Filing Details

 

	UNITED STATES
	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	Washington, D.C. 20549
	SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)

 

(Name of Issuer)

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

(CUSIP Number)

 

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

 

(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 Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. o

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of this schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*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).

 

 

 

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This Amendment No. 4 (Amendment No. 4) amends and supplements the statements on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2014 (the Original Schedule 13D), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on January 28, 2016, Amendment No. 2 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on December 12, 2016 and Amendment No. 3 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on February 3, 2017, relating to the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (Class A Common Stock), of Ladder Capital Corp (the Company). The Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended as follows:

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

Item 3 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended, with effect from the date of the event giving rise to this Amendment No. 4, by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

On February 27, 2017, Ladder Capital Corp (Ladder or the Company), Related Real Estate Fund II, L.P. (Related), which is an affiliate of The Related Companies, L.P., and certain pre-IPO stockholders of Ladder, including TI II Ladder Holdings, LLC (TI Holdings) and TowerBrook Investors II AIV, L.P. (AIV II), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which Related agreed to purchase (the February 2017 Equity Sale) $80.0 million of Ladders Class A common stock (the Shares) from the pre-IPO stockholders, including TI Holdings and AIV II. The investment was made by a wholly owned subsidiary of Related. The February 2017 Equity Sale closed on March 3, 2017.

 

In connection with the February 2017 Equity Sale, on March 1, 2017, TI Holdings exchanged 1,117,326 shares of Class B Common Stock and units of Series REIT of Ladder Capital Finance Holdings (LCFH) and units of Series TRS of LCFH (collectively, the Units) into 1,117,326 shares of Class A Common Stock. No cash or other consideration was exchanged in connection with the foregoing exchanges.

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

 

Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended, with effect from the date of the event giving rise to this Amendment No. 4, by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

In connection with the February 2017 Equity Sale, on March 3, 2017, TI Holdings completed a sale of 1,117,326 shares of Class A Common Stock to Related and AIV II completed a sale of 674,843 shares of Class A Common Stock to Related, in each case at a price of $13.59 per share.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, with effect from the date of the event giving rise to this Amendment No. 4, as follows:

 

The ownership percentages set forth below are based on 72,291,533 shares of Class A Common Stock and 38,434,658 Units and shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding as set forth in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2017.

 

(a) TI Holdings directly owns 7,159,791 Units and shares of Class B Common Stock, representing 6.5% of the total number of Class A Common Stock outstanding, assuming that all vested and unvested Units outstanding, except those held directly or indirectly by the Company, together with all outstanding Class B Common Stock are exchanged into shares of Class A Common Stock. TI Holdings is jointly controlled by TowerBrook Investors II, L.P. (Fund II) and TowerBrook Investors II Executive Fund, L.P. (Executive Fund II), each of which is controlled by its sole general partner, TowerBrook Investors GP II, L.P. (Fund II GP), which is controlled by its sole general partner, TowerBrook Investors, Ltd. (TowerBrook and, together, with TI Holdings, AIV II, Fund II and Fund II GP, the TowerBrook Entities). As a result, TI Holdings, Fund II, Executive Fund II, Fund II GP and TowerBrook may be deemed to beneficially own the 7,159,791 Units and shares of Class B Common Stock owned by TI Holdings. As directors and joint controlling shareholders of TowerBrook, Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou (together with the TowerBrook Entities, the Reporting Persons) may be deemed to beneficially own the 7,159,791 Units and shares of Class B Common Stock owned by TI Holdings.

 

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(b) AIV II directly owns 4,305,587 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing 3.9% of the total number of Class A Common Stock outstanding, assuming that all vested and unvested Units outstanding, except those held by the Company, together with all outstanding Class B Common Stock are exchanged into shares of Class A Common Stock. AIV II is controlled by its general partner, Fund II GP, and Fund II GP is controlled by its general partner, TowerBrook. As a result, AIV II, Fund II GP and TowerBrook may be deemed to beneficially own the 4,305,587 shares of Class A Common Stock owned by AIV II. As directors and joint controlling shareholders of TowerBrook, Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou may be deemed to beneficially own the 4,305,587 shares of Class A Common Stock owned by AIV II.

