0000769993-18-000400.txt : 20180621 0000769993-18-000400.hdr.sgml : 20180621 20180621192413 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000769993-18-000400 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180619 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180621 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180621 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gross Bradley J. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001447253 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06620 FILM NUMBER: 18912884 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRIFFON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000050725 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL DOORS, SASH, FRAMES, MOLDING & TRIM [3442] IRS NUMBER: 111893410 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 712 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129575000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 712 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 4 1 ownershipdoc06202018093112.xml X0306 4 2018-06-19-04:00 true 0000050725 GRIFFON CORP GFF 0001447253 Gross Bradley J. C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 true false false false Common Stock 2018-06-19-04:00 4 S false 5583375 17.055 D 649296 I See footnotes The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ("Goldman Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any. Effective June 19, 2018, the Reporting Person resigned from the board of directors of Griffon Corporation (the "Company"). Pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated June 14, 2018 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company, pursuant to the final prospectus supplement dated June 14, 2018, which offering was consummated on June 19, 2018 (the "Registered Public Offering"), the underwriters purchased shares of Common Stock from the selling shareholder, GS Direct, L.L.C. ("GS Direct"). GS Direct sold an aggregate of 4,855,109 shares of Common Stock in the Registered Public Offering. Goldman Sachs was one of the underwriters in the Underwriting Agreement. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and in connection with the Registered Public Offering, the underwriters exercised their option (the "Over-Allotment Option") to purchase additional shares of Common Stock from the selling shareholder, GS Direct. On June 19, 2018, the Over-Allotment Option was consummated and in connection with such sale to the underwriters, GS Direct sold an additional 728,266 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. Following the sale of shares by GS Direct, Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 649,296 shares of Common Stock and Goldman Sachs also had open short positions of 558,825 shares of Common Stock, reflecting changes due to exempt transactions. /s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 2018-06-21-04:00