Bruce J. Spohler - Apr 1, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for SLR Senior Investment Corp. (SUNS)

Signature
/s/ Bruce J. Spohler
Stock symbol
SUNS
Transactions as of
Apr 1, 2022
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
4/5/2022, 09:02 PM
Previous filing
Feb 18, 2022
Next filing
Dec 5, 2022

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction SUNS Common Stock Disposed to Issuer -774K -100% 0 Apr 1, 2022 See Footnotes F1, F2, F3, F4
transaction SUNS Common Stock Disposed to Issuer -7.5K -100% 0 Apr 1, 2022 Direct F5

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction SUNS Restricted Stock Units Award +100K 0 Apr 1, 2022 Common Stock 100K See Footnote F6, F7
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Bruce J. Spohler is no longer subject to Section 16 filing requirements. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 1, 2021 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among SLR Investment Corp. ("SLRC"), SLR Senior Investment Corp. ("SUNS"), Solstice Merger Sub, Inc. and SLR Capital Partners, LLC ("SLR Capital Partners") (for the limited purposes set forth therein), in exchange for 603,541 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SLRC. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of SUNS's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was converted into the right to receive 0.7796 shares of SLRC's common stock (the "Mergers"). The disposition reported in this Form 4 is an exempt transaction.
F2 Prior to the Mergers, Bruce J. Spohler may have been deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of 100,000 shares of the Issuer held by a trust for which he acts as co-trustee and of which he and certain members of his immediate family are beneficiaries (the "Spohler Trust"), and 130,697 shares of the Issuer held by a limited liability company for which he serves as the manager and in which he owns a pro rata interest (the "Spohler LLC").
F3 (Continued from Footnote (2)) The total also includes 87,874 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Capital Partners Employee Stock Plan, LLC (the "SCP Plan") prior to the effective date of the Mergers. The SCP Plan is controlled by SLR Capital Partners (f/k/a Solar Capital Partners, LLC). Michael S. Gross and Bruce J. Spohler may have been deemed to indirectly beneficially own a portion of the shares held by the SCP Plan prior to the effective date of the Mergers by virtue of their collective ownership interest in SLR Capital Partners.
F4 (Continued from Footnote (3)) In addition, the total includes 455,500 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Senior Capital Investors, LLC prior to the effective date of the Mergers and 100 shares of the Issuer held by SLR Capital Management, LLC (f/k/a Solar Capital Management, LLC) prior to the effective date of the Mergers, a portion of both of which may have been deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Messrs. Spohler and Gross by virtue of their collective ownership interest therein. Prior to the effective date of the Mergers, Mr. Spohler disclaimed beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities directly held by the SCP Plan, Solar Senior Investors or SLR Management, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Spohler was, prior to the effective date of the Mergers, the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.
F5 Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for 5,847 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SLRC. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of SUNS's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was converted into the right to receive 0.7796 shares of SLRC's common stock. The disposition reported in this Form 4 is an exempt transaction.
F6 Restricted stock units ("RSUs") with respect to 100,373.9998 shares held by the SCP Plan granted to certain of SLR Capital Partners's employees on March 5, 2019, March 9, 2020 and March 2, 2021 were outstanding prior to the Merger. The RSUs may have been settled in shares of the Issuer's common stock or the cash value thereof on a one-for-one basis at the election of the SCP Plan administrators, Messrs. Gross and Spohler. Pursuant to the employee compensation plan, the administrators elected to amend the outstanding awards in connection with the Mergers to reference 78,251.5702 shares of SLRC. Messrs. Gross and Spohler may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the SCP Plan by virtue of their collective ownership interest in SLR Capital Partners. Each grant of RSUs was scheduled to vest 50% on each of the second and third anniversary of grant, subject to the restrictions in the plan.
F7 Pursuant to the SEC staff no-action letters to Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. (pub. Avail. Oct. 8, 2015) and 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 that has elected to be regulated as a business development company or to a closed-end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, respectively, in either case 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:

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director