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Affiliates of Apollo Global Management Complete Acquisition of Taminco Group

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) (collectively with its subsidiaries “Apollo”) announced today that they have completed the previously announced acquisition of Taminco Group Holdings (“Taminco”), the largest independent global producer of alkylamines and their derivatives. This transaction was originally announced on December 16, 2011.

About Taminco Group

Taminco is the world’s largest pure player of alkylamines and alkylamine derivatives. Alkylamines and their derivatives are key building blocks in a broad array of chemical products that have a wide range of applications. Taminco operates manufacturing facilities worldwide and, together with its global sales network, has approximately 800 employees spread across 17 countries. For more information about Taminco, please visit http://www.taminco.com/.

About Apollo Global Management, LLC

Apollo is a leading global alternative investment manager with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong. Apollo has assets under management of more than $75 billion as of December 31, 2011 in private equity, credit-oriented capital markets and real estate funds invested across a core group of nine industries where Apollo has considerable knowledge and resources. For more information about Apollo, please visit www.agm.com.

For Taminco Group:
Isabelle De Scheirder, +32 9 254 15 89
Communication Coordinator
isabelle.descheirder@taminco.com
or
For investor inquiries regarding Apollo:
Gary M. Stein, 212-822-0467
Head of Corporate Communications
gstein@apollolp.com
or
Patrick Parmentier, 212-822-0472
Investor Relations Manager
pparmentier@apollolp.com
or
For media inquiries regarding Apollo:
Rubenstein Associates
Charles Zehren, 212-843-8590
czehren@rubenstein.com

Source: Apollo Global Management, LLC