Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-079161
Chunk: 104

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: S-4
Chunk 104
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 the merger agreement, the special committee was permitted to solicit, initiate,                                                                                                    
 propose or introduce the making, submission or announcement of, or encourage, facilitate or assist, any proposal or offer that could constitute a potential transaction with respect to Bridge from any person; |

| • |     | that the special committee, in consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, conducted an                                      
 extensive process and held over 25 meetings, involving frequent and extensive deliberations and negotiations over a period of time, to consider: |

| • |     | potential transactions and alternatives thereto, including engaging with potential counterparties; and |

| • |     | the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby; |

and, in each case, each member of the special committee was actively engaged in that process on a regular basis and was provided with full access to Bridge’s management and its advisors in connection with the evaluation process (as summarized in the section titled “ The Mergers—Background of the Mergers,” beginning on page [●]);

| • |     | that the terms of the merger agreement, including the merger consideration, were the product of extensive                                                                                                                                                 
 negotiations between Bridge and the special committee in consultation with their respective legal and financial advisors, on the one hand, and Apollo and its affiliates and advisors, on the other hand, that resulted in an increase in the implied per 
 share merger consideration, from $9.25 in the August Proposal (as defined below), $10.00 in the November Proposal and $11.00 in the December Proposal to $11.50 and the improvement, from the perspective of Bridge, of other terms of the mergers and    
 the merger agreement, including the operating covenants, treatment of employee equity incentives and the amount of the termination fees, relative to Apollo’s initial proposed terms;                                                                     |

| • |     | that Bridge has not received any acquisition proposal or superior proposal as of the date of this proxy                                                                                                                          
 statement/prospectus and the various terms of the merger agreement that are intended to help ensure that Bridge stockholders receive the highest price per share of Bridge Class A common stock reasonably available, including: |

| • |     | that the merger agreement may be terminated, in certain circumstances, including, among others, by Bridge (acting                                                                                                                                        
 upon the direction of the special committee), at any time prior to receipt of the Bridge stockholder approval in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a superior proposal concurrently with such termination, provided that Bridge 
 shall pay Apollo a termination