EX-4.1





 Exhibit 4.1 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE
CORPORATION OR THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO. HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC
OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SHARES. IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS. 
  

			
	 Certificate Number 1
	  	Initial Number of shares of Series A
		  	Preferred Stock 11,000,000
		  	CUSIP 03768E 303
		  	ISIN US03768E3036

 APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 

6.375% Series A Preferred Stock 

(Liquidation Preference as specified below) 

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that CEDE & CO. (the
“Holder”), is the registered owner of the number shown on Schedule I hereto of shares of the Corporation’s designated 6.375% Series A Preferred Stock, with a Series A Liquidation Preference of $25.00 per share (the
“Series A Preferred Stock”). The Series A Preferred Stock is fully paid and the Holder of such Series A Preferred Stock will have no obligation to make payments or contributions to the Corporation solely by reason of its ownership
of such Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock is transferable on the books and records of the Transfer Agent, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for
transfer. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Series A Preferred Stock represented hereby are and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation dated as of September 5, 2019, and as the same may be further amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning
given them in the Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation will provide a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation to the Series A Holder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business. In the case of
any conflict between this Certificate and the Certificate of Incorporation, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall control and govern. 












 Reference is hereby made to the provisions of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth on the
reverse hereof and in the Certificate of Incorporation, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 

Upon receipt of this executed certificate, the Series A Holder is bound by the Certificate of Incorporation and is entitled to the benefits
thereunder. 
 Unless the Transfer Agent has properly countersigned, this Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Certificate of Incorporation or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been executed by the Corporation this 5th of September, 2019. 
  

			
	APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


 COUNTERSIGNATURE 

This is the Series A Preferred Stock referred to in the within-mentioned Certificate of Incorporation. 

Dated: September 5, 2019 
  

			
	American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Transfer Agent
		
	By:	 	                                
            
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  
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 REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK 

Non-cumulative dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable at the applicable
rate provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. 
 The Corporation shall furnish without charge to each Series A Holder who so requests
a summary of the authority of the Class C Common Stockholder to determine variations for future series within a class of Shares and the designations, limitations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each
class or series of capital issued by the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. 

ASSIGNMENT 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
the undersigned assigns and transfers the Series A Preferred Stock evidenced hereby to: 
  

 
 (Insert assignee’s social security
or taxpayer identification number, if any) 
  
  

(Insert address and zip code of assignee) 
 and
irrevocably appoints: 
  
   

 
  

  
  

as agent to transfer the Series A Preferred Stock evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 Date: 

Signature:                        
                                         
                
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Certificate) 
 Signature
Guarantee:                                       
                        

(Signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or
credit union meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program”
as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.) 

  
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 SCHEDULE I 

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 

Global Series A Preferred Stock Certificate 

6.375% Series A Preferred Stock 
 Certificate
Number: 
 The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock initially represented by this global Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall be 11,000,000.
Thereafter the Transfer Agent shall note changes in the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock evidenced by this global Series A Preferred Stock Certificate in the table set forth below: 

 

									
	 Date of Exchange
	 	 Amount of

Decrease in

Number of Shares
Represented by

this Global Series

A Preferred Stock
Certificate
	 	 Amount of

Increase in

Number of Shares
Represented by

this Global Series

A Preferred Stock Certificate
	  	 Number of Shares
Represented by

this Global Series

A Preferred Stock
Certificate

following Decrease
or Increase
	  	
Signature of
Authorized Officer
of Transfer Agent



 
  

  
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