Sec Form 13D Filing - Urban Partners II LLC filing for CREATIVE MEDIA & CMNTY TR COM (CMCT) - 2019-11-13

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 10)*

(Name of Issuer)

(Title of Class of Securities)

(CUSIP Number)

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

(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. o

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) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported Common Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of such shares in this Amendment No. 10 shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for any purpose.

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(2) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported Common Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of such shares in this Amendment No. 10 shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for any purpose.

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(3) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported Common Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of such shares in this Amendment No. 10 shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for any purpose.

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Reference is made to the initial statement on Schedule 13D (the “Initial Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 11, 2014 by Urban Partners II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Urban II”), Richard Ressler, Avraham Shemesh, Shaul Kuba and CIM Service Provider, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CIM Manager”), and relates to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Shares”) of CIM Commercial Trust Corporation, a Maryland real estate investment trust (formerly, PMC Commercial Trust) (the “Issuer”), as further amended by Amendment No. 1 dated September 19, 2016 (“Amendment No. 1”), Amendment No. 2 dated June 14, 2017 (“Amendment No. 2”),  Amendment No. 3 dated December 20, 2017 (“Amendment No. 3”), Amendment No. 4, dated March 19, 2019 (“Amendment No. 4”), Amendment No. 5, dated August 13, 2019 (“Amendment No. 5”), Amendment No. 6., dated August 16, 2019 (“Amendment No. 6”), Amendment No. 7, dated August 27, 2019 (“Amendment No. 7”), Amendment No. 8., dated September 19, 2019 (“Amendment No. 8”), and Amendment No. 9, dated October 16, 2019 (“Amendment No. 9”, and, together with the Initial Statement, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8 and Amendment No. 9, the “Schedule 13D Filing”). The address of the principal executive office of the Issuer is 17950 Preston Road, Suite 600, Dallas, Texas 75252.

This Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D Filing (this “Amendment No. 10”) is being filed to reflect a change in the percentage beneficial ownership of the Common Shares of Urban II, Richard Ressler, Avraham Shemesh, Shaul Kuba, CIM Manager, and CIM Urban Sponsor, LLC (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) as a result of the transfer of an aggregate of 391,800 Common Shares from Urban II to a member (the “Redeeming Party”) of CIM Urban REIT, LLC (“CIM Urban REIT”), a member of Urban II, in exchange for the assignment by the Redeeming Party of all of its equity interests in CIM Urban REIT to, and the subsequent cancellation of such equity interests by, CIM Urban REIT.  Such Common Shares reflected the Redeeming Party’s pro rata ownership interests in Common Shares held by Urban II.

Except as otherwise described herein, the information contained in the Schedule 13D Filing remains in effect. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 10 shall have the respective meanings set forth with respect thereto in the Schedule 13D Filing.

Item 4.                                 Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D Filing is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

The Issuer previously announced a program to unlock embedded value in its portfolio and improve trading liquidity in its Common Shares.  The dispositions of Common Shares by Urban II described in Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8 and this Amendment No. 10 were made in connection with such program as part of CIM Group, LLC’s previously announced intention to liquidate CIM Urban REIT.

As permitted by law, the Reporting Persons may purchase additional Common Shares or related securities or may dispose of all or a portion of the Common Shares or related securities that they now beneficially own or may hereafter acquire in open market or privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, including to and/or from CIM Group, LLC and its affiliates.

Except as set forth in this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons do not have any current plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the transactions described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. However, Messrs. Ressler, Shemesh and Kuba are members of the board of directors of the Issuer and, as such, may, from time to time, be involved in discussions which relate to one or more of such matters. Each of Messrs. Ressler, Shemesh and Kuba disclaims any obligation to report on any plan or proposal with respect to any of such matters that develops or occurs as a result of his role as a director of the Issuer and participation in decisions regarding the Issuer’s actions.

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Item 5.                                 Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Items 5(a), (b) and (e) of the Schedule 13D Filing are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

(a)  Mr. Ressler may be deemed to beneficially own 2,753,318 Common Shares, or approximately 18.9% of the outstanding Common Shares. Mr. Shemesh may be deemed to beneficially own 2,748,303 Common Shares, or approximately 18.8% of the outstanding Common Shares. Mr. Kuba may be deemed to beneficially own 2,748,303 Common Shares, or approximately 18.8% of the outstanding Common Shares.

Messrs. Ressler, Shemesh and Kuba may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the 2,586,371 Common Shares through the holdings of CIM Manager and 156,728 Common Shares through the holdings of CIM Urban Sponsor, LLC. Mr. Ressler directly owns 10,219 Common Shares. Mr. Shemesh is the indirect beneficial owner of 5,204 Common Shares through the holdings of The Shemesh Family Trust by virtue of being the grantor of The Shemesh Family Trust. Mr. Kuba is the indirect beneficial owner of 5,204 Common Shares through the holdings of The Kuba Family Trust by virtue of being the grantor of The Kuba Family Trust.

CIM Manager directly owns 2,586,371 Common Shares, or approximately 17.7% of the outstanding Common Shares. CIM Urban Sponsor, LLC directly owns 156,728 Common Shares, or approximately 1.1% of the outstanding Common Shares.

Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported Common Shares except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of such shares in this Amendment No. 10 shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for any purpose.

The information set forth in this Amendment No. 10 sets forth the beneficial ownership of the Reporting Persons as of November 12, 2019 and assumes there are 14,602,149 Common Shares outstanding (as most recently reported by the Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 filed on November 8, 2019).

(b)  Mr. Ressler has the sole power to vote and dispose of 10,219 Common Shares and the shared power to vote and dispose of 2,743,099 Common Shares. Messrs. Shemesh and Kuba each have the shared power to vote and dispose of 2,748,303 Common Shares. CIM Manager has the sole power to vote and dispose of 2,586,371 Common Shares. CIM Urban Sponsor, LLC has the sole power to vote and dispose of 156,728 Common Shares.

(e)  As of November 8, 2019, Urban II does not beneficially own any Common Shares and upon the filing of this Amendment No. 10 shall cease to be a Reporting Person.

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

Item 6 of the Schedule 13D Filing is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

The Reporting Persons are not a party to any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship, legal or otherwise, with respect to any securities of the Issuer.

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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.

Date: November 13, 2019

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