SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by Portman Ridge Finance Corporation (Amendment)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 5)*

Portman Ridge Finance Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

73688F201

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2023

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

[ X ]       Rule 13d-1(b)

[ X ]       Rule 13d-1(c)

[ ]       Rule 13d-1(d)

* 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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in 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).

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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Item 1.

Item 2.

(a) The names of the persons filing this statement are:

Repertoire Partners LP (“Repertoire”)
Repertoire Holdings LLC (the “General Partner”)
Repertoire Partners GP LLC (“Repertoire GP”)
Repertoire Master Fund LP (the “Master Fund”)
Deepak Sarpangal
(collectively, the “Filers”).

Repertoire is the investment adviser to investment funds, including the Master Fund, and the General Partner is the general partner of one or more of those funds. Repertoire GP is the general partner of Repertoire. Mr. Sarpangal is the control person of Repertoire, Repertoire GP and the General Partner. The Filers are filing this Schedule 13G jointly, but not as members of a group, and each disclaims membership in a group. Each Filer also disclaims beneficial ownership of the Stock except to the extent of that person’s pecuniary interest therein. Further, filing this Schedule 13G on behalf of the Master Fund should not be construed as an admission that it is, and it disclaims that it is, a beneficial owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act, of any of the Stock covered by this Schedule 13G.

If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution _______________________________________________________________.

See Items 5-9 and 11 of the cover page for each Filer.

The percentages reported in this Schedule 13G are based on 9,447,067 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 6, 2023, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed on November 8, 2023.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ].

Repertoire is the investment adviser to investment funds, including the Master Fund, and the General Partner is the general partner of one or more of those funds. The funds hold the Stock for the benefit of their investors and have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Stock. Other than the Master Fund, no individual fund’s holdings of the Stock are more than five percent of the outstanding Stock.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Agreement Regarding Joint Filing of Statement on Schedule 13D or 13G.

Certification of Repertoire, Repertoire GP, the General Partner and Mr. Sarpangal

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.

Certification of the Master Fund

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 14, 2024

EXHIBIT A

AGREEMENT REGARDING JOINT FILING

OF STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 13D OR 13G

The undersigned agree to file jointly with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) any and all statements on Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G or Forms 3, 4 or 5 (and any amendments or supplements thereto) required under section 13(d) or 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with purchases by the undersigned of the securities of any issuer. For that purpose, the undersigned hereby constitute and appoint each of Repertoire Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and Repertoire Master Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as their true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact, with full power and authority for and on behalf of the undersigned to prepare or cause to be prepared, sign, file with the SEC and furnish to any other person all certificates, instruments, agreements and documents necessary to comply with section 13(d) and section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with said purchases, and to do and perform every act necessary and proper to be done incident to the exercise of the foregoing power, as fully as the undersigned might or could do if personally present.

Dated: February 14, 2024