Filing Details
- Accession Number:
- 0000895345-19-000133
- Form Type:
- 13D Filing
- Publication Date:
- 2019-03-19 17:16:22
- Filed By:
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc
- Company:
- Stagwell Inc (NASDAQ:STGW)
- Filing Date:
- 2019-03-19
- SEC Url:
- 13D Filing
Ownership Summary
Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.
Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc | 0 | 14,786,448 | 0 | 14,786,448 | 14,786,448 | 17.06% |
Goldman, Sachs Co | 0 | 14,786,448 | 0 | 14,786,448 | 14,786,448 | 17.06% |
Broad Street Principal Investments | 0 | 14,778,823 | 0 | 14,778,823 | 14,778,823 | 17.05% |
StoneBridge | 0 | 14,778,823 | 0 | 14,778,823 | 14,778,823 | 17.05% |
StoneBridge | 0 | 14,778,823 | 0 | 14,778,823 | 14,778,823 | 17.05% |
Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors | 0 | 14,778,823 | 0 | 14,778,823 | 14,778,823 | 17.05% |
Filing
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*
MDC
PARTNERS INC.
(Name of Issuer)
Class
A Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
552697104
(CUSIP Number)
David S. Thomas, Esq.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282
(212) 902-1000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
With a copy to:
Mark H. Lucas, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
(212) 859-8000
March
14, 2019
(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 that is the subject of this Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
Note: Schedules filed in paper
format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
(Continued on following pages)
(Page 1 of 18 Pages)
____________
*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. 552697104 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 2 of 18 Pages |
1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS | | | ||
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) | | | |||
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | |||
| | ||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) | ☐ | ||
(b) | ☒ | ||||
| | ||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | | | ||
| | | |||
| | ||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
AF (See Item 3) | | | |||
| | ||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 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 | | | ||
14,786,448.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
14,786,448.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | ||
14,786,448.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | ☐ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | | | ||
17.06% (See Item 5)** | | | |||
| | ||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
HC-CO | | | |||
| |
* | Reflects (i) 14,778,823.4 Class A Subordinate Voting Shares (the “Class
A Shares”) of MDC Partners Inc. (the “Issuer”) issuable upon the conversion of 95,000 Series 4 Convertible Preference Shares (the “Preference Shares”) of the Issuer and (ii) 7,625 Class A Shares of the Issuer. The Series 4 Convertible Preference Shares are convertible as described
herein. |
** | The calculation is based on the 86,672,362.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer outstanding which includes (i) 71,893,539 Class A Shares outstanding as
provided by the Issuer to Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. and (ii) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares reported herein. |
CUSIP No. 552697104 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 3 of 18 Pages |
1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS | | | ||
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) | | | |||
Goldman, Sachs & Co. LLC | | | |||
| | ||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) | ☐ | ||
(b) | ☒ | ||||
| | ||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | | | ||
| | | |||
| | ||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
WC; AF (See Item 3) | | | |||
| | ||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E) | | ☒ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION | | | ||
New York | | | |||
| | ||||
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER | | | |
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER | | | ||
14,786,448.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
14,786,448.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | ||
14,786,448.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | ☐ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | | | ||
17.06% (See Item 5)** | | | |||
| | ||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
BD-IA | | | |||
| |
* | Reflects (i) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer issuable upon the conversion of 95,000 Preference Shares of the Issuer and (ii) 7,625 Class
A Shares of the Issuer. The Preference Shares are convertible as described herein. |
** | The calculation is based on the 86,672,362.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer outstanding which includes (i) 71,893,539 Class A Shares outstanding
as provided by the Issuer to Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. and (ii) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares reported herein. |
CUSIP No. 552697104 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 4 of 18 Pages |
1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS | | | ||
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) | | | |||
Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. | | | |||
| | ||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) | ☐ | ||
(b) | ☒ | ||||
| | ||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | | | ||
| | | |||
| | ||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
WC (See Item 3) | | | |||
| | ||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 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 | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | ☐ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | | | ||
