Insider filing report for Changes in Beneficial Ownership
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)*
Great Elm Capital Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
390320109
(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2022
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
☒ Rule 13d-1(b)**
☒ Rule 13d-1(c)**
☐ Rule 13d-1(d)
| * | 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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. | |
| ** | Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC is filing this Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b). All other reporting persons are filing this Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c). |
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. 390320109 |
| (1) |
Names of reporting persons.
Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC | |||||
| (2) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ | |||||
| (3) | SEC use only.
| |||||
| (4) | Citizenship or place of organization.
Delaware | |||||
| Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with: |
(5) | Sole voting power.
0 | ||||
| (6) | Shared voting power.
145,189 | |||||
| (7) | Sole dispositive power.
0 | |||||
| (8) | Shared dispositive power.
145,189 | |||||
| (9) |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person.
145,189 | |||||
| (10) | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions).
☐ | |||||
| (11) | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9).
1.9% | |||||
| (12) | Type of reporting person (see instructions).
IA | |||||
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| CUSIP No. 390320109 |
| (1) |
Names of reporting persons.
Long Ball Partners, LLC | |||||
| (2) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ | |||||
| (3) | SEC use only.
| |||||
| (4) | Citizenship or place of organization.
Delaware | |||||
| Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with: |
(5) | Sole voting power.
0 | ||||
| (6) | Shared voting power.
145,189 | |||||
| (7) | Sole dispositive power.
0 | |||||
| (8) | Shared dispositive power.
145,189 | |||||
| (9) |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person.
145,189 | |||||
| (10) | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions).
☐ | |||||
| (11) | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9).
1.9% | |||||
| (12) | Type of reporting person (see instructions).
OO | |||||
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| CUSIP No. 390320109 |
| (1) |
N ames of reporting persons.
IC Leverage Income Fund, LLC | |||||
| (2) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ | |||||
| (3) | SEC use only.
| |||||
| (4) | Citizenship or place of organization.
Delaware | |||||
| Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with: |
(5) | Sole voting power.
0 | ||||
| (6) | Shared voting power.
198,979 | |||||
| (7) | Sole dispositive power.
0 | |||||
| (8) | Shared dispositive power.
198,979 | |||||
| (9) |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person.
198,979 | |||||
| (10) | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions).
☐ | |||||
| (11) | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9).
2.6% | |||||
| (12) | Type of reporting person (see instructions).
OO | |||||
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| CUSIP No. 390320109 |
| (1) |
Names of reporting persons.
Imperial Capital Group Holdings II, LLC | |||||
| (2) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ | |||||
| (3) | SEC use only.
| |||||
| (4) | Citizenship or place of organization.
Delaware | |||||
| Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with: |
(5) | Sole voting power.
0 | ||||
| (6) | Shared voting power.
399,062 | |||||
| (7) | Sole dispositive power.
0 | |||||
| (8) | Shared dispositive power.
399,062 | |||||
| (9) |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person.
399,062 | |||||
| (10) | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions).
☐ | |||||
| (11) | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9).
5.2% | |||||
| (12) | Type of reporting person (see instructions).
OO | |||||
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| CUSIP No. 390320109 |
| (1) |
Names of reporting persons.
Jason Reese | |||||
| (2) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)
(a) ☐ (b) ☒ | |||||
| (3) | SEC use only.
| |||||
| (4) | Citizenship or place of organization.
United States | |||||
| Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with: |
(5) | Sole voting power.
0 | ||||
| (6) | Shared voting power.
743,230 | |||||
| (7) | Sole dispositive power.
0 | |||||
| (8) | Shared dispositive power.
743,230 | |||||
| (9) |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person.
743,230 | |||||
| (10) | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions).
☐ | |||||
| (11) | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9).
9.8% | |||||
| (12) | Type of reporting person (see instructions).
IN, HC | |||||
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| CUSIP No. 390320109 |
13G/A
Explanatory Note: This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”) to the Schedule 13G (the “Initial 13G”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13, 2020 by the Reporting Persons (as defined below) relating to Great Elm Capital Corp., a Delaware Corporation (the “Issuer”), as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to the Initial 13G filed on February 16, 2021, and by Amendment No. 2 to the Initial 13G as filed on February 14, 2022, amends and supplements the items set forth below.
As used in this Amendment, the term “Reporting Persons” collectively refers to:
| • | Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC; |
| • | Long Ball Partners, LLC; |
| • | IC Leverage Income Fund, LLC; |
| • | Imperial Capital Group Holdings II, LLC; and |
| • | Jason Reese. |
Item 2.
Item 2 is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
| (a) | Name of person filing |
This Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of the following:
| i. | Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC (“ICAM”), which is the registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and its principal business is acting as the managing member and investment manager of Long Ball (defined below); |
| ii. | Long Ball Partners, LLC (“Long Ball”); |
| iii. | IC Leverage Income Fund, LLC (“IC Leverage”); |
| iv. | Imperial Capital Group Holdings II, LLC (“ICGH2”); |
| v. | Jason Reese (“Reese”), who is the portfolio manager to Long Ball and is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ICAM, and has sole voting and dispositive power over the shares of Common Stock held directly by each of ICGH2 and IC Leverage. |
ICAM, Long Ball, IC Leverage, ICGH2, and Reese are collectively referred to in this Schedule 13G as the “Reporting Persons”.
| (b) | Address or principal business office or, if none, residence |
The address of the principal business office for each of the Reporting Persons is: 3801 PGA Boulevard, Suite 603, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 33410.
| (c) | Citizenship |
| i. | ICAM is a Delaware limited liability company. |
| ii. | Long Ball is a Delaware limited liability company. |
| iii. | IC Leverage is a Delaware limited liability company. |
| iv. | ICGH2 is a Delaware limited liability company. |
| v. | Reese is a United States citizen. |
| (d) | Title of class of securities |
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”)
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| (e) | CUSIP No. |
390320109
Item 4. Ownership
Items is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
| (a)-(c) | The information relating to the beneficial ownership of Common Stock by each of the Reporting Persons set forth in Rows 5 through 9 and Row 11 of the cover pages hereto is incorporated herein by reference. |
The ownership percentage of each Reporting Person set forth in Row 11 of the cover pages hereto has been calculated based on an assumed total of 7,601,958 shares of Common Stock outstanding as disclosed in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on November 3, 2022.
Item 10. Certifications
With respect to ICAM, by signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.
With respect to all Reporting Persons other than ICAM, by signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.
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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: February 17, 2023
| IMPERIAL CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC |
| By: /s/ Jason Reese |
| Name: Jason Reese |
| Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| LONG BALL PARTNERS, LLC |
| By: Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC, its managing member |
| By: /s/ Jason Reese |
| Name: Jason Reese |
| Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| IC LEVERAGE INCOME FUND, LLC |
| By: Imperial Capital Group Holdings, LLC, its managing member |
| By: /s/ Jason Reese |
| Name: Jason Reese |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
| IMPERIAL CAPITAL GROUP HOLDINGS II, LLC |
| By: Imperial Capital Group Holdings, LLC, its managing member |
| By: /s/ Jason Reese |
| Name: Jason Reese |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |
| JASON REESE |
| /s/ Jason Reese |