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Market Cap:$1.5B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$412.1M
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Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) is a leading provider of subordinated debt and equity capital to middle-market companies. We generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. Apollo Investment Corporation is managed by Apollo Investment Management and its corporate governance is provided by an independent board of directors. The company is registered with the SEC as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which provides the company with structural advantages, including public liquidity and an advantageous tax structure. Our portfolio is comprised primarily of investments in subordinated loans and senior secured loans of private middle-market companies with equity interests such as warrants or equity co-investments. The value of our portfolio is determined by independent, third-party firms.
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NAICS Code Portfolio Management: 523920
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Apollo Investment Corporation. F2Q10 (Qtr End 09/26/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Sanjay Sakhrani of KBW. Sanjay Sakhrani - KBW Could you talk about that pipeline of investment opportunities. Are you guys closer to any deals versus others, just trying to think about portfolio growth from here on to the end term,...
Apollo Investment F4Q09 (Qtr End 3/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Sanjay Sakhrani with KBW. Sanjay Sakhrani - Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Thank you. Jim, I think you talked about the technical rally in the markets this quarter and I guess I was wondering if you think...
Apollo Investment Corporation Announces Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2008 Financial Results and June 2008 Quarterly Dividend of $0.52 per Share
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) today announces financial results for its quarter and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. Additionally, Apollo Investment Corporation announces that its Board of Directors has declared its first fiscal quarter June 2008 dividend of $0.52 per share, payable on June 26, 2008 to...
Apollo Investment Corporation Prices Public Offering of Common Stock
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) announces today that it has priced its public offering of 22,327,500 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $17.11 per share, raising approximately $382 million of gross proceeds without taking into account underwriting commissions. Reflecting support of the Company, Leon Black,...
Apollo Investment Corporation Schedules Release of Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Results
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) announced today that it will report fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the periods ended March 31, 2008 on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 after the close of the financial markets. The company will also host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern...
Boston, MA -- Form4Oracle: Insider Trading Report: Apollo Investment Corp (AINV).
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 February 2008-Form 4 Oracle: Boston, MA -- Form4Oracle: Insider Trading Report: Apollo Investment Corp AINVC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22022008 Zelter James C, President and COO at Apollo Investment Corp AINV has reported buying $300.00K today.Over the last...
Introduces Apollo Investment to our Bluechips Portfolio.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 February 2008-Stock Targets: Introduces Apollo Investment to our Bluechips PortfolioC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08022008 International Stock Targets is a world renowned independent research firm, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Along with walking investors through the whole life-cycle of many...
Frank C. Puleo Joins Apollo Investment Corporation's Board of Directors
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) today announced that Frank C. Puleo has been appointed to serve on Apollo Investment Corporation's Board of Directors ("Board") effective February 4, 2008. Mr. Puleo currently serves as a Director of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. Previously Mr. Puleo was a partner at Milbank,...
Apollo Investment Corporation Announces December 31, 2007 Quarterly Financial Results and March 2008 Quarterly Dividend of $0.52 per Share
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) today announces financial results for its fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2007. Additionally, Apollo Investment Corporation announces that its Board of Directors has declared its fourth fiscal quarter March 2008 dividend of $0.52 per share, payable on March 27, 2008 to stockholders of record...
Apollo Investment Corporation Schedules Quarterly Earnings Release for the Period Ended December 31, 2007
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) announced today that it will report its third fiscal quarter 2008 earnings results for the period ended December 31, 2007 on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 after the close of the financial markets. The Company will also host a conference call at 10:00 a.m....
