UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 2, 2012
Apollo Investment Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland | 814-00646 | 52-2439556 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
9 West 57th Street,
New York, NY 10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 515-3450
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On April 2, 2012, Apollo Investment Corporation issued a press release. A copy of the Registrant’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit Number |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated April 2, 2012. | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| APOLLO INVESTMENT CORP. | ||||
| BY: | /s/ Joseph D. Glatt | |||
| Name: | Joseph D. Glatt | |||
| Title: | Secretary | |||
Date: April 2, 2012
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated April 2, 2012. | |
Exhibit 99.1
Apollo Investment Corporation Initiates Chief Financial Officer Search
NEW YORK, NY, April 2, 2012 —Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) or the “Company”, “Apollo Investment”, “we” or “our” today announced that it has initiated a search for a new combined Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. Mark Harris, who had been appointed to this position in an announcement issued on February 15, 2012, has subsequently notified the Company that he will be unable to join Apollo Investment in a timeframe consistent with our mutually agreed upon start date due to exigent circumstances at his current employer. Due to our desire to fill this position promptly, the Company has initiated a search for a CFO and Treasurer, and Gene Donnelly, Apollo Global Management, LLC’s CFO, will continue to serve as interim CFO and Treasurer for the Company until the search is completed.
About Apollo Investment Corporation
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) is a closed-end investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company provides private debt market solutions to middle market companies in the form of senior secured, mezzanine and asset based loans and may also acquire equity interests. The Company seeks to provide private financing solutions for private companies that do not have access to the more traditional providers of credit. Apollo Investment Corporation is managed by Apollo Investment Management, L.P., an affiliate of Apollo Management, L.P., a leading private equity investor. For more information about Apollo, please visit http://www.apolloic.com.
Contact Information
Elizabeth Besen
Investor Relations Manager
Apollo Investment Corporation
212-822-0625
ebesen@apolloic.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements as to our future operating results; our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies; the impact of investments that we expect to make; the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its impact on the industries in which we invest; the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives; our expected financings and investments; the adequacy of our cash resources and working capital; and the timing of cash flows, if any, from the operations of our portfolio companies.
We may use words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “will,” “should,” “may” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on currently available operating, financial and competitive information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations. Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements as such statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements unless required by law.
SOURCE: Apollo Investment Corporation