UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): June 6, 2016

 

 

Apollo Investment Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		814-00646		52-2439556
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9 West 57th Street,

New York, NY 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 515-3450

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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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 June 6, 2016, Apollo Investment Corporation (the “Company’) announced that Edward J. Goldthorpe, the Company’s President, will resign from his executive officer position, effective immediately. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Howard Widra as the Company’s President, effective immediately.

Mr. Widra has been with Apollo Global Management, LLC and/or its affiliates since 2013, most recently serving as Co-Head of Direct Origination. Mr. Widra is a co-founder of MidCap Financial, a $6 billion specialty finance business, and was formerly its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to MidCap, Mr. Widra was the founder and President of Merrill Lynch Capital Healthcare Finance. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Widra was President of GE Capital Healthcare Commercial Finance and held senior roles in its predecessor entities including President of Heller Healthcare Finance, and COO of Healthcare Financial Partners. Mr. Widra holds a J.D., Cum Laude, from the Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release, dated June 6, 2016.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 6, 2016

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release, dated June 6, 2016.