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| James C. Zelter | CEO |
| Michael S. Gross | President |
| Patrick J. Dalton | President & COO |
| Gordon E. Swartz | Cco & Corporate Secretary |
| John J. Suydam | Chief Legal Officer & Vice President |
| Richard L. Peteka | Chief Financial Officer |
| Arthur H. Penn | Vice President and Treasurer |
| Michael D. Weiner | Vice President and Secretary |
| Jose A Briones | Partner of Apollo Investment Management |
| Bradley J. Wechsler | Director |
| Carl Spielvogel | Director |
| Elliot Stein | Director |
| Martin E. Franklin | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Andrew Mankiewicz | Board member |
| Ashok Bakhru | Board of Directors |
| Claudine B. Malone | Board of Directors |
| Frank Puleo | Board of Directors |
| John J Hannan | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Chief Executive Officer and Director of Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Corporation”). Mr. Zelter joined Apollo Management, L.P. in May 2006 and became an executive officer of the Corporation in November 2006. He currently serves as the managing partner of Apollo Capital Management (“ACM”). The funds in the ACM platform include: Apollo Investment Management, L.P. (“AIM”), Strategic Value Fund, Apollo Investment Europe (“AIE”), Apollo Asia Opportunity Fund and Apollo European Principal Finance Fund. Prior to joining the Corporation, Mr. Zelter was with Citigroup and its predecessor companies from 1994 to 2006. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Zelter was Chief Investment Officer of Citigroup Alternative Investments, and prior to that he was responsible for the firm’s Global High Yield franchise.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | CEO | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC | Chief Investment Officer | Former |
| Apollo Management L.P. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jarden Corporation | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Solar Capital, LLC | Current |
| Solar Capital Ltd. | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Fish'n Canada | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Solar Capital, Llc | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | President | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Founder | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Senior Partner | Current |
| United Rentals, Inc. | Lead Director | Current |
| New Leaders for New Schools | Project Manager, Effective Practice Incentive Fund, National | Current |
| Global Ship Lease, Inc. | Chairman of The Board | Current |
| Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Saks Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Michigan Business School | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Educate, Inc. | Director | Current |
| United Rentals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Youth Renewal Fund | Board of Directors | Current |
| Jarden Corporation | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Solar Capital Ltd. | Managing Member | Current |
| Youth Renewal Fund | Member | Current |
| Marathon Acquisition Corporation | CEO | Former |
| Apollo Management L.P. | Senior Partner | Former |
| Fish'n Canada | Executive Compensation Committee Charter | Former |
| New Leaders for New Schools | English Teacher | Former |
| Marathon Acquisition Corporation | Chairman | Former |
| Fish'n Canada | Board of Directors | Former |
| Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University | M.B.A. | Former |
| University of Michigan | B.B.A. In Accounting | Former |
| University of Pennsylvania | Former |
President and Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Corporation”). Mr. Dalton joined Apollo Investment Management, L.P. (“AIM”) in June 2004 as a partner and a member of AIM’s Investment Committee. He became an executive officer of the Corporation in November 2006. Mr. Dalton is also currently serving as Chief Investment Officer of AIM. Before joining the Corporation, Mr. Dalton was a Vice President with Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Principle Investment Area with a focus on mezzanine investing since 2000.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | President & COO | Current |
| Covalence Specialty Materials Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Berry Plastics Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kerr Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Goldman, Sachs & Co. | Vice President | Former |
| Sachs Ltd | Vice President | Former |
| Goldman & Company | Vice President | Former |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Partner | Former |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Apollo Investment Management Ltd | Board of Directors | Former |
| Columbia Business School | MBA | Former |
| Boston College | BS In Finance | Former |
Gordon E. Swartz: Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Corporation”). Mr. Swartz joined the Corporation in October 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Swartz was an Associate General Counsel of Citigroup Asset Management.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Cco & Corporate Secretary | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
John J. Suydam: Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Corporation”). Mr. Suydam joined the Corporation in 2006. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Suydam was a partner at O’Melveny & Myers, where he served as head of Mergers & Acquisitions and co-head of the Corporate Department. Prior to that, Mr. Suydam served as Chairman of the law firm O’Sullivan, LLP, which specialized in representing private equity investors. Mr. Suydam serves on the boards of directors of the Big Apple Circus and Quality Distribution. Mr. Suydam received his JD from New York University and graduated magna cum laude with a BA in History from the State University of New York at Albany.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Chief Legal Officer & Vice President | Current |
