Ruediger Adolf Form 4 Focus Financial Partners / Ruediger Adolf 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^*

Adolf Ruediger

(Last) (First) (Middle)

875 THIRD AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10022

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Focus Financial Partners Inc. [ FOCS ]

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

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
CEO and Chairman

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)

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

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
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