Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001140361-23-002606
Form Type:
13D Filing
Publication Date:
2023-01-24 19:00:00
Filed By:
Great Elm Group, Inc.
Company:
Great Elm Capital Corp.
Filing Date:
2023-01-25
SEC Url:
13D Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Great Elm Group, Inc 1,569,787 0 1,569,787 0 1,569,787 20.6%
Filing

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 

 
SCHEDULE 13D/A
(Amendment No. 7)
 
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 

 
Great Elm Capital Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
390320703
(CUSIP Number)
 
Peter A. Reed
Great Elm Group, Inc.
800 South Street, Suite 230
Waltham, MA 02453
Telephone Number:  (617) 375-3006
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 
August 30, 2022
(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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-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 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of the Exchange Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Exchange Act (however, see the Notes).
 

Page 2 of 5
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
Great Elm Group, Inc.
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
 
(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
OO
 
 
 
 
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 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
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
1,569,787
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
1,569,787
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
1,569,787
 
 
 
 
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
 
20.6%(1)
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
CO
 
 
 
 
 
(1)          Based on 7,601,958 shares of common stock, par value $0.01, outstanding, as reported on the Issuer’s (as defined below) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2022, filed November 3, 2022.
 
Page 3 of 5
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Amendment No. 7 to the statement of beneficial ownership on Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 7”) amends the Schedule 13D originally filed by the Reporting Person with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 1, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated October 1, 2020, Amendment No. 2 dated December 31, 2020, Amendment No. 3 dated September 20, 2021, Amendment No. 4 dated May 11, 2022, Amendment No. 5 dated June 17, 2022, and Amendment No. 6 dated January 3, 2022 (as so amended, the “Schedule 13D”), relating to the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), of Great Elm Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”). Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein in this Amendment No. 7 shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Schedule 13D, and unless amended hereby, all information previously filed remains in effect.
 
Item 2.
Identity and Background.
 
Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the following:
 
The name, present principal employment and name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted of each director and executive officer of the Reporting Person is set forth on Annex A hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
 
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
 
(a) and (b) The aggregate percentage of Common Stock reported to be owned by the Reporting Person is based on 7,601,958 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as reported on the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2022, filed November 3, 2022.
 
As of January 20, 2023, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own 1,569,787 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 20.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.  Such shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person include the shares of Common Stock held directly by the Reporting Person, over which the Reporting Person has sole voting and dispositive power.
 
To the Reporting Person’s knowledge, the directors and executive officers of the Reporting Person beneficially own in the aggregate 1,696,116 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 22.3% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
(c) The Reporting Person transferred 21,929 shares of Common Stock in connection with the vesting of grants of Common Stock previously made as compensation awards.
 
The Reporting Person transferred 250,000 shares of Common Stock as consideration to partially repay a promissory note (the “Seller Note”) issued by Great Elm Capital Management, Inc. (“GECM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person, to Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC (“ICAM”).
 
Page 4 of 5
SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
Date: January 24, 2023
   
     
 
By:
/s/ Brent J. Pearson
 
Name:
Brent J. Pearson
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer

Page 5 of 5
ANNEX A
 
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
GREAT ELM GROUP, INC.
 
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the directors and executive officers of the Reporting Person. Each of the directors and executive officers listed below are United States citizens and have a business address of 800 South Street, Suite 230, Waltham, MA 02453.
 
Name
 
Present Principal Employment
     
Directors
   
Matthew A. Drapkin
 
Chief Executive Officer & Portfolio Manager of Northern Right Capital Management, L.P. (an alternative asset manager focused on small and mid-cap public companies), at 9 Old Kings Hwy. S., Darien, CT 06820.
James H. Hugar
 
Director of the Reporting Person.
David Matter
 
Director of the Reporting Person.
James P. Parmelee
 
Managing Director of Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners (a private equity firm investing in middle-market specialty manufacturing, industrial technology and business services companies in the United States and Canada), at 301 Tresser Blvd, Suite 1333, Stamford, CT 06901.
Jason W. Reese
 
Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Capital Asset Management (a registered investment advisor which has managed various hedge funds, investment partnerships, a private REIT and a private equity fund), and Co-Founder and Executive Committee Member of Imperial Capital, LLC (a registered broker-dealer), each at 3801 PGA Boulevard, Suite 603, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410.
Eric J. Scheyer
 
Partner, Magnetar Capital (a hedge fund focused on investing in fixed income, energy, quantitative and event-driven strategies), at 1603 Orrington Avenue, 13th Floor Evanston, Illinois 60201.
Executive Officers
   
Peter A. Reed
 
Chief Executive Officer of the Reporting Person.
Brent J. Pearson
 
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Reporting Person.
Adam M. Kleinman
 
President of the Reporting Person.
Nichole Milz
 
Chief Operating Officer of the Reporting Person