17.05% (See Item 5)** | | | |||
| | ||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
OO | | | |||
| |
* | Reflects 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer issuable upon the conversion of 95,000 Preference Shares of Issuer. The Preference Shares
are convertible as described herein. |
** | The calculation is based on the 86,672,362.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer outstanding which includes (i) 71,893,539 Class A Shares outstanding
as provided by the Issuer to Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. and (ii) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares reported herein. |
CUSIP No. 552697104 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 5 of 18 Pages |
1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS | | | ||
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) | | | |||
StoneBridge 2017, L.P. | | | |||
| | ||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) | ☐ | ||
(b) | ☒ | ||||
| | ||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | | | ||
| | | |||
| | ||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
WC (See Item 3) | | | |||
| | ||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 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 | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | ☐ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | | | ||
17.05% (See Item 5)** | | | |||
| | ||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
PN | | | |||
| |
* | Reflects 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer issuable upon the conversion of 95,000 Preference Shares of Issuer. The Preference Shares
are convertible as described herein. |
** | The calculation is based on the 86,672,362.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer outstanding which includes (i) 71,893,539 Class A Shares outstanding
as provided by the Issuer to Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. and (ii) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares reported herein. |
CUSIP No. 552697104 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 6 of 18 Pages |
1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS | | | ||
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) | | | |||
StoneBridge 2017 Offshore, L.P. | | | |||
| | ||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) | ☐ | ||
(b) | ☒ | ||||
| | ||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | | | ||
| | | |||
| | ||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
WC (See Item 3) | | | |||
| | ||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E) | | ☐ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION | | | ||
Cayman Islands | | | |||
| | ||||
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER | | | |
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | ☐ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | | | ||
17.05% (See Item 5)** | | | |||
| | ||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
PN | | | |||
| |
* | Reflects 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer issuable upon the conversion of 95,000 Preference Shares of Issuer. The Series 4
Convertible Preference Shares are convertible as described herein. |
** | The calculation is based on the 86,672,362.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer outstanding which includes (i) 71,893,539 Class A Shares
outstanding as provided by the Issuer to Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. and (ii) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares reported herein. |
CUSIP No. 552697104 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 7 of 18 Pages |
1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS | | | ||
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) | | | |||
Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors, L.L.C. | | | |||
| | ||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) | ☐ | ||
(b) | ☒ | ||||
| | ||||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | | | ||
| | | |||
| | ||||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
AF (See Item 3) | | | |||
| | ||||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 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 | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
-0- | | | |||
| | ||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | ||
14,778,823.4 (See Items 3, 4 and 5)* | | | |||
| | ||||
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | ☐ | ||
| | ||||
| | ||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | | | ||
17.05% (See Item 5)** | | | |||
| | ||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) | | | ||
OO | | | |||
| |
* | Reflects 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer issuable upon the conversion of 95,000 Preference Shares of Issuer. The Preference Shares are
convertible as described herein. |
** | The calculation is based on the 86,672,362.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer outstanding which includes (i) 71,893,539 Class A Shares outstanding as
provided by the Issuer to Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. and (ii) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares reported herein. |
This Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment”) amends and supplements
the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on March 15, 2017, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 filed by the Reporting Persons on March 24, 2017 (the “Original
Schedule 13D” and, as amended and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Schedule 13D”). Except as specifically provided herein, this
Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Original Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the same meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Schedule 13D.
This Amendment No. 2 is being filed to make updates and amendments to the Original Schedule 13D as follows:
Item 2. Identity and Background.
