| 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) 04/15/2015 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Party City Holdco Inc. [ PRTY ] | |||||||||||||
| 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 | 65,157,952(1) | I | See footnote(1)(2) |
| 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. Represents shares of the Issuer held directly by THL PC Topco, L.P. ("THL Topco"), although such shares are beneficially owned by the following entities: Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VI, L.P. ("THL Equity VI"), Thomas H. Lee Parallel Fund VI, L.P. ("Parallel Fund VI"), Thomas H. Lee Parallel (DT) Fund VI, L.P. ("DT Fund VI"), THL Coinvestment Partners, L.P. ("THL Coinvestment"), THL Operating Partners, LP ("THL Operating"), THL Equity Fund VI Investors (PC), L.P. ("THL PC") together with THL Equity VI, Parallel Fund VI, DT Fund VI, THL Coinvestment, THL Operating and THL PC, (the "THL Funds") as well as Great-West Investors, L.P. ("Great West") and Putnam Investments Employees' Securities Company III LLC ("Putnam III"). |
| 2. The Reporting Person is a Managing Director of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., which is the general partner of THL Coinvestment and the sole member of THL Equity Advisors VI, LLC ("THL Advisors"), which in turn is the general partner of the THL Topco, THL Equity VI, Parallel Fund VI, DT Fund VI, THL Operating, and THL PC. THL Advisors is attorney-in-fact of Great West and Putnam Investments, LLC, which is the managing member of Putnam Investments Holdings, LLC, which in turn is the managing member of Putnam III. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Joshua M. Nelson | 04/15/2015 | |
| ** 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. | ||
