Apollo Global Management (APO) SC 13D/AApollo Global Management / ROWAN MARC J ownership change

Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows: 

(b) The business address or address of its principal office, as applicable, of MJR Foundation, MJR-VPF, MJR 09FT-VPF, RWNM, RWNM-VPF and AGH is c/o RWN Management, LLC, 65 East 55th Street, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10022. Mr. Rowan’s address is 81 Butternut Hollow Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.  AOG Holdings and Series A Holdings have been dissolved.

(c) Mr. Rowan’s principal occupation is serving as the Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the “Board”). Mr. Rowan is also the Managing Member of MJR Foundation and the sole owner of AGH. MJR Foundation is an estate planning vehicle for which voting and investment control are exercised by Mr. Rowan, which is principally organized to hold shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. Each of MJR-VPF, MJR 09FT-VPF and RWNM-VPF, is organized to hold shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. 09FT-2A and the Family Trust are estate planning entities. RWNM holds securities, including securities of the Issuer. AGH is the Managing Member of RWNM. AOG Holdings and Series A Holdings no longer conduct a function.

(d) and (e) During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following:

On December 9, 2024, each of MJR-VPF, RWNM-VPF and MJR 09FT-VPF,  (each, a “Counterparty” and, collectively, the “Counterparties”), entered into a Delayed Draw Variable Share Forward Sale Transaction with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (the “Bank”) pursuant to a separate Master Confirmation entered into between each Counterparty and the Bank, each dated December 9, 2024 (collectively, the “Forward Contracts”). The Forward Contracts obligate the Counterparties to deliver to the Bank, on specified dates from February to April of 2029 (each, a “Settlement Date”), at the Counterparties’ option, up to an aggregate number of shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock pledged by the Counterparties or, subject to certain conditions, an equivalent amount of cash.

MJR-VPF, RWNM-VPF and MJR 09FT-VPF pledged 1,500,000, 400,000 and 600,000 shares, respectively, of the Issuer’s Common Stock (collectively, the “Pledged Shares”), each to secure its obligations under its respective Forward Contract. The Counterparties retain ownership and voting and ordinary dividend rights in the Pledged Shares during the term of the pledge (and thereafter if the Counterparties settle the Forward Contracts in cash), subject to certain payments the Counterparties will need to make to the Bank with respect to dividends under the terms of the Forward Contracts.

Under the terms of the Forward Contracts, the Counterparties may, at their election, subject to certain terms and conditions, receive a prepayment from the Bank with respect to some or all portions of the transactions covered by the Forward Contracts, equal to the present value as of the relevant funding date of the payment of the Floor Price (as defined below) at maturity of the transactions.

For each of the up to 25 components of each Forward Contract for which a prepayment has been paid to the applicable Counterparty by the Bank, the number of shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock to be delivered to the Bank on each Settlement Date (or on which to base the amount of cash to be delivered to the Bank on such Settlement Date) is to be determined as follows: (a) if the per-share volume weighted average price of the Issuer’s Common Stock on the related valuation date (the “Settlement Price”) is less than or equal to a floor price that was determined following a hedging period (the “Floor Price”), such Counterparty will deliver to the Bank the ratable portion of the applicable Pledged Shares to be delivered with respect to each Settlement Date (such number of shares, the “Number of Shares”); (b) if the Settlement Price is between the Floor Price and a cap price that was determined following a hedging period (the “Cap Price”), such Counterparty will deliver to the Bank a number of shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock equal to the Number of Shares multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Floor Price and the denominator of which is the Settlement Price; and (c) if the Settlement Price is greater than the Cap Price, such Counterparty will deliver to the Bank a number of shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Number of Shares and (ii) a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the Floor Price and (y) the Settlement Price minus the Cap Price, and (b) the denominator of which is the Settlement Price.

