Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-05-14
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-119946
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Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-14
Form: 424B3
Chunk 224
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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
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Annex A

Execution Version

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                     |     |                                                                          |     |      | A-24 |
| Section 3.01                                              |     | Effect of Corporate Merger on Capital Stock                              |     |      | A-24 |
| Section 3.02                                              |     | Effect of LLC Merger on OpCo Units                                       |     |