EVP, CFO, and Treasurer Black Lewis Walton returned $7,888,974 worth of shares to the company (426,431 units at $18.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
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 if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 04/16/2025 | D(1)(2) | 426,431 | D(1)(2) | $18.5 | 0 | D |
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. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") 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 (the "Effective Time") each issued and outstanding share of the Issuer's Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), owned by the Reporting Person was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $18.50 per share in cash without interest thereon (the "Per Share Price"). |
2. The shares of Common Stock reported as disposed by the Reporting Person are comprised of 426,431 unvested restricted stock units of the Issuer (the "Unvested RSUs"), which, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, were, at the Effective Time, automatically cancelled and converted into the contingent right to receive an amount in cash (without interest and subject to applicable withholding taxes) equal to the product of (a) the Per Share Price and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Unvested RSU (the "Cash Replacement Unvested RSU Amount"). The Cash Replacement Unvested RSU Amount will, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through the applicable vesting dates, vest and be payable at the time when the RSU awards for which the Cash Replacement RSU Unvested Amounts were exchanged would have vested pursuant to the terms thereof. |
Remarks: |
/s/ Jason W. Bliss Attorney-in-Fact for Lewis Black | 04/17/2025 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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