| Big Apple Circus Ltd. | Partner, O'Melveny & Myers Llp | Current |
| Quality Distribution, Inc. | Director of Qdi | Current |
| Big Apple Circus Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Quality Distribution, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Big Apple Circus Ltd. | Legal and Administrative Officer, Apollo Management | Former |
| New York University | J.D. | Former |
Richard L. Peteka: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Corporation”). Mr. Peteka joined the Corporation in June 2004. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of various closed-end and open-end registered investment companies for Citigroup Asset Management. He joined Citigroup Asset Management as a Director in July 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Vice President and Treasurer | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Co-Founder | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Managing Partner | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | President | Former |
| UBS Warburg | Global Head of Leveraged Finance | Former |
| BT Securities Corporation | Global Head of Fixed Income Capital Markets | Former |
Michael D. Weiner. Mr. Weiner has served as one of our directors since April 2006. Mr. Weiner was nominated for election by Apollo. Since September 2006, Mr. Weiner has served as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Ares Management, Inc., a private investment management firm. From 1992 until August 2006, Mr. Weiner served as the General Counsel of Apollo Management, L.P. Before joining Apollo in 1992, Mr. Weiner was a partner with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, specializing in securities law, public and private financings, and corporate and commercial transactions. Mr. Weiner is also a director of Hughes Communications, Inc., SkyTerra Communications, Inc., and Goodman Global Holdings, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ares Management LLC | Chief Legal Officer | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Vice President and Secretary | Current |
| Hughes Direcpc | Current | |
| Educate, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Secretary | Current |
| Skyterra Communications, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Quality Distribution, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hughes Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| AREA Property Partners | Former | |
| Direcway | Board of Directors | Former |
| University of Santa Clara | J.D. Degree | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | B.S. Degree In Business and Finance | Former |
Jose A. Briones partner of Apollo Investment Management. Mr. Briones joined Apollo Investment Management in 2006 as a partner and as a member of Apollo Investment Management s investment committee. Before joining Apollo, Mr. Briones was a Managing Director with UBS Securities LLC in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group. Prior to joining UBS, from 1999 to 2001, Mr. Briones was a Vice President with JP Morgan where he worked in the Global Leveraged Finance Group. Prior to joining JP Morgan, from 1992 to 1999, Mr. Briones was a Vice President at BT Securities and BT Alex Brown Incorporated in the Corporate Finance Department.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Partner of Apollo Investment Management | Current |
| BT Securities Corporation | Vice President | Former |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| British Chamber of Commerce | President | Current |
| Tozai Capital Co. Ltd. | Non-Executive Chairman | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board member | Current |
| Tozai Capital Co. Ltd. | CEO | Former |
| Tozai Capital Co. Ltd. | President | Former |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Founder | Former |
| University of London | Former |
Mr. Bakhru became a director of Apollo Investment Corporation on October 16, 2008. Mr. Bakhru currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Goldman Sachs Group of Mutual Funds and Chairman of the Board of the Goldman Sachs Fund of Funds. Previously Mr. Bakhru was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Coty Inc. in New York City. Prior to that he served at Scott Paper Company in Philadelphia, where he held several senior management positions including Senior Vice President and Financial Officer roles. Mr. Bakhru has been actively involved with Cornell University, having served on its Council and Administrative Board over the past several years. He also currently serves on the board of the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington DC.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Institute for Higher Education Policy | Board of Directors | Current |
| Coty, Inc. | Chief Administrative Officer | Former |
| Scott Paper Limited | Former | |
| International House of Philadelphia | Board of Directors | Former |
| Walnut Street Theatre | Board of Directors | Current |
| Coty, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Indian Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree In Mechanical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Math Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Director | Current |
| American Museum of The Moving Image | Board of Directors | Current |
| Math Corporation | Member | Current |
| American Museum of The Moving Image | Member | Current |
| Math for America | Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Imax Corporation | Former |
| Imax Corporation | Co-Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Imax Corporation | Co-Chairman | Former |
| Math for America | Board of Directors | Former |
| Columbia University Law School | J.D. | Former |
| Brandeis University | B.A. | Former |
