle Amount and a High Water Mark, with a Catch-Up (each term as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement). Such allocation will accrue monthly and be paid annually. There will not be a performance participation interest with respect to Class A-I shares, Class A-II shares, Class A-III shares, and Class E shares. The performance participation interest will be paid, at the Adviser's election, in cash, Class E shares, Class E units of the Operating Partnership or any combination thereof. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company accrued $0.2 million of performance participation allocation. There was no performance participation allocation during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The Company may retain certain of the Adviser's affiliates for necessary services relating to the Company's investments or its operations, including but not limited to any accounting and audit services (including valuation support services), account management services, administrative services, data management services, information technology services, finance/budget services, legal services, operational services, risk management services, tax services, treasury services, construction, special servicing, leasing, development, coordinating closing and post-closing procedures, property oversight, statutory services, and other property management services, as well as services related to mortgage servicing, group purchasing, healthcare, consulting/brokerage, capital markets/credit origination, broker-dealer services, underwriting, placing, syndicating, structuring, arranging, debt advisory services and other similar services, loan servicing, property, title and/or other types of insurance, title agency services, management consulting and other similar operational matters. Any fees paid to the Adviser's affiliates for any such services will not reduce the management fee or performance participation allocation. Any such arrangements will be at market terms and rates.

The Company has engaged Nations Land Services, L.P. ("Nations"), a title agent company in which Apollo has a majority ownership. Nations acts as a title agent in facilitating and issuing title insurance in connection with investments by the Company, affiliates, and related parties, and third parties. Apollo receives distributions from Nations in connection with investments by the Company based on its equity interest in Nations. In each case, there will be no related offset to the Company. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company did not incur any expenses related to Nations.

The Dealer Manager serves as the dealer manager for the Offering. The Dealer Manager is a registered broker-dealer affiliated with the Adviser. The Company entered into an agreement (the "Dealer Manager Agreement") with the Dealer Manager in connection with the Offering. Subject to the terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement, the Company's obligations to pay stockholder servicing fees with respect to the Class S shares, Class D shares, Class F-S shares, and Class F-D shares sold in the Offering shall survive until such shares are no longer outstanding (including because such shares have converted into Class I shares or Class F-I shares).

The Dealer Manager is entitled to receive selling commissions of up to 3.0%, and dealer manager fees of up to 0.5%, of the transaction price of each Class S share and Class F-S share sold in the primary offering; however, such amounts may vary at certain participating broker-dealers, provided that the sum will not exceed 3.5% of the transaction price. Participating broker-dealers are third-party broker-dealers engaged by the Dealer Manager to participate in the distribution of shares of the Company's common stock. The Dealer Manager is also entitled to receive selling commissions of up to 1.5% of the transaction price of each Class D share and Class F-D share sold in the primary offering. The Dealer Manager also receives a stockholder servicing fee of 0.85% and 0.25% per annum of the aggregate NAV of the Company's outstanding Class S and F-S shares and Class D and F-D shares, respectively. The Dealer Manager has entered into agreements with selected dealers that agree to distribute the Company's shares in the Offering, which will provide, among other things, for the reallowance of the full amount of the selling commissions and stockholder servicing fees to such selected dealers. The Company will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to any Class S share, Class D share, Class F-S share, or Class F-D share held in a stockholder's account at the end of the month in which the total selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid with respect to such shares would exceed, in the aggregate, 8.75% of the gross proceeds from the sale of such share. The Company will accrue the cost of the stockholder servicing fee as an offering cost at the time each Class S share, Class F-S share, Class D share, and Class F-D share is sold during the primary offering. There will not be a stockholder servicing fee, upfront selling commission or dealer manager fee with respect to Class I shares, Class F-I shares, Class A-I shares, Class A-II shares, and Class A-III shares.

From time to time, the Company makes co-investments in commercial mortgage loans alongside Apollo affiliates. As of March 31, 2024, all of the Company's investments in commercial mortgage loans were pari-passu co-investments with Apollo affiliates.

