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May Investor Presentation Investor Presentation May 2017 Information contained herein is as of March 31, 2017 unless otherwise noted. Not for distribution in whole or in part without the express written consent of Apollo Global Management, LLC. It should not be assumed that investments made in the future will be profitable or will equal the performance of the investments in this document. 1 Forward Looking Statements & Other Important Disclosures This presentation may contain forward-looking statements that are within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These statements include, but are not limited to, discussions related to Apollo Global Management, LLC’s (together with its subsidiaries, “Apollo”,”we”,”us”,”our” and the “Company”) expectations regarding the performance of its business, liquidity and capital resources and the other non-historical statements. These forward looking statements are based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. When used in this presentation, the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” or future or conditional verbs, such as “will,” “should,” “could,” or “may,” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to be correct. These statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including risks relating to our dependence on certain key personnel, our ability to raise new private equity, credit or real estate funds, market conditions generally, our ability to manage our growth, fund performance, changes in our regulatory environment and tax status, the variability of our revenues, net income and cash flow, our use of leverage to finance our businesses and investments by funds we manage (“Apollo Funds”) and litigation risks, among others. We believe these factors include but are not limited to those described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 13, 2017; as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in our filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. This presentation contains information regarding Apollo's financial results that is calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("non-GAAP measures"). Refer to slides endnotes for the definitions of EI, ENI, FRE and DE, non-GAAP measures presented herein, and to the reconciliation of GAAP financial measures to the applicable Non-GAAP measures. This presentation is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, product, service of Apollo as well as any Apollo fund, whether an existing or contemplated fund, for which an offer can be made only by such fund's Confidential Private Placement Memorandum and in compliance with applicable law. Unless otherwise noted, information included herein is presented as of the dates indicated. This presentation is not complete and the information contained herein may change at any time without notice. Except as required by applicable law, Apollo does not have any responsibility to update the presentation to account for such changes. Apollo makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, reasonableness or completeness of any of the information contained herein, including, but not limited to, information obtained from third parties. The information contained herein is not intended to provide, and should not be relied upon for, accounting, legal or tax advice or investment recommendations. Past performance is not indicative nor a guarantee of future returns. 2 Apollo is a Leading Alternative Investment Manager Apollo Global Management, LLC is a leading global alternative investment manager with expertise in credit, private equity, and real estate APO Ticker (NYSE) $10.1 (1) billion Market Capitalization $197 (2) billion Total Assets Under Management 17% 10-Year AUM CAGR(3) 7% LTM Dividend Yield(4) 9.2x 2018E P/ENI Multiple(5) (1) Closing price on April 21, 2017 using 403.1 million fully-diluted shares outstanding as of March 31, 2017. (2) As of March 31, 2017. Please refer to the definition of Assets Under Management in the endnotes. (3) 10-Year AUM CAGR is being calculated from 1Q’07 to 1Q’17. (4) Based on closing price on January 31, 2017 and distributions for the last twelve months ended March 31, 2017. (5) Based on FactSet mean sell-side analyst consensus earnings per share estimate for fiscal year 2018 as of April 21, 2017. 3 Apollo is One of the World’s Largest Alternative Asset Managers Firm Profile(1) Business Segments Founded: 1990 Credit Private Equity Real Estate AUM: $197bn $141bn AUM $45bn AUM $12bn AUM Employees: 989 . Drawdown . Opportunistic buyouts . Commercial real estate . Liquid / Performing . Distressed buyouts and debt . Global private equity and debt . Permanent Capital Vehicles: Inv. Professionals: 371 investments investments -Athene -MidCap -BDCs . Corporate carve-outs . Performing fixed income -Closed-End Funds (CMBS, CRE Loans) Global Offices: 16 . Advisory Investment Approach Global Footprint Value-oriented Toronto Contrarian Chicago Toronto London Frankfurt Chicago New York Luxembourg Madrid Los Angeles Bethesda Delhi Integrated investment platform Houston Shanghai Mumbai Hong Kong Opportunistic across market Bethesda Singapore cycles and capital structures Focus on nine core industries (1) As of March 31, 2017. Please refer to the definition of Assets Under Management on Slide 30. Note: AUM components may not sum due to rounding. 4 Apollo’s Platform is Built for Continued Growth and Innovation Our stair step growth has been driven by Credit and we believe this trend is likely to continue $250-300+ RE Billion Credit CAGR $197 22% Billion PE RE +$12bn RE $12bn Successor Scale Existing Funds Strategies Credit Credit +$137bn $141bn $25 Acquisitions New Products Billion PE +$25bn PE Expand $45bn Distribution Larger Athene CPI (1) 2006 Successor Today Future Funds Stone Tower REIT (2) Target Natural Scaling Existing U.S. Resources Strategies Equity Special New Products Asia Situations Equity (1)“Today” AUM as of March 31, 2017. AUM components may not sum due to rounding. 5 (2) The projected AUM target represents estimates from Apollo based on current market conditions and potential future conditi ons. There can be no assurance such events will ultimately occur. Apollo’s Integrated Business Model Industry Insights Management Relationships Investment Opportunities Private Development of industry insight through : Credit Equity – Over 300 current and former portfolio companies Real – Strategic relationships with industry Estate executives – Significant relationships at CEO, CFO and board level Investment Opportunities Market Insights Market Relationships Packaging Chemicals Cable Leisure Natural Resources PROMACH Note: The listed companies are a sample of Apollo private equity and credit investments. The list was compiled based on non-performance criteria and are not representative of all transactions of a given type or investment of any Apollo fund generally, and are solely intended to be illustrative of the type of investments across certain core industries t hat may be made by the Apollo funds. It may include companies which are not currently held in any Apollo fund. There can be no guarantees that any similar investment opportunities will be available or pursued by Apollo in the future. It contains companies which are not currently held in any Apollo portfolio. 6 Deep Bench of Senior Management Talent Executive Committee Josh Harris Leon Black Marc Rowan Co-Founder Founder Co-Founder Senior Managing Director Chairman and CEO Senior Managing Director Management Committee Anthony Stephanie Sanjay Michael Gary Parr Lisa Martin Scott Gernot John MC Co- Civale Drescher Patel Jim Zelter Jupiter Bernstein Kelly Kleinman Lohr Suydam Chairman, Lead Partner Head of Head of Managing PE Partner; Global Head Chief PE Lead Senior Chief Legal Senior and COO, Fundraising Europe and Partner and Chief of of Human Financial Partner Partner, PE Officer Managing Credit and Senior CIO, Credit Staff Capital Officer Director Marketing Partner to MC Business Segments 371 Investment Professionals 618 Other Professionals Credit Private Equity Real Estate 230 101 40 Finance, Operations Global Credit Private Equity Real Estate Corporate Services & Risk Technology Legal, Compliance Human Capital Marketing & Tax As of March 31, 2017. 7 Apollo’s Deep Industry Expertise Media/ Manufacturing Natural Consumer & Consumer Business Financial Chemicals Leisure Telecom/ & Industrial Resources Retail Services Services Services
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