8-K

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): May 10, 2022

Apollo Asset Management, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-35107	20-8880053
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 9 West 57th Street, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10019

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 515-3200

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
6.375% Series A Preferred Stock	AAM.PR A	New York Stock Exchange
6.375% Series B Preferred Stock	AAM.PR B	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure.

    On May 10, 2022, Apollo Asset Management, Inc. (the “Company”) filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of May 30, 2014, as supplemented, among Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (“AMH”), the guarantors party thereto (collectively with AMH, the “Credit Parties”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the unaudited reconciliation indicating the differences between the financial information of the Company and the financial information of the Credit Parties and their subsidiaries on a combined and consolidated basis, taken as a whole.

    The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit hereto) is being furnished under Item 7.01 “Regulation FD Disclosure” and Item 9.01 “Financial Statements and Exhibits” of Form 8-K. As such, the information (including the exhibit) herein shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Unaudited reconciliation of financial data.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	APOLLO ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
Date: May 10, 2022	By:	/s/ Louis-Jacques Tanguy
		Louis-Jacques Tanguy
		Chief Accounting Officer

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL DATA

On January 1, 2022, Apollo Global Management, Inc. completed the previously announced merger transactions with Athene Holding Ltd. ("Athene"). Upon the closing of the merger with Athene, Apollo Global Management, Inc. was renamed Apollo Asset Management, Inc., and became a subsidiary of Tango Holdings, Inc., and Tango Holdings, Inc. was renamed "Apollo Global Management, Inc."

The following tables present the historical unaudited financial information for the Apollo Operating Group as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The Apollo Operating Group does not report audited or unaudited financial information on a stand-alone basis. Accordingly, the financial data presented herein for the Apollo Operating Group has been reconciled to Apollo Asset Management, Inc.’s (f/k/a Apollo Global Management, Inc.) financial statements for the relevant periods.

	As of March 31, 2022
	Total Apollo Operating Group Consolidated		Consolidated Funds & VIEs		Other (1)		Total Apollo Asset Management, Inc. Consolidated
Statement of Financial Data	(dollars in thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,244,288	$	943	$	375	$	1,245,606
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	2,167		1,035,506		—		1,037,673
Investments (includes performance allocations of $3,062,672 as of March 31, 2022)	6,226,357		818,275		(74,147)		6,970,485
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities:
Cash and cash equivalents	—		19,353		—		19,353
Investments, at fair value	—		455,621		—		455,621
Other assets	—		5,612		(5,601)		11
Due from related parties	(500,601)		(7,715)		878,750		370,434
Deferred tax assets, net	19,597		—		653,598		673,195
Other assets	795,043		2,058		4,950		802,051
Lease assets	606,961		—		—		606,961
Goodwill	129,966		—		146		130,112
Total Assets	$	8,523,778	$	2,329,653	$	1,458,071	$	12,311,502
Liabilities, Redeemable non-controlling interests and Stockholders’ Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	125,875	$	8,438	$	3,769	$	138,082
Accrued compensation and benefits	110,537		—		—		110,537
Deferred revenue	132,079		—		—		132,079
Due to related parties	992,673		11,800		720,498		1,724,971
Profit sharing payable	1,623,854		—		—		1,623,854
Debt	2,815,348		—		—		2,815,348
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities:
Debt, at fair value	—		162		—		162
Notes payable	—		—		—		—
Other liabilities	—		1,755		—		1,755
Due to related parties	—		370		(370)		—
Other liabilities	358,763		138,970		14,074		511,807
Lease liabilities	671,613		—		—		671,613
Total Liabilities	6,830,742		161,495		737,971		7,730,208
Redeemable non-controlling interests:
Redeemable non-controlling interests	—		1,782,262		7,752		1,790,014
Stockholders’ Equity:
Apollo Asset Management, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Series A Preferred Stock, 11,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022	264,398		—		—		264,398
Series B Preferred Stock, 12,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022	289,815		—		—		289,815
Additional paid in capital	—		(118,349)		1,088,847		970,498
Retained earnings	244,274		154,294		(398,568)		—
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(5,168)		(19,428)		22,069		(2,527)
Total Apollo Asset Management, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity	793,319		16,517		712,348		1,522,184
Non-Controlling Interests in consolidated entities	5,241		369,379		—		374,620
Non-Controlling Interests in Apollo Operating Group	894,476		—		—		894,476
Total Stockholders’ Equity	1,693,036		385,896		712,348		2,791,280
Total Liabilities, Redeemable non-controlling interests and Stockholders’ Equity	$	8,523,778	$	2,329,653	$	1,458,071	$	12,311,502

(1)    Includes eliminations for VIE, fund consolidation and entities not included in the Apollo Operating Group

	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
	Total Apollo Operating Group Consolidated		Consolidated Funds & VIEs		Other (1)		Total Apollo Asset Management, Inc. Consolidated
Statement of Operating Data	(dollars in thousands)
Revenues:
Management fees	$	543,147	$	—	$	(20,211)	$	522,936
Advisory and transaction fees, net	62,873		—		2,913		65,786
Investment income (loss)	754,169		—		(51,854)		702,315
Incentive fees	6,694		—		(844)		5,850
Total Revenues	1,366,883		—		(69,996)		1,296,887
Expenses:
Compensation and benefits	734,105		—		—		734,105
Interest expense	32,898		4		91		32,993
General, administrative and other	133,620		6,622		121		140,363
Total Expenses	900,623		6,626		212		907,461
Other Income (Loss):
Net gains (losses) from investment activities	771,898		4,869		(5,505)		771,262
Net gains from investment activities of consolidated variable interest entities	—		112,101		167,354		279,455
Interest income (loss)	2,649		662		(475)		2,836
Other income (loss), net	(10,815)		(146)		(14,222)		(25,183)
Total Other Income (Loss)	763,732		117,486		147,152		1,028,370
Income (loss) before income tax provision	1,229,992		110,860		76,944		1,417,796
Income tax provision	(8,460)		—		(125,714)		(134,174)
Net Income (Loss)	1,221,532		110,860		(48,770)		1,283,622
Net income attributable to Non-controlling Interests	(477,902)		(208,752)		—		(686,654)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Apollo Asset Management, Inc.	743,630		(97,892)		(48,770)		596,968
Series A Preferred Stock Dividends	(4,383)		—		—		(4,383)
Series B Preferred Stock Dividends	(4,781)		—		—		(4,781)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Apollo Asset Management, Inc. Class A Common Stockholders	$	734,466	$	(97,892)	$	(48,770)	$	587,804

(1)    Includes eliminations for VIE, fund consolidation and entities not included in the Apollo Operating Group

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