This Amendment amends and restates Item 2 of the Original Schedule 13D in its entirety as follows:
“(a), (f) This Schedule 13D is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), by:
i. | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GS
Group”); | |
ii. | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Goldman Sachs”); | |
iii. | Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“BSPI”); | |
iv. | StoneBridge 2017, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SB
Employee Fund”); | |
v. | StoneBridge 2017 Offshore, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“SB Employee Fund Offshore,” and together with SB Employee Fund, the “Employee Funds”); | |
vi. | Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors, L.L.C. (“Bridge Street”
and together with the entities listed in (i) through (v), the “Reporting Persons”). |
Goldman Sachs is a subsidiary of GS Group. Goldman Sachs is the manager of BSPI and Bridge Street
and the investment manager of the Employee Funds. BSPI directly holds 79,000 Preference Shares (which are convertible into Class A Shares of the Issuer as described herein). GS Group is the direct owner of Bridge Street. Bridge Street is the
general partner of each Employee Fund, which collectively directly hold 16,000 Preference Shares (which are convertible into Class A Shares of the Issuer as described herein).
The Reporting Persons have entered into a joint filing agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit 99.1.
(b) The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is 200 West Street
New York, NY 10282-2198.
(c) GS Group is a bank holding company that (directly and indirectly through subsidiaries or
affiliated companies or both) is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Goldman Sachs is an investment banking firm and a member of the New York Stock Exchange and other national exchanges.
BSPI was formed for the purpose of investing in equity, equity-related and similar securities or
instruments, including debt or other securities or instruments with equity-like returns or an equity component.
SB Employee Fund was formed for the purpose of investing in equity, equity-related and similar
securities or instruments, including debt or other securities or instruments with equity-like returns or an equity component.
SB Employee Fund Offshore was formed for the purpose of investing in equity, equity-related and
similar securities or instruments, including debt or other securities or instruments with equity-like returns or an equity component.
Bridge Street is principally engaged in the business of being the general partner of the Employee
Funds.
The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each
director of GS Group are set forth in Schedule I hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each member of the Corporate Investment Committee of the
Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, which is responsible for making all investment decisions for BSPI, SB Employee Fund, SB Employee Fund Offshore and Bridge Street on behalf of Goldman Sachs, are set forth in Schedule II-A hereto and
are incorporated herein by reference. The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each executive officer of BSPI and Bridge Street, are set forth in Schedule II-B hereto and are incorporated herein
by reference.
(d)–(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons nor, to the knowledge of each of
the Reporting Persons, without independent verification, any of the persons listed on Schedule I, Schedule II-A or Schedule II-B, hereto (i) has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or
(ii) except as set forth on Schedule III hereto, has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order
enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.”
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other
Consideration.
This Amendment amends and supplements Item 3 of the Original Schedule 13D by inserting the following
after the last paragraph thereof:
“On March 14, 2019, the Reporting Persons received notice from the Issuer that on March 14, 2019,
the Issuer issued 14,285,714 Class A Shares for $3.50 per share and 50,000 Series 6 Convertible Preference Shares with an initial conversion price of $5.00 per share, initially convertible into 10,000,000 Class A Shares. The foregoing issuance
(the “Series 6 Issuance”) triggered the Preference Shares’ anti-dilution protection provisions, which provisions are contained in the articles of
amendment of the Issuer (as amended, the “Articles of Amendment”), a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2 to the Original Schedule 13D and are
incorporated by reference into this Item 3. As a result, the Issuer notified the Reporting Persons that the Conversion Price of the Preference Shares had been automatically adjusted to $7.42.”
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
This Amendment amends and restates the first paragraph of Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D in its entirety as set
forth below:
“Pursuant to the terms thereof, holders of the Preference Shares have the right to convert their Preference Shares, in whole at any time and from time to time,
and in part at any time and from time to time after the ninetieth day following the original issuance date of the Preference Shares, into a number of Class A Shares equal to the then-applicable liquidation preference divided by the
then-applicable conversion price at such time (the “Conversion Price”), subject to certain ownership limitations described herein. On July 30, 2018, GS Group
received early termination of all waiting periods under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to such conversion.”
