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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 10)*

 

 

Landsea Homes Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

51509P103

(CUSIP Number)

Qin Zhou

Executive Vice President

Landsea Holdings Corporation

530 Lytton Ave, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301

(213) 689-5132

With a copy to:

James Hsu, Esq.

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

555 Flower St 31st floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

(213) 689-5170

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

June 20, 2024

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐

 

*

The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


CUSIP No. 51509P103    SCHEDULE 13D   

 

 1   

 Name of Reporting Persons

 

 Landsea Holdings Corporation

 2  

 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

 (a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

 3  

 SEC Use Only

 

 4  

 Source of Funds

 

 OO (see Item 3)

 5  

 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)

 

 ☐

 6  

 Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

 Delaware

Number of

Shares

 Beneficially 

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

    7    

 Sole Voting Power

 

 - 0 -

    8   

 Shared Voting Power

 

 16,490,729 (1) (see Items 4 and 5)

    9   

 Sole Dispositive Power

 

 - 0 -

   10   

 Shared Dispositive Power

 

 12,260,729 (1)(A) (see Items 4 and 5)

11   

 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Person

 

 16,490,729 shares of Common Stock (1) (see Items 4 and 5)

12  

 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 ☐

13  

 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

 45.46% (2)

14  

 Type of Reporting Person

 

 CO; HC

 

(1)

Consists of (A) 12,260,729 shares of common stock “(“Common Stock”) of Landsea Homes Corporation (the “Issuer”) held of record by Landsea Holdings Corporation (“Landsea Holdings”) immediately following the completion of the transfer of (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the terms of the Payment Agreement Regarding Credit Agreement and Loan Documents (the “Payment Agreement”) dated May 10, 2024, entered into by Landsea Holdings as borrower, and 1103849 B.C. LTD., as lender (the “Lender”) to Ever Fast Holdings Limited, a subsidiary and designee of the Lender (“Ever Fast”) on May 14, 2024, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Qin Zhou pursuant to that certain Stock Bonus Award Agreement between Landsea Holdings and Qin Zhou (the “Zhou Agreement”) on June 3, 2024, (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Yitu Wang pursuant to that certain Stock Bonus Award Agreement between Landsea Holdings and Yitu Wang (the “Wang Agreement,” together with the Zhou Agreement the “Stock Bonus Award Agreements”) on June 3, 2024, (iv) 150,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Chao Liu on June 20, 2024 pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 17, 2024 between Landsea Holdings and Chao Liu (the “Liu SPA”), (v) 150,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Xiao Ning Liu on June 20, 2024 pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 17, 2024 between Landsea Holdings and Xiao Ning Liu (the “Xiao Ning SPA”), and (vi) 150,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Wan Kian Chong on June 20, 2024 pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 17, 2024 between Landsea Holdings and Wan Kian Chong (the “Chong SPA,” collectively with the Liu SPA and the Xiao Ning SPA, the “SPAs”); and (B) (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with the Lender and Ever Fast pursuant to the Voting and Stockholder Agreement dated May 10, 2024 (the “Voting and Stockholder Agreement”) between Landsea Holdings, the Lender and Ever Fast, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Qin Zhou, and (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Yitu Wang.

(2)

The percentage ownership is based upon 36,273,847 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of June 20, 2024, following the completion of the transfer of 450,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the SPAs.


CUSIP No. 51509P103    SCHEDULE 13D   

 

 1   

 Name of Reporting Persons

 

 Landsea Green Management Limited (F/K/A Landsea Green Properties Co. Ltd.)

 2  

 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

 (a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

 3  

 SEC Use Only

 

 4  

 Source of Funds

 

 OO (see Item 3)

 5  

 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)

 

 ☐

 6  

 Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

 Bermuda

Number of

Shares

 Beneficially 

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

    7    

 Sole Voting Power

 

 - 0 -

    8   

 Shared Voting Power

 

 16,490,729 (1) (see Items 4 and 5)

    9   

 Sole Dispositive Power

 

 - 0 -

   10   

 Shared Dispositive Power

 

 12,260,729 (1)(A) (see Items 4 and 5)

11   

 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Person

 

 16,490,729 shares of Common Stock (1) (see Items 4 and 5)

12  

 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 ☐

13  

 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

 45.46% (2)

14  

 Type of Reporting Person

 

 CO; HC

 

(1)

