4: Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities
Published on August 31, 2020
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |||
Persons who 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. | SEC 1474 (9-02) |
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
Stock Option (right to buy) | $ 21.25 | 08/27/2020 | D | 1,357,425 | (5) | 05/06/2028 | Common Stock | 1,357,425 | (4) | 0 | D | ||||
Stock Option (right to buy) | $ 11.97 | 08/27/2020 | A | 1,357,425 | (6) | 05/06/2028 | Common Stock | 1,357,425 | (4) | 1,357,425 | D |
Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
Steelberg Ryan C/O VERITONE, INC. 575 ANTON BOULEVARD COSTA MESA, CA 92626 |
X | X | President |
Signatures
/s/Jeffrey B. Coyne, as attorney-in-fact for reporting person | 08/31/2020 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
Explanation of Responses:
* | 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). |
(1) | Shares are held by reporting person as trustee of a living trust. |
(2) | Shares are held by Steel Veritone Fund I, LLC ("SVF"). The grantor trust of reporting person owns 50% of the membership interests in SVF and, as such, reporting person may be deemed a beneficial owner of such shares. Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. |
(3) | Shares are held by RVH, LLC, a limited liability company. Reporting person is the sole manager and member of RVH, LLC. |
(4) | The exercise price of the performance-based stock option granted to reporting person on May 6, 2018 has been reduced from $21.25 to $11.97 per share pursuant to an amendment approved by the issuer's Board of Directors on August 27, 2020 (which amendment was approved by the issuer's stockholders on July 24, 2020). Such amendment is deemed a cancellation of an existing option and grant of a new option, as reflected in this Form 4. |
(5) | Stock option was to become exercisable in three equal tranches based on the achievement of stock price goals for the issuer's common stock. See explanation regarding the deemed cancellation of this option in footnote (4), and see footnote (6) for the vesting conditions applicable to the new performance-based stock option. |
(6) | Stock option will become exercisable in three equal tranches based on the achievement of stock price goals for the common stock of the issuer of $17.50 per share, $22.50 per share and $27.50 per share, respectively, subject to the continuous service of reporting person with the issuer. |