Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-05-14
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-119946
Chunk: 79

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-14
Form: 424B3
Chunk 79
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, among others, Mr. Morse and Mr. Slager, and Mr. Sambur from Apollo.

On July 16, 2024, the special
committee held a meeting with representatives of Cravath and Lazard. Mr. Leat provided the special committee with a detailed summary of the July 11, 2024 dinner, noting the broadly positive conversation among the parties on the strategic
opportunities and challenges of a potential transaction. Representatives of Lazard also shared with the special committee updates on the status of discussions with all potential counterparties, including a process call with Apollo, additional
diligence calls with Bidder B (which had recently engaged external legal counsel), and a meeting with Bidder E at which Bidder E appeared less committed to the process. Representatives of Lazard noted that while neither Bidder C nor Bidder D had
formally declined to submit a proposal for a potential transaction, neither had made any progress in pursuing a transaction with Bridge further. Representatives of Cravath provided a summary of the key terms of the draft merger agreement that had
been prepared by Latham and Cravath for circulation to the parties in the second round. The special committee asked questions and discussed the foregoing, including potential strategies to obtain an increased per share purchase price from Apollo for
Bridge’s unaffiliated stockholders.

On July 18, 2024, an auction draft merger agreement was distributed to Apollo. The auction
draft merger agreement contemplated an all-cash deal for 100% of the outstanding equity of Bridge and did not contain any specific provisions with respect to the TRA.

On July 25, 2024, representatives of Bidder B advised representatives of J.P. Morgan that it would no longer be pursuing a potential
transaction with Bridge and would not be submitting a second round bid.

On July 29, 2024, the special committee held a meeting with
representatives of Cravath and Lazard. Representatives of Lazard provided the special committee with updates on discussions with Bidder B, Bidder E and Apollo. Representatives of Lazard noted that Bidder B had conveyed it would no longer be
participating in the transaction process as it did not believe it could submit a proposal at a purchase price above Bridge’s then-

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current stock price. Representatives of Lazard noted that Bidder E had engaged a financial advisor but was unlikely to put forward a meaningful proposal. Representatives of Lazard noted that
Apollo had conveyed that it was working on its