Consists of (A) 12,260,729 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held of record by Landsea Holdings after (a) acquiring (i) 32,557,303 shares of Common Stock issued by the Issuer as merger consideration pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 31, 2020 by and among the Issuer, Landsea Holdings, LFCA Merger Sub, Inc. and Landsea Homes Incorporation (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement defined in the Merger Agreement, (b) disposing of 179,038 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (c) disposing of 4,838,710 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2022, (d) disposing of 4,398,826 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Share Repurchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2022, (e) the automatic surrender and forfeiture on January 7, 2023 of 500,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, (f) the sale of 2,956,522 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement dated June 12, 2023 by the Issuer, Landsea Holdings as the selling stockholder and B. Riley Securities, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein (the “2023 Underwriting Agreement”) on June 15, 2023, (g) the sale of 443,478 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares under the 2023 Underwriting Agreement, (h) the sale of 2,8,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement dated March 5, 2024 by the Issuer, Landsea Holdings as the selling stockholder and B. Riley Securities, Inc. and BofA Securities, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “2024 Underwriting Agreement”) on March 8, 2024, (i) the transfer of 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings on May 14, 2024 pursuant to the Payment Agreement by Landsea Holdings as borrower and 1103849 B.C. LTD., as lender, (j) the transfer of 80,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement on June 3, 2024, (k) the transfer of 50,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement on June 3, 2024, and (l) the transfer of 450,000 shares of Common Stock on June 20, 2024 pursuant to the SPAs ; and (B) (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement on May 14, 2024, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with the Lender and Ever Fast pursuant to the Voting and Stockholder Agreement, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Qin Zhou, and (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Yitu Wang.

Landsea Green Management Limited (F/K/A Landsea Green Properties Co. Ltd) may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such shares since Landsea Holdings is 100% indirectly owned by Landsea Green Management Limited. Neither the filing of this Statement on Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by Landsea Green Management Limited or any of its subsidiaries having a beneficial ownership interest in Landsea Holdings that it is the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

 

(2)

The percentage ownership is based upon 36,273,847 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of June 20, 2024, following the completion of the transfer of 450,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the SPAs.


CUSIP No. 51509P103    SCHEDULE 13D   

 

 1   

 Name of Reporting Persons

 

 Ming Tian

 2  

 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

 (a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

 3  

 SEC Use Only

 

 4  

 Source of Funds

 

 OO (see Item 3)

 5  

 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)

 

 ☐

 6  

 Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

 People’s Republic of China

Number of

Shares

 Beneficially 

Owned by

Each

Reporting

Person

With

 

    7    

 Sole Voting Power

 

  0

    8   

 Shared Voting Power

 

 16,520,729 (1) (see Items 4 and 5)

    9   

 Sole Dispositive Power

 

  0

   10   

 Shared Dispositive Power

 

 12,290,729 (1)(A) and (1)(C) (see Items 4 and 5)

11   

 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Person

 

  16,520,729 shares of Common Stock (1) (see Items 4 and 5)

12  

 Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 ☐

13  

 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

 45.54% (2)

14  

 Type of Reporting Person

 

 IN; HC

 

(1)

Consists of (A) 12,260,729 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held of record by Landsea Holdings after (a) acquiring (i) 32,557,303 shares of Common Stock issued by Landsea Homes Corporation (the “Issuer”) as merger consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, (b) disposing of 179,038 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of January 7, 2021, (c) disposing of 4,838,710 shares pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2022, (d) disposing of 4,398,826 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Share Repurchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2022, (e) the automatic surrender and forfeiture on January 7, 2023 of 500,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, (f) the sale of 2,956,522 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the 2023 Underwriting Agreement on June 15, 2023, (g) the sale of 443,478 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares under the 2023 Underwriting Agreement on June 21, 2023, (h) the sale of 2,800,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the 2024 Underwriting Agreement closed on March 8, 2024, (i) the transfer of 4,100,000 shares by Landsea Holdings to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement on May 14, 2024, (j) the transfer of 80,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Award Agreement on June 3, 2024, (k) the transfer of 50,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement on June 3, 2024, and (l) the transfer of 450,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings on June 20, 2024 pursuant to the SPAs, and (B) (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement on May 14, 2024, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with the Lender and Ever Fast pursuant to the Voting and Stockholder Agreement, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Qin Zhou, and (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Yitu Wang; and (C) 30,000 shares of Common Stock held of record by the spouse of Mr. Tian through participation as an investor in the secondary offering under the 2024 Underwriting Agreement, closed on March 8, 2024, with respect to which Mr. Tian may be deemed to share with his spouse the power to vote or dispose, or to direct the voting or disposition of, such 30,000 shares of Common Stock.

