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CUSIP No. 56382Q102 | | SCHEDULE 13D/A | | Page 3 of 5 |
Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D (“Schedule 13D”) relates to the Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Manning & Napier, Inc. (the “Issuer” or “Company”), a Delaware corporation. The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 290 Woodcliff Drive, Fairport, New York. The information as to shares beneficially owned is provided as of October 21, 2022.
This Schedule 13D is being filed to amend the original Schedule 13D to account for (i) the completion of the transactions under the Merger Agreement and the closing of the Merger, and (ii) the exchange of Shares and options to purchase Shares for equity interests in TopCo, pursuant to the Rollover Agreement (each such term in this paragraph, as defined below).
Item 2. | Identity and Background |
| (a) | This Schedule 13D is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of Regulations 13D-G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on behalf of Marc Mayer, who served as Chief Executive Officer and director of the Issuer (the “Reporting Person”). |
| (b) | The principal business address of the Reporting Person is 290 Woodcliff Drive, Fairport, New York. |
| (c) | The present principal occupation of the Reporting Person is acting as Chief Executive Officer of the post-Merger Company, owned by the Parent, with a principal business address of 290 Woodcliff Drive, Fairport, New York. |
| (d) | During the past five years, the Reporting Person has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
| (e) | During the past five years, the Reporting Person has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
| (f) | The Reporting Person is a citizen of the United States of America. |
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
Except as reported in Items 4–7 below, all securities reported herein were purchased with personal funds or granted as compensation for the Reporting Person’s services as Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
Merger Agreement
As previously disclosed, on March 31, 2022, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) among Callodine Midco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Callodine Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, (“Corp Merger Sub”), Callodine Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corp Merger Sub, and Manning & Napier Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
On October 21, 2022, the Company merged with and into Corp Merger Sub (the “Merger”) in accordance with the Merger Agreement, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and each share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Class A Stock”) and each share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Class B Stock” and together with the Class A Stock, the “Shares”), other than dissenting Shares or shares owned by Parent or held in the treasury of the Company, was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $12.85 in cash, without interest, and subject to deduction for any required withholding tax (the “Merger Consideration”).