Director Ingels Jurgen G. A. returned $3,360,174 worth of Ordinary Shares to the company (6,109,408 units at $0.55), closing all direct ownership in the company (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
MariaDB plc [ MRDB ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 07/25/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||
| Ordinary Shares | 07/25/2024 | D | 48,342 | D | $0.55(1) | 0 | D | |||
| Ordinary Shares | 07/25/2024 | D | 182,291(2) | D | $0.55(3) | 0 | D | |||
| Ordinary Shares | 07/25/2024 | D | 5,878,775 | D | $0.55(1) | 0 | I | By Smartfin Capital II CommV and Smartfin Capital NV(4)(5) | ||
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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 | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The reported securities were tendered pursuant to the unsolicited offer (the "Offer") by Meridian BidCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, an affiliate of K1 Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, to purchase all of the issued and to be issued ordinary shares of $0.01 each (nominal value) of MariaDB plc (each a "MariaDB Share"). These MariaDB Shares were tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer and converted into the right to receive $0.55 in cash per MariaDB Share. |
| 2. Represents outstanding restricted stock unit awards ("RSUs"). |
| 3. Pursuant to the closing of the Offer, each RSU whether vested or unvested was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive $0.55 in cash per MariaDB Share issuable in settlement of such RSU immediately before the closing of the Offer, net of any withholding taxes required to be deducted and withheld by applicable law. |
| 4. As the founder and managing Partner of Smartfin Capital II CommV ("Smartfin CommV"), the reporting person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Ordinary Shares held by Smartfin CommV. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares held by Smartfin CommV except to the extent of his ultimate pecuniary interest. |
| 5. As the founder and managing partner of SmartFin Capital NV (private privak) ("SmartFin NV"), the reporting person may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Ordinary Shares held by SmartFin NV. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any Ordinary Shares held by SmartFin NV except to the extent of his ultimate pecuniary interest. |
| /s/ Jurgen Ingels | 07/25/2024 | |
| ** 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. | ||