SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by Landsea Homes Corporation (Amendment)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 9)*
Landsea Homes Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
51509P103
(CUSIP Number)
Qin Zhou
Executive Vice President
Landsea Holdings Corporation
530 Lytton Ave, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301
(213) 689-5132
With a copy to:
James Hsu, Esq.
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
555 Flower St 31st floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 689-5170
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
June 3, 2024
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
| * | The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. |
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
| CUSIP No. 51509P103 | SCHEDULE 13D |
| 1 |
Name of Reporting Persons
Landsea Holdings Corporation | |||||
| 2 | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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| 3 | SEC Use Only
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| 4 | Source of Funds
OO (see Item 3) | |||||
| 5 | Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)
☐ | |||||
| 6 | Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware | |||||
| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
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7 | Sole Voting Power
- 0 - | ||||
| 8 | Shared Voting Power
16,940,729 (1) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 9 | Sole Dispositive Power
- 0 - | |||||
| 10 | Shared Dispositive Power
12,710,729 (1)(A) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 11 |
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Person
16,940,729 shares of Common Stock (1) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 12 | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares
☐ | |||||
| 13 | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
46.79% (2) | |||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person
CO; HC | |||||
| (1) | Consists of (A) 12,710,729 shares of common stock “(“Common Stock”) of Landsea Homes Corporation (the “Issuer”) held of record by Landsea Holdings Corporation (“Landsea Holdings”) immediately following the completion of the transfer of (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the terms of the Payment Agreement Regarding Credit Agreement and Loan Documents (the “Payment Agreement”) dated May 10, 2024, entered into by Landsea Holdings as borrower, and 1103849 B.C. LTD., as lender (the “Lender”) to Ever Fast Holdings Limited, a subsidiary and designee of the Lender (“Ever Fast”) on May 14, 2024, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Qin Zhou pursuant to that certain Stock Bonus Award Agreement between Landsea Holdings and Qin Zhou (the “Zhou Agreement”) on June 3, 2024, and (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Yitu Wang pursuant to that certain Stock Bonus Award Agreement between Landsea Holdings and Yitu Wang (the “Wang Agreement,” together with the Zhou Agreement the “Stock Bonus Award Agreements”) on June 3, 2024; and (B) (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with the Lender and Ever Fast pursuant to the Voting and Stockholder Agreement dated May 10, 2024 (the “Voting and Stockholder Agreement”) between Landsea Holdings, the Lender and Ever Fast, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Qin Zhou, and (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Yitu Wang. |
| (2) | The percentage ownership is based upon 36,203,534 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of June 3, 2024, following the completion of the transfer of 130,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the Stock Bonus Award Agreements. |
| CUSIP No. 51509P103 | SCHEDULE 13D |
| 1 |
Name of Reporting Persons
Landsea Green Management Limited (F/K/A Landsea Green Properties Co. Ltd.) | |||||
| 2 | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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| 3 | SEC Use Only
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| 4 | Source of Funds
OO (see Item 3) | |||||
| 5 | Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)
☐ | |||||
| 6 | Citizenship or Place of Organization
Bermuda | |||||
| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
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7 | Sole Voting Power
- 0 - | ||||
| 8 | Shared Voting Power
16,940,729 (1) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 9 | Sole Dispositive Power
- 0 - | |||||
| 10 | Shared Dispositive Power
12,710,729 (1)(A) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 11 |
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Person
16,940,729 shares of Common Stock (1) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 12 | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares
☐ | |||||
| 13 | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
46.79% (2) | |||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person
CO; HC | |||||
| (1) | Consists of (A) 12,710,729 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held of record by Landsea Holdings after (a) acquiring (i) 32,557,303 shares of Common Stock issued by the Issuer as merger consideration pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 31, 2020 by and among the Issuer, Landsea Holdings, LFCA Merger Sub, Inc. and Landsea Homes Incorporation (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”)and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement defined in the Merger Agreement, (b) disposing of 179,038 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (c) disposing of 4,838,710 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2022, (d) disposing of 4,398,826 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Share Repurchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2022, (e) the automatic surrender and forfeiture on January 7, 2023 of 500,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, (f) the sale of 2,956,522 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement dated June 12, 2023 by the Issuer, Landsea Holdings as the selling stockholder and B. Riley Securities, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein (the “2023 Underwriting Agreement”) on June 15, 2023, (g) the sale of 443,478 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares under the 2023 Underwriting Agreement, (h) the sale of 2,8,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement dated March 5, 2024 by the Issuer, Landsea Holdings as the selling stockholder and B. Riley Securities, Inc. and BofA Securities, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “2024 Underwriting Agreement”) on March 8, 2024, (i) the transfer of 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings on May 14, 2024 pursuant to the Payment Agreement by Landsea Holdings as borrower and 1103849 B.C. LTD., as lender, (j) the transfer of 80,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement on June 3, 2024, and (k) the transfer of 50,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement on June 3, 2024 ; and (B) (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement on May 14, 2024, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with the Lender and Ever Fast pursuant to the Voting and Stockholder Agreement, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Qin Zhou, and (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Yitu Wang. |
Landsea Green Management Limited (F/K/A Landsea Green Properties Co. Ltd) may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such shares since Landsea Holdings is 100% indirectly owned by Landsea Green Management Limited. Neither the filing of this Statement on Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by Landsea Green Management Limited or any of its subsidiaries having a beneficial ownership interest in Landsea Holdings that it is the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.
