| 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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| 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 US Ecology, Inc. [ ECOL ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/07/2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 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 | 01/07/2020 | J(4) | 497,598 | D | $0 | 4,014,620 | I | See Footnotes(1)(3) | ||
| Common Stock | 01/07/2020 | J(5) | 8,238 | D | $0 | 66,460 | I | See Footnotes(2)(3) | ||
| Common Stock | 10,798 | D(3)(6)(7) | ||||||||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. These securities of US Ecology, Inc. (the "Issuer") are held by JFL-NRC-SES Partners, LLC ("JFL Partners"). JFL Partners may be deemed to be controlled by its sole members, JFL-NRC Partners, LLC ("JFL-NRC") and JFL-SES Partners, LLC ("JFL-SES"). JFL-SES is controlled by JFL-SES Holdings, LLC ("JFL-SES Holdings"), which is controlled by its member JFL-SES (JA) Holdings, LLC ("JFL-SES (JA)"), which is controlled by its sole member JFL-SES Int. (JA) Holdings, LLC ("JFL-SES Int."), which is controlled by its member JFL AIV Investors III-JA, L.P. ("JFL AIV JA"). JFL-NRC is controlled by its member JFL-NRC (JA) Holdings, LLC ("JFL-NRC (JA)"), which is controlled by its sole member JFL-NRC Int. (JA) Holdings, LLC ("JFL-NRC Int."), which is controlled by its member JFL AIV JA. JFL AIV JA is controlled by its general partner, JFL GP Investors III, LLC ("Ultimate GP III"). Ultimate GP III is controlled by its managers Messrs. John Lehman, Louis Mintz, Stephen Brooks, and C. Alexander Harman. |
| 2. These securities of the Issuer are held by JFL-NRCG Holdings III, LLC ("JFL-NRCG III"). JFL-NRCG III may be deemed to be controlled by its managing member, JFL-NRCG Annex Fund, LP ("Annex Fund"). Annex Fund is controlled by its general partner, Ultimate GP III. Ultimate GP III is controlled by its managers Messrs. Lehman, Mintz, Brooks, and Harman. |
| 3. Each of the Reporting Persons, and Messrs. Lehman, Mintz, Brooks and Harman, disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein or that may be beneficially owned by any of the other Reporting Persons, in each case except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any such entity or person is the beneficial owner of or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. |
| 4. Represents a pro-rata in-kind distribution of Common Stock of the Issuer by JFL Partners without consideration to its partners. |
| 5. Represents a pro-rata in-kind distribution of Common Stock of the Issuer by JFL-NRCG III without consideration to its partners. |
| 6. Represents a change in the form of ownership of shares of Common Stock received by Ultimate GP III in the pro-rata in-kind distribution of Common Stock of the Issuer for no consideration by JFL-NRCG III and JFL Partners. Ultimate GP III previously reported these shares as indirectly held by JFL-NRCG III and JFL Partners. |
| 7. The shares of Common Stock of the Issuer are held by Ultimate GP III. |
| JFL-NRC-SES Partners, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL AIV Investors III-JA, L.P. By: JFL GP Investors III, LLC Its General Partner By: /s/ David Rattner, attorney-in-fact | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL-SES Int. (JA) Holdings, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL-SES (JA) Holdings, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL-SES Holdings, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL-SES Partners, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL-NRC Int. (JA) Holdings, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL-NRC (JA) Holdings, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL-NRC Partners, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, as secretary | 01/09/2020 | |
| JFL GP Investors III, LLC. By: /s/ David Rattner, attorney-in-fact | 01/09/2020 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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