SEC Form 4
| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
| |||||||||||||||
| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Searchlight Minerals Corp. [ SRCH ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/18/2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 03/18/2016 | P | 6,291,314 | A | (1) | 6,679,749 | I | By Martin Oring Financial Trust(2) | ||
| Common Stock | 03/18/2016 | P | 1,700,371 | A | (3) | 1,722,921 | I | By Wealth Preservation Defined Benefit Plan(4) | ||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The reported securities were issued pursuant to the conversion of all the principal and accrued but unpaid interest owing by Searchlight Minerals Corp. (the "Company") to the Martin Oring Financial Trust pursuant to its Secured Convertible Promissory Notes dated September 18, 2013, in the amount $220,196.00 as of March 18, 2016. Such debt was converted at a conversion price of $0.035 per share. |
| 2. Mrs. Olivia Oring is one of the trustees of the Martin Oring Financial Trust Dated December 20, 2006 ("Financial Trust"), which was created for the benefit of Mr. Oring's children and grandchildren. Mr. Oring has no voting or investment power, direct or indirect, over the Financial Trust. |
| 3. The reported securities were issued pursuant to the conversion of all the principal and accrued but unpaid interest owing by Searchlight Minerals Corp. (the "Company") to the Wealth Preservation Defined Benefit Plan pursuant to its Secured Convertible Promissory Notes dated September 18, 2013, in the amount $59,513.00 as of March 18, 2016. Such debt was converted at a conversion price of $0.035 per share. |
| 4. These shares are held by Wealth Preservation, Defined Benefit Plan, of which Mr. Martin Oring and Mrs. Olivia Oring are sole beneficiaries and trustees, and in such capacity are deemed to hold voting and dispositive power over the securities held by the Wealth Preservation Defined Benefit Plan. Mrs. Olivia Oring is Mr. Oring's wife. |
| /s/ Martin B. Oring | 03/24/2016 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||