0001104659-21-074473.txt : 20210528 0001104659-21-074473.hdr.sgml : 20210528 20210528211401 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-074473 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210526 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210528 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210528 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SAMARDZICH BARB J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001183152 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38703 FILM NUMBER: 21982590 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: MTS SYSTEMS CORP STREET 2: 14000 TECHNOLOGY DR CITY: EDEN PRAIRIE STATE: MN ZIP: 55344 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Velodyne Lidar, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001745317 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, NEC [3569] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5521 HELLYER AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95138 BUSINESS PHONE: (669) 275-2251 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5521 HELLYER AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95138 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Graf Industrial Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20180702 4 1 tm2118005-6_4seq1.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0306 4 2021-05-26 0 0001745317 Velodyne Lidar, Inc. VLDR 0001183152 SAMARDZICH BARB J 5521 HELLYER AVENUE SAN JOSE, CA 95138 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2021-05-26 4 M 0 1558 0.00 A 69381 D Restricted Stock Unit 2021-05-26 4 M 0 1558 0.00 D Common Stock 1558 0 D The Reporting Person was granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") which represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU. The shares were issued pursuant to vested RSUs released on May 26, 2021. The Reporting Person received RSUs in connection with the merger described in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 2, 2020 (the "Merger"), and amended on August 20, 2020, by and among Graf Industrial Corp., a Delaware corporation now known as Velodyne Lidar, Inc. ("New Velodyne"), VL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a Delaware corporation now known as Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. The Reporting Person was granted RSUs which represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU. The RSUs are fully vested. /s/ Tracey Mastropoalo, Attorney-in-Fact 2021-05-28 EX-24 2 tm2118005d6_ex24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael Vella, Tracey Mastropoalo, Andrew Hamer and Michelle Esau as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) complete and execute Form ID, “Update Passphrase Confirmation” form and Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determined to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

(2) do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of 04/17/2021

	/s/ Barbara Samardzich
	Barbara Samardzich