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
This Amendment amends and restates the second paragraph of Item 5 through the fifth paragraph of Item 5 of the
Original Schedule 13D in its entirety as set forth below:
“(a)-(b) The following disclosure assumes there are 86,672,362.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer
outstanding which includes (i) 71,893,539 Class A Shares outstanding as provided by the Issuer to Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. and (ii) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares
reported herein.
As of March 14, 2019, GS Group and Goldman Sachs may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of (i) 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares of the Issuer deliverable upon conversion of the Preference Shares
reported herein and (ii) 7,625 Class A Shares acquired by Goldman Sachs or another wholly-owned broker or dealer subsidiary of GS Group in ordinary course trading activities, representing approximately 17.06% of the total number of Class A Shares.
Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Act, as of March 14, 2019, GS Group and Goldman Sachs may be deemed
to share beneficial ownership of 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares, consisting of (i) 12,289,758.4465 Class A Shares (deliverable to BSPI upon conversion of the Preference Shares directly held by BSPI as reported herein) and (ii) 2,489,065.0018 Class A
Shares (deliverable to the Employee Funds upon conversion of the Preference Shares directly held by the Employee Funds as reported herein), collectively representing approximately 17.05% of the outstanding Class A Shares.
Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Act, as of March 14, 2019, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to
share beneficial ownership, of 14,778,823.4 Class A Shares (deliverable to BSPI and the Employee Funds upon conversion of the Preference Shares directly held by BSPI and the Employee Funds), which constitutes approximately 17.05% of the
outstanding Class A Shares.”
This Amendment amends and restates the thirteenth paragraph of Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D in
its entirety as set forth below:
“No transactions in the Class A Shares were effected by any Reporting Person or, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any of the persons listed on Schedule I, Schedule
II-A or Schedule II-B, during the sixty day period from January 13, 2019 through March 14, 2019.”
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description |
Power of Attorney,
relating to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (filed herewith). | |
Power of Attorney,
relating to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (filed herewith). | |
Power of Attorney,
relating to StoneBridge 2017, L.P. (filed herewith). | |
Power of Attorney,
relating to StoneBridge 2017 Offshore, L.P. (filed herewith). | |
|
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: March 19, 2017
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jamison Yardley | |
Name: | Jamison Yardley | ||
Title: | Attorney in Fact | ||
Goldman, Sachs & Co. LLC | |||
| By: | /s/ Jamison Yardley | |
Name: | Jamison Yardley | ||
Title: | Attorney in Fact | ||
Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jamison Yardley | |
Name: | Jamison Yardley | ||
Title: | Attorney in Fact | ||
StoneBridge 2017, L.P | |||
By: | Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors, L.L.C. its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Jamison Yardley | |
Name: | Jamison Yardley | ||
Title: | Attorney in Fact | ||
StoneBridge 2017 Offshore, L.P. | |||
By: | Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors, L.L.C. its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Jamison Yardley | |
Name: | Jamison Yardley | ||
Title: | Attorney in Fact | ||
Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors, L.L.C. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jamison Yardley | |
Name: | Jamison Yardley | ||
Title: | Attorney in Fact | ||
SCHEDULE I
The name of each director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is set forth below.
The business address of each person listed below is c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282.
Each person is a citizen of the United States of America except for Lakshmi N. Mittal, who is a citizen of India, Mark O. Winkelman, who is a
citizen of the Netherlands, and Adebayo O. Ogunlesi is also a citizen of Nigeria. The present principal occupation or employment of each of the listed persons is set forth below.
