Executive Vice President & CFO Eckert Bret J was granted 18,750 shares, returned $75,970,430 worth of shares to the company (261,967 units at $290.00) and gifted 3,450 shares, 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
ENCORE WIRE CORP [ WIRE ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 06/28/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, par value $0.01 per share | 06/28/2024 | G | 3,450 | D | $0 | 243,217 | D | |||
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 07/02/2024 | A | 18,750(1) | A | $0 | 261,967 | D | |||
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 07/02/2024 | D(2)(3) | 261,967(4) | D | $290(2)(3) | 0 | 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 | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 14, 2024, by and among Encore Wire Corporation ('Encore'), Prysmian S.p.A., Applause Merger Sub Inc. and solely as provided in Section 9.12 therein, Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC (the 'Merger Agreement'), each restricted stock unit award subject to performance-based vesting restrictions ('PSU award') that was outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the 'Effective Time'), to the extent not vested, automatically become fully vested based on the maximum level of performance. |
| 2. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each PSU award that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, to the extent not vested, automatically become fully vested based on the maximum level of performance, and each was cancelled, extinguished, and automatically converted into the right of the holder of each award to receive (without interest and subject to any applicable withholdings) an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) $290.00, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of common stock subject to such award immediately prior to the Effective Time (together with any accrued and unpaid cash dividends corresponding to such vested PSU award). |
| 3. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (x) each share of common stock of Encore (other than certain excluded shares) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive $290 per share in cash, without interest, (y) each RSU award that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, to the extent not vested, automatically become fully vested and each was cancelled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive (without interest and subject to any applicable withholdings) an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) $290 times (ii) the number of shares of common stock subject to such award (together with any accrued and unpaid cash dividends corresponding to such vested RSU award) and (z) immediately prior to the Effective Time, all shares of common stock then unvested and subject to an outstanding restricted stock award became fully vested and free of applicable repurchase or forfeiture conditions. |
| 4. Includes 104,167 RSU restricted stock unit awards ('RSU awards'), 56,520 PSU awards and 5,000 restricted stock awards. |
| Remarks: |
| Bret J. Eckert | 07/02/2024 | |
| ** 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. | ||
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