David-Jacques Farahi Form 4 MONARCH CASINO & RESORT / David-Jacques Farahi ownership change

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Farahi David-Jacques

(Last) (First) (Middle)

3800 S. VIRGINIA STREET

(Street)

RENO NV 89502

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MONARCH CASINO & RESORT INC [ MCRI ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/02/2021

4. 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 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	09/02/2021		M		18,333	A	(1)	34,140	D
Common Stock	09/02/2021		F		15,406	D	$66.2	18,734	D

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
Options / Right to Buy	(1)	09/02/2021		M			18,333	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	18,333	$0	131,666	D
Options / Right to Buy	(2)	09/03/2021		J(6)			31,666	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	31,666	$0	100,000	D
Options / Right to Buy	(3)	09/03/2021		J(6)			33,333	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	33,333	$0	66,667	D
Options / Right to Buy	(4)	09/03/2021		J(6)			33,333	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	33,333	$0	33,334	D
Options / Right to Buy	(5)	09/03/2021		J(6)			33,334	(5)	(5)	Common Stock	33,334	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mr. Farahi net exercised the following grands: (1) 6,667 stock options at $47.81 exercise price, which vested on August 1, 2021; and (2) 11,666 stock options at $47.05 exercise price, which vested on September 1, 2021. All stock options expire 10 years from the grant date, or approximately 7 years from the vesting date.

2. In 2021 Mr. Farahi was granted 31,666 stock options, as follow: (i) 15,000 stock options at $60.62 exercise price, which vest on March 31,2024; and (ii) 16,666 stock options at $66.17 exercise price, which vest on June 30, 2024. All stock options expire 10 years from the grant date, or approximately 7 years from the vesting date.

3. In 2020 Mr. Farahi was granted 33,333 stock options, as follow: (i) 13,333 stock options at $53.680 exercise price, which vest on February 1, 2023; (ii) 1,667 stock options at $47.28 exercise price, which vest on March 1, 2023; and (iii) 18,333 stock options at $44.60 exercise price, which vest on September 30, 2023. All stock options expire 10 years from the grant date, or approximately 7 years from the vesting date.

4. In 2019 Mr. Farahi was granted 33,333 stock options, as follow: (i) 13,334 stock options at $43.30 exercise price, which vest on February 1, 2022; (ii) 1,666 stock options at $44.31 exercise price, which vest on March 1, 2022; (iii) 6,666 stock options at $45.69 exercise price, which vest on August 1, 2022 and (v) 11,667 stock options at $44.38 exercise price, which vest on September 1, 2022. All stock options expire 10 years from the grant date, or approximately 7 years from the vesting date.

5. On May 3, 2018 Mr. Farahi was granted 50,000 stock options at $42.74 exercise price, of which 16,666 vested on May 3, 2021, 16,667 vest on May 3, 2022 and 16,667 vest on May 3, 2023. All stock options expire 10 years from the grant date, or approximately 7 years from the vesting date.

6. These options are forfeited. On September 3, 2021 Mr. Farahi resigned from his role as a Chief Operating Officer, to pursue business interests outside the gaming and hospitality industry. Pursuant to Company's 2014 Equity Incentive Plan ("2014 Plan") option awards that are not vested and therefore not exercisable at the date of grantee's employment termination are forfeited and are returned to the 2014 Plan.

	David Farahi	09/07/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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