| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/21/2022 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WisdomTree Investments, Inc. [ WETF ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. 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 Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 16,639(1) | D | |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Restricted stock units ("RSUs") issued to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's Non-Employee Directors' Deferred Compensation Program (the "Program") under the Issuer's 2022 Equity Plan (the "Plan"). In accordance with an election made by the Reporting Person to defer receipt of her annual restricted stock award under the Program, the shares of common stock underlying the RSUs will vest on September 21, 2023, and are payable on a one-for-one basis (i.e., one share of common stock for each RSU) upon the earlier of (i) a "separation from service" (as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) and (ii) a Sale Event (as defined in the Plan), so long as such Sale Event also constitutes a "change in the ownership or effective control" of the Issuer or a "change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets" of the Issuer (as such terms are defined in Section 409A of the Code). |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Marci Frankenthaler, Attorney-in-Fact | 09/23/2022 | |
| ** 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 5 (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. | ||
