Sec Form 13D Filing - InnoHold LLC filing for Purple Innovation Inc. (PRPL) - 2020-07-01

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)*

 

Purple Innovation, Inc.

 

(Name of Issuer)

 

Class A Common Shares, par value $0.0001 per share

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

74640Y 106

 

(CUSIP Number)

 

InnoHold, LLC
801 South 1230 East
Alpine, Utah 84004
(801) 756-2600

 

with copy to:

R. Gary Winger

Kirton McConkie, P.C.

50 East South Temple, Suite 400

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

May 19, 2020

 

(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. ☐

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

*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 in 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. 74640Y 106      

     
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Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).

InnoHold, LLC
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).

27-1931966

2   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)    ☐
(b)    ☐
3   SEC Use Only
 
4   Source of Funds (See Instructions)
 
N/A
5  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 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
 
16,750,450(1)(2)
  9   Sole Dispositive Power
 
0
  10   Shared Dispositive Power
 
16,750,450(1)(2)

11   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

16,750,450
12  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ☐

 

13   Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

31.08%(3)
14   Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

PN

 

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CUSIP No. 74640Y 106      

   
1  

Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).


Terry V. Pearce

2   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)    ☐
(b)    ☐
3   SEC Use Only
 
4   Source of Funds (See Instructions)
 
N/A
5  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 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
 
16,750,450(1)(2)
  9   Sole Dispositive Power
 
0
  10   Shared Dispositive Power
 
16,750,450(1)(2)

11   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

16,750,450
12  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ☐

 

13   Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

31.08%(3)
14   Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

IN

  

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CUSIP No. 74640Y 106      

   
1  

Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).


Tony M. Pearce

2   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)    ☐
(b)    ☐
3   SEC Use Only
 
4   Source of Funds (See Instructions)
 
N/A
5  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 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
 
16,750,450(1)(2)
  9   Sole Dispositive Power
 
0
  10   Shared Dispositive Power
 
16,750,450(1)(2)

11   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

16,750,450
12  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ☐

 

13   Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

31.08%(3)
14   Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

IN

   

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Item 1. Security and Issuer

 

This Schedule 13D relates to the shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Stock”), of Purple Innovation, Inc. (formerly known as Global Partner Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 4100 N. Chapel Ridge Rd., Suite 200, Utah 84043.

 

As of June 1, 2020, as reflected in this Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons (as hereinafter defined) beneficially owned 16,750,450 shares of Class A Stock, representing approximately 31.08% of the issued and outstanding Class A Stock.

 

Item 2. Identity and Background

 

(a) – (c), (f)

 

This Amendment No 3 to Schedule 13D is filed by (i) InnoHold, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“InnoHold”); (ii) Terry V. Pearce (“Terry”), a natural person, US citizen, manager of InnoHold and director of the Issuer; and (iii) Tony M. Pearce (“Tony” and together with Terry and InnoHold, collectively the “Reporting Persons”), a natural person, US citizen, manager of InnoHold and director of the Issuer.

 

The Reporting Persons have entered into a joint filing agreement, dated February 26, 2018, a copy of which was filed with the original Schedule 13D.

 

The principal business address for each of the Reporting Persons is 801 S 1230 E, Alpine, Utah 84004

  

(d) and (e)

 

During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons, and to the best of their knowledge, none of the Reporting Persons’ managers or officers (if applicable) (i) has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

N/A

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

 

The originally filed 13D included information about the acquisition of the Issuer’s securities by the Reporting Persons, including a description of the related agreements and copies of the agreements as exhibits.

 

The transactions reported in this Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D are the sale of 12,407,777 shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer which were acquired by InnoHold pursuant to the conversion by InnoHold, LLC, of 12,407,777 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer and 12,407,777 Class B Units of Purple LLC that, together, were exchangeable for an equal number of shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer.

 

The sales of the shares of the Class A Stock by the Reporting Persons were made through an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC No. 333-237045), as amended (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement was declared effective on May 14, 2020, and the sale of the Class A Stock closed in two tranches: 10,789,372 shares of Class A Stock on May 19, 2020, and 1,618,405 shares of Class A Stock on June 1, 2020, pursuant to the exercise of the Underwriters’ Option disclosed in the Registration Statement.

 

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The purpose of the sales of the Class A Stock was to increase the public float of the Issuer’s Class A Stock.

  

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

The information contained on the cover pages of this Schedule 13D and the information set forth or incorporated in Item 4 is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 5.

(a) and (b)

 

Ownership percentages set forth in this Schedule 13D are based on a total of 53,892,459 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer issued and outstanding as of the close of business on May 8, 2020, as reported by the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2020, after giving effect to the exchange of all issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

InnoHold, LLC

 

Following the sale of the Class A Stock as reference in Item 4 above, InnoHold directly holds 16,750,450 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer and 16,750,450 Class B Units of Purple LLC that, together, are exchangeable for an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Act, InnoHold is the beneficial owner of 16,750,450 shares of Class A Stock underlying such Class B Stock and Class B Units, representing approximately 31.08% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Stock, and shares the power to vote and dispose of such Class A Stock with its managers, Terry V. Pearce and Tony M. Pearce.

