Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 16 2017 - 6:04AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2017
Ladenburg
Thalmann Financial Services Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida
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001-15799
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65-0701248
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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4400
Biscayne Boulevard, 12
th
Floor
Miami,
Florida
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33137
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
(305) 572-4100
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company [ ]
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
Item
1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 14, 2017, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial
Services Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as representative of the several underwriters named
therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters $72,500,000 aggregate
principal amount of 6.50% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Firm Notes”) plus an additional $10,875,000 aggregate principal
amount of 6.50% Senior Notes due 2027 to cover underwriter overallotments (the “Additional Notes” and together with
the Firm Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were offered to the public at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal
amount. The Underwriters have agreed to purchase the Notes at a 4% discount to such purchase price, for an aggregate discount
of $2,900,000 (or $3,335,000 if the Underwriters also purchase all the Additional Notes). The Notes were offered pursuant
to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-216733) initially filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 16, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission
on April 13, 2017 and Amendment No. 2 filed with the Commission on April 21, 2017, and declared effective by the Commission on
April 27, 2017. On November 14, 2017, the Company priced the offering. The offering is expected to close on November 21, 2017,
subject to customary closing conditions. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants
of the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations,
warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific
dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting
parties.
The
foregoing description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item
8.01. Other Events.
In
connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company obtained the consent of Frost Gamma Investments Trust, the lender under
the Company’s previously disclosed $40 million revolving credit agreement (“Revolving Credit Agreement”) and
an entity affiliated with Dr. Phillip Frost, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder, to issue the
Notes and comply with its obligations thereunder. Also, the Company entered into amendments (the “Amendments”)
to its previously disclosed forgivable loan agreement with National Financial Services LLC to permit the issuance of the Notes
and the compliance by the Company of its obligations thereunder. The Amendments also permitted the Company to terminate a prior
revolving credit agreement and to enter into the Revolving Credit Agreement, as previously disclosed.
Item
9.01.
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
November
15, 2017
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LADENBURG
THALMANN FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
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By:
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/s/
Brett H. Kaufman
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Name:
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Brett
H. Kaufman
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Title:
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Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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