For each of the up to 25 components of each Forward Contract for which a prepayment has not been paid to the applicable Counterparty by the Bank, the number of shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock to be delivered to the Bank on each Settlement Date (or on which to base the amount of cash to be delivered to the Bank on such Settlement Date) is to be determined as follows: (a) if the Settlement Price is greater than the Cap Price, the Bank will pay to such Counterparty the Cap Price multiplied by the Number of Shares, and such Counterparty will deliver to the Bank a number of shares equal to the Number of Shares; (b) if the Settlement Price is less than the Floor Price, such Counterparty will deliver to the Bank a number of shares equal to the Number of Shares, and the Bank will pay to such Counterparty the Floor Price multiplied by the Number of Shares; or (c) if the Settlement Price is between the Floor Price and the Cap Price, no payment or delivery of shares will be made by either party.

The foregoing description of the Forward Contracts does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Delayed Draw Variable Share Forward Sale Contract, which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the receipt of direct shares in the in-kind distribution described in Item 5(c) below, the Counterparties, 09FT-2A and the Family Trust each entered into a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement. RWNM and MJR Foundation previously executed a joinder to the Stockholders Agreement.

Item 5 of Schedule 13D is supplemented and superseded, as the case may be, as follows:

(a) and (b) Items 7 through 11 and 13 of each of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by reference.

Such information is based on 565,816,456 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Issuer outstanding as of November 4, 2024, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 6, 2024.

MJR Foundation holds and beneficially owns 23,598,118 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 4.0% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock it holds.

MJR-VPF beneficially owns 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, which represents less than 1% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock.

MJR 09FT-VPF beneficially owns 600,000 shares of Common Stock, which represents less than 1% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock.

RWNM beneficially owns 6,805,636 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 1.2% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock directly and through its subsidiary, RWNM-VPF.

RWNM-VPF beneficially owns 400,000 shares of Common Stock, which represents less than 1% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock.

AGH beneficially owns the 6,805,636 shares of Common Stock held by RWNM and RWNM-VPF, which represents approximately 1.2% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock.

09FT-2A beneficially owns 2,902 shares of Common Stock, which represents less than 1% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock.

The Family Trust beneficially owns 600,000 shares of Common Stock, which represents less than 1% of the outstanding Common Stock, and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock held by its subsidiary, MJR 09FT-VPF.

AOG Holdings does not beneficially own or have any voting or dispositive authority over any shares of Common Stock.

Series A Holdings does not beneficially own or have any voting or dispositive authority over any shares of Common Stock.

Mr. Rowan and certain of his affiliated entities may be deemed to be members of a group, as parties to the Stockholders Agreement with each of Leon D. Black and Joshua J. Harris and their associated entities. Such group would be deemed to beneficially own 109,251,279 shares of Common Stock, or 19.3%, based on publicly available information.

(c) On December 9, 2024, MJR Foundation made a pro rata, in-kind distribution of 3,184,437 shares of Common Stock to Marc Rowan (2,257,301 shares), RWNM (324,234 shares), 09FT-2A (2,902 shares), and the Family Trust (600,000 shares) for no consideration.  Mr. Rowan, RWNM and the Family Trust contemporaneously contributed an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares, 400,000 shares and 600,000 shares to MJR-VPF, RWMN-VPF and MJR 09FT-VPF.

(d) Not applicable.

(e) On December 31, 2022, RWNM AOG Holdings and RWNM Series A Holdings ceased to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

Item 6 of Schedule 13D is supplemented and superseded, as the case may be, as follows:

The information disclosed in Items 4 and 5 is incorporated by reference herein.

In connection with the Forward Contracts described in Item 4, on December 9, 2024, Mr. Rowan entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) with the Issuer, pursuant to which, among other things, he agreed to be subject to a one-year lock-up period. During the lock-up period, subject to certain limited exceptions, neither he nor his affiliates may offer, sell, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position with respect to its shares of Common Stock.

The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Lock-Up Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.3 to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated herein by reference.