See Explanation of Responses Amundi acquired 3,293,471 shares (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 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
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. [ VCTR ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 04/01/2025 | J(1)(2) | 3,293,471 | A | (1)(2) | 3,293,471 | I(2) | See Explanation of Responses(1)(2)(7)(8)(9) | ||
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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 | ||||||||
| Preferred Stock | (3)(4)(5)(6) | 04/01/2025 | J | 14,305,982 | (3)(4)(5)(6) | (3)(4)(5)(6) | Common Stock(3)(4)(5)(6) | 14,305,982(3)(4)(5)(6) | (1)(2) | 14,305,982 | I(2) | See Explanation of Responses(1)(2)(7)(8)(9) | |||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. On July 8, 2024, Amundi Asset Management S.A.S. ("Amundi AM"), Amundi S.A. ("Amundi S.A." together with Amundi AM, the "Reporting Persons") and Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (the "Issuer") entered into a Contribution Agreement (the "Contribution Agreement") pursuant to which, on April 1, 2025, Amundi AM contributed, and the Issuer accepted, all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Amundi Holdings US, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi AM ("Amundi US"), in exchange for the securities in the Issuer described herein comprised of (i) 3,293,471 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 (the "Common Stock") representing 4.9% of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding after giving effect to the issuance and (ii) 14,305,982 newly issued shares of non-voting convertible preferred stock of Issuer (the "Preferred Stock"). |
| 2. In addition, as a result of certain adjustments as provided in the Contribution Agreement, Amundi AM may acquire an additional number of shares of Preferred Stock as a result of true-up payments in respect of client consents obtained in the 180 days following the closing of the transaction, which together with the Preferred Stock acquired at the closing of the transaction, would result in Amundi AM acquiring in the aggregate up to 26.1% of the Issuer's outstanding capital stock on a fully diluted basis, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Amundi AM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi S.A. |
| 3. Pursuant to the terms of a Shareholder Agreement that Amundi AM and the Issuer entered into upon the closing of the transaction, on April 1, 2025, (the "Shareholder Agreement"), the Reporting Persons are not permitted to transfer shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock beneficially owned by them until April 1, 2028, subject to certain exceptions. |
| 4. Under the terms of the Shareholder Agreement, Amundi AM has the right to require the Issuer to nominate and use reasonable best efforts (subject to applicable law and the exercise of fiduciary duties) to have two individuals designated by Amundi AM elected to the Issuer's board of directors (the "Board") for so long as Amundi AM and its permitted transferees own at least 50% of the shares Amundi AM acquired pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and one individual designated by Amundi AM elected to the Board for so long as Amundi AM and its permitted transferees own at least 33% (but less than 50%) of the shares Amundi AM acquired pursuant to the Contribution Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the Shareholder Agreement, the Issuer appointed two individuals designated by Amundi AM to the Board on April 1, 2025. |
| 5. The Preferred Stock is not convertible at the option of the holder and is only convertible into shares of Common Stock after a transfer: (i) in a widespread public distribution; (ii) to the Issuer; (iii) in transfers in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive two percent or more of the outstanding securities of any "class of voting shares" (as defined in 12 C.F.R. 225.2(q)(3)) of the Issuer; or (iv) to a transferee that controls more than 50% of every "class of voting shares" (as defined in 12 C.F.R. 225.2(q)(3)) of the Issuer without any transfer from the transferring holder of the Preferred Stock, in each case, so long as the transfer of such Preferred Stock is not to an "affiliate" (as such term is defined in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended) of the holder of the Preferred Stock ("Automatic Transfer Conversion"). |
| 6. (continued from footnote 5) The Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock upon an Automatic Transfer Conversion on a one-to-one basis. Separately, Amundi AM is permitted to exchange its Common Stock for Preferred Stock at any time and will be required to exchange its Common Stock for Preferred Stock under certain circumstances as contemplated in the Shareholder Agreement. The Common Stock will be exchangeable into Preferred Stock on a one-to-one basis. |
| 7. On July 8, 2024, Amundi AM entered into a Voting Agreement (the "Crestview Voting Agreement") with Crestview Victory, L.P. and Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. (together, "Crestview"), and a Voting Agreement (together with the Crestview Voting Agreement, the "Voting Agreements") with certain officers of the Issuer (the "Executives") and a three-person committee of employees of the Issuer (the "Employee Shareholders Committee" or the "ESC") authorized to vote the shares of Common Stock held by certain employees of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of that certain Employee Shareholders' Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Employee Shareholders' Committee and those certain employees of the Issuer party thereto (the "Employee Shareholders' Agreement"). |
| 8. (continued from footnote 7) Pursuant to the terms of the Voting Agreements, each of Crestview and the ESC have agreed not to nominate any person for election to the Board in lieu of, or in a contested election with, such nominee of Amundi AM, for so long as Amundi AM retains the right to nominate any person for election to the Board. By virtue of the Voting Agreements, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by Crestview and the ESC. |
| 9. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"), this filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, part of a "group" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Act) by virtue of the Voting Agreements or have beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock held by any party thereto. |
| Remarks: |
| The Reporting Persons may be deemed a director by deputization for purposes of Section 16 of the Act by virtue of the fact that it will have the right under the Shareholders Agreement to have its designees elected to the board of directors of the Issuer as representatives of the Reporting Persons. |
| /s/ Nicolas Calcoen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi S.A. | 04/03/2025 | |
| /s/ Nicolas Calcoen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi Asset Management S.A.S. | 04/03/2025 | |
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