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 |
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| 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 Sutherland Asset Management Corp [ SLD ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/16/2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 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 | 05/16/2018 | A | 3,812 | A | (1) | 17,376(2)(3)(4) | I | By Waterfall | ||
| Common Stock | 145,871(5) | I | By Robin J. Ross 2009 Trust | |||||||
| Common Stock | 120,797(6) | D | ||||||||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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. On May 16, 2018, the board of the directors of the Issuer approved the issuance of 13,274 shares of Common Stock to Waterfall Asset Management, LLC, its external manager (the "Manager"), as payment of 50% of the incentive distribution payable to the Manager pursuant to the management agreement between the Issuer and the Manager. The 3,812 shares of Common Stock reported on this Form 4 represent the Reporting Person's pro rata ownership of the 13,274 shares based on the Reporting Person's percentage ownership in the Manager. |
| 2. These shares represent the 17,376 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer out of the 52,031 and 8,454 total shares of Common Stock owned by the Manager and its affiliate, Waterfall Management, LLC ("WM" and together with the Manager, "Waterfall"), respectively, including through each entity's ownership of Sutherland REIT Holdings, LP (the "Partnership"), based on the Reporting Person's percentage of direct ownership interests in Waterfall. The 17,376 shares include 7,811 shares omitted from the Reporting Person's Form 3 filed on November 10, 2016 (the "Form 3"). The Form 3 also reported the Reporting Person's total indirect ownership through Waterfall as 12,376 when it should have been reported as 5,753 shares. |
| 3. WM serves as the general partner of the Partnership and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock that are held by the Partnership. In addition, the Reporting Person is a principal of the Manager and may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the 13,913,400 shares of Common Stock held by the Partnership. |
| 4. However, WM does not have an economic interest in these shares and expects to distribute such shares to the beneficial owners of the Partnership upon their request in accordance with the Partnership's partnership agreement. Accordingly, WM disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock held by the Partnership and the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock, except to the extent of the 17,376 shares reported herein, which represents his economic interest in the Manager, including through the Manager's ownership of the Partnership. |
| 5. The Reporting Person owns the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer through the Robin J. Ross 2009 Trust. The Reporting Person does not serve as the trustee for the trust and the Reporting Person's wife is the trustee and sole beneficiary of the trust. The trustee of the trust has sole voting and investment power with respect to the securities held by the trust. The 145,871 shares of Common Stock reported as held by the Robin J. Ross 2009 Trust in Column 5 herein include 106,871 shares of Common Stock previously reported as held through the Partnership. |
| 6. The Reporting Person owns the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer through the Mr. Jack J. Ross and Mrs. Robin J. Ross JTWROS, a joint tenant account of the Reporting Person and his wife. The 120,797 shares of Common Stock reported as held directly by the Reporting Person in Column 5 herein include 106,871 shares of Common Stock previously reported as held through the Partnership. |
| /s/ Jack J. Ross by Sherwin Salar, his Attorney-in-fact | 05/18/2018 | |
| ** 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). | ||
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