Sec Form 13D Filing - ENDICOTT MANAGEMENT CO filing for METROPOLITAN BK HLDG CORP (MCB) - 2021-11-05

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE 13D
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*
 
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
591774104
(CUSIP Number)
 
Bradley E. Maneely
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
The Endicott Group
570 Lexington Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 
September 23, 2021
(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 Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 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 (“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).



CUSIP No. 591774104
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 2 of 9 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
 Endicott Opportunity Partners IV, L.P.
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
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)
 
 
 0%
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 PN
 
 
 
 



CUSIP No. 591774104
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 3 of 9 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
 Endicott Management Company
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
 
(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 AF
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
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)
 
 
 0%
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 CO
 
 
 
 


 

CUSIP No. 591774104
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 4 of 9 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
 W.R. Endicott IV, L.L.C.
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
 
(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 AF
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
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)
 
 
 0%
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 OO
 
 
 
 


 

CUSIP No. 591774104
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 5 of 9 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
 Wayne K. Goldstein (in the capacity described herein)
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
 
(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 AF
 
 
 
 
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
 United States
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
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)
 
 
 0%
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 IN
 
 
 
 


 

CUSIP No. 591774104
SCHEDULE 13D
Page 6 of 9 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
 Robert I. Usdan (in the capacity described herein)
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
 
(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 AF
 
 
 
 
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
 United States
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 -0-
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
 716 shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
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)
 
 
 0%
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 
 
 IN
 
 
 
 


Item 1.
SECURITY AND ISSUER
   
 
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (the “Amendment”) amends the Schedule 13D originally filed on November 20, 2017 (the “Original Schedule 13D”) and relates to the shares of voting common stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the “Common Stock”), of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp., a New York corporation (the “Issuer”). The Issuer’s principal executive offices are located at 99 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016. Disclosure Items set forth in the Original Schedule 13D shall remain in effect, except to the extent expressly amended hereby and (as modified herein) are incorporated into such Original Schedule 13D filing. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Schedule 13D.
   
Item 4.
PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
   
 
Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following :
 
 
As reported by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 12, 2021, Mr. Usdan elected to resign from the Board, effective immediately, on April 12, 2021.
 
The information set forth in Item 5 with respect to the disposition of securities by the Reporting Persons is incorporated by reference into this Item 4.
 
As described below, as of the close of business on September 23, 2021, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Stock.
   
Item 5.
INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
 
Item 5 is hereby amended and restated as follows:
   
 
The information contained in rows 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 on the cover pages of this Amendment and the information set forth in Items 2 and 4 is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 5.
 
(a) and (b)
After giving effect to the transactions described in Item 5(c) below, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own and share the power to vote and dispose of 716 shares of Common Stock, which represents .00006% of the Common Stock outstanding.

All percentages of Common Stock outstanding contained herein are based on 10,644,193 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as of September 30, 2021, as reported in the Issuer’s financial statements attached as Exhibit 99.1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 21, 2021.
 
(c)
Schedule A, attached hereto, sets forth the transactions effected by the Reporting Persons in shares of the Common Stock during the 60 days preceding the filing date of this Amendment. All transactions set forth on Schedule A and otherwise disclosed in this Amendment were effected in the ordinary course of business of each Reporting Person.
 
(d)
No person other than the Reporting Persons is known by any Reporting Person to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons and described in this Item 5.
 
(e)
As of the close of business on September 23, 2021, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Stock.
 

SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: November 5, 2021

ENDICOTT OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS IV, L.P.
   
     
By: W.R. Endicott IV, L.L.C., its general partner
   
 
 
/s/ Wayne K. Goldstein
   
Name: Wayne K. Goldstein
   
Title: Managing Member
   


W.R. ENDICOTT IV, L.L.C.
   
