As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2019

Registration No. 333-232282                

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1

to

Form S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Governing Instruments)

Delaware	20-8880053
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

9 West 57^th Street, 43^rd Floor

New York, New York 10019

(212) 515-3200

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

John J. Suydam, Esq.

Chief Legal Officer

Apollo Global Management, LLC

9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor

New York, New York 10019

(212) 515-3200

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies of Communications to:

Monica K. Thurmond, Esq.

Catherine L. Goodall, Esq.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

(212) 373-3000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable following effectiveness of this Registration Statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ☒

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered(1)	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(2)	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)	Amount of Registration Fee(3)
Class A shares, representing Class A limited liability company interests	48,000,000 shares	$33.24	$1,595,520,000	$193,378

(1) This Registration Statement registers 48,000,000 Class A shares representing Class A limited liability company interests of Apollo Global Management, LLC issuable upon exchange of an equivalent number of partnership or limited liability company units, as applicable, of the Apollo Operating Group entities. This Registration Statement also relates to indeterminate number of additional Class A shares to be issued as a result of share splits, share dividends or similar transactions.

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act. The offering price and registration fee are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the Class A shares of Apollo Global Management, LLC (the “Registrant”) reported by the New York Stock Exchange on June 14, 2019.

(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the Registrant is offsetting a portion of the registration fee due under this Registration Statement with $145,013 of registration fee previously paid with respect to 87,754,928 unsold Class A Shares previously registered on the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211226) initially filed on May 6, 2016. The Registrant paid an additional $48,365 of registration fee in connection with this Registration Statement.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-232282) has been filed by the Registrant for the purpose of (i) amending the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table to revise the Amount to be Registered, the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price and the Amount of Registration Fee, including to carry forward unused fees from a prior registration statement, and (ii) reflecting corresponding changes to Part II of the Registration Statement. This Amendment does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement, including the prospectus that was included therein. Accordingly, the prospectus was omitted from this filing.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14 OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

The following table sets forth the expenses payable by the Registrant in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Class A shares being registered hereby. All of such expenses are estimates, other than the filing and listing fees payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange.

Listing Fee—New York Stock Exchange	$	—
Fees and Expenses of Counsel		50,000
Printing Expenses		15,000
Fees and Expenses of Accountants		11,667
Filing Fee—Securities and Exchange Commission		48,365
Total	$	125,032

ITEM 15 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Section 108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act empowers us to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other persons from and against all claims and demands whatsoever. Pursuant to Section 6.20 of our Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, we will generally indemnify our members, managers, officers, directors and affiliates of the managers and certain other specified persons to the fullest extent permitted by the law against all losses, claims, damages or similar events. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our executive officers and certain of our employees which set forth the obligations described in “Description of Class A Shares—Indemnification.” We also currently maintain liability insurance for our directors and officers.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Reference is made to Item 17 for our undertakings with respect to indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

ITEM 16 EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description
4.1	Certificate of Formation of Apollo Global Management, LLC.
4.2	Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Apollo Global Management, LLC dated March 19, 2018.
4.3	Specimen Certificate evidencing the Registrant’s Class A shares.
5.1*	Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP regarding validity of the Class A shares registered
8.1*	Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP regarding certain tax matters
23.1*	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to financial statements of Apollo Global Management, LLC
23.2*	Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included as part of Exhibits  5.1 and 8.1)
24.1	Power of Attorney (included in signature page)

* Previously filed with the Registration Statement.

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ITEM 17 UNDERTAKINGS

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)	to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
	(i)	to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”);
	(ii)	to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
	(iii)	to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
	provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2)	that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)	to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

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(4)	that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
	(i)	each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
	(ii)	each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5)	(a)	The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
	(b)	Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described under the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its registrations statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 11th day of July, 2019.

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:	/s/ John J. Suydam
	Name: John J. Suydam
	Title: Chief Legal Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 11th day of July, 2019.

Signature	Title
* Leon Black	Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
* Martin Kelly	Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Operating Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
* Robert MacGoey	Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
* Joshua Harris	Senior Managing Director and Director
* Marc Rowan	Senior Managing Director and Director
* Michael Ducey	Director
Robert Kraft	Director
* AB Krongard	Director
* Pauline Richards	Director

*By:	/s/ John J. Suydam
	Attorney-in-fact

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