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): March 16, 2023

Apollo Debt Solutions BDC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	814-01424	86-195058
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9 West 57th Street New York, New York	10019
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (212) 515-3200

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

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Item 5.02. Departure of Director or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Agreements of Certain Officers.

On March 16, 2023, the Board of Trustees of Apollo Debt Solutions BDC (the “Company”) appointed Ryan Del Giudice as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer. Such appointment is effective as of March 16, 2023.

Mr. Del Giudice (i) was not appointed as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person; (ii) does not have a family relationship with any of the Company’s trustees or other executive officers; (iii) has not engaged, since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, nor proposes to engage, in any transaction in which the Company was or is a participant; and (iv) has not entered into, nor expects to enter into, any material plan, contract, arrangement, grant or award in connection with his appointment as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer.

Mr. Del Giudice joined Apollo in 2022. In addition to the Company, Mr. Del Giudice serves as Chief Compliance Officer for Apollo Diversified Real Estate Fund, Apollo Diversified Credit Fund, MidCap Financial Investment Corporation, Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc., and Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc. Before joining Apollo, Mr. Del Giudice was the Chief Compliance Officer and SVP of Operations for Griffin Capital’s interval fund platform and registered investment advisers subsidiaries from 2017 to 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Del Giudice was a Vice President at Cipperman Compliance Services (acquired by Foreside), a boutique compliance consulting firm, where he served as the Chief Compliance Officer and/or consultant for registered investment companies, business development companies and alternative asset managers. Mr. Del Giudice graduated from St. Joseph’s University with a BS in Business Administration and Finance.

SIGNATURE

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

	APOLLO DEBT SOLUTIONS BDC
Date: March 17, 2023	By:	/s/ Kristin Hester
	Name:	Kristin Hester
	Title:	Chief Legal Officer and Secretary