Item 1(a) | Name of Issuer: |
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| The name of the issuer is Liquid Holdings Group, Inc. (the “Company”). |
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Item 1(b) | Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: |
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| The Company's principal executive office is located at 800 Third Avenue, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10022. |
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Item 2(a) | Name of Person Filing: |
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| This Schedule 13G is being jointly filed by and on behalf of each of MSD Partners, L.P. and MSD Credit Opportunity Master Fund, L.P. (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). MSD Credit Opportunity Master Fund, L.P. is the direct owner of the securities covered by this statement. MSD Partners, L.P. is the investment manager of, and may be deemed to beneficially own securities beneficially owned by, MSD Credit Opportunity Master Fund, L.P. MSD Partners (GP), LLC ("MSD GP") is the general partner of, and may be deemed to beneficially own securities beneficially owned by, MSD Partners, L.P. Each of Glenn R. Fuhrman and Marc R. Lisker is a manager of, and may be deemed to beneficially own securities beneficially owned by, MSD GP. |
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| The Reporting Persons have entered into a Joint Filing Agreement, dated December 11, 2015, a copy of which is filed with this Schedule 13G as Exhibit 99.1, pursuant to which the Reporting Persons have agreed to file this statement jointly in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Act. |
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| Neither the filing of this statement nor anything herein shall be construed as an admission that any person other than the Reporting Persons is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act or any other purpose, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement. |
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Item 2(b) | Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: |
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| The address of the principal business office of MSD Partners, L.P. is 645 Fifth Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10022. The address of the principal business office of MSD Credit Opportunity Master Fund, L.P. is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. |
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Item 2(c) | Citizenship: |
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| MSD Partners, L.P. is organized as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware. MSD Credit Opportunity Master Fund, L.P. is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. |
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Item 2(d) | Title of Class of Securities: |
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| Common Stock |
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Item 2(e) | CUSIP No.: |
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| 53633A 101 |
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Item 3 | If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether theperson filing is a: |
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| Not Applicable. |