Steel Partners Holdings L.P. - Jan 2, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Steel Connect, Inc. (STCN)

Signature
By: Steel Partners Holdings L.P., By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., General Partner, By: /s/ Maria Reda, Secretary
Stock symbol
STCN
Transactions as of
Jan 2, 2025
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
1/6/2025, 07:22 PM
Previous filing
Sep 4, 2024
Next filing
Feb 21, 2025

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction STCN Common Stock, $0.01 par value Purchase +183K +5.21% 3.68M Jan 2, 2025 By Steel Excel Inc. F1, F2, F3, F4
transaction STCN Common Stock, $0.01 par value Conversion of derivative security +634K +17.22% 4.32M Jan 2, 2025 By Steel Excel Inc. F1, F2, F4, F5
transaction STCN Common Stock, $0.01 par value Conversion of derivative security +19.2M +444.12% 23.5M Jan 2, 2025 By Steel Excel Inc. F1, F2, F4, F5
transaction STCN Common Stock, $0.01 par value Conversion of derivative security +1.91M +8.14% 25.4M Jan 2, 2025 By Steel Excel Inc. F1, F2, F4, F6
transaction STCN Common Stock, $0.01 par value Other +2.65M +10.44% 28.1M Jan 2, 2025 By Steel Excel Inc. F1, F2, F4, F7, F8, F9

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction STCN Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion of derivative security -35K -100% 0 Jan 2, 2025 Common Stock 1.91M $1.96 By WebFinancial Holding Corporation F1, F2, F6, F10, F12
transaction STCN Series E Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion of derivative security -3.39M -100% 0 Jan 2, 2025 Common Stock 19.2M $1.10 By WebFinancial Holding Corporation F1, F2, F5, F11, F12
transaction STCN Series E Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion of derivative security -112K -100% 0 Jan 2, 2025 Common Stock 634K $1.10 By Steel Excel, Inc. F1, F2, F4, F5, F11
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Steel Partners Holdings L.P. is no longer subject to Section 16 filing requirements. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 This Form 4 is filed jointly by Steel Partners Holdings L.P. ("Steel Holdings"), WebFinancial Holding Corporation ("WebFinancial"), SPH Group LLC ("SPHG"), SPH Group Holdings LLC ("SPHG Holdings"), Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. ("Steel Holdings GP"), Steel Excel, Inc. ("Steel Excel"), WF Asset Corp. ("WF Asset"), Handy & Harman Ltd. ("HNH") and WHX CS LLC ("WHX CS") (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Steel Holdings owns a majority of the membership interests of SPHG. SPHG is the sole member of SPHG Holdings. Steel Holdings GP is the general partner of Steel Holdings, the managing member of SPHG and the manager of SPHG Holdings. SPHG Holdings owns 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Steel Excel. Steel Excel owns 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of HNH and is a majority shareholder of WF Asset. HNH owns a majority of the outstanding membership interests of WHX CS. WebFinancial is a former subsidiary of Steel Holdings.
F2 Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group (the "Section 13(d) Group") that collectively owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock (the "Shares").
F3 On January 2, 2025, Warren G. Lichtenstein sold 182,526 Shares to Steel Excel in exchange for an aggregate of $2,089,922.70, or $11.45 per Share.
F4 Represents securities owned directly or indirectly by Steel Excel. By virtue of their relationships with Steel Excel discussed in Footnote 1, each of Steel Holdings, SPHG, SPHG Holdings and Steel Holdings GP may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly or indirectly by Steel Excel. Each of Steel Holdings, SPHG, SPHG Holdings and Steel Holdings GP disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned directly or indirectly by Steel Excel.
F5 On January 2, 2025, (i) Steel Excel converted its 112,043 shares of Series E Preferred Stock into 634,156 Shares and (ii) WebFinancial converted its 3,387,957 shares of Series E Preferred Stock into 19,175,628 Shares ("WebFinancial Series E Shares"). All of the WebFinancial Series E Shares were issued directly to Steel Excel.
F6 On January 2, 2025, WebFinancial converted its 35,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock into 1,913,265 Shares ("WebFinancial Series C Shares"). All of the WebFinancial Series C Shares were issued directly to Steel Excel.
F7 On January 2, 2025, Steel Excel Sub I, LLC ("Merger Sub"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Steel Excel, merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Steel Excel and an indirect subsidiary of Steel Holdings (the "Merger").
F8 At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (A) Shares owned by Merger Sub, the Issuer or any of the Issuer's wholly owned subsidiaries (the "Excluded Shares") and (B) Shares held by stockholders who have properly and validly exercised their statutory rights of appraisal in respect of such Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Dissenting Shares")), was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive (i) cash consideration equal to $11.45 per Share (the "Per Share Cash Merger Consideration") and (ii) one Reith CVR per Share (together with the Per Share Cash Merger Consideration, the "Per Share Merger Consideration").
F9 At the Effective Time, each share of restricted stock (each a "Restricted Share") issued by the Issuer pursuant to, or otherwise governed by, any Issuer equity plan, that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, became fully vested, subject to any applicable tax withholding on such acceleration, and, subject to the terms of the CVR Agreement, each holder of a Restricted Share received the Per Share Merger Consideration.
F10 The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock had no expiration date.
F11 The Series E Convertible Preferred Stock had no expiration date.
F12 Represents securities previously owned directly by WebFinancial.

Remarks:

Each of the Reporting Persons, other than Steel Holdings, and the other members of the Section 13(d) Group may be deemed a director by deputization due to their relationship with certain of the directors on the board of directors of the Issuer.