Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-079161
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Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: S-4
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 as a financial advisor in a wide variety of transactions and its familiarity with Bridge’s business.

On July 11, 2023, the Initial Special Committee held a meeting. Mr. Leat provided an update on the status of discussions between
Mr. Morse and the chief executive officer of Bidder A. Mr. Leat noted that the chief executive officer of Bidder A had conveyed to Mr. Morse a continued interest in pursuing a potential transaction with Bridge and requested that
Bridge work with Bidder A to facilitate due diligence review towards establishing a more formal offer. Mr. Leat also provided an update on the various conversations he had conducted in order to identify and engage independent legal counsel for
the Initial Special Committee, including a review of any existing relationships with Bidder A or Bridge’s management. Following discussion of potential legal advisors, the Initial Special Committee determined to engage Cravath,
Swaine & Moore LLP (“Cravath”) as its independent legal counsel in connection with any potential transaction and begin the process of engaging its independent financial advisor to assist in their work with respect to any potential
transaction.

On July 19, 2023, Bridge entered into a non-disclosure agreement with Bidder A,
which contained a standstill provision but did not prevent Bidder A from making private requests for amendments or waivers of such standstill restrictions.

On July 24, 2023, after interviewing and evaluating several potential financial advisors, the Initial Special Committee held a meeting at
which they determined to engage Lazard Frères & Co. LLC (“Lazard”) as its independent financial advisor to assist in their work with respect to any potential transaction. After reviewing a relationship disclosure provided
by Lazard, the Initial Special Committee selected Lazard for a number of

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reasons, including Lazard’s experience and expertise in applicable industry sectors as well as its experience and expertise in advising special committees in similar transactions.

On July 25, 2023, the Initial Special Committee entered into a formal engagement letter with Lazard in connection with the
committee’s review of potential strategic alternatives for Bridge and to advise the Initial Special Committee in connection with any potential transaction.

During the months of July and August 2023, Bidder A conducted its preliminary due diligence on Bridge in order to prepare and deliver an
initial proposal with respect to a potential acquisition transaction, including review of certain financial forecasts for the Bridge business that had been prepared by Bridge’s management and reviewed and approved for use by the Initial Special
Committee and the Bridge Board.