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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Feb 24, 2014) - Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) (the "Company" or "Apollo Investment") announced today it plans to make a public offering of 12.0 million shares of its common stock. The Company also plans to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1.8 million shares of common stock. The offering of the shares will be made under the Company's shelf registration statement (as amended), which was filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Apollo Investment expects to use the net proceeds of this offering to repay certain outstanding indebtedness owed under its Senior Secured Facility.

Investors are advised to carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of Apollo Investment Corporation before investing. The preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 24, 2014 and the accompanying prospectus dated September 19, 2013, each of which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, contain this and other information about Apollo Investment and should be read carefully before investing.

BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citigroup and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for this offering. Deutsche Bank Securities is acting as lead manager for this offering.

The information in the preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and this press release is not complete and may be changed. The preliminary prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and this press release are not offers to sell any securities of Apollo Investment and are not soliciting an offer to buy such securities in any jurisdiction where such offer and sale is not permitted.

The offering may be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attn: Prospectus Department, or email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; from Barclays, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or telephone: 888-603-5847, or email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; from Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or telephone: 800-831-9146; and from RBC Capital Markets, Three World Financial Center, 8^th Floor, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281, Attn: Equity Syndicate, or telephone: 877-822-4089.