Sec Form 13D Filing - Brest Jeremy filing for Grindr Inc. (GRND) - 2024-11-13

SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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SCHEDULE 13D/A

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

Grindr Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

39854F119

(CUSIP Number)

6770

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

Jeremy Leonard Brest

Ocean Financial Centre

Level 40, 10 Collyer Quay

Singapore, Singapore 049315

Telephone +65 6808 6288

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

November 8, 2024

(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 (“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).

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Jeremy Leonard Brest
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	PF
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Singapore
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			10,548,557
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			2,463,8001
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			10,548,557
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	13,012,357
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)
	7.3%1
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	IN

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1 The percentage used herein is calculated based on 178,767,175 shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer consisting of i) 176,612,391 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding reported on the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 10-Q, filed on November 8, 2024, plus ii) 2,154,784 shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer issuable to the Reporting Person, to the extent the Reporting Person elects to exercise (a) 354,464 warrants to purchase shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer held at a $11.50/share exercise pri ce and (b) 1,800,320 warrants to purchase shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer held at a $11.50/share exercise price subject to the terms and conditions of the Participation Agreement described in Item 6 of this Schedule 13D.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on September 25, 2023 and Amendment No. 2 filed on September 26, 2023 (the “Original Schedule 13D”, and together with this Amendment No. 3, this “Schedule 13D”), and is being filed on behalf of the Reporting Person in respect of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of Grindr Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer” or “Grindr”). Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 3 does not modify or amend any of the information previously reported in the Original Schedule 13D. Any capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Schedule 13D.

Item 6.

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

The first paragraph of Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

The Reporting Person may pledge certain securities beneficially owned by it as collateral for private banking security arrangements or margin or other loans from financial institutions. In the event of a default, the Reporting Person could be required to deliver to the secured party or lenders, or to sell, shares of the Issuer’s common stock or warrants to purchase shares of the Issuer’s common stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. Under such arrangements, the Reporting Person will retain voting and dispositive power with respect to the pledged securities except to the extent an event of default has occurred and is continuing. Any such arrangements or loans will contain other customary terms and conditions.

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.

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