Name | Present Principal Occupation | |
David M. Solomon | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |
M. Michele Burns | Former Chairman and CEO, Mercer LLC; Former CFO of each of: Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Mirant Corp. and Delta Air Lines,
Inc. | |
Drew G. Faust | Professor and Former President of Harvard University | |
Mark A. Flaherty | Former Vice Chairman, Wellington Management Company | |
William W. George | Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School and Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, Inc. | |
James A. Johnson | Chairman of Johnson Capital Partners | |
Ellen J. Kullman | Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont | |
Lakshmi N. Mittal | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal S.A. | |
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi | Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners | |
Peter Oppenheimer | Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apple, Inc. | |
Jan E. Tighe | Former Vice Admiral, United States Navy | |
David A. Viniar | Former Chief Financial Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |
Mark O. Winkelman | Private Investor |
SCHEDULE II-A
The name and principal occupation of each member of the Corporate Investment Committee of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs
& Co. LLC, which exercises the authority of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in managing BSPI, SB Employee Fund, SB Employee Fund Offshore and Bridge Street are set forth below.
The business address for each member listed below is c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, except as
follows: The business address of each of Michael Bruun, Martin A. Hintze, Matthias Hieber, James Reynolds, Michele Titi-Cappelli and Andrew E. Wolff is Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, England. The business address of each
of Stephanie Hui and Xiang Fan is Cheung Kong Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. The business address of Mitchell S. Weiss is 30 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-4699.
All members listed below are United States citizens, except as follows: Anthony Arnold and Stephanie Hui are citizens of the United Kingdom;
James Reynolds is a citizen of France; Adrian M. Jones is a citizen of Ireland; Martin A. Hintze and Oliver Thym are citizens of Germany; Matthias Hieber is a citizen of Austria; Nicole Agnew is a citizen of Canada; Michele Titi-Cappelli is a
citizen of Italy; Xiang Fan is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China and Michael Bruun is a citizen of Denmark.
Name | Present Principal Occupation |
Richard A. Friedman | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Nicole Agnew | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Michael Bruun | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Thomas G. Connolly | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Christopher A. Crampton | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Joe DiSabato | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Charles H. Gailliot | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Wendy Gorman | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Bradley J. Gross | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Matthias Hieber | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Martin A Hintze | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Stephanie Hui | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Adrian M. Jones | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Michael E. Koester | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Scott Lebovitz | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Yael Levy | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Jo Natauri | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Sumit Rajpal | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
James Reynolds | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Michael Simpson | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
David Thomas | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Oliver Thym | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Mitchell S. Weiss | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Andrew E. Wolff | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Raymond Filocoma | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Anthony Arnold | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Michele Titi-Cappelli | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Laurie Schmidt | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Xiang Fan | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
SCHEDULE II-B
The name, position and present principal occupation of each executive officer of (i) BSPI, and (ii) Bridge Street, the general partner of each of
SB Employee Fund and SB Employee Fund Offshore, are set forth below.
The business address for all the executive officers listed below is c/o Goldman Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282,
except as follows: The business address of each of Philippe Camu, Martin A. Hintze, James H. Reynolds, Andrew E. Wolff, Matteo Botto Poala, Michael Bruun, Alex Mignotte, Ana Estrada Lopez, Amitayush Bahri, Richard Spencer, Mike Ebeling,
Matthias Hieber, Michele Titi-Cappelli, Maximilliano Ramirez-Espain, Tim Campbell, Emilie Railhac , James Garman, Heather Mulahasani and Penny McSpadden is Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, England. The business
address of each of Stephanie Hui, Xiang Fan, Michael Hui, Joanne Xu, Getty Chin and Jay Hyun Lee is Cheung Kong Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road, Central, Hong Kong. The business address of Yuji Matsumoto is Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 47th
floor, 10-1 Roppongi 6-chome, Tokyo 106-6147, Japan. The business address of each of Joseph P. DiSabato and David Campbell is 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. The business address of Julianne Ramming, Michael Watts, Barry
Olson, Chance Monroe, Kyle Kendall, James Huckaby, Thomas Ferguson and Clayton Wilmer is 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800, Dallas, TX 75201. The business address of Amit Raje and Lavanya Ashok is Rational House, 951-A, Appasaheb Marathe Marg,
Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025, India. The business address of Bin Zhu is Winland International Center, 7 Finance Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100033, People’s Republic of China. The business address of each of Mitchell S. Weiss, Jason
Levesque, and Mark G. Riemann is 30 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-4699. The business address of Cristiano Camargo is Rua Leopoldo Couto Magalhaes Junior 700, 16 andar, Itaimi Bibi, 04542-000 Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil.
