Apollo Global Management Announces Date for Completion of Conversion to a Corporation

NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”) announced today that it intends to complete its previously announced conversion from a publicly traded partnership to a corporation effective September 5, 2019. Existing Apollo unitholders will receive a final Schedule K-1 for the period from January 1, 2019 through September 4, 2019, and following the conversion, distributions will be dividends for U.S. tax purposes and shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV. 

In connection with Apollo’s conversion to a corporation, Leon Black, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Josh Harris, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Marc Rowan, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, and several other Apollo senior executives announced their intention to set aside a portion of their equity stakes towards charitable giving. Apollo Operating Group units worth approximately $600 million based on recent trading prices are expected to be exchanged into an equal amount of Class A shares, which the executives intend to donate to charity over time. 

“We look forward to completing Apollo’s conversion to a corporation, which we believe will simplify our firm’s structure and enable a much broader set of shareholders to participate in the long-term growth and profitability that we have been delivering to our investors,” said Leon Black. “I am also very pleased that Josh, Marc and I, and several other senior executives at the firm, are exchanging a portion of our units into Apollo‘s Class A shares to facilitate charitable giving. This reflects our strong commitment to supporting a wide range of meaningful philanthropic efforts.”

About Apollo
Apollo is a leading global alternative investment manager with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Bethesda, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Apollo had assets under management of approximately $312 billion as of June 30, 2019 in private equity, credit and real assets funds invested across a core group of nine industries where Apollo has considerable knowledge and resources. For more information about Apollo, please visit www.apollo.com.

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Contact Information

Apollo Global Management

For investors please contact:
Gary M. Stein
Head of Corporate Communications
Apollo Global Management, LLC
(212) 822-0467
gstein@apollo.com

Ann Dai
Investor Relations Manager
Apollo Global Management, LLC
(212) 822-0678
adai@apollo.com

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Rubenstein Associates, Inc. for Apollo Global Management, LLC
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