0000899243-22-013942.txt : 20220405 0000899243-22-013942.hdr.sgml : 20220405 20220405210233 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-22-013942 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220401 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220405 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220405 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: 001-35093 FILM NUMBER: 22809162 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SLR Senior Investment Corp. 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 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Solar Senior Capital Ltd. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101217 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2022-04-01 1 0001508171 SLR Senior Investment Corp. SUNS 0001240586 SPOHLER BRUCE J C/O SLR SENIOR INVESTMENT CORP. 500 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 1 1 0 0 See Remarks Common Stock 2022-04-01 4 D 0 774171 D 0 I See Footnotes Common Stock 2022-04-01 4 D 0 7500 D 0 D Restricted Stock Units 2022-04-01 4 A 0 100373.9998 A Common Stock 100373.9998 0 I See Footnote Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 1, 2021 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among SLR Investment Corp. ("SLRC"), SLR Senior Investment Corp. ("SUNS"), Solstice Merger Sub, Inc. and SLR Capital Partners, LLC ("SLR Capital Partners") (for the limited purposes set forth therein), in exchange for 603,541 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SLRC. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of SUNS's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was converted into the right to receive 0.7796 shares of SLRC's common stock (the "Mergers"). The disposition reported in this Form 4 is an exempt transaction. Prior to the Mergers, Bruce J. Spohler may have been deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of 100,000 shares of the Issuer held by a trust for which he acts as co-trustee and of which he and certain members of his immediate family are beneficiaries (the "Spohler Trust"), and 130,697 shares of the Issuer held by a limited liability company for which he serves as the manager and in which he owns a pro rata interest (the "Spohler LLC"). (Continued from Footnote (2)) The total also includes 87,874 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Capital Partners Employee Stock Plan, LLC (the "SCP Plan") prior to the effective date of the Mergers. The SCP Plan is controlled by SLR Capital Partners (f/k/a Solar Capital Partners, LLC). Michael S. Gross and Bruce J. Spohler may have been deemed to indirectly beneficially own a portion of the shares held by the SCP Plan prior to the effective date of the Mergers by virtue of their collective ownership interest in SLR Capital Partners. (Continued from Footnote (3)) In addition, the total includes 455,500 shares of the Issuer held by Solar Senior Capital Investors, LLC prior to the effective date of the Mergers and 100 shares of the Issuer held by SLR Capital Management, LLC (f/k/a Solar Capital Management, LLC) prior to the effective date of the Mergers, a portion of both of which may have been deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Messrs. Spohler and Gross by virtue of their collective ownership interest therein. Prior to the effective date of the Mergers, Mr. Spohler disclaimed beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities directly held by the SCP Plan, Solar Senior Investors or SLR Management, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Spohler was, prior to the effective date of the Mergers, the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for 5,847 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SLRC. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of SUNS's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was converted into the right to receive 0.7796 shares of SLRC's common stock. The disposition reported in this Form 4 is an exempt transaction. Restricted stock units ("RSUs") with respect to 100,373.9998 shares held by the SCP Plan granted to certain of SLR Capital Partners's employees on March 5, 2019, March 9, 2020 and March 2, 2021 were outstanding prior to the Merger. The RSUs may 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. Gross and Spohler. Pursuant to the employee compensation plan, the administrators elected to amend the outstanding awards in connection with the Mergers to reference 78,251.5702 shares of SLRC. 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 SLR Capital Partners. Each grant of RSUs was scheduled to vest 50% on each of the second and third anniversary of grant, subject to the restrictions in the plan. 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. Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director /s/ Bruce J. Spohler 2022-04-05