UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
45779L 107
(CUSIP Number)
Nasser A. Ahmad
24 W. 40th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10018
(212) 328-7902
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
September 25, 2013
(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 Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨
* | The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons 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 | Name of reporting person
Nasser A. Ahmad | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds
PF; OO | |||||
5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) ¨
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6 | Citizenship or place of organization
United States | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
974,582(1) | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
974,582(1) | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
974,582(1) | |||||
12 | Check box, if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
6.30% | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person
IN |
1 | Includes membership units of Mead Park Capital Partners LLC (MP Buyer) which may, at any time at the option of the Reporting Person, be exchanged for the pro rata portion of the Issuers securities held by MP Buyer represented thereby. As of September 25, 2013, the Reporting Persons membership units of MP Buyer could be exchanged for 487,291 shares of the Issuers common stock, par value $0.001 (the Common Stock) and a pro rata portion of the convertible senior promissory notes currently held by MP Buyer. Also includes 487,291 shares of the Issuers Common Stock, issuable upon conversion of the Reporting Persons pro rata portion of such convertible senior promissory notes as a result of the Reporting Persons ownership interest in MP Buyer as of September 25, 2013. Does not include up to 237,010 additional shares of the Issuers Common Stock into which the Reporting Persons pro rata portion of such notes may convert in the event that none of the interest thereunder is paid in cash. |
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement relates to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (Common Stock), of Institutional Financial Markets, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Issuer). The address of the Issuers principal executive offices is Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-2870.
Item 2. Identify and Background
(a), (f) This statement is being filed by Nasser A. Ahmad (the Reporting Person), a U.S. citizen.
(b) The business address of the Reporting Person is 24 W. 40th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10018.
(c) The Reporting Person is the Managing Director of DA Capital LLC, with an address at 24 W. 40th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10018.
(d) During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Reference is made to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 9, 2013 (the MP Purchase Agreement), by and among the Issuer, MP Buyer, and Mead Park Holdings, LP (Mead Park), whereby the Issuer agreed to issue and to sell to MP Buyer, (A) 1,949,167 newly issued shares (the MP Shares) of the Issuers common stock, par value $0.001 per share (Common Stock), at $2.00 per share for an aggregate amount of $3,898,334; and (B) convertible promissory notes (the MP Notes), in the aggregate principal amount of $5,847,501, which are convertible into 1,949,167 shares of Common Stock at $3.00 per share (the MP Conversion Shares), subject to certain customary anti-dilution adjustments.
On September 25, 2013, in connection with the closing (the Closing) of the transactions contemplated by the MP Purchase Agreement, MP Buyer acquired from the Issuer the MP Shares and the MP Notes for the aggregate purchase price of $9,745,835. As of Closing, the Reporting Person was a member of MP Buyer.
Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction.
The information in Items 3 and 5 are incorporated by reference herein.
The Reporting Person purchased the MP Shares and the MP Notes, indirectly through MP Buyer, for investment purposes. The Reporting Person may, from time to time and at any time, acquire
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additional Common Stock, including derivative securities related to the Common Stock, and other equity, debt, notes, instruments or other securities of the Issuer and/or derivative securities relating thereto (collectively, Securities), in the open market or otherwise. The Reporting Person reserves the right to dispose of any or all of his Securities in the open market or otherwise, at any time and from time to time, and to engage in any hedging or similar transactions with respect to the Securities.
Other than as described in this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Person does not have any current plans or proposals that relate to or that would result in any of the transactions or other matters specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D; provided, that the Reporting Person may, at any time, review or reconsider his position with respect to the Issuer and reserve the right to develop such plans or proposals.
The MP Purchase Agreement provides that, at any meeting at which the Issuers stockholders may vote for the election of directors, for so long as MP Buyer, Mead Park, or any of their controlled affiliates and principals collectively own (a) 15% or more of the Issuers outstanding Common Stock (counting for such purposes all MP Conversion Shares and units of membership interest of IFMI, LLC (IFMI Units) as outstanding shares of Common Stock), MP Buyer may designate two individuals to stand for election at such meeting; and (b) less than 15% but greater than or equal to 10% of the Issuers outstanding Common Stock (counting for such purposes all MP Conversion Shares and IFMI Units as outstanding shares of Common Stock), MP Buyer may designate one individual to stand for election at such meeting. On September 24. 2013, Jack J. DiMaio, Jr. and Christopher Ricciardi were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or retirement. If the collective ownership of MP Buyer, Mead Park, and any of their controlled affiliates and principals falls below the thresholds described above, MP Buyer has agreed to cause its representative or representatives, as applicable, to resign from the Issuers Board of Directors (the Board of Directors).
