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): February 12, 2021

APOLLO STRATEGIC GROWTH CAPITAL II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(212) 515-3200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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On February 12, 2021, Apollo Strategic Growth Capital II (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 69,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance of 9,000,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.00025 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Share”), and one-fifth of one warrant of the Company (the “Warrants”), each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one whole Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2021 (File No. 333-251920) and subsequently amended on February 4, 2021, and the registration statement on Form S-1 MEF, filed with the Commission on February 9, 2021 (File No. 333-252923) (collectively, the “Registration Statement”). The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $690,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 10,400,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, to the Company’s sponsor, APSG Sponsor II, L.P. (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds to the Company of $15.6 million. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the Units in the IPO, except that the Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Placement Warrants (except to certain permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. The Private Placement Warrants are also not redeemable by the Company so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

A total of $690,000,000 was placed in a U.S.-based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. An audited balance sheet as of February 12, 2021 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:

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.