SEC Form 4 · accession 0001104659-16-161681
Ladder Capital Corp · LADR
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owners
Neal Moszkowski
10% Owner
Ramez Sousou
10% Owner
TowerBrook Investors GP II, L.P.
10% Owner
TowerBrook Investors, Ltd.
10% Owner
Period of report
Dec 8, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Dec 12, 2016 · 4:46 pm EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001577670
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class A Common StockF1,F2,F3,F4 | Dec 8, 2016 | C | 2,769,150 | — | A | 9,384,640 | I | See Footnotes |
| Class A Common StockF1,F2,F3,F5,F6 | Dec 12, 2016 | S | 4,441,661 | $13.60 | D | 4,942,979 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units and Class B Common StockF3,F1,F2,F4,F7 | $0.00 | Dec 8, 2016 | C | 2,769,150 | D | — | — | Class A Common Stock | 2,769,150 | 8,184,016 | I |
Explanation of responses
- F1In addition to TowerBrook Investors Ltd., a Cayman Island company limited by shares ("TowerBrook"), this Form 4 is being filed jointly by TowerBrook Investors GP II, L.P. a Cayman Island exempt limited partnership ("Fund II GP"), TowerBrook Investors II, L.P., a Cayman Island exempt limited partnership ("Fund II"), TowerBrook Investors II AIV, L.P., a Cayman Island exempt limited partnership ("AIV II"), TowerBrook Investors II Executive Fund, L.P., a Cayman Island exempt limited partnership ("Executive Fund II"), TI II Ladder Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("TI Holdings" and together with TowerBrook, Fund II GP, Fund II, AIV II and Executive Fund II, the "TowerBrook Entities"), Neal Moszkowski, a citizen of the United States of America and Ramez Sousou, a citizen of the United Kingdom (collectively, the "Reporting Persons").
- F2The TowerBrook Entities and Neal Moszkowski have the same business address as TowerBrook. The business address of Ramez Sousou is Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall East London, SW1Y5HAU, U.K.
- F3In connection with the December 2016 Offering (as defined herein), on December 8, 2016, TI Holdings exchanged 2,769,150 shares of Class B Common Stock (the "Class B Common Stock") of Ladder Capital Corp. ("LCC") and Series REIT and Series TRS of Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP (the "Units") into 2,769,150 shares of Class A Common Stock (the "Class A Common Stock") of LCC (the "Exchange"). No cash or other consideration was exchanged in connection with the Exchange. The exchange right has no expiration date.
- F4Includes 2,769,150 shares of Class A Common Stock held by TI Holdings and 6,615,490 shares of Class A Common Stock held by AIV II, in each case following the Exchange.
- F5On December 6, 2016, LCC entered into an Equity Underwriting Agreement with TI Holdings, AIV II, the other selling stockholders party thereto (collectively with TI Holdings and AIV II, the "Selling Stockholders"), and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, as representative of the several underwriters (the "Underwriters"), pursuant to which the Selling Stockholders agreed to (i) sell 10,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) provide the Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the "Option Shares"), in an underwritten offering (the "December 2016 Offering"). On December 7, 2016, the Underwriters elected their option to purchase the Option Shares. In connection therewith, TI Holdings sold 2,769,150 shares of Class A Common Stock and AIV sold 1,672,511 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Underwriters on December 12, 2016.
- F6Following the December 2016 Offering, AIV II directly owns 4,942,979 shares of Class A Common Stock and no other securities of LCC. AIV II is controlled by its general partner, Fund II GP, and Fund II GP is controlled by its sole general partner, TowerBrook. As a result, TowerBrook may be deemed to beneficially own the 4,942,979 shares of Class A Common Stock owned by AIV II. As directors and the joint controlling shareholders of TowerBrook, Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou have exclusive decision making authority with respect to such shares and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities reported on this Form 4 (for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a)).
- F7Following the December 2016 Offering, TI Holdings directly owns 8,184,016 Units and shares of Class B Common Stock and no other securities of LCC. TI Holdings is jointly controlled by Fund II and Executive Fund II, each of which is controlled by its general partner, Fund II GP, which is controlled by its sole general partner, TowerBrook. As a result, TowerBrook may be deemed to beneficially own the 8,184,016 Units and shares of Class B Common Stock owned by TI Holdings. As directors and the joint controlling shareholders of TowerBrook, Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou have exclusive decision making authority with respect to such shares and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities reported on this Form 4 (for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a)).
Remarks
TI Holdings, Executive Fund II, Fund II and AIV II are no longer 10% holders of LCC's Class A Common Stock on an as-converted basis following the December 2016 Offering.