All executive officers listed below are United States citizens, except as follows: James H. Reynolds, Alex Mignotte and Emilie Railhac are
citizens of France; Adrian M. Jones is a citizen of Ireland; Martin Hintze, Mike Ebeling, and Oliver Thym are citizens of Germany; Anthony Arnold, Tim Campbell, James Garman, Heather Mulahasani, Richard Spencer and Stephanie Hui are
citizens of the United Kingdom; Philippe Camu is a citizen of Belgium; Matteo Botto Poala and Michele Titi-Cappelli are citizens of Italy; Maximilliano Ramirez-Espain and Ana Estrada Lopez are citizens of Spain, Michael Bruun is a citizen
of Denmark, Lavanya Ashok, Harsh Nanda, Amitayush Bahri and Amit Raje are citizens of India, David Campbell is a citizen of Australia, Nicole Agnew is a citizen of Canada, Matthias Hieber is a citizen of Austria, Cristiano Camargo is a
citizen of Brazil, Xiang Fan and Joanne Xu are citizens of the People’s Republic of China and Michael Huiand Bin Zhu are citizens of the People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong permanent resident). Jay Hyun Lee is a citizen of the Republic
of Korea. Yuji Matsumoto is a citizen of Japan.
Name | Position | Present Principal
Occupation |
Richard A. Friedman | President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Philippe Camu | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Thomas G. Connolly | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Joseph P. DiSabato | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Elizabeth C. Fascitelli | Vice President and Treasurer | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
James R. Garman | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Bradley J. Gross | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Matthias Hieber | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Martin A. Hintze | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Stephanie Hui | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Adrian M. Jones | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Alan Kava | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Michael E. Koester | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Scott Lebovitz | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Heather L. Mulahasani | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Sumit Rajpal | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
James H. Reynolds | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Richard Spencer | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Oliver Thym | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Peter A. Weidman | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Andrew E. Wolff | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Nicole Agnew | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Kirsten Anthony | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Anthony Arnold | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Lavanya Ashok | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited |
Amitayush Bahri | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Allison Beller | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Matteo Botto Poala | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Michael Bruun | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Cristiano Camargo | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs do Brasil Banco Múltiplo S.A. |
David Campbell | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Tim Campbell | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
David Castelblanco | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Christopher A. Crampton | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Alexander Cheek | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Mike Ebeling | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Xiang Fan | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Jeffrey M. Fine | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Charles H. Gailliot | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Ana Estrada Lopez | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Thomas Ferguson | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
James Huckaby | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Michael Hui | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Jonathan Hunt | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Kyle Kendall | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Jay Hyun Lee | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Lee Levy | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Yuji Matsumoto | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd |
Alexandre Mignotte | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Christopher Monroe | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Harsh Nanda | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Barry Olson | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Edward Pallesen | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Emilie Railhac | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Amit Raje | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited |
Andrew Rhee | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Leonard Seevers | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Gabriella Skirnick | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Michele Titi-Cappelli | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Peter Vermette | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Mark Wetzel | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Joanne Xu | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Bin Zhu | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. |
Penny McSpadden | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Maximilliano Ramierez-Espain | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International |
Michael Watts | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | |
Laurie E. Schmidt | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Susan Hodgkinson | Vice President and Secretary | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
William Y Eng | Vice President | Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Scott Kilpatrick | Vice President | Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Julianne Ramming | Vice President | Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Clayton Wilmer | Vice President | Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Wei Yan | Vice President | Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
David Thomas | Vice President, Assistant Secretary & General Counsel | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Mitchell S. Weiss | Vice President & Assistant Treasurer | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Jason Levesque | Vice President & Assistant Treasurer | Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Mark G. Riemann | Vice President & Assistant Treasurer | Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Michael J. Perloff | Vice President | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Getty Chin | Assistant Treasurer | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Kirsten Frivold | Assistant Treasurer | Managing Director of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
SCHEDULE III
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has alleged that Goldman Sachs &
Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”) conducted inadequate due diligence in certain offerings and, as a result, failed to form a reasonable basis for believing the
truthfulness of certain material representations in official statements issued in connection with those offerings. This resulted in Goldman Sachs offering and selling municipal securities on the basis of materially misleading disclosure documents.
