Edgar Filing: APOLLO INVESTMENT CORP

APOLLO INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Date: February 8, 2008

/s/ Gordon E. Swartz

Gordon E. Swartz

Corporate Secretary

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 4, 2008

Apollo Investment Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

814-00646

52-2439556

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

9 West 57th Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10019

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 212-515-3450

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 7, 2008 Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Frank C. Puleo had accepted the offer of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to serve as a member of the Board effective February 4, 2008. Mr. Puleo will also serve as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Puleo to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


99.1		Press release, dated February 7, 2008, announcing the appointment of Frank C. Puleo to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements included herein may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.