 
 
/s/ Wayne K. Goldstein
   
Name: Wayne K. Goldstein
   
Title: Managing Member
   


ENDICOTT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
   
 
 
/s/ Wayne K. Goldstein
   
Name: Wayne K. Goldstein
   
Title: Authorized Signatory
   


/s/ Wayne K. Goldstein
   
WAYNE K. GOLDSTEIN
   


/s/ Robert I. Usdan
   
ROBERT I. USDAN
   




SCHEDULE A

Date
Number of Shares Sold
Weighted Average Sale Price Per Shares (in $)(1)(2)
High Sale Price (in $)(1)
Low Sale Price (in $)(1)
9/16/2021
11,201
80.2483
80.6200
79.8600
9/16/2021
8,923
81.5069
81.6200
81.0400
9/16/2021
29,636
82.1035
82.5700
81.6250
9/23/2021
12,955
81.7398
82.2600
81.3000
9/23/2021
50,258
81.6515
82.1300
81.2500
9/24/2021
49,061
83.2945
83.6500
82.6600
9/24/2021
699
83.7199
83.8000
83.6700
9/24/2021
4,089
82.4408
83.0000
82.0000
9/24/2021
9,280
83.4168
83.7800
83.0100
9/27/2021
7,265
84.1114
84.6200
83.6200
9/27/2021
1,572
84.7960
86.0100
84.6250
9/27/2021
9,631
86.9695
87.0100
84.6600
9/27/2021
6,412
87.1974
87.7300
87.0300
9/27/2021
33,240
83.6609
84.0000
83.1800
9/27/2021
31,349
84.6518
85.0000
84.2500
9/27/2021
10,052
85.3713
85.5000
85.0050
9/27/2021
52,744
87.0352
87.5000
86.7700
9/28/2021
24,880
85.4086
86.2500
85.3500
9/29/2021
5,518
84.8550
85.0200
84.7500
9/29/2021
2,189
85.0000
85.0000
85.0000
9/30/2021
1,294
85.8357
86.0500
85.5000
10/1/2021
2,488
85.0545
85.3600
84.4000
10/1/2021
3,012
86.3931
86.6900
85.7400
10/1/2021
299
86.8501
86.9200
86.7900
10/6/2021
7,544
85.0435
85.4900
84.5000
10/6/2021
1,413
85.6478
85.8000
85.5100
10/7/2021
6,983
86.8903
87.0400
86.6000
10/7/2021
5,573
87.0087
87.1000
86.7500
10/8/2021
13,829
86.9989
87.4900
86.5000
10/8/2021
104
87.5358
87.6800
87.5300
10/11/2021
896
87.0378
87.1300
87.0000
10/12/2021
3,663
86.0170
86.2850
86.0000
10/13/2021
4,976
86.3678
86.6500
86.0000
10/14/2021
5,074
86.8017
87.0700
86.0800
10/14/2021
5,037
87.4011
87.8300
87.1000
10/15/2021
6,723
88.0773
88.5300
87.5300
10/15/2021
741
88.9554
89.0000
88.8500
10/18/2021
3,433
88.3346
88.7400
87.7600
10/18/2021
10,153
89.0469
89.2500
88.7400
10/18/2021
9,952
89.1282
89.3500
89.0000
10/19/2021
4,522
88.4824
89.0000
88.0000
10/19/2021
223
89.0402
89.2500
89.0100
10/20/2021
3,783
87.6805
87.9900
87.0000
10/20/2021
11,145
88.0273
88.2350
88.0000
10/21/2021
1,170
90.0527
90.7400
90.0000
10/21/2021
1,771
91.4657
91.7200
91.1300
10/21/2021
2,441
92.1941
92.5900
91.7750
10/21/2021
11,762
93.2576
93.5900
92.7850
10/21/2021
3,396
93.9300
94.2000
93.6000
10/21/2021
19,904
90.2520
90.7600
90.0000
10/21/2021
6,198
91.5001
91.6150
91.5000
10/21/2021
20,739
92.2046
92.5500
92.0000
10/21/2021
27,799
92.8815
93.2400
92.6200
10/22/2021
8,551
93.7500
93.7500
93.7500
10/22/2021
21,258
95.3078
95.7450
95.0000
10/22/2021
8,226
94.2358
94.7500
93.7500
10/22/2021
19,822
95.1350
95.6750
94.7700
10/22/2021
2,554
96.1254
96.3200
95.7600


(1)
Excludes commissions and other execution-related costs.

(2)
Upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided.