GV 2016 GP, L.L.C. - 15 May 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Starco Brands, Inc. (STCB)

Reporting relationship: 10%+ Owner
Issuer ticker: STCB
Reported as of: 15 May 2025
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 19 May 2025, 19:09:24 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 13 Feb 2025
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ Inga Goldbard, General Counsel of GV 2016 GP, L.L.C.

Key filing fact

GV 2016 GP, L.L.C. filed Form 4 for Starco Brands, Inc. (STCB) on 19 May 2025.

Key facts

This page summarizes GV 2016 GP, L.L.C.'s Form 4 filing for Starco Brands, Inc. (STCB).
1 reported transaction and 0 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 19 May 2025, 19:09.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 13 Feb 2025.
Current net transaction value: $0.

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (4)

CIK 0001722201 Primary reporting owner

GV 2016 GP, L.L.C.

Relationship: 10%+ Owner
Address: 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Signature: /s/ Inga Goldbard, General Counsel of GV 2016 GP, L.L.C.
Signature date: 19 May 2025

CIK 0001722204

GV 2016 GP, L.P.

Relationship: 10%+ Owner
Address: 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Signature: /s/ Inga Goldbard, General Counsel of GV 2016 GP, L.P.
Signature date: 19 May 2025

CIK 0001721789

GV 2016, L.P.

Relationship: 10%+ Owner
Address: 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Signature: /s/ Inga Goldbard, General Counsel of GV 2016, L.P.
Signature date: 19 May 2025

CIK 0001652044

Alphabet Inc.

Relationship: 10%+ Owner
Address: 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Signature: /s/ Kathryn W. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Alphabet Inc.
Signature date: 19 May 2025

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

STCB transaction

Class A Common Stock

Other

Transaction value
Shares: +47,980,156
Change %: +48%
Price
Shares after: 147,490,961
Date: 15 May 2025
Ownership: By GV 2016, L.P.
Footnotes: F1, F2, F3

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 3 footnotes

Footnote F1

The Reporting Persons received these securities for no additional consideration, effective May 15, 2025, as a post-closing purchase price adjustment (the "Second Post-Closing Adjustment") under the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated February 14, 2023, entered into by and among: (i) the Issuer; (ii) Starco Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation; (iii) Soylent Nutrition, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Soylent"); and (iv) Hamilton Start, LLC, solely in its capacity as the representative of the Soylent equityholders, in connection with the February 15, 2023 sale of Soylent to the Issuer, as subsequently modified by that certain Stockholder Agreement (the "Stockholder Agreement") entered into on March 15, 2024, by and between the Issuer and certain Soylent stockholders.

Footnote F2

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement as amended by the Stockholder Agreement, the 2016 Partnership was entitled to receive additional shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock for no additional consideration if the volume weighted average trading price of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock was less than $0.35 per share for each of the 30-trading day periods ending on: (i) February 14, 2024 and (ii) May 15, 2025. The reported transaction represents the release of the Second Post-Closing Adjustment.

Footnote F3

The securities reported in this row are directly held by GV 2016, L.P. (the "2016 Partnership"). The general partner of the 2016 Partnership is GV 2016 GP, L.P. ("2016 GP"). The general partner of 2016 GP is GV 2016 GP, L.L.C. ("2016 LLC"). The sole managing member of 2016 LLC is Alphabet Holdings LLC ("Alphabet Holdings"). The sole managing member of Alphabet Holdings is XXVI Holdings Inc. ("XXVI"). The controlling stockholder of XXVI is Alphabet Inc. Each of 2016 GP, 2016 LLC, Alphabet Holdings, XXVI, and Alphabet Inc. may be deemed to have voting and investment discretion over the securities directly beneficially owned by the 2016 Partnership. Each of the aforementioned parties disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.