APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC (Apo)

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC (Apo) 3 Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities Filed on 03/29/2011 Filed Period 03/29/2011 THOMSON REUTERS ACCELUS'" EFTA01147285 SEC Form 3 FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington... 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: Estimated average burden hours per response: 3235-0104 0.5 I. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BLACK LEON D 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01,29,201i 3. Issuer Namc and Ticker or Trading Symbol Apollo Global Management LLC [ APO I 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title Other (specify below) below) Chairman, CEO 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (MonthiDay/Year) (Last) (First) (Middle) CO APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR 6. Individual or Joint/Ciroup Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (Street) NEW YORK NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip) lable I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (1) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Onner•hip Eln•tr. 5) Table I - Derivative Securities Beneficia Iv On tied (e.g.. puts, calls, warrants, options. convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (1) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Date Exercisabl e Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Apollo Operating Group units it) (I i Class A shares 92,727.166 121 I By AP Professional Holdings. EFTA01147286 aptanation of Responses: I. Subject to accelerated vesting in certain circumstance% asset forth in the Agreement Among Pancipals. dated July 13. 2007. by and among the repaints person. Marc Rowan and Joshua Barns, the Apollo Operating Group (AOC) units vest in equal monthly in of I.29S.022 units through Ikeember 31.2012.Of these units. 61.170.6$2 units have vested as of the date hereof. 2. Each ADO unit represents a right to receive one Class A share, subject to the restrictions and provisions set forth in the Agreement Among Principals described in footnote (11 above and the Exchange Agreement. dated July 13.2007. by and between the Issuer and AP Professional Holdings. ~. 3. The reporting perton is a limited partner in HRH NoWings. hick hohLs 87.g% of the limited partnership interests in AP Professional Holdings.... the direct holder of the AGO units. The A(Xi units indirectly held by the reporting penon 302 the number of ADO units that he has a right to receive as a limited partner in HRH Holdings... subject to the restrictions and provisions set forth in the Agreement Among Principals described in footnote (1) above and the Exchange Agreement described in footnote (2) above. Remarks: Exhibit 24 • Power of Attorney is, Jessica Loemn. ancenertn-fact 01.29..2011 •• Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. If the form is filed by more than one reporting person. see Instruction 5 (bXv). `• Intentional misslattments or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See IS US.C. 1001 and IS US.C. 7SlRa) Note: File three copies of this Form. one of which must be manually signed. If space is imadlicient see Instruction 6 for procedure. Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond u °Ins the form displays a currently • al id N her. EFTA01147287 EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SEC FILINGS ON FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5 AND 144 IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES OF APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Jessica Lomm and John J. Suydam or any one of them acting alone, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name and stead in any and all capacities, to sign and file for and on his behalf, in respect of any acquisition, disposition or other change in ownership of any Class A shares of Apollo Global Management, LLC (the "Company"), the following: (i) any Form ID to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"); (ii) any Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3 to be filed with the SEC; (iii) any Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 to be filed with the SEC; (iv) any Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5 to be filed with the SEC; (v) any Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 to be filed with the SEC; and (vi) any and all agreements, certificates, receipts, or other documents in connection therewith. The undersigned hereby gives full power and authority to the attorney-in-fact to seek and obtain as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's EFTA01147288 securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifies and confirms all that any such attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that: (i) neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and (ii) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney. Date: March 29, 2011 /s/ Leon D. Black Leon D. Black Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director EFTA01147289 EFTA01147290