News Release

-- Largest CLO Transaction Completed in 2012 Reinforces Apollo’s Leadership Position --

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2012-- Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) and its subsidiaries (collectively "Apollo") today announced the pricing of ALM VII, Ltd., a $722 million Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO), the largest broadly syndicated CLO issued in the United States in 2012.¹ ALM VII, Ltd. will invest in corporate leveraged loans and high yield bonds.

Apollo has priced three CLOs this year, raising approximately $1.7 billion in aggregate, which represents the largest capital raise through CLO issuance among all U.S. CLO managers.¹ In February, 2012, Apollo closed ALM V, Ltd., a $437 million CLO, and in June, 2012, Apollo closed ALM VI, Ltd., a $514 million CLO.

Apollo is one of the largest CLO managers, with 26 CLOs totaling over $14.5 billion in assets under management.² Apollo’s CLO strategy is part of Apollo’s Capital Markets business, which had total assets under management of $56 billion as of June 30, 2012.

About Apollo Global Management

Apollo is a leading global alternative asset manager with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong. Apollo had assets under management of approximately $105 billion as of June 30, 2012, in private equity, credit-oriented capital markets and real estate funds invested across a core group of nine industries where Apollo has considerable knowledge and resources. For more information about Apollo, please visit www.agm.com.

¹ Based on data from J.P. Morgan research.
² Based on CLO assets under management as of June 30, 2012 (pro-forma for ALM VII) per Standard & Poor’s.

Source: Apollo Global Management, LLC

For investor inquiries regarding Apollo:
Apollo Global Management, LLC
Gary M. Stein, 212-822-0467
Head of Corporate Communications
gstein@apollolp.com
or
Apollo Global Management, LLC
Patrick M. Parmentier, CPA, 212-822-0472
Investor Relations Manager
pparmentier@apollolp.com
or
For media inquiries regarding Apollo:
Rubenstein Associates, Inc. for Apollo Global Management, LLC
Charles Zehren, 212-843-8590
czehren@rubenstein.com