Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-079161
Chunk: 106

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: S-4
Chunk 106
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 and will expend extensive efforts attempting                                                                               
 to complete the transactions and such persons have experienced and will experience significant distractions from their work during the pendency of such transactions and that Bridge has |

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| incurred and will incur substantial costs in connection with such transactions, even if such transactions are not consummated; |

| • |     | the restrictions imposed by the merger agreement on Bridge’s solicitation of acquisition proposals from                                                                                                                                           
 third parties, and that prospective bidders may perceive Apollo’s right under the merger agreement to negotiate with Bridge to match the terms of any superior proposal prior to Bridge being able to terminate the merger agreement and accept a 
 superior proposal to be a deterrent to making alternative proposals;                                                                                                                                                                              |

| • |     | that the existing ownership interest of the Voting Agreement Stockholders in Bridge and obligations under the              
 voting agreements would likely be taken into account by third parties considering whether to make an acquisition proposal; |

| • |     | the possibility that Bridge may be required to pay Apollo a termination fee of $45,000,000 in cash under certain                                                                                                                 
 circumstances, including upon termination of the merger agreement to accept a superior proposal (as more fully described in the section titled “Summary—Termination of the Merger Agreement; Termination Fees” beginning on page 
 [●]);                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

| • |     | the understanding that certain directors and executive officers have certain interests in the mergers that may be                                                                                                                       
 different from, or in addition to, the interests of Bridge stockholders generally, including certain directors’ involvement with Apollo and certain directors’ and officers’ post-closing employment and compensation arrangements with 
 Apollo (which are summarized in the sections titled “The Mergers—Interests of Directors and Executive Officers of Bridge in the Mergers,” beginning on page [●]); and                                                                   |

| • |     | the restrictions placed on the conduct of Bridge’s business prior to the completion of the mergers pursuant                                                                                                                                            
 to the terms of the merger agreement, which could delay or prevent Bridge from undertaking business opportunities that may arise or any other action it would otherwise take with respect to the operations of Bridge absent the pending completion of 
 the mergers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

The special committee also considered the fact that, despite its initial position that the closing of the mergers be conditioned on the receipt of the majority of the minority approval, the transactions are not conditioned on such approval. In connection therewith, the special committee ultimately concluded that it was in the best interests of Bridge and the Non-Un