Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer
Broadway Financial Corporation
Item 1. (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices
5055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90036
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing
This Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of the following persons (the “Reporting Persons”)*:
(i) EJF Capital LLC;
(ii) Emanuel J. Friedman;
(iii) EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund, L.P.;
(iv) EJF Debt Opportunities GP, LLC;
(v) EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund II, LP; and
(vi) EJF Debt Opportunities II GP, LLC
*Attached as Exhibit A is a copy of an agreement among the Reporting Persons that this Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of each of them.
Item 2. (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence
The address of the principal business office of each Reporting Person is:
2107 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 410
Arlington, VA 22201
Item 2. (c) Citizenship
See Item 4 of the attached cover pages.
Item 2. (d) Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, voting (“Common Stock”)
Item 2. (e) CUSIP Number
111444105
Item3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:
Not Applicable.
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount
beneficially owned:
See Item 9 of the attached cover pages.
(b) Percent of class:
See Item 11 of the attached cover pages.
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
See Item 5 of the attached cover pages.
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
See Item 6 of the attached cover pages.
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition:
See Item 7 of the attached cover pages.
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition:
See Item 8 of the attached cover pages.
Each of EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. and EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund II, LP is the record owner of the shares of Common Stock shown on Item 9 of their respective cover pages.
EJF Debt Opportunities GP, LLC serves as the general partner of EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. and as investment manager of an affiliate thereof, and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of which EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. is the record owner. EJF Debt Opportunities II GP, LLC serves as the general partner of EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund II, LP and as investment manager of an affiliate thereof, and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of which EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund II, LP is the record owner.
EJF Capital LLC is the sole member and manager of EJF Debt Opportunities GP, LLC and EJF Debt Opportunities II GP, LLC, and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of which EJF Debt Opportunities GP, LLC and EJF Debt Opportunities II GP, LLC may share beneficial ownership. Emanuel J. Friedman is the controlling member of EJF Capital LLC and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock of which EJF Capital LLC may share beneficial ownership.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ].
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
Not Applicable.
Item 7. 77Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
