BRIEF-Apollo Commercial announces public offering of common stock

Oct 2 (Reuters) - Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc :

* Announces public offering of common stock

* Says offering 7 million common shares

* To use net proceeds to acquire co's target assets, which includes commercial

first mortgage loans

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