SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-022469
Solar Senior Capital Ltd. · SUNS
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Bruce J Spohler
Officer — See Remarks · Director
Period of report
Mar 2, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Mar 4, 2015 · 6:09 pm EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001508171
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common StockF1,F2,F3 | Mar 2, 2015 | P | 6,986 | $16.24 | A | 483,638 | I | See Footnotes |
| Common StockF1,F2,F3 | Mar 3, 2015 | P | 6,971 | $16.12 | A | 490,609 | I | See Footnotes |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restricted Stock UnitsF4 | — | Mar 4, 2015 | A | 19,261 | D | — | — | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 19,261 | 19,261 | I |
Explanation of responses
- F1The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions. The reported price for the share purchases made on March 2, 2015 is based on prices ranging from a low of $16.19 per share to a high of $16.30 per share. The reported price for the share purchases made on March 3, 2015 is based on prices ranging from a low of $16.01 per share to a high of $16.24 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Solar Senior Capital Ltd. (the "Issuer"), any security holder of the Issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price set forth above.
- F2Includes 35,009 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Capital Partners Employee Stock Plan, LLC (the "SCP Plan"), 13,957 of which is reported as purchased on this Form 4. The 13,957 shares acquired were purchased in the open market for the purpose of satisfying obligations related to its Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") grants. The SCP Plan is controlled by Solar Capital Partners, LLC ("Solar Capital Partners"). Mr. Spohler and Michael S. Gross may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own a portion of the shares held by the SCP Plan by virtue of their collective ownership interest in Solar Capital Partners. In addition, the total includes 455,500 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Senior Capital Investors, LLC ("Solar Senior Investors") and 100 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Capital Management, LLC ("Solar Management"), a portion of both of which may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Mr. Spohler and Mr. Gross by virtue of their collective ownership interest therein.
- F3(continued from Footnote 2) Mr. Spohler disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities directly held by the SCP Plan, Solar Senior Investors or Solar Management except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Spohler is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.
- F4Grants of RSUs with respect to 19,260.513 shares held by the SCP Plan, which is controlled by Solar Capital Partners, to certain of its employees pursuant to Restricted Stock Unit Agreements, dated March 4, 2015. Shares of the Issuer's common stock underlying these RSUs are scheduled to vest in installments of 50% on March 1, 2017 and 50% on March 1, 2018. Upon settlement, the RSUs will become payable on a one-for-one basis in shares of the Issuer's common stock or the cash value thereof at the election of the SCP Plan administrators, Messrs. Spohler and Gross.
- F5Pursuant to the SEC staff no-action letter to Babson Capital Management LLC (pub. avail. Dec. 14, 2006), an employee benefit plan sponsored by an investment adviser (or an affiliated person of an investment adviser) to a closed-end investment company regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that offers plan participants equity securities of such investment company is considered an "employee benefit plan sponsored by the issuer" for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Remarks
Chief Operating Officer and Director