Item 2. PROPERTIES

Our principal executive offices are located in leased office space at 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019.

In our asset management business, Apollo also leases the space for our offices in New York, Los Angeles, El Segundo, Irvine, Houston, Bethesda, Greenwich, Miami, Palm Beach, London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo and Sydney, among other locations throughout the world.

In our retirement services business, Athene owns its headquarters, which is located in West Des Moines, Iowa and leases its head office for Bermuda operations, which is located in Hamilton, Bermuda. The retirement services business operations primarily include Athene’s Iowa and Bermuda offices.

The Company considers these facilities to be suitable and adequate for the management and operation of its businesses.