Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-079161
Chunk: 219

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: S-4
Chunk 219
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 or in addition to, that contained in this proxy statement/prospectus, the annexes hereto or in any of the materials
that Apollo or Bridge has incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. Therefore, if anyone does give you information of this sort, you should not rely on it. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to exchange or sell, or
solicitations of offers to exchange or purchase, the securities offered by this proxy statement/prospectus or the solicitation of proxies is unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of activities, then the offer
presented in this proxy statement/prospectus does not extend to you. This proxy statement/prospectus is dated , 2025. You should not assume that the information is accurate as of any date other than that date, and neither
its mailing to Bridge stockholders nor the issuance of shares of Apollo common stock in the merger will create any implication to the contrary. Neither Apollo nor Bridge assumes any obligation to update the information contained in this document
(whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise), except as required by applicable law.

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND AMONG

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.,

ASPEN PUBCO MERGER SUB 1, INC.

ASPEN SECOND MERGER SUB, LLC

BRIDGE INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS INC.,

BRIDGE INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDINGS LLC

AND

(SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 6.16)

ADAM O’FARRELL

February 23, 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

|                                                           |     |                                                                          |     | Page |      |
| ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS                                    |     |                                                                          |     |      | A-3  |
| Section 1.01                                              |     | Definitions                                                              |     |      | A-3  |
| Section 1.02                                              |     | Definitional and Interpretative Provisions                               |     |      | A-21 |
| ARTICLE II. THE TRANSACTION                               |     |                                                                          |     |      | A-22 |
| Section 2.01                                              |     | The Closing                                                              |     |      | A-22 |
| Section 2.02                                              |     | The Mergers                                                              |     |      | A-22 |
| ARTICLE III. CONVERSION OF SECURITIES