Mr. Tian may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 16,490,729 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held of record by Landsea Holdings since Landsea Holdings is 100% indirectly owned by Landsea Green Management Limited (F/K/A Landsea Green Properties Co. Ltd) and Mr. Tian indirectly beneficially owns approximately 58.53% of Landsea Green Management Limited through his interest in Easycorps Group Limited (“Easycorps”), Greensheid Corporation (“Greensheid”), and Landsea International Holdings Limited (“Landsea International”). Easycorps is wholly-owned by Mr. Tian. Greensheid is wholly-owned by Landsea International, which in turn is wholly-owned by Landsea Group Co., Ltd. (“Landsea Group”). Mr. Tian is the controlling shareholder of Landsea Group. Neither the filing of this Statement on Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by Mr. Tian, Easycorps, Greensheid, Landsea Group, Landsea Green Management Limited or any of Landsea Green Management Limited’s subsidiaries having a beneficial ownership interest in Landsea Holdings that he or it is the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of Exchange Act, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

 

(2)

The percentage ownership is based upon 36,273,847 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of June 20, 2024 following the completion of the transfer of 450,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the SPAs.


Statement on Schedule 13D

Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 10 amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed on January 19, 2021 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 filed on May 13, 2022, Amendment No. 2 filed on June 2, 2022, Amendment No. 3 filed on June 16, 2022, Amendment No. 4 filed on June 16, 2023, Amendment No. 5 filed on June 22, 2023,Amendment No. 6 filed on July 21, 2023, Amendment No. 7 filed on March 11, 2024, Amendment No. 8 filed on May 14, 2024, and Amendment No. 9 filed on June 5, 2024. This Amendment No. 10 reports that on June 20, 2024, Landsea Holdings transferred a total of 450,000 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock to three non-US individuals, and the number of shares reported as held by the Reporting Persons in this Amendment gives effect to such transaction.

Item 4. – Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following supplemental information:

The information set forth in Item 6 is hereby incorporated by reference into Item 4 of this Amendment No. 7.

Item 5. – Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5 is hereby amended to add the following supplemental information:

(a) - (b) As of June 20, 2024, after the transfer of 450,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the SPAs (defined in Item 6 below), Landsea Holdings beneficially owns 12,260,729 shares of Common Stock. Each other Reporting Person may be deemed, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, to share with Landsea Holdings the power to vote or dispose, or to direct the voting or disposition of, such shares of Common Stock, and thus, for the purpose of Rule 13d-3, the other Reporting Persons may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the shares. Information about the relationships of the Reporting Persons on the cover pages are incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Except for the transfer described above, none of the Reporting Persons, and to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, none of the persons named in Schedule A to the Original 13D Filing, has effected any transactions in the shares during the past 60 days.

Item 6. – Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following supplemental information:

Stock Purchase Agreements

Landsea Holdings entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 17, 2024 between Landsea Holdings and Chao Liu (the “Liu SPA”), pursuant to which Landsea Holdings transferred to Chao Liu 150,000 shares of Common Stock with a purchase price equal to $9.53 per share, determined based on the closing price of the Common Stock on June 14, 2024. Landsea Holdings entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 17, 2024 between Landsea Holdings and Xiao Ning Liu (the “Xiao Ning SPA”), pursuant to which Landsea Holdings transferred to Xiao Ning Liu 150,000 shares of Common Stock with a purchase price equal to $9.53 per share, determined based on the closing price of the Common Stock on June 14, 2024. Landsea Holdings also entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 17, 2024 between Landsea Holdings and Wan Kian Chong (the “Chong SPA,” collectively with the Liu SPA and the Xiao Ning SPA, the “SPAs”), pursuant to which Landsea Holdings transferred to Wan Kian Chong (collectively with Chao Liu and Xiao Ning Liu the “Buyers” and each a “Buyer”) 150,000 shares of Common Stock with a purchase price equal to $9.53 per share, determined based on the closing price of the Common Stock on June 14, 2024. The privately negotiated sale of a total of 450,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to the Buyers was completed on June 20, 2024.


SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: June 24, 2024

 

Landsea Holdings Corporation
By:  

/s/ Qin Zhou

Name:   Qin Zhou
Title:   Executive Vice President
Landsea Green Management Limited
By:  

/s/ Ming Tian

Name:   Ming Tian
Title:   Chairman of Board of Directors
Ming Tian

/s/ Ming Tian