Bruce J. Spohler - Mar 8, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for SLR Investment Corp. (SLRC)

Signature
/s/ Bruce J. Spohler
Stock symbol
SLRC
Transactions as of
Mar 8, 2023
Transactions value $
$552,663
Form type
4
Date filed
3/9/2023, 07:24 PM
Previous filing
Mar 7, 2023
Next filing
Apr 3, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction SLRC Common Stock Purchase $553K +34.6K +1.02% $15.96 3.44M Mar 8, 2023 See Footnotes F1, F2, F3, F4, F5
holding SLRC Common Stock 75.9K Mar 8, 2023 Direct

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 SLRC Restricted Stock Units Award $0 -325K -50% $0.00 325K Mar 9, 2023 Common Stock 325K See Footnote F6, F7
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The 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 8, 2023 is based on prices ranging from a low of $15.86 per share to a high of $16.08 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide to 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.
F2 The total includes 642,716 shares of the Issuer held by the Solar Capital Partners Employee Stock Plan, LLC (the "SCP Plan"). The SCP Plan is controlled by SLR Capital Partners, LLC ("SLR Capital Partners"). Messrs. Bruce J. 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 SLR Capital Partners.
F3 (Continued from Footnote (2)) In addition, the total includes 1,285,013 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Capital Investors, LLC ("Solar Capital I"), 715,000 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Capital Investors II, LLC ("Solar Capital II"), 355,107 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Senior Capital Investors, LLC ("Solar Senior Investors") and 77 shares of the Issuer held by SLR Capital Management, LLC ("SLR Management"), a portion held by each entity may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Mr. Spohler, Mr. Gross and a grantor retained annuity trust setup by and for Mr. Gross by virtue of their collective ownership interest therein.
F4 (Continued from Footnote (3)) The total also includes 199,466 shares of common stock of the Issuer held by a trust for which Bruce J. Spohler acts as co-trustee and of which he and certain members of his immediate family are beneficiaries (the "Spohler Trust"), and 243,021 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").
F5 (Continued from Footnote (4)) Mr. Spohler disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities directly held by the SCP Plan, Solar Capital I, Solar Capital II, Solar Senior Investors, SLR Management, the Spohler Trust and the Spohler LLC, 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.
F6 Grants of new restricted stock units ("RSUs") with respect to 324,819.4727 shares held by the SCP Plan to certain of SLR Capital Partners's employees pursuant to Restricted Stock Unit Agreements, dated March 9, 2023. Shares of the common stock of the Issuer underlying the RSUs are scheduled to vest in installments of 50% on the latter of March 1, 2025 and the date of the opening of the trading window and 50% on the latter of March 1, 2026 and the date of the opening of the trading window. 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.
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