0000899243-20-007044.txt : 20200304 0000899243-20-007044.hdr.sgml : 20200304 20200304185011 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-20-007044 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200302 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200304 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPOHLER BRUCE J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001240586 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 814-00849 FILM NUMBER: 20688932 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Solar Senior Capital Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508171 IRS NUMBER: 274288022 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 993-1670 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2020-03-02 0 0001508171 Solar Senior Capital Ltd. SUNS 0001240586 SPOHLER BRUCE J C/O SOLAR SENIOR CAPITAL LTD., 500 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 1 1 0 0 See Remarks Common Stock 2020-03-02 4 M 0 21545.0804 D 513471.9196 I See Footnotes Common Stock 2020-03-02 4 A 0 21545.0804 A 535017 I See Footnotes Common Stock 4000 D Restricted Stock Units 2020-03-02 4 E 0 21787.4362 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 57231.041 I See Footnote Restricted Stock Units 2020-03-02 4 M 0 21545.0804 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 35685.9606 I See Footnote Restricted Stock Units 2020-03-02 4 A 0 43184.9649 0.00 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 43184.9649 43184.9649 I See Footnote Pursuant to the SEC staff no-action letters to Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc. (pub. Avail. Oct. 8, 2015) and to Babson Capital Management LLC (pub. Avail. Dec. 14, 2006), an employee benefit plan sponsored by an investment adviser (or an affiliated person of an investment adviser) to a closed-end investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company or to a closed-end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, respectively, in either case that offers plan participants equity securities of such investment company is considered an "employee benefit plan sponsored by the issuer" for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Includes 79,417 shares of Solar Senior Capital Ltd. (the "Issuer") held by Solar Capital Partners Employee Stock Plan, LLC (the "SCP Plan"), 21,545.0804 of which is reported as purchased on this Form 4. These 21,545.0804 shares may be deemed to be repurchased due to cash settlement of previously granted restricted stock units ("RSUs"). The SCP Plan is controlled by Solar Capital Partners, LLC ("Solar Capital Partners"). Michael S. Gross and Bruce J. Spohler may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own a portion of the shares held by the SCP Plan by virtue of their collective ownership interest in Solar Capital Partners. (Continued from Footnote (2)) In addition, the total includes 455,500 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Senior Capital Investors, LLC ("Solar Senior Investors") and 100 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Capital Management, LLC ("Solar Management"), a portion of both of which may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Messrs. Spohler and Gross by virtue of their collective ownership interest therein. Mr. Spohler disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities directly held by the SCP Plan, Solar Senior Investors or Solar Management, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Spohler is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose. Messrs. Spohler and Gross, as administrators of the SCP Plan, elected to settle 21,545.0804 RSUs previously granted to employees by paying their cash value as contemplated by the RSUs, which cash settlement may be deemed to be a purchase of the shares underlying the previously granted RSUs. The shares that may be deemed to have been acquired were previously reported as beneficially owned due to Mr. Spohler's partial pecuniary interest as described in footnotes 2 and 3. The settlement was approved in advance in accordance with Rule 16b-3. These 535,017 shares of the Issuer are the same number of shares held prior to the settlement of RSUs in cash because this transaction may only be a deemed acquisition for purposes of Section 16. No new shares of the Issuer were actually acquired as a result of the settlement of the 21,545.0804 RSUs. The RSUs with respect to 21,787.4362 shares held by the SCP Plan granted to certain of Solar Capital Partners's employees on March 9, 2017, March 5, 2018 and March 5, 2019 terminated without value. The RSUs could have been settled in shares of the Issuer's common stock or the cash value thereof on a one-for-one basis at the election of the SCP Plan administrators, Messrs. Spohler and Gross. Messrs. Spohler and Gross may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the SCP Plan by virtue of their collective ownership interest in Solar Capital Partners. RSUs with respect to 21,545.0804 shares held by the SCP Plan granted to certain of Solar Capital Partners's employees on March 9, 2017 and March 5, 2018 settled on March 2, 2020. RSUs may be settled in shares of the Issuer's common stock or the cash value thereof on a one-for-one basis at the election of the SCP Plan administrators, Messrs. Gross and Spohler. The administrators elected to settle the vested portion in cash. Messrs. Gross and Spohler may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the SCP Plan by virtue of their collective ownership interest in Solar Capital Partners. The total also reflects the unexpired RSUs previously granted on March 5, 2019, which did not vest or settle in 2020. Grants of new RSUs with respect to 43,184.9649 shares held by the SCP Plan to certain of Solar Capital Partners's employees pursuant to Restricted Stock Unit Agreements, dated March 2, 2020. Shares of the common stock of the Issuer underlying the RSUs are scheduled to vest in installments of 50% on March 1, 2022 and 50% on March 1, 2023. Upon settlement, the RSUs will become payable on a one-for-one basis in shares of the Issuer's common stock or the cash value thereof at the election of the SCP Plan administrators, Messrs. Spohler and Gross. Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director /s/ Bruce J. Spohler 2020-03-04