# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001837532
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-232553
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 8178
**Document Hash:** b5e99442ef5106404f8d44f553acb22b
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-232553.hdr.sgml**: 20260520

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-232553

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: N-2/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 9

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260520

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260520

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Apollo Debt Solutions BDC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001837532

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** N-2/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-295221
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261003994

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 9 WEST 57TH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-515-3200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 9 WEST 57TH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019

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#### As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2026

#### Securities Act File No. 333-295221

### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

### FORM N-2

### REGISTRATION STATEMENT

#### UNDER

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| THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | ☒ |
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 | ☒ |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. | ☐ |

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## Apollo Debt Solutions BDC

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

#### 9 West 57th Street

#### New York, NY 10019
(212) 515-3200

#### (Address and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)

#### Kristin Hester

#### Apollo Debt Solutions BDC

#### 9 West 57th Street

#### New York, NY 10019

#### (Name and address of agent for service)

#### COPIES TO:

#### Steven Grigoriou, Esq.

#### Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

#### 900 G Street, N.W.

#### Washington, DC 20001
Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

☐ Check box if the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans.

☒ Check box if any securities being registered on this Form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan.

☐ Check box if this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction A.2 or a post-effective amendment thereto. 

☐ Check box if this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction B or a post-effective amendment thereto that will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. 

☐ Check box if this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction B to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act. 

#### It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
☐ when declared effective pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Securities Act.

☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 486.

☒ on June 19, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 486.

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 486.

☐ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 486.

#### If appropriate, check the following box:
☒ This pre-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed registration statement.

☐ This Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: .

☐ This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: .

☐ This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: .

☐ This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: .

#### Check each box that appropriately characterizes the Registrant:
☐ Registered Closed-End Fund (closed-end company that is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act")).

☒ Business Development Company (closed-end company that intends or has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the 1940 Act).

☐ Interval Fund (Registered Closed-End Fund or a Business Development Company that makes periodic repurchase offers under Rule 23c-3 under the 1940 Act).

☐ Qualified (qualified to register securities pursuant to General Instruction A.2 of this Form). 

☐ Well-Known Seasoned Issuer (as defined by Rule 405 under the Securities Act).

☐ Emerging Growth Company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act").

☐ If an Emerging Growth Company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act.

☐ New Registrant (registered or regulated under the 1940 Act for less than 12 calendar months preceding this filing).

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The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form N-2 (SEC File No. 333-295221), filed on April 21, 2026 (the "Registration Statement"), until June 19, 2026. The Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is incorporated by reference herein.

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the Registrant has duly caused this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on the 20th day of May, 2026.

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| APOLLO DEBT SOLUTIONS BDC | APOLLO DEBT SOLUTIONS BDC |
| By: | /s/ Earl Hunt |
| Name: | Earl Hunt |
| Title: | Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacity and on the date indicated.

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| Signature | Title | Date |
| /s/ Earl Hunt | Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee | May 20, 2026 |
| Earl Hunt | Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee |  |
| /s/ Eric Rosenberg | Chief Financial Officer | May 20, 2026 |
| Eric Rosenberg | Chief Financial Officer |  |
| /s/ Bryan Johnston | Chief Accounting Officer | May 20, 2026 |
| Bryan Johnston |  |  |
| /s/ Meredith Coffey\* | Trustee | May 20, 2026 |
| Meredith Coffey | Trustee |  |
| /s/ Christine Gallagher\* | Trustee | May 20, 2026 |
| Christine Gallagher | Trustee |  |
| /s/ Michael Porter\* | Trustee | May 20, 2026 |
| Michael Porter | Trustee |  |
| /s/ Carl J. Rickertsen\* | Trustee | May 20, 2026 |
| Carl J. Rickertsen | Trustee |  |
| /s/ Sheryl Schwartz\* | Trustee | May 20, 2026 |
| Sheryl Schwartz | Trustee |  |

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| \*By: | /s/ Kristin Hester |
|  | Kristin Hester |
|  | As Agent or Attorney-in-Fact |

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May 20, 2026

The original powers of attorney authorizing Earl Hunt, Eric Rosenberg, Kristin Hester, Ryan Del Giudice and Adam Eling to execute this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, for the trustees of the Registrant on whose behalf this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is filed have been executed and filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-295221), filed on April 21, 2026.