SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc. (Amendment)

SCHEDULE 13G

(Amendment No. 1)*

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

^* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc.

640 Plaza Drive, Suite 270,

Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

This statement is filed by (i) Apollo A-N Credit Fund (Delaware), L.P. (“A-N Credit”); (ii) Apollo A-N Credit Management, LLC (“A-N Credit Management”); (iii) Apollo Credit Strategies Master Fund Ltd. (“Credit Strategies”); (iv) Apollo ST Fund Management LLC (“ST Management”); (v) Apollo ST Operating LP (“ST Operating”); (vi) Apollo ST Capital LLC (“ST Capital”); (vii) ST Management Holdings, LLC (“ST Management Holdings”); (viii) Apollo Credit Management, LLC (“ACM LLC”); (ix) Apollo Capital Credit Management, LLC (“ACCM LLC”); (x) Apollo SA Management, LLC (“SA Management”); (xi) Apollo Capital Management, L.P. (“Capital Management”); (xii) Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC (“Capital Management GP”); (xiii) Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (“Management Holdings”); and (xiv) Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC (“Management Holdings GP”). The foregoing are collectively referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons.”

A-N Credit Management serves as the investment manager for A-N Credit. ST Management serves as the investment manager for Credit Strategies. ST Operating is the sole member of ST Management. The general partner of ST Operating is ST Capital. ST Management Holdings is the sole member of ST Capital.

ACM LLC provides investment management services for Franklin K2 Long Short Credit Fund (“Franklin K2”). ACCM LLC is the sole member of ACM LLC. SA Management provides investment management services for (i) Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (“FTIF Franklin”), (ii) Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (“FASF-Franklin K2”), and (iii) FTIF Franklin K2 Long/Short Credit Fund (“FTIF Franklin K2 Long/Short”).

Capital Management serves as the sole member of A-N Credit Management, ACCM LLC, and SA Management, as the sole member and manager of ST Management Holdings, and provides investment management services for K2 Apollo Liquid Credit Master Fund Ltd (“K2 Apollo”). Capital Management GP serves as the general partner of Capital Management. Management Holdings serves as the sole member and manager of Capital Management GP, and Management Holdings GP serves as the general partner of Management Holdings.

The address of the principal office of each of A-N Credit is One Manhattanville Road, Suite 201, Purchase, New York 10577. The principal office of Credit Strategies is c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY-9008, Cayman Islands. The principal office of each of A-N Credit Management, ST Management, ST Operating, ST Capital, ST Management Holdings, ACM LLC, ACCM LLC, SA Management, Capital Management, Capital Management GP, Management Holdings and Management Holdings GP is 9 W. 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019.

A-N Credit, ST Operating, Capital Management and Management Holdings are each Delaware limited partnerships. Credit Strategies and ST Management Holdings are each exempted companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability. A-N Credit Management, ST Management, ST Capital, ST Management Holdings, ACM LLC, ACCM LLC, SA Management, Capital Management GP and Management Holdings GP are each Delaware limited liability companies.

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”).

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Not applicable.

The number of shares of Common Stock reported as beneficially owned in this Schedule 13G is as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the Reporting Persons beneficially owned an aggregate of 0 shares of Common Stock. The number of shares reported as beneficially owned by Capital Management include, among others, 0 shares of Common Stock held by K2 Apollo, for which Capital Management has the authority to vote and to make investment decisions. The shares of Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by A-N Credit Management, ST Management Holdings, ACCM LLC, and SA Management are also included in the shares reported as beneficially owned by Capital Management, Capital Management GP, Management Holdings and Management Holdings GP.

A-N Credit and Credit Strategies each disclaims beneficial ownership of Common Stock reported in this report not owned of record by such Reporting Persons. The other Reporting Persons, and Messrs. Marc Rowan, Scott Kleinman and James Zelter, the managers, as well as executive officers, of Management Holdings GP, each disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock included in this report, and the filing of this report shall not be construed as an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

The percentage amounts are based on 18,865,140 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 4, 2021, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2021.

0 for all Reporting Persons

0 for all Reporting Persons

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following x

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 14, 2022