Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000899243-21-029003
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2021-07-20 18:23:07
Reporting Period:
2021-07-14
Accepted Time:
2021-07-20 18:23:07
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1745317 Velodyne Lidar Inc. VLDR General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569) 000000000
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1825969 S. David Hall 40 North Hill Court
Oakland CA 94618
No No Yes No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2021-07-14 7,344 $0.00 5,470,753 No 4 M Indirect By Wife
Common Stock Disposition 2021-07-14 5,930 $9.23 5,464,823 No 4 S Indirect By Wife
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 M Indirect By Wife
No 4 S Indirect By Wife
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Restricted Stock Unit Disposition 2021-07-14 7,344 $0.00 7,344 $0.00
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
80,790 No 4 M Indirect
Reported Non-Derivative Holdings
Sec. Name Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock 59,244,378 Direct
Footnotes
  1. The Reporting Person's wife, Marta Thoma Hall, was granted Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") which represent a right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU.
  2. The Reporting Person's wife was granted Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") which represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU. The shares were issued pursuant to vested RSUs released on July 14, 2021.
  3. The sales reported on this Form 4 include shares required to be sold by the Reporting Person's wife to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the previously reported vesting and settlement of RSUs. These sales are mandated by the Reporting Person's wife's award agreement to require the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and do not represent discretionary trades by the Reporting Person's wife.
  4. The Reporting Person's wife received RSUs in connection with the merger described in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 2, 2020 (the "Merger"), and amended on August 20, 2020, by and among Graf Industrial Corp, a Delaware corporation now known as Velodyne Lidar, Inc., VL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a Delaware corporation now known as Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. The Reporting Person's wife received RSUs in exchange for restricted stock units in Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.
  5. The Reporting Person's wife was granted 117,512 RSUs on September 29, 2020 which represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU. Of the initial grant, 25% vested on the one-year anniversary, and the remainder vest with respect to 6.25% of the RSUs on each company quarterly vesting dates (March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31).