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 |
| |||||||||||||||
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 Focus Financial Partners Inc. [ FOCS ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/07/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
|
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 |
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 | ||||||||
Common Units in Focus Financial Partners, LLC | (1) | 12/07/2021 | F(2) | 788 | (1) | (1) | Class A Common Stock | 788 | $64.38 | 12,145(3) | D | ||||
Common Units in Focus Financial Partners, LLC | (4) | (4) | (4) | Class A Common Stock | 160,450 | 160,450 | I | By Adolf Family Trust II(5) | |||||||
Common Units in Focus Financial Partners, LLC | (4) | (4) | (4) | Class A Common Stock | 58,495 | 58,495 | D |
Explanation of Responses: |
1. As previously reported, on December 7, 2020, the Reporting Person acquired 12,933 unvested common units that vest in four equal installments on each anniversary of December 7, 2020. Vested common units are exchangeable (together with an equal number of shares of Class B common stock), subject to certain restrictions in the Fourth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Focus Financial Partners, LLC ("Focus LLC"), for (i) an equal number of shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock or, (ii) at the election of the Issuer, cash. |
2. On December 7, 2021, 3,233 of the Reporting Person's unvested common units vested and 788 of such common units were withheld by the Issuer to satisfy the tax obligations upon vesting. The number of common units withheld was based on the closing price of the Issuer's Class A common stock on December 6, 2021. |
3. As of the date of this report, 2,445 of these common units are vested and 9,700 of these common units are unvested. |
4. Vested common units are exchangeable (together with an equal number of shares of Class B common stock), subject to certain restrictions in the Fourth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Focus LLC, for (i) an equal number of shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock or, (ii) at the election of the Issuer, cash. |
5. Represents securities held by the Adolf Family Trust II, an irrevocable trust established by the Reporting Person for the benefit of his children. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned by the trust except to the extent of his indirect pecuniary interest therein. |
/s/ J. Russell McGranahan as Attorney-in-Fact | 12/09/2021 | |
** 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). | ||
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. |