Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000950142-24-000493
Form Type:
13D Filing
Publication Date:
2024-02-19 19:00:00
Filed By:
Black Leon D
Company:
Apollo Global Management Inc.
Filing Date:
2024-02-20
SEC Url:
13D Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Leon D. Black 44,604,773 0 44,604,773 0 44,604,773 7.9%
Filing

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.  3)

 

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, InC.

(Name of Issuer)
 

Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)
 

03769M 106

(CUSIP Number)
 

c/o Elysium Management LLC
445 Park Avenue, Suite 1401
New York, NY 10022

(646) 589-8607

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 

February 16, 2024

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

* 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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on 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, as amended (the “Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

   

 

 

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1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Leon D. Black

 
2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

 

(a)  ☐

(b)  ☒

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

 

 
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO

 
5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

 

6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

United States of America

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY EACH

REPORTING PERSON

WITH

7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

44,604,773

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

-0-

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

44,604,773

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

-0-

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

44,604,773

 
12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

 

13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

7.9% (1)

 
14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

IN

 

 

 
(1)

Based on 567,555,284 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (the “Issuer”) issued and outstanding as of November 3, 2023, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 7, 2023.

 

   

 

 

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Item 1. Security and Issuer.

 

This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by Mr. Leon D. Black (the “Reporting Person”), relating to the shares of the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Common Stock”), of Apollo Global Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”) on January 11, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on May 27, 2022, and Amendment No. 2 thereto filed with the Commission on August 16, 2022 (as so amended, the “Schedule 13D”). This Amendment No. 3 is being filed to reflect recent transactions and to update the disclosure in Item 6. The Schedule 13D is hereby amended as follows:

 

Item 2. Identity and Background.

 

No material change.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

No material change.

 

 Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

 

No material change.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Reference to percentage ownership of the Common Stock in this Schedule 13D are based on 567,555,284

shares of Common Stock, issued and outstanding as of November 3, 023, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 7, 2023.

 

(a) and (b)

 

As of the date of this Schedule 13D, Mr. Black is the beneficial owner of 44,604,773 shares of Common Stock (approximately 7.9% of the Common Stock), which he holds directly. Mr. Black has sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to such shares.

 

By virtue of the agreements made pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, the parties thereto, including the Reporting Person, may be deemed to be acting as a group for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. According to public filings, the parties to the Stockholders Agreement, as a group, beneficially own an aggregate of 152,841,675 shares of Common Stock (approximately 26.9% of the Common Stock). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities owned by such other parties. Only the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person are the subject of this Schedule 13D. For a description of the relationship between the Reporting Person and the other parties to the Stockholders Agreement, see Item 4.

 

(c)     On December 15, 2023, Mr. Black delivered 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock to the Socrates Trust, a trust established for the benefit of the family of Mr. Black, in partial satisfaction of previously contracted outstanding debt obligations. On February 16, 2024, Mr. Black contributed 125,000 shares to a charitable foundation in accordance with his previously disclosed intention to make such contributions over time.

 

   

 

 

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(d)     Not applicable.

 

(e)     Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

As of the date of this Amendment No. 4, a total of 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person are held in one or more margin accounts subject to a standard margin loan arrangement. The Reporting Person does not have any current intention to sell any of such shares.

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

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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 20, 2024

 

 

LEON D. BLACK

 
       
       
  /s/ Leon D. Black  

 

 

Attention. Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001).