Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-117912
Chunk: 94

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 94
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 certain key individuals,
(c) the termination fee to be paid to Apollo, (d) quarterly dividends between signing and closing and (e) the parties’ rights in the event that Bridge receives an unsolicited alternative third-party proposal with respect to a
potential transaction.

Also on January 30, 2025, representatives of Latham, Cravath and Paul, Weiss participated in a conference
call to discuss issues raised by the latest draft merger agreement.

On January 31, 2025, a Bridge Board meeting was held, and the
Bridge Board discussed, among other matters, the current status of discussions with Apollo. In addition, Mr. Leat noted for the Bridge Board that, as previously disclosed to the special committee and as discussed with members of the Bridge
Board over the course of the bid process, he served on two boards of directors for financing companies affiliated with Apollo, and otherwise had relationships with certain individuals affiliated with Apollo. The Bridge Board acknowledged those
relationships and the fact that Mr. Leat had resigned from the special committee and agreed that Mr. Leat could continue to participate in the Bridge Board discussions regarding the potential transaction.

On January 31, 2025 and February 4, 2025, representatives of Bridge, Latham, Cravath and Paul, Weiss participated in several legal
diligence calls.

On February 1, 2025, representatives of Latham and Cravath sent a revised draft of the disclosure schedules to
representatives of Paul, Weiss.

During the period from February 2, 2025 through February 23, 2025, members of Bridge’s
management engaged in several due diligence discussions with representatives of Apollo. These discussions focused on Bridge’s operations, financial model, investment processes, information technology, property management operations,
Bridge’s insurance business, overlap in Bridge’s and Apollo’s investor base, and long-range business plans, including fundraising plans and plans for various Bridge vertical non-controlling
interests, and change of control consent requirements across Bridge’s portfolio of assets and funds.

Also during such time period,
as authorized by the special committee on December 12, 2024, Mr. Morse and Mr. Sambur had a number of telephone discussions regarding the proposed post-closing compensation and incentive retention packages with respect to
Bridge’s senior management team, and representatives of Bridge and Apollo had frequent, sometimes daily, telephone discussions regarding the deal process. J.P. Morgan, Lazard, Latham and Cravath were kept appr