CEO and Chairman Pujari Roshen was granted 306,314 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 11,811,913 units (SEC Form 4)
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| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Stardust Power Inc. [ SDST ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 09/18/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock(1) | 09/18/2024(1) | A | 306,314 | A | $0 | 11,811,913 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 17,826,774 | I | See Footnote(2) | |||||||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Performance Stock Unit | (3) | 09/18/2024 | A | 306,314 | (3) | (3) | Common Stock | 306,314 | $0 | 306,314 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The reported securities represent restricted stock units ("RSUs") approved and granted by the Issuer's Board on 9/16/24, subject to the effectiveness of the Issuer's registration statement on Form S-8 that was filed with the SEC on 9/18/24. The reported RSUs vest quarterly over three years following the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued employment. |
| 2. Roshan Pujari beneficially owns 4,652,864 shares held by Energy Transition Investors LLC, 10,872,790 shares held by 7636 Holdings LLC, 1,840,896 shares held by VIKASA Clean Energy I LP, and 460,224 shares held by Maggie Clayton. |
| 3. Each performance stock unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock upon the reporting person's continued employment until the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the SDST Common Stock achieving a $12.00 volume weighted average price for a period of 20 trading days during any 30 trading day period during the three year vesting period. |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Udaychandra Devasper, as attorney in fact for Roshen Pujari | 09/20/2024 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||