| (2) | The percentage ownership is based upon 36,203,534 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of June 3, 2024, following the completion of the transfer of 130,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the Stock Bonus Award Agreements. |
| CUSIP No. 51509P103 | SCHEDULE 13D |
| 1 |
Name of Reporting Persons
Ming Tian | |||||
| 2 | Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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| 3 | SEC Use Only
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| 4 | Source of Funds
OO (see Item 3) | |||||
| 5 | Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)
☐ | |||||
| 6 | Citizenship or Place of Organization
People’s Republic of China | |||||
| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With
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7 | Sole Voting Power
0 | ||||
| 8 | Shared Voting Power
16,970,729 (1) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 9 | Sole Dispositive Power
0 | |||||
| 10 | Shared Dispositive Power
12,740,729 (1)(A) and (1)(C) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 11 |
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Person
16,970,729 shares of Common Stock (1) (see Items 4 and 5) | |||||
| 12 | Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares
☐ | |||||
| 13 | Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
46.88% (2) | |||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person
IN; HC | |||||
| (1) | Consists of (A) 12,710,729 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held of record by Landsea Holdings after (a) acquiring (i) 32,557,303 shares of Common Stock issued by Landsea Homes Corporation (the “Issuer”) as merger consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, (b) disposing of 179,038 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of January 7, 2021, (c) disposing of 4,838,710 shares pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2022, (d) disposing of 4,398,826 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Share Repurchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2022, (e) the automatic surrender and forfeiture on January 7, 2023 of 500,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, (f) the sale of 2,956,522 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the 2023 Underwriting Agreement on June 15, 2023, (g) the sale of 443,478 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares under the 2023 Underwriting Agreement on June 21, 2023, (h) the sale of 2,800,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the 2024 Underwriting Agreement closed on March 8, 2024, (i) the transfer of 4,100,000 shares by Landsea Holdings to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement on May 14, 2024, (i) the transfer of 80,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Award Agreement on June 3, 2024, and (k) the transfer of 50,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement on June 3, 2024, and (B) (i) 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Ever Fast pursuant to the Payment Agreement on May 14, 2024, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with the Lender and Ever Fast pursuant to the Voting and Stockholder Agreement, (ii) 80,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Qin Zhou pursuant to the Zhou Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Qin Zhou, and (iii) 50,000 shares of Common Stock Landsea Holdings transferred to Yitu Wang pursuant to the Wang Agreement, with respect to which Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with Yitu Wang; and (C) 30,000 shares of Common Stock held of record by the spouse of Mr. Tian through participation as an investor in the secondary offering under the 2024 Underwriting Agreement, closed on March 8, 2024, with respect to which Mr. Tian may be deemed to share with his spouse the power to vote or dispose, or to direct the voting or disposition of, such 30,000 shares of Common Stock. |
Mr. Tian may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 16,940,729 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock held of record by Landsea Holdings since Landsea Holdings is 100% indirectly owned by Landsea Green Management Limited (F/K/A Landsea Green Properties Co. Ltd) and Mr. Tian indirectly beneficially owns approximately 58.53% of Landsea Green Management Limited through his interest in Easycorps Group Limited (“Easycorps”), Greensheid Corporation (“Greensheid”), and Landsea International Holdings Limited (“Landsea International”). Easycorps is wholly-owned by Mr. Tian. Greensheid is wholly-owned by Landsea International, which in turn is wholly-owned by Landsea Group Co., Ltd. (“Landsea Group”). Mr. Tian is the controlling shareholder of Landsea Group. Neither the filing of this Statement on Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by Mr. Tian, Easycorps, Greensheid, Landsea Group, Landsea Green Management Limited or any of Landsea Green Management Limited’s subsidiaries having a beneficial ownership interest in Landsea Holdings that he or it is the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of Exchange Act, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.
| (2) | The percentage ownership is based upon 36,203,534 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of June 3, 2024 following the completion of the transfer of 130,000 shares of Common Stock by Landsea Holdings pursuant to the Stock Bonus Award Agreements. |
Statement on Schedule 13D
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 9 amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed on January 19, 2021 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 filed on May 13, 2022, Amendment No. 2 filed on June 2, 2022, Amendment No. 3 filed on June 16, 2022, Amendment No. 4 filed on June 16, 2023, Amendment No. 5 filed on June 22, 2023,Amendment No. 6 filed on July 21, 2023, Amendment No. 7 filed on March 11, 2024, and Amendment No. 8 filed on May 14, 2024. This Amendment No. 9 reports that on June 3, 2024, Landsea Holdings transferred a total of 130,000 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock as bonus to two employees of Landsea Holdings, and the number of shares reported as held by the Reporting Persons in this Amendment gives effect to such transaction.
