Core & Main Form 4 / Bradford A Cowles 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^*

Cowles Bradford A

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O CORE & MAIN, INC.

1830 CRAIG PARK COURT

(Street)

ST. LOUIS

63146

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Core & Main, Inc. [ CNM ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/13/2023

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	03/13/2023		F⁽¹⁾		862	D	$21.45	17,561⁽²⁾	D
Class A Common Stock	03/11/2024		F⁽¹⁾		825	D	$48.29	16,736⁽²⁾	D
Class A Common Stock	03/11/2024		F⁽¹⁾		726	D	$48.29	16,010⁽²⁾	D
Class A Common Stock	01/10/2025		C⁽³⁾		12,500⁽⁴⁾	A	$0	28,510⁽²⁾	D
Class A Common Stock	01/10/2025		S⁽⁵⁾		12,500	D	$50.4952⁽⁶⁾	16,010⁽²⁾	D
Class A Common Stock	01/14/2025		C⁽⁷⁾		12,500⁽⁸⁾	A	$0	28,510⁽²⁾	D
Class A Common Stock	01/14/2025		S⁽⁵⁾		12,500	D	$54.0716⁽⁹⁾	16,010⁽²⁾	D

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class B Common Stock and Limited Partnership Interests	⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾	01/10/2025⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾		J	V		12,500⁽⁴⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾	Class A Common Stock	12,500	$0	835,956	I⁽¹¹⁾	By LLC
Class B Common Stock and Limited Partnership Interests	⁽¹⁰⁾	01/10/2025⁽¹⁰⁾		J	V	12,500⁽⁴⁾		⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾	Class A Common Stock	12,500	$0	12,500	D
Class B Common Stock and Limited Partnership Interests	⁽¹⁰⁾	01/10/2025⁽¹⁰⁾		C⁽³⁾			12,500⁽³⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾	Class A Common Stock	12,500	$0	0	D
Class B Common Stock and Limited Partnership Interests	⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾	01/14/2025⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾		J	V		12,500⁽⁸⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾	Class A Common Stock	12,500	$0	823,456	I⁽¹¹⁾	By LLC
Class B Common Stock and Limited Partnership Interests	⁽¹⁰⁾	01/14/2025⁽¹⁰⁾		J	V	12,500⁽⁸⁾		⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾	Class A Common Stock	12,500	$0	12,500	D
Class B Common Stock and Limited Partnership Interests	⁽¹⁰⁾	01/14/2025		C⁽⁷⁾			12,500⁽⁷⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾	⁽¹⁰⁾	Class A Common Stock	12,500	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents prior share forfeitures to the Issuer for tax withholding purposes upon the vesting of a portion of restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted to the reporting person.

2. Of the 18,423 RSUs originally granted an aggregate of 2,413 shares of Class A common stock have been forfeited to the Issuer for tax withholdings purposes and an aggregate of 4,913 shares of Class A common stock have vested with 11,097 RSUs remaining unvested, as of the date of this Form 4. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A common stock. The unvested portion of the RSUs granted on March 11, 2022 vest on March 11, 2025. The RSUs granted on March 10, 2023 vest in two equal installments on March 10, 2025 and March 10, 2026. The RSUs granted on March 7, 2024 vest in three equal installments on March 7, 2025, March 7, 2026 and March 7, 2027. All RSU vesting is subject to the terms of the associated Participant Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.

3. On January 10, 2025, pursuant to the terms of an exchange agreement, dated as of July 22, 2021 (as amended, the "Exchange Agreement"), 12,500 shares of Class B common stock of the Issuer ("Class B common stock") and limited partnership interests of Core & Main Holdings, LP (together, a "Paired Interest") were exchanged for shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer ("Class A common stock"), on a one-for-one basis.

4. On January 10, 2025, pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Amended and Restated LLC Agreement of Core & Main Management Feeder, LLC ("Management Feeder"), dated as of February 13, 2024 (as amended, the "LLC Agreement"), 12,500 vested common units ("Units") held directly by the reporting person were redeemed at the discretion of the reporting person for 12,500 Paired Interests.

5. The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on October 11, 2024.

6. The price reported represents the weighted average price of shares of Class A common stock sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $50.1600 to $51.0200 per share. The reporting person will provide to the Issuer, or the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.

7. On January 14, 2025, pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, 12,500 shares of Class B common stock and a Paired Interest were exchanged for shares of Class A common stock, on a one-for-one basis.

8. On January 14, 2025, pursuant to the terms of the LLC Agreement, 12,500 vested Units held directly by the reporting person were redeemed at the discretion of the reporting person for 12,500 Paired Interests.

9. The price reported represents the weighted average price of shares of Class A common stock sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $54.0000 to $54.1850 per share. The reporting person will provide to the Issuer, or the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.

10. Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, Paired Interests are exchangeable at the discretion of the reporting person for shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis or, at the election of a majority of the disinterested members of the Issuer's board of directors, for cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale (based on the price of Class A common stock sold in such public offering or private sale, net of any underwriting discounts and commissions, for each limited partnership interest exchanged, subject to certain exceptions, conditions and adjustments). The Class B common stock and limited partnership interests have no expiration date.

11. Represents securities held by Management Feeder in respect of Units directly held by the reporting person. Pursuant to the LLC Agreement, such vested Units held by the reporting person are redeemable at the discretion of the reporting person for Paired Interests, on a one-for-one basis.

Remarks:

	/s/ Mark Whittenburg, as Attorney-in-Fact for Bradford A. Cowles	01/14/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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