Cambridge Franchise Holdings, LLC - May 16, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CARROLS RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. (TAST)

Signature
CAMBRIDGE FRANCHISE HOLDINGS, LLC By: /s/ Matthew Perelman, Co-President
Stock symbol
TAST
Transactions as of
May 16, 2024
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
5/17/2024, 01:21 PM

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction TAST Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Disposed to Issuer -10.4M -100% 0 May 16, 2024 See Footnote F1, F2, F3, F4, F5
transaction TAST Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Disposed to Issuer -295K -100% 0 May 16, 2024 Direct F1, F6
transaction TAST Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Disposed to Issuer -164K -100% 0 May 16, 2024 Direct F1, F7
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Cambridge Franchise Holdings, LLC is no longer subject to Section 16 filing requirements. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 On May 16, 2024, Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Issuer") consummated the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 16, 2024 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, Restaurant Brands International Inc. and BK Cheshire Corp. (the "Closing"). Upon the Closing, each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, including any restricted shares, ("Common Stock") was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $9.55 in cash, without interest thereon, under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.
F2 These shares of Common Stock of the Issuer are owned of record by Cambridge Franchise Holdings, LLC ("CFH") and were acquired by CFH pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 19, 2019 (the "CFH Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Carrols Holdco Inc., GRC MergerSub Inc., GRC MergerSub LLC, Cambridge Franchise Partners, LLC ("CFP"), CFH and New CFH, LLC. On April 30, 2019, at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the CFH Merger Agreement, CFH acquired 7,364,413 shares of Common Stock and 10,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series C Preferred Stock"), of the Issuer. (Continued to Footnote 3)
F3 (Continued from Footnote 2) The certificate of designations pursuant to which the Series C Preferred Stock was issued provided that the Series C Preferred Stock was not convertible into Common Stock unless and until stockholders of the Issuer approved the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such conversion in accordance with the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and provided that, upon such stockholder approval, the Series C Preferred Stock would automatically convert into an aggregate of 7,450,402 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with the certificate of designations. On August 29, 2019, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Issuer's stockholders, the Issuer's stockholders approved the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock and the 10,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock automatically converted into 7,450,402 shares of Common Stock.
F4 Matthew Perelman and Alexander Sloane are the managing principals of CFP, which is the sole member and manager of CFH. Accordingly, each of Matthew Perelman, Alexander Sloane and CFP may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer held by CFH. The filing of this statement on Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any of the reporting persons beneficially owns any securities of the Issuer not owned directly by such reporting person, and each reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise, except to the extent of such reporting person's pecuniary interest therein. The reporting persons may be deemed to constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. The filing of this statement on Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any reporting person is a member of such a group.
F5 Each of Matthew Perelman and Alexander Sloane was appointed to the board of directors of the Issuer as a representative of CFH and, pursuant to the Registration Rights and Stockholders' Agreement entered into by the Issuer and CFH on April 30, 2019, as amended, CFH has certain rights to nominate directors for election to the board of directors of the Issuer. Accordingly, each of CFH and CFP may be deemed a "director by deputization" solely for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The filing of this statement on Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any reporting person is a member of such a group.
F6 Matthew Perelman is the beneficial and record owner of these shares of Common Stock, which include 55,976 restricted shares of Common Stock.
F7 Alexander Sloane is the beneficial and record owner of these shares of Common Stock, which include 55,976 restricted shares of Common Stock.