Item 4. – Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following supplemental information:
The information set forth in Item 6 is hereby incorporated by reference into Item 4 of this Amendment No. 7.
Item 5. – Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Item 5 is hereby amended to add the following supplemental information:
(a) - (b) As of June 3, 2024, after the transfer of 130,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Bonus Award Agreements (defined in Item 6 below), Landsea Holdings beneficially owns 12,710,729 shares of Common Stock. Each other Reporting Person may be deemed, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, to share with Landsea Holdings the power to vote or dispose, or to direct the voting or disposition of, such shares of Common Stock, and thus, for the purpose of Rule 13d-3, the other Reporting Persons may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the shares. Information about the relationships of the Reporting Persons on the cover pages are incorporated herein by reference.
In addition, pursuant to the Stock Bonus Award Agreements described in Item 6 below, the Bonus Recipients (defined below in Item 6) agreed to vote the 130,000 shares of Common Stock in favor of approval of any voting proposal by Landsea Holdings, or against approval of any proposal made in opposition to, or in competition with, Landsea Holdings’ voting proposal. Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share the voting power of such 130,000 shares of Common Stock with the Bonus Recipients. Pursuant to the Voting and Stockholder Agreement dated May 10, 2024 between Landsea Holdings, 1103849 B.C. LTD., as lender (the “Lender”), and Ever Fast Holdings Limited, a subsidiary and designee of the Lender (“Ever Fast,” together with Lender the “Lender Parties”), Landsea Holdings may be deemed to share voting power with the Lender Parties as to 4,100,000 shares of Common Stock transferred by Landsea Holdings to Ever Fast on May 14, 2024. Thus, Landsea Holdings and each other Reporting Person may be deemed, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, to be the beneficial owner of a total of 16,940,729 shares of Common Stock (except the Reporting Person, Ming Tian, who would be deemed the beneficial owner of 16,970,729 shares of Common Stock), resulting in each Reporting Person holding 46.79% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer after the completion of transfer.
(c) Except for the transfer described above, none of the Reporting Persons, and to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, none of the persons named in Schedule A to the Original 13D Filing, has effected any transactions in the shares during the past 60 days.
Item 6. – Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following supplemental information:
Stock Bonus Award Agreements
Landsea Holdings entered into that certain Stock Bonus Award Agreement with Qin Zhou (the “Zhou Agreement”), pursuant to which Landsea Holdings transferred 80,000 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (“Zhou Bonus Stock”) held by it to Qin Zhou on June 3, 2024 in consideration of her services rendered to Landsea Holdings. Landsea Holdings also entered into that certain Stock Bonus Award Agreement (the “Wang Agreement,” together with the Zhou Agreement the “Stock Bonus Award Agreements”) with Yitu Wang (together with Qin Zhou the “Bonus Recipients”), pursuant to which Landsea Holdings
transferred 50,000 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock (“Wang Bonus Stock,” together with Zhou Bonus Stock the “Bonus Stock”) held by it to Yitu Wang on June 3, 2024 in consideration of his services rendered to Landsea Holdings. Pursuant to the Stock Bonus Award Agreements, both Bonus Recipients agreed to vote or cause to vote the Bonus Stock at the stockholders meetings or stockholders resolutions by written consent of the Issuer in favor of approval of any voting proposal by Landsea Holdings, or against approval of any proposal made in opposition to, or in competition with, Landsea Holdings’ voting proposal, or against any other action that is intended, or would reasonably be expected to, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect Landsea Holdings’ voting proposal. The Bonus Recipients also agreed, for a period of five years from the date of the Stock Bonus Award Agreements, not to directly or indirectly sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Bonus Stock pursuant to the Stock Bonus Award Agreements, which are incorporated by reference herein as an exhibit hereto and are incorporated into this Item 6 by reference.
Item 7. – Material to be Filed as Exhibits
Item 7 is hereby supplemented to add the following as an exhibit:
| Exhibit 14. | Stock Bonus Award Agreement dated June 3, 2024 between Landsea Holdings Corporation and Qin Zhou | |
| Exhibit 15. | Stock Bonus Award Agreement dated June 3, 2024 between Landsea Holdings Corporation and Yitu Wang | |
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: June 5, 2024
| Landsea Holdings Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Qin Zhou | |
| Name: | Qin Zhou | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President | |
| Landsea Green Management Limited | ||
| By: | / s/ Ming Tian | |
| Name: | Ming Tian | |
| Title: | Chairman of Board of Directors | |
| Ming Tian | ||
| /s/ Ming Tian | ||