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  0001512433
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001526697
  Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc.
  811-22591
  9 WEST 57TH STREET
  New York
  NY
  10019
  212-822-0426
  Barry J. Cohen
  Affiliate
  Common
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  390 Madison Avenue
  6th Floor
  New York
  NY
  10017
  7882
  110024
  14500000
  02/29/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  07/08/2022
  Open Market Purchase
  Open Market Purchase
  N
  2553
  07/12/2022
  Cash
  Common
  07/11/2022
  Open Market Purchase
  Open Market Purchase
  N
  1329
  07/13/2022
  Cash
  Common
  07/13/2022
  Open Market Purchase
  Open Market Purchase
  N
  4000
  07/15/2022
  Cash
  Y
  The shares filed today will be sold by The Barry J Cohen 2002 Revocable Trust Dtd April 18, 2002, Barry J Cohen  as Trustee
  02/29/2024
  /s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for Barry Cohen