 

(c) The Reporting Persons have and will have the shared power to vote and dispose of the shares of the securities that they beneficially own, by virtue of the relationships described above.

 

(d) To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, except as described in Items 3 and 4, none of the Reporting Persons has effected a transaction in Units, shares of Class B Common Stock or shares of Class A Common Stock during the past 60 days (other than transactions that may have been effected in the ordinary course of business in an agency or a fiduciary capacity).

 

Other than the Reporting Persons, no other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the Reporting Persons securities.

 

(e) Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

 

Exhibit 1		Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 21, 2014 among the Reporting Persons.*
Exhibit 2		Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Limited Partnership Agreement, dated December 31, 2014, by and among Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP, each General Partner and each Person party thereto or otherwise bound as a Limited Partner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Ladder Capital Corps Form 8-K filed on January 2, 2015).
Exhibit 3		Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Limited Partnership Agreement, dated November 30, 2015, by and among Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP, each General Partner and each Person party thereto or otherwise bound as a Limited Partner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Ladder Capital Corps Form 10-K filed on March 7, 2016).
Exhibit 4		Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2017, by and among Ladder Capital Corp, Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP and each of the Ladder Investors (as defined therein) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Ladder Capital Corps Form 8-K filed on March 3, 3017).

 

* Previously filed.

 

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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.

 

March 3, 2017
	/s/ Neal Moszkowski
	Neal Moszkowski
	/s/ Ramez Sousou
	Ramez Sousou
	TOWERBROOK INVESTORS, LTD.
	By:	/s/ Neal Moszkowski
		Name: Neal Moszkowski
		Title: Director
	TOWERBROOK INVESTORS GP II, L.P.
	By:	TowerBrook Investors, Ltd.,
		its General Partner
	By:	/s/ Glenn F. Miller
		Name: Glenn F. Miller
		Title: Attorney-in-Fact

 

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	TOWERBROOK INVESTORS II, L.P.
	By:		TowerBrook Investors GP II, L.P.
	Its:		General Partner
	By:		TowerBrook Investors, Ltd.
	Its:		General Partner
	By:	/s/ Glenn F. Miller
		Name:		Glenn F. Miller
		Title:		Attorney-in-Fact

 

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	TOWERBROOK INVESTORS II EXECUTIVE FUND, L.P.
	By:		TowerBrook Investors GP II, L.P.
	Its:		General Partner
	By:		TowerBrook Investors, Ltd.
	Its:		General Partner
	By:	/s/ Glenn F. Miller
		Name:		Glenn F. Miller
		Title:		Attorney-in-Fact
	TI II LADDER HOLDINGS, LLC
	TOWERBROOK INVESTORS II, L.P.
	By:		/s/ Glenn F. Miller
			Name:		Glenn F. Miller
			Title:		Attorney-in-Fact

 

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Index of Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1		Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 21, 2014 among the Reporting Persons.*
Exhibit 2		Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Limited Partnership Agreement, dated December 31, 2014, by and among Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP, each General Partner and each Person party thereto or otherwise bound as a Limited Partner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Ladder Capital Corps Form 8-K filed on January 2, 2015).
Exhibit 3		Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Limited Partnership Agreement, dated November 30, 2015, by and among Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP, each General Partner and each Person party thereto or otherwise bound as a Limited Partner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Ladder Capital Corps Form 10-K filed on March 7, 2016).
Exhibit 4		Second Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2017, by and among Ladder Capital Corp, Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP and each of the Ladder Investors (as defined therein) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Ladder Capital Corps Form 8-K filed on March 3, 3017).

 

*Previously filed

 

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