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May 28, 2021

NEW YORK, May 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Strategic Growth Capital (the Company) (NYSE: APSG) announced today that it received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with Section 802.01E of the NYSE Listed Company Manual as a result of its failure to timely file its Quarterly Report onForm 10-Qfor the period ended March31, 2021 (the Q1 2021Form 10-Q) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The NYSE informed the Company that, under NYSE rules, the Company will have six months from May25, 2021 to file the Q1 2021Form 10-Qwith the SEC. The Company can regain compliance with the NYSE listing standards at any time prior to that date by filing its Q1 2021Form 10-Q.

As the Company reported in itsForm 12b-25filed with the SEC on May17, 2021, the Company reevaluated the accounting treatment of its warrants (the Warrants) following the issuance by the Staff of the SEC (the SEC Staff) of the Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) (the SEC Staff Statement), which provides guidance for all SPACs regarding the accounting and reporting for their warrants. The Company concluded that, based on the SEC Staff Statement, the Warrants should be accounted for as a liability and measured at fair value, with changes in fair value for each period reported in the Companys statement of operations. The Company continues to work diligently to complete the Q1 2021Form 10-Qas soon as possible.

About Apollo Strategic Growth CapitalApollo Strategic Growth Capital is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may include, and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital may include, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements regarding possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as anticipate, believe, continue, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, possible, potential, predict, project, should, would and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management team, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Companys management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Companys filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth under the section entitled Risk Factors in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2021. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.

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