Peter F Gearen Form 3 RTI Surgical / PETER F GEAREN ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

GEAREN PETER F

(Last) (First) (Middle)

520 LAKE COOK ROAD, SUITE 315

(Street)

DEERFIELD IL 60015

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/08/2019

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. [ RTIX ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	0(1)(2)(3)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. On March 8, 2019, pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement, by and among the Issuer, RTI Surgical, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Old RTI"), PS Spine Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Member"), and Bears Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Merger Sub"): (a) the Merger Sub merged with and into Old RTI, with Old RTI surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the "Merger"); (b) the Member contributed all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Paradigm Spine, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Member, to the Issuer; and (c) the Issuer was renamed "RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc."

2. Pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger: (a) each issued and outstanding share of common stock of Old RTI converted automatically into one share of the Issuer's common stock; (b) each issued and outstanding share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Old RTI converted automatically into one share of the Issuer's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; and (c) each stock option and restricted stock award granted by Old RTI converted into a stock option or restricted stock award, as applicable, of the Issuer with respect to an equivalent number of shares of the Issuer's common stock on the same terms and conditions as were applicable prior to the Closing. This report reflects the beneficial ownership of the reporting person at the time of the consummation of the Merger and does not include the securities of the Issuer acquired by the reporting person upon the consummation of the Merger.

3. The reporting person will file a Form 4 reflecting his acquisition of the Issuer's securities in connection with the consummation of the Mergers.

	/s/Peter F. Gearen	03/08/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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