Sec Form 13D Filing - SMITH WILLIAM G JR filing for CAPITAL CITY BANK GROUP INC (CCBG) - 2024-07-17

This Amendment No. 25 amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D and all subsequent amendments filed by the Reporting Person (as amended, the “Schedule 13D”). The items of the Schedule 13D referred to below are amended and supplemented by the addition of the information included below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D.

Item 5 is hereby amended and restated as follows:

* Less than 1%.

** Based on 16,941,553 shares of CCBG Common Stock outstanding as of June 28, 2024.

Under the definition of “beneficial ownership” in Section 13d-3 of the Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Mr. Smith may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of 61,085 shares of CCBG Common Stock held by his wife Paula P. Smith, and Capital City Bank as Custodian for the Paula P. Smith, IRA. Neither the filing of this statement nor any of its contents shall be deemed to be an admission that Mr. Smith is the beneficial owner of these shares.

The Reporting Person has no voting or investment power with respect to the 61,085 shares of CCBG Common Stock held by his wife, Paula P. Smith, and by Capital City Bank as Custodian for the Paula P. Smith, IRA. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4 promulgated under the Act, the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

Item 6 is hereby amended and restated as follows:

On July 15, 2024, the Reporting Person entered into a Pledge Agreement (the “Pledge Agreement”) with The Northern Trust Company, an Illinois banking corporation (the “Lender”) and The William Godfrey Smith, Jr. Irrevocable Insurance Trust - 2012, a Florida Trust (the “Borrower”) in connection with a loan obtained by the Borrower for estate planning purposes. As security for his obligations under the Pledge Agreement, the Reporting Person pledged, among other collateral, 600,000 shares of CCBG Common Stock held directly by the Reporting Person (the “Pledged Securities”) to the Lender. All voting rights and rights to receive dividends or distributions with respect to the Pledged Securities remain with the Reporting Person unless an event of default under the Pledge Agreement has occurred and is continuing.

Other than as set forth above, to the best knowledge of Reporting Person, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) among the persons named in Item 2 hereof and between such persons and any person with respect to any securities of the Company, including any class of the Company’s securities used as a reference security, in connection with any of the following: call options, put options, security-based swaps or any other derivative securities, transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

SIGNATURE

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.