Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (AMTG) and Apollo Commercial Real Estate (ARI) merger

Apollo Commercial Real Estate (ARI) acquired Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.
(AMTG) in a cash and stock deal. The IRS form 8937 filing for this merger was found in the INvestor Relations area of the Apollo Commercial Real Estate web site we used the 2016 Merger Form 8937 dated 11/13/15.
We also used details found in the SEC Form S-4A dated 7/25/16 on the same site.

This merger is a cash plus stock reorganization, which are becoming more and more frequent in recent years. This is a fully taxable merger with cash. For tax purposes, this is treated as a sale of Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. for the value of the cash and stock received. Some of the proceeds from the sale (the value of the stock received) is used to purchase Apollo Commercial Real Estate. All the information below is from the information available from the form S-4/A filed with the SEC and form 8937 filed with the IRS. The first instructions are for users of the desktop software, Club Accounting 3. Instructions for Myiclub.com users follow later in this document.

1. Sell Transaction
The total merger consideration is $13.62883 per Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. share. This is
$6.86in cash and $6.76883 in Apollo Commercial Real Estate shares (.41757 x 16.21). The
closing price of Apollo Commercial Real Estate on the merger completion date was 8/31/2016.
Calculate the total value received for your Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares by
multiplying 13.62883 by the total shares of Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. owned.
Total Proceeds = [13.62883 x (# of Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares owned)] –
(Reorganization fee).
Use the Suspense account to receive the sale proceeds.
Date this transaction 8/31/16.


2. Transfer Cash Received
Transfer from the Suspense account to the Broker account (or bank if appropriate), all merger
consideration cash received from this merger transaction. This will be the amount of the $6.86 per Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. share minus any reorganization fee charged. If your Suspense account balance was zero when you entered the sell transaction above, then the balance after transferring the merger cash received will be the total purchase price of the Apollo Commercial Real Estate shares you received in this merger. For example, if you owned 100 Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares your cash portion of the merger consideration was $686.00 – reorganization fee. ([6.86 x 100] –reorganization fee).

3. Buy Transaction

Enter a buy transaction for the number of Apollo Commercial Real Estate shares entitled to
receive in this merger. This will be .41757 x (# of Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares
owned). For example if you owned 100 Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares then enter
41.757 Apollo Commercial Real Estate shares purchased (.41757 x 100).
Date the transaction 8/31/2016. The total purchase price will be the amount remaining in the
Suspense account, if the Suspense balance was zero when this process was started. The amount should be (6.76883 x # of Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares owned). For example, if you owned 100 Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares, then the total purchase cost would be 676.88.
Choose the Suspense account as the source of funds for the purchase. Save the buy transaction.

4. Fractional Share Sale
The fractional shares received in this merger will likely be sold by your broker.
Enter a Sell transaction for the fractional shares dated 9/1/2016. The share amount will be the
NON-whole part of the shares bought in the buy transaction above. For example if you owned
100 Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. shares then you entered 41.757 Apollo Commercial Real
Estate shares purchased. You would sell .757 Apollo Commercial Real Estate shares in this Sell
transaction.
The total proceeds will be the cash-in-lieu amount listed on your broker statement.


 

For Myiclub.com users
Use the Merger with cash security transaction.

Step 1. Choose Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (AMTG) as the merging company and date the
transaction 8/31/2016.
Step 2. Select the option Transaction is fully taxable. Enter the following additional
information:
Cash per share received: 6.86
Exchange ratio: .41757 to 1
Price per share of new shares: 16.21
Reorganization fee: From your broker statement, if one was charged.
Symbol of new company: ARI
Cash received: Cash-in-lieu amount from broker statement.
Other fields should auto-fill from the information already entered.

 

Note: In Merger with cash transactions, realized capital gains and the cost basis of the new
shares have a component dependent on the price per share entered in the entry screens. In our experience brokers tend to use the price per share published by the companies on their websites in their guidance to shareholders. If the companies publish guidance with a share price, we use that share price in our instructions to minimize possible differences between the accounting records and broker information. In cases where no guidance is available, we will choose the lower of the opening or closing price on the effective date. Either of these prices is acceptable to the IRS and by choosing the lower price some realized capital gains will be deferred to a later date. However, there is always the chance the price we choose will not be the price chosen by your broker. The gain from the merger and cost basis of the new shares recorded in your accounting records will then differ from your broker information. Because of the lack of detail in the tax code, both our choice and your broker’s choice would be reasonable estimates of market value for the shares received. Your records are NOT incorrect because they differ from your broker. Tax return forms do have specific areas to report these usually small differences. Our tax printer software handles these adjustment entries automatically in the normal operation of the software.