 

Terry V. Pearce

 

Following the sale of the Class A Stock as reference in Item 4 above, Terry V. Pearce, as one of the two managers of InnoHold, shares with Tony M. Pearce the ability to direct the management and the business of InnoHold, including the power to vote and dispose of the securities held by InnoHold. Terry may, therefore, be deemed to own 16,750,450 shares of Class A Stock underlying the Class B Stock and Class B Units held by InnoHold, representing approximately 31.08% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Stock.

 

Tony M. Pearce

 

Following the sale of the Class A Stock as reference in Item 4 above, Tony M. Pearce, as one of the two managers of InnoHold, shares with Terry V. Pearce the ability to direct the management and the business of InnoHold, including the power to vote and dispose of the securities held by InnoHold. Tony may, therefore, be deemed to own 16,750,450 shares of Class A Stock underlying the Class B Stock and Class B Units held by InnoHold, representing approximately 31.08% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Stock.

 

(c)  Except for the transaction described herein, there have been no other transactions in the securities of the Issuer effected by any Reporting Person within the last 60 days.

 

(d) To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, no person other than the Reporting Persons has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons identified in this Item 5.

 

(e) Not applicable.

  

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Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

 

The information set forth in Items 4 and 5 of this Amendment to Schedule 13D is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 6.

As noted in Item 4 above, the sales of the Class A Stock by the Reporting Persons were made pursuant to the Registration Statement. As disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Reporting Persons sold their shares of Class A Stock pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement with the underwriters named in the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement provides additional details relating to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Item 7.  Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
Exhibit A   Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 26, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on February 27, 2018)
Exhibit B   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 2, 2017, by and among Global Partner Acquisition Corp.,  PRPL Acquisition, LLC, Purple Innovation, LLC, InnoHold, LLC and Global Partner Sponsor I LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37523) filed with the SEC on November 3, 2017)
Exhibit C   Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 8, 2018, by and among Global Partner  Acquisition Corp., Purple Innovation, LLC, PRPL Acquisition, LLC and other parties named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37523) filed with the SEC on January 8, 2018)
Exhibit D   Exchange Agreement, dated February 2, 2018, by and between Purple Innovation, Inc., Purple Innovation,  LLC and InnoHold, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37523) filed with the SEC on February 8, 2018)

Exhibit E

 

  Lock-Up Agreement, dated February 2, 2018, by and among Purple Innovation, Inc., InnoHold, LLC and Global Partner Sponsor I LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37523) filed with the SEC on February 8, 2018)
Exhibit F   Tax Receivable Agreement, dated February 2, 2018, by and between Purple Innovation, Inc. and InnoHold, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37523) filed with the SEC on February 8, 2018)
Exhibit G   Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 2, 2018, by and among Purple Innovation, Inc., InnoHold, LLC and Global Partner Sponsor I LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37523) filed with the SEC on February 8, 2018)
Exhibit H   Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-237045), declared effective on May 14, 2020 (on file with the SEC)

  

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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.

 

Dated: June 30, 2020

 

  INNOHOLD, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Tony M. Pearce
  Name: Tony M. Pearce
  Title: Manager
     
  TERRY V. PEARCE
   
  /s/ Terry V. Pearce
  Signature
   
  TONY M. PEARCE
   
  /s/ Tony M. Pearce
  Signature

Footnotes:

 

(1)Represents 16,750,450 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer and 16,750,450 Class B Units of Purple Innovation, LLC that, together, are exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer, on a one-for-one basis, in accordance with the terms and subject to the restrictions set forth in that certain exchange agreement between Purple Innovation, Inc., Purple Innovation, LLC and InnoHold, LLC, which shares are directly owned by InnoHold, LLC, and may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Terry V. Pearce and Tony M. Pearce in their capacity as the co-managers of InnoHold, LLC.

 

(2)The original Schedule 13D disclosed an ownership of 44,071,318 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer, together with 44,071,318 Class B Units of Purple Innovation, LLC that, together, are exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer, as described above. Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D reported the sale of 7,552,136 shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer which were acquired by InnoHold pursuant to the conversion by InnoHold, LLC, of 7,552,136 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer and 7,552,136 Class B Units of Purple LLC that, together, were exchangeable for an equal number of shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer. Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D reported the sale of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer which were acquired by InnoHold pursuant to the conversion by InnoHold, LLC, of 1,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer and 1,500,000 Class B Units of Purple LLC that, together, were exchangeable for an equal number of shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer. On December 31, 2019, InnoHold, LLC, disposed of 900,474 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer through a gift, which transaction was reported in a timely manner on Forms 5 filed by InnoHold, Terry V. Pearce, and Tony M. Pearce, respectively. Following the last transaction reported prior to this Amendment to Schedule 13D, InnoHold owned 29,158,227 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer, together with 29,158,227 Class B Units of Purple Innovation, LLC, as described above.

 

(3)All calculations of percentage ownership herein are based on a total of 53,892,459 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer issued and outstanding as of the close of business on May 8, 2020, as reported by the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2020, after giving effect to the exchange of all issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

 

 

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