Apollo Capital Management, L.P.

4293091 · 3 acquisitions

As Acquirer(1)

ApprovedAssessment completedWaiverCase number WA-05023

Apollo Capital Management – Questex Holdings Group

Funds managed or advised by affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, L.P., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (AGM, together with the indirect subsidiaries of AGM managing the investment funds, Apollo) propose to indirectly acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of Questex Holdings Group, Inc. (Questex) (the Acquisition). Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager organised under US law and headquartered in New York. It provides capital solutions to businesses through a fully integrated investment platform spanning investment grade to private equity. As of 31 March 2026, Apollo had approximately USD$1.03 trillion of assets under management. Examples of current investments include, inter alia, companies in education, insurance, financial services, and leisure businesses. Questex is a privately-held, US-based business-to-business (B2B) events and information services company with subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Questex is principally active in the organisation of B2B events. B2B events are organized gatherings – including trade shows, trade fairs, exhibitions, conferences, and congresses – at which businesses come together to showcase products and services, meet potential customers and suppliers, exchange industry knowledge, and conduct commercial transactions. Questex operates across three key industry verticals: Life Sciences, Health, and Wellness: events and digital properties serving pharma, biotech, research, medical devices, beauty, fitness professionals and more (e.g., Fierce Pharma, Fierce Biotech, International Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conference). Living: events serving residential, operational real estate, and destination sectors (e.g., International Hospitality Investment Forum, The Hospitality Show, Bar & Restaurant Expo). Entertainment and Infrastructure: events for media, live production, and connectivity (e.g., Sensors Converge, LDI, StreamTV).

Other Party(2)

ApprovedAssessment completedWaiverCase number WA-15007

19 Feb 2026

Apollo Funds led consortium – Lecta Group

Lecta Limited and Lecta Paper Industries Intermediate Financing S.à r.l. have agreed with certain creditors of the Lecta Group to restructure the group’s financial indebtedness. As part of that restructure, funds managed by subsidiaries of Apollo Global Management (together with its indirect subsidiaries managing the investment funds, Apollo) will indirectly acquire sole control over Lecta Paper Industries Intermediate Financing S.à r.l. (together with its subsidiaries, Lecta) by way of a debt-to-equity swap (the Acquisition). The Acquisition will be effected by a new holding company, Reed Bidco Limited (BidCo), acquiring all of the common equity in Lecta and issuing new equity to the funds managed by Apollo, among other creditors of Lecta. Apollo is a high-growth global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York City, New York. Apollo offers investment management and financial planning services to individuals and institutional investors. Lecta is a manufacturer and supplier of specialty papers for labels, flexible packaging and other high value-added print segments, as well as coated and uncoated paper for publishing. Lecta has its main operating offices in Barcelona, Spain and operates several production facilities in Europe, including manufacturing facilities producing pulp, base paper, specialty papers, self-adhesive papers and coated woodfree paper, with seven mills across Spain, France and Italy and a self-adhesive converting centre in Germany.

Apollo Capital Management, L.P.

As Acquirer(1)

Apollo Capital Management – Questex Holdings Group

Other Party(2)

Apollo Funds led consortium – Lecta Group

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