Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-096971
Chunk: 26

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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 led by independent directors. The Board of Directors believes this structure effectively balances strong management and appropriate safeguards and oversight by independent directors. Accordingly, the Board of Directors appointed Marc Rowan, our Chief Executive Officer, as Chair, and Gary Cohn as Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors, with each appointment effective as of April 21, 2025.

Our corporate governance guidelines require that the Board of Directors elect a director to serve as the board chair and when the board chair is not an independent director, our corporate governance guidelines require that the Board of Directors appoint an independent director to serve as lead independent director. As Lead Independent Director, Mr. Cohn has the responsibilities described in our corporate governance guidelines, including (a) presiding at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which the Chair is not present, including executive sessions of the independent directors; (b) serving as liaison between the Board Chair and the independent directors; (c) reviewing and approving materials to be sent to the Board of Directors; (d) approving**

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the meeting agendas for the Board of Directors; (e) approving meeting schedules to assure that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items; (f) having the authority to call meetings of the independent directors; and (g) if requested by major stockholders, ensuring that he is available for consultation and direct communication. The composition of the Board of Directors, the tenure of the directors with AGM, the overall experience of the directors and the experience that the directors have had with the Chair and Chief Executive Officer, the Lead Independent Director and the executive management group permit and encourage each member to take an active role in discussions, and each member does actively participate in substantive discussions. We believe that the leadership structure of our current Board of Directors is serving AGM well at this time. Board of Directors Meetings and Committees According to AGM’s corporate governance guidelines, directors are expected to use their best efforts to attend the annual meeting of stockholders, meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of committees on which they serve, and to spend the time needed and meet as frequently as necessary to properly discharge their responsibilities. The Company also encourages all directors to attend each annual meeting of stockholders. During the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Board of Directors held four meetings. Each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board of Directors and the committees of the Board of Directors on which he or she served during