Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
1. Description of Transactions
On March 8, 2021, AGM entered into the merger agreement with AHL, HoldCo, and the Merger Subs. The total purchase price is estimated at $12,057 million as of November 26, 2021, subject to certain post-closing purchase price adjustments as provided in the merger agreement. The purchase price excludes the fair value of AHL Common Shares previously owned by AGM of $4,485 million as of November 26, 2021.
The merger agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, AGM and AHL will effect an all-stock merger transaction to combine their respective businesses through (a) the AHL Merger, with AHL as the surviving entity in the AHL Merger and a direct subsidiary of HoldCo; and (b) the AGM Merger with AGM as the surviving entity in the AGM Merger and a direct subsidiary of HoldCo. The mergers are intended to become effective concurrently, and, upon the consummation of the mergers, AGM and AHL will be direct subsidiaries of HoldCo. Following the mergers and the closing of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, HoldCo will be renamed “Apollo Global Management, Inc.”
Each issued and outstanding AHL Common Share (other than AHL Shares held by AHL as treasury shares (including shares held by HoldCo, the AHL Merger Sub, the AGM Merger Sub and the Apollo Operating Group or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AGM or the Apollo Operating Group)), will be converted automatically into 1.149 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable HoldCo Shares and any cash paid in lieu of fractional HoldCo Shares. The exchange ratio is fixed and will not be adjusted for changes in the market value of the AGM Class A Shares or the AHL Shares. No fractional HoldCo Shares will be issued in connection with the AHL Merger, and AHL’s shareholders will receive cash in lieu of any fractional HoldCo Shares.
Each issued and outstanding share of AGM Class A Shares (other than AGM Class A Shares held (a) by AGM as treasury shares or (b) by AGM Merger Sub or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AGM) will be converted automatically into one (1) HoldCo Share.
At the effective time of the AGM Merger, each of the issued and outstanding series of preferred shares of AGM will remain issued and outstanding as preferred shares of the AGM surviving entity, and, at the effective time of the AHL Merger, each AHL Preferred Share will automatically become, under applicable Bermuda law, an equivalent preferred share of AHL, the surviving company in the AHL Merger.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information assumes that, at the effective time of the AHL Merger, whether vested or unvested, each outstanding option to acquire AHL Common Shares, awards of restricted AHL Shares and awards of AHL restricted share units will be converted into a similar award (with the same terms and conditions) with respect to HoldCo Shares based on the exchange ratio, in each case, except that outstanding awards of restricted AHL Common Shares and AHL restricted share units, in each case, that are subject to performance-based vesting conditions will convert into time-based awards with respect to HoldCo Shares based on the applicable target level of performance and will vest at the end of the applicable performance period. See the sections titled “The Mergers—Interests of AHL’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Transactions—Treatment of AHL Equity Compensation Awards” in the Prospectus.
At the effective time of the AGM Merger, whether vested or unvested, each outstanding option to purchase AGM Class A Shares, awards of restricted AGM Class A Shares and awards of AGM restricted share units will be converted into a similar award (with the same terms and conditions, including any performance conditions) with respect to HoldCo Shares, in each case. See the section titled “The Mergers—Interests of AGM’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Transactions—AGM Equity Awards” in the Prospectus.
At the effective time of the AHL Merger, each of the issued and outstanding warrants of AHL that is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the AHL Merger will be exchanged for HoldCo Shares with a fair value measured at the time of the AHL Merger equal to the fair value of such AHL warrant as of immediately prior to the consummation of the AHL Merger calculated using a Black-Scholes valuation. See the section titled “The Merger Agreement—Treatment of the AHL Warrants” in the Prospectus.