KnightSwan Acquisition (KNSW) SC 13G/AKnightSwan Acquisition / Apollo Management Holdings GP ownership change

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

(Amendment No. 1)*

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

^* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

KnightSwan Acquisition Corporation

99 Wall Street, Suite 460

New York, New York 10005

This statement is filed by (i) Apollo PPF Credit Strategies, LLC (“PPF Credit Strategies”); (ii) Apollo Credit Strategies Master Fund Ltd. (“Credit Strategies”); (iii) Apollo ST Fund Management LLC (“ST Management”); (iv) Apollo ST Operating LP (“ST Operating”); (v) Apollo ST Capital LLC (“ST Capital”); (vi) ST Management Holdings, LLC (“ST Management Holdings”); (vii) Apollo SPAC Fund I, L.P. (“SPAC Fund I”); (viii) Apollo SPAC Management I, L.P. (“SPAC Management I”); (ix) Apollo SPAC Management I GP, LLC (“SPAC Management I GP”); (x) Apollo Credit Management, LLC (“ACM LLC”); (xi) Apollo Capital Credit Management, LLC (“ACCM LLC”); (xii) Apollo SA Management, LLC (“SA Management”); (xiii) Apollo Capital Management, L.P. (“Capital Management”); (xiv) Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC (“Capital Management GP”); (xv) Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (“Management Holdings”); and (xvi) Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC (“Management Holdings GP”). The foregoing are collectively referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons.”

SPAC Fund I holds securities of the Issuer. PPF Credit Strategies and Credit Strategies no longer hold any securities of the Issuer.

Apollo PPF Credit Strategies Management, LLC serves as the investment manager of PPF Credit Strategies. ST Management serves as the investment manager for Credit Strategies. ST Operating is the sole member of ST Management. The general partner of ST Operating is ST Capital. ST Management Holdings is the sole member of ST Capital. SPAC Management I serves as the investment manager for SPAC Fund I. The general partner of SPAC Management I is SPAC Management I GP.

ACM LLC provides investment management services for Franklin K2 Long Short Credit Fund (“Franklin K2”) and FASF Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (“FASF-Franklin K2”). ACCM LLC is the sole member of ACM LLC.

SA Management provides investment management services for Franklin Templeton Investment Funds - Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (“FTIF-Franklin K2”).

Capital Management serves as the sole member of SPAC Management I GP, ACCM LLC, and SA Management, the sole member and manager of ST Management Holdings, and provides investment management services for K2 Apollo Credit Master Fund Ltd. (“K2 Apollo”). Capital Management GP serves as the general partner of Capital Management. Management Holdings serves as the sole member and manager of Capital Management GP, and Management Holdings GP serves as the general partner of Management Holdings.

The principal office of each of PPF Credit Strategies and SPAC Fund I is One Manhattanville Road, Suite 201, Purchase, New York 10577. The principal office of Credit Strategies is c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY-9008, Cayman Islands. The principal office of each of ST Management, ST Operating, ST Capital, ST Management Holdings, SPAC Management I, SPAC Management I GP, ACM LLC, ACCM LLC, SA Management, Capital Management, Capital Management GP, Management Holdings, and Management Holdings GP is 9 W. 57^th Street, 43^rd Floor, New York, New York 10019.

Credit Strategies is an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability. SPAC Fund I is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership. PPF Credit Strategies, ST Management, ST Capital, ST Management Holdings, SPAC Management I GP, ACM LLC, ACCM LLC, SA Management, Capital Management GP, and Management Holdings GP are each a Delaware limited liability company. ST Operating, SPAC Management I, Capital Management, and Management Holdings are each a Delaware limited partnership.

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”).

499103109

Not applicable.

Beneficial ownership information is reported as of December 31, 2022. The Common Stock reported herein are held in the form of units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole redeemable warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock upon the consummation of the Issuer’s initial business combination (“Initial Business Combination”), as described in more detail in the Issuer’s Prospectus filed with the SEC on January 24, 2022 (the “Prospectus”). Each warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the Issuer’s Initial Business Combination, and will expire five years after the completion of the Issuer’s Initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. In accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1) regarding securities which represent a right to acquire an underlying security, each Unit has been reported herein as representing the beneficial ownership of one (1) share of Common Stock. 

PPF Credit Strategies, Credit Strategies, and SPAC Fund I each disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock included in this report other than the shares of Common Stock held of record by such Reporting Person, and the filing of this report shall not be construed as an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. ST Management, ST Operating, ST Capital, ST Management Holdings, SPAC Management I, SPAC Management I GP, ACM LLC, ACCM LLC, SA Management, Capital Management, Capital Management GP, Management Holdings and Management Holdings GP, and Messrs. Scott Kleinman, James Zelter and Marc Rowan, the managers, as well as executive officers, of Management Holdings GP, each disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock included in this report, and the filing of this report shall not be construed as an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

The percentages are based on 23,000,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 10, 2022, as disclosed in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 10, 2022.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: x

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 13, 2023