Director Slta Iv (Gp), L.L.C. returned $1,141,693,848 worth of shares to the company (61,713,181 units at $18.50) (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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| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SolarWinds Corp [ SWI ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 04/16/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
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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 | 04/16/2025 | D(1) | 239,310(2) | D | $18.5(1) | 0 | I | See footnote(2) | ||
| Common Stock | 04/16/2025 | D(1) | 43,338,406 | D | $18.5(1) | 0 | I | Held through Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P.(3)(7) | ||
| Common Stock | 04/16/2025 | D(1) | 712,321 | D | $18.5(1) | 0 | I | Held through Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P.(4)(7) | ||
| Common Stock | 04/16/2025 | D(1) | 17,323,319 | D | $18.5(1) | 0 | I | Held through SLP Aurora Co-Invest, L.P.(5)(7) | ||
| Common Stock | 04/16/2025 | D(1) | 99,825 | D | $18.5(1) | 0 | I | Held through Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P.(6)(7) | ||
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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 | ||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. On April 16, 2025, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 7, 2025, by and among Starlight Parent, LLC ("Parent"), Starlight Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Subsidiary"), and the Issuer, Merger Subsidiary merged with and into the Issuer (the "Merger") with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and at the time of the Merger each issued and outstanding share of the Issuer's Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Shares"), owned by the Reporting Person was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $18.50 per share in cash without interest thereon. Messers. Hao and Widmann resigned from the board of directors of the Issuer effective upon closing of the Merger. |
| 2. These securities were held by Kenneth Y. Hao and Michael Widmann, directors of the Issuer and executives of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. ("SLG") and Jason White and Michael Bingle, former directors of the Issuer and executives of SLG, as part of the Issuer's director compensation program, for the benefit of one or more of the Reporting Persons and/or certain of their affiliates or certain of the funds they manage ("Silver Lake"). Pursuant to Silver Lake's policies with respect to director compensation, upon the sale of these securities, the proceeds from each sale will be expected to be remitted to Silver Lake and/or its limited partners. |
| 3. These securities were directly held by Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. ("SLP IV"). The general partner of SLP IV is Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. ("SLTA IV"), and the general partner of SLTA IV is SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. ("SLTA IV GP"). |
| 4. These securities were directly held by Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. ("SLTI IV"). The general partner of SLTI IV is SLTA IV, and the general partner of SLTA IV is SLTA IV GP. |
| 5. These securities were directly held by SLP Aurora Co-Invest, L.P. ("SLP Aurora"). The general partner of SLP Aurora is SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C. ("SLP Denali GP"). The managing member of SLP Denali GP is Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P. ("SLTA III"), and the general partner of SLTA III is SLTA III (GP), L.L.C. ("SLTA III GP"). |
| 6. These securities were directly held by SLTA IV. The general partner of SLTA IV is SLTA IV GP. SLTA IV directly holds such Shares and expects at a future date to distribute such Shares to certain direct and indirect partners of SLTA IV, for the sole purpose of charitable giving. |
| 7. SLG is the managing member of SLTA III GP and SLTA IV GP. Messrs. Kenneth Y. Hao and Michael Widmann serve as directors of the Issuer and are executives of SLG. Each of SLP IV, SLTI IV, SLTA IV, SLTA IV GP, SLP Aurora, SLP Denali GP, SLTA III, SLTA III GP and SLG may be deemed to be a director by deputization of the Issuer. This filing shall not be deemed an admission that for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise, that the Reporting Persons are or were the beneficial owners of any equity securities in excess of their respective pecuniary interests, and each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, if any. |
| By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., GP of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., GP of Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., GP of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., GP of Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By:/s/ Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and GC of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., man. member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., GP of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., managing member of SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C., GP of SLP Aurora Co-Invest, L.P. | 04/17/2025 | |
| By:/s/ Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., managing member of SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C. | 04/17/2025 | |
| KENNETH Y. HAO: /s/ Kenneth Y. Hao | 04/17/2025 | |
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