The Company may also offer Class E shares, which will only be available to certain of Apollo's affiliates and employees, in one or more private placements. These shares are not being offered to the public pursuant to the Offering and will not incur any upfront selling costs, ongoing servicing costs, management fee or performance participation allocation.

On February 18, 2022, the Company was capitalized with a $0.2 million investment by Apollo ARIS Holdings LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Apollo, in exchange for 10,000 shares of Class I common stock. On November 11, 2022, 10,000 shares of Class I common stock held by Apollo ARIS Holdings LLC were exchanged for 10,000 shares of Class F-I common stock. Apollo ARIS Holdings LLC has elected to reinvest the dividends declared on its shares, which has corresponded to the issuance of 115 additional Class F-I shares in lieu of cash for the dividends paid during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

On November 29, 2022, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into a subscription agreement with an affiliate of Apollo to issue 5,000,000 Class A-I units of the Operating Partnership for the aggregate consideration of $100.0 million. In May 2023 such affiliate of Apollo elected to reinvest its dividends. In connection with such dividend reinvestment, the Company issued 56,702 Class A-I units of the Operating Partnership in lieu of cash for the dividends paid during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Due to Affiliates

The following table details the Company's expenses that are due to its Adviser:

	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Organization and offering	$	7,917	$	7,906
General and administrative		7,064		6,895
Management fee payable		529		468
Accrued performance participation allocation		203		562
Total	$	15,713	$	15,831

Organization and Offering Expenses

The Adviser has advanced $7.9 million of organization and offering expenses (including legal, accounting, and other expenses attributable to the Company's organization, but excluding upfront selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees) on behalf of the Company through March 31, 2024. The Adviser advanced the Company's organization and offering expenses on behalf of the Company through December 22, 2023, the first anniversary of the escrow break for the Offering. The Company will reimburse the Adviser for all such advanced costs ratably over a 60 month period beginning on December 22, 2024.

General and Administrative Expenses

The Adviser has agreed that it and/or its affiliates will advance certain general and administrative expenses on behalf of the Company through December 22, 2023, the first anniversary of the escrow break for the Offering. The Adviser has advanced $7.1 million of general and administrative expenses on the Company's behalf as of March 31, 2024. The Company will reimburse the Adviser for all such advanced costs ratably over a 60 month period beginning on December 22, 2024.

Management Fee Payable

The Adviser is entitled to a management fee equal to 1.25% of NAV per annum, payable monthly on Class S shares, Class D shares, and Class I shares. The Adviser will be paid a management fee equal to 1.0% of NAV per annum, payable monthly on Class F-S shares, Class F-D shares, Class F-I shares, and Class A-I shares. The Adviser will be paid a management fee equal to 1.0% of NAV for Class A-II shares per annum payable monthly; and provided that, for the period of April 1, 2023 through September 1, 2026, this management fee will be reduced to 0.92% of NAV for Class A-II shares per annum payable monthly. The Adviser will be paid a management fee equal to 1.0% of NAV for Class A-III shares per annum payable monthly; and provided that, for the period of April 1, 2023 through January 2, 2027, this management fee will be reduced to 0.85% of NAV for Class A-III shares per annum payable monthly. The management fee will be paid, at the Adviser's election, in cash, Class E shares, Class E units of the Operating Partnership or any combination thereof. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company incurred $1.5 million of management fees.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company issued 56,577 Class E shares and 12,885 Class E units to the Adviser as payment for its management fee. The shares and units issued to the Adviser for payment of the management fee were issued at the applicable NAV per share/unit at the end of each month for which the fee was earned, in reliance upon the exemption from registration set forth in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Adviser did not submit any repurchase requests for any shares or units of the Operating Partnership previously issued as payment for the management fee during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The Adviser has elected to reinvest the dividends declared on the shares and units of the Operating Partnership issued for its management fee. In connection with such dividend reinvestment, the Company issued (i) 1,621 Class E shares and (ii) 690 Class E units to the Adviser in lieu of cash for the dividends paid during the three months ended March 31, 2024. There were no dividends declared during the three months ended March 31, 2023.