Chief Financial Officer Kidambi Tridivesh covered exercise/tax liability with 224 shares and was granted 50,000 shares, increasing direct ownership by 70% to 121,124 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
System1, Inc. [ SST ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 07/28/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||
| Class A Common Stock | 07/28/2025 | F | 224(1) | D | $7.51 | 71,124(2) | D | |||
| Class A Common Stock | 07/29/2025 | A | 50,000(3) | A | $0 | 121,124(4) | D | |||
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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 | ||||||||
| Stock Appreciation Rights(5) | $7.09 | 07/29/2025 | A | 20,000 | (6) | 07/29/2032 | Class A Common Stock | 20,000 | $0 | 72,000(7) | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Upon the vesting of 625 restricted stock units ("RSUs") previously granted to the reporting person, the Company withheld 224 shares to cover the reporting person's tax withholding obligation with respect to the vesting of such RSUs. |
| 2. Includes 6,276 unvested RSUs. |
| 3. The Reporting Person was granted 50,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") in connection with his continued employment with System1, Inc. ("SST"). Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of SST Class A Common Stock upon vesting. Subject to the continued employment of Mr. Kidambi through the applicable vesting date, one-third of the RSUs will vest on July 15, 2026, and the remaining two-thirds will vest in 8 substantially equal quarterly installments on each quarterly anniversary thereafter. |
| 4. Includes 56,276 unvested RSUs. |
| 5. These stock appreciation rights (the "SARs") were granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to the System1, Inc. 2024 Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, as amended (the "Plan") and a corresponding Stock Appreciation Rights Grant Notice and Award Agreement between System1, Inc. (the "Issuer") and the Reporting Person. The SARs reported on this Form 4 represent the right to receive (at the Issuer's discretion), upon exercise of the SARs by the Reporting Person, a payment in either (x) Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A Common Stock") or (y) cash, in the amount equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the number of SARs being exercised multiplied by the excess of the fair market value of one share of Class A Common Stock on (i) the date the SARs are exercised, and (ii) $7.09, the Issuer's closing price on July 29, 2025 (the date the SARs were granted, the "Grant Date"). |
| 6. These Stock Appreciation Rights (the "SARs") were granted to the Reporting Person on July 29, 2025 under the System1, Inc. 2024 Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, as amended (the "Plan") and vest (i) 25% (or 5,000 SARs) upon the Issuer first achieving trailing twelve month Adjusted EBITDA ("TTM Adjusted EBITDA") of $50.0 million after the date of grant, (ii) 25% (or 5,000 SARs) upon the Issuer first achieving TTM Adjusted EBITDA of $55.0 million after the date of grant, (iii) 25% (or 5,000 SARs) upon the Issuer first achieving TTM Adjusted EBITDA of $60.0 million after the date of grant and (iv) 25% (or 5,000 SARs) upon the Issuer first achieving TTM Adjusted EBITDA of $65.0 million after the date of grant, in each case, subject to the terms of the Plan and an award agreement entered into between the Reporting Person and the Issuer pursuant to the Plan. |
| 7. Represents the total number of SARs held by the Reporting Person after the Issuer's completion of a 1-for-10 reverse stock split that occurred on June 11, 2025. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Daniel Weinrot, Attorney-in-Fact for Tridivesh Kidambi | 07/30/2025 | |
| ** 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. | ||