The SEC alleged that Goldman Sachs willfully violated Section 17(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The violations
discussed in the Order were self-reported by Goldman Sachs to the SEC pursuant to the Division of Enforcement’s Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative. Without admitting or denying the violations, Goldman Sachs consented to the
entry of an Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act and Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), Making Findings, and Imposing
Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order on June 18, 2015 by the SEC pursuant to which Goldman Sachs: (I) shall cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Section 17(a)(2) of the Securities Act;
(II) paid a civil money penalty in the amount of $500,000 on June 25, 2015; and (III) shall comply with the undertakings enumerated in the Order, including retaining an independent consultant to conduct a review of Goldman Sachs’s policies and
procedures as they relate to municipal securities underwriting due diligence and requires Goldman Sachs to adopt the independent consultant’s recommendations (unless the SEC finds a recommendation unduly burdensome, impractical, or inappropriate,
in which case Goldman Sachs shall not be required to abide by, adopt, or implement that recommendation).
The SEC has found that Goldman Sachs did not have a system of risk management controls and
supervisory procedures reasonably designed to manage the financial, regulatory, and other risks of market access in relation to its listed equity options business, which contributed to the entry of erroneous electronic options orders on multiple
options exchanges on August 20, 2013. The SEC found that Goldman Sachs willfully violated Section 15(c)(3) of the Exchange Act and Rule 15c3-5 thereunder in relation to its controls and supervisory procedures addressing (I) the entry of orders
that exceed appropriate pre-set credit or capital thresholds; (II) the entry of erroneous orders that exceed appropriate price or size parameters or that indicate duplicative orders; and (III) the management of software changes that impact order
flow. Without admitting or denying the violations, Goldman Sachs consented to the entry of an Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Pursuant to Sections 15(b) and 21C of the Exchange Act, Making Findings, and Imposing
Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order on June 30, 2015 by the SEC pursuant to which Goldman Sachs: (I) shall cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Section 15(c)(3) of the Exchange Act
and Rule 15c3-5 thereunder; (II) is censured; and (III) paid a total civil money penalty of $7 million on June 30, 2015.
The SEC alleged that Goldman Sachs violated Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act by improperly relying Goldman
Sachs’s automated locate function in the order management system without having confirmed the availability of the securities to be located. In addition, the SEC alleged that Goldman Sachs employees did not provide sufficient and accurate
information with respect to these locates in Goldman Sachs’s locate log, which must reflect the basis upon which Goldman Sachs provided the locates. The SEC alleged that Goldman Sachs willfully violated Rule 203(b)(1) of Regulation SHO and
Section 17(a) of the Exchange Act. Without admitting or denying the violations, Goldman Sachs consented to the entry by the SEC of an Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, pursuant to Sections 15(b) and 21C of the
Exchange Act, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order (Release No. 34-76899, Jan. 14, 2016). Pursuant to the Order, Goldman Sachs must cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any
future violations of Rule 203(b)(1) of Regulation SHO, and any violations and any future violations of Section 17(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 203(b)(1)(iii) thereunder relating to short sale locate records. Also pursuant to the Order,
Goldman Sachs was censured and paid a civil money penalty in the amount of $15,000,000 on January 20, 2016. The SEC stated that, in determining to accept Goldman Sachs’s offer of settlement, it considered certain remedial acts taken by Goldman
Sachs.