Ambassador Spielvogel became a director of Apollo Investment Corporation in March 2004. Amb. Spielvogel has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Carl Spielvogel Associates, Inc., an international management and counseling company, from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to present. In 2000-2001, Amb. Spielvogel served as U.S. Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, based in Bratislava, Slovakia. From 1994 to 1997, Amb. Spielvogel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the United Auto Group, Inc., one of the first publicly-owned auto dealership groups. Earlier, Amb. Spielvogel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Backer Spielvogel Bates Worldwide, a global marketing communications company from 1985 to 1994. Amb. Spielvogel currently is a director of the Interactive Data Corporation, Inc. He is also a trustee to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; a member of the board of Trustees and Chairman of the Business Council of the Asia Society; a member of the board of trustees of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the board of trustees of the Institute for the Study of Europe, at Columbia University, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of American Ambassadors.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Director | Current |
| Baruch College | B.B.A. Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Management Consulting | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Financial Management Consulting | President | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hasbro, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Novell, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lafarge North America Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Georgetown University | Adjunct Professor, School of Business Administration | Former |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Chairman of the Board | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cohere Conferencing, LLC | Executive | Current |
| The New School | Board of Directors | Current |
| Claremont Graduate University | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cloud Co | Member of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Cohere Conferencing, LLC | Director | Current |
| Cohere Communications, LLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Director | Current |
| Counselors Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The New School | Member | Current |
| Claremont Graduate University | Member | Current |
| PlayPower, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Claremont McKenna College | B.A. Degree | Former |
Prior to joining the Board of CIFC, Mr. Puleo had a 35 year career at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP where he became a partner in 1978 and Co-Chair of the firms Global Finance Group in 1995 until retiring at the end of 2006. Mr. Puleo was a member of the firms Executive Committee from 1982 to 1991 and from 1996 to 2002. Mr. Puleo has experience in banking and finance, including bank and broker dealer regulation, lending, derivative products, bank funding, and securitization and repackaging including CLOs and CDOs. Mr. Puleo has been a Lecturer in Law at Columbia University School of Law where he taught international banking. He attended Princeton University (B.S. 1967) and New York University School of Law (J.D. 1970)
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (Cifc) | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| SLM Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tweed LLC | Partner | Former |
| Columbia University Law School | Lecturer | Former |
| Princeton University | Former | |
| New York University School of Law | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Management L.P. | Co-Founder | Current |
| Vail Resorts, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| AREA Property Partners | Co-Founder | Former |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Board Director | Former |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Managing Partner | Current |
Mr. Franklin is our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Franklin was appointed to our Board of Directors on June 25, 2001 and became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer effective September 24, 2001. Mr. Franklin is also a principal and executive officer of a number of private investment entities. Mr. Franklin was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bolle Inc. from February 1997 until February 2000. Mr. Franklin has previously held positions as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lumen Technologies, Inc. from May 1996 to December 1998, and Benson Eyecare Corporation from October 1992 to May 1996. Mr. Franklin also serves as a director of Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. and the Chairman of Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fish'n Canada | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Alltrista Limited | CEO | Current |
| Roadtrip Grill | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Coleman Everest | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp. | Chairman | Current |
| Jarden Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Apollo Investment Corp. | Director | Current |
| Coleman Spas | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Coleman Company, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| GLG Partners LP | Director | Current |
| Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Lumen Technologies Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Coleman Exponent | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Bolle Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Lumen Technologies Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Bolle Inc. | Director | Former |
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