Note 1. Organization

Apollo Debt Solutions BDC (the "Company," "ADS," "we," "us" or "our"), a Delaware statutory trust formed on December 4, 2020, is a closed-end, externally managed, diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company ("BDC") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). The Company has elected to be treated for federal income tax purposes, and intends to qualify annually thereafter, as a regulated investment company ("RIC"), as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

Apollo Credit Management, LLC (the "Adviser") is our investment adviser and is an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries ("AGM" or "Apollo"). The Adviser, subject to the overall supervision of our Board of Trustees (the "Board"), manages the day-to-day operations of the Company and provides investment advisory services to the Company.

Apollo Credit Management, LLC, as our administrator (the "Administrator"), provides, among other things, administrative services and facilities to the Company. Furthermore, the Administrator will offer to provide, on our behalf, managerial assistance to those portfolio companies to which we are required to provide such assistance.

Our investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Company seeks to invest primarily in private credit opportunities in directly originated assets, including loans and other debt securities, made to or issued by large private U.S. borrowers, which ADS generally defines as companies with more than $75 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"), as may be adjusted for market disruptions, mergers and acquisitions-related charges and synergies, and other items. While most of the Company’s investments will be in private U.S. companies (subject to compliance with BDC regulatory requirement to invest at least 70% of its assets in private U.S. companies), we also expect to invest from time to time in European and other non-U.S. companies. The investment portfolio may also include other interests such as corporate bonds, common stock, preferred stock, warrants or options, which generally would be obtained as part of providing a broader financing solution. Under normal circumstances, we will invest directly or indirectly at least 80% of our total assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) in debt instruments of varying maturities.