In addition, for so long as MP Buyer, Mead Park, or any of their controlled affiliates and principals collectively own 10% or more of the Issuers outstanding Common Stock (counting for such purposes all MP Conversion Shares and IFMI Units as outstanding shares of Common Stock), the Company has agreed to cause Mr. DiMaio to be elected and appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. In the event both (a) Mr. DiMaio is no longer Chairman of the Board of Directors due to his death, disqualification or removal from office as director, and (b) Mr. Ricciardi is a member of the Board of Directors and agrees to act as Chairman thereof, then the Company has agreed to cause Mr. Ricciardi to be elected and appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. On September 24, 2013, Mr. DiMaio was elected and appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Contemporaneously with the Closing, the Issuer closed the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 9, 2013 (the CBF Purchase Agreement), by and between the Issuer and Cohen Bros. Financial, LLC (CBF), a Delaware limited liability company of which Daniel G. Cohen is the sole member, whereby the Issuer agreed to issue and sell to CBF or its assignee (a) 800,000 newly issued shares (the CBF Shares) of Common Stock, at $2.00 per share for an aggregate amount of $1,600,000; and (b) a convertible
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promissory note, in the aggregate principal amount of $2,400,000, which is convertible into Common Stock at $3.00 per share (the CBF Conversion Shares), subject to certain customary anti-dilution adjustments.
The MP Purchase Agreement and CBF Purchase Agreement (together, the Purchase Agreements) are incorporated herein as Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively, and the descriptions of the Purchase Agreements contained herein are qualified in their entirety by reference to such Exhibits 1 and 2, as applicable.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a)-(b) The percentages used in the table below and elsewhere herein are based on (a) 12,222,666 shares of the Issuers Common Stock outstanding as of August 1, 2013, as provided in the Issuers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the reporting period ended June 30, 2013 and filed with the SEC on August 6, 2013; plus (b) 1,949,167 shares of Common Stock representing the MP Shares; plus (c) 800,000 shares of Common Stock representing the CBF Shares; plus (d) 487,291 shares of Common Stock, issuable upon conversion of the Reporting Persons pro rata portion of a convertible senior promissory notes as a result of his ownership interest in MP Buyer as of September 25, 2013. The percentages used in the table below and elsewhere herein do not include the 4,983,557 shares of Series E Non-Convertible Preferred Stock of the Issuer which is currently outstanding and which votes together with the Common Stock on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Issuer.
Number of Shares of Common Stock with Sole Voting Power |
Number of Shares of Common Stock with Sole Dispositive Power |
Number of Shares of Common Stock with Shared Voting and Dispositive Power |
Aggregate Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned |
Percentage of Class Beneficially Owned |
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0 | 0 | 974,582 | 974,582 | 6.30 | % |
The Reporting Person may be deemed a beneficial owner of 487,291 shares of the Issuers Common Stock that may be issued upon the exchange of membership units of MP Buyer. Membership units of MP Buyer may, at any time at the option of the Reporting Person, be exchanged for the pro rata portion of the Issuers securities held by MP Buyer represented thereby. As of September 25, 2013, the Reporting Persons membership units could be exchanged for (a) 487,291 shares of the Issuers Common Stock and (b) a convertible senior promissory note with a face value of $1,461,873.
If the Reporting Person exchanges his membership units of MP Buyer and receives his pro rata portion of the convertible senior promissory notes, at any time prior to September 25, 2018 (the maturity date), the Reporting Person may, at his option, convert all or any part of the outstanding principal amount of such convertible senior promissory notes into shares of the Issuers Common Stock at a $3.00 per share conversion price, subject to certain customary anti-dilution adjustments. As a result of the Reporting Persons ownership of membership units of MP Buyer as of September 25, 2013, he may be deemed to beneficially own 487,291 shares of the Issuers Common Stock, issuable upon conversion of their pro rata portion of the convertible senior promissory notes. In addition, under certain situations, the Issuer can elect to pay interest on the
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convertible senior promissory notes by increasing the principal amount of the note. If the Issuer elects this option, the number of shares that the notes convert into will increase. The maximum number of shares of the Issuers Common Stock (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) that the notes can convert into with respect to the Reporting Persons current ownership interest in MP Buyer is 724,301 shares (assuming no interest is paid in cash). The additional 237,010 shares of Common Stock into which the notes can convert are not included in this Schedule 13D as shares of Common Stock that the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own as a result of the Reporting Persons ownership of membership units of MP Buyer as of September 25, 2013.
As of the Closing, the Reporting Person was a member of MP Buyer. Pursuant to its Limited Liability Company Agreement, MP Buyer is required to vote a portion of the shares of Common Stock it beneficially owns equal to the Reporting Persons pro rata ownership of MP Buyer in accordance with the direction of the Reporting Persons. As described in Item 5 of this Schedule 13D, at any time, the Reporting Person can exchange his membership units of MP Buyer for his pro rata portion of the Issuers securities held by MP Buyer represented thereby. MP Buyer may not transfer any of the Issuers securities held by MP Buyer without the consent of the members of MP Buyer.
(c) | Except as set forth in Item 4 above, there have been no transactions by the Reporting Person in shares of Common Stock during the last 60 days. |
(d) | MP Buyer currently has the right to receive dividends from the MP Shares. |
(e) | Not applicable. |
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 of this Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented by the information set forth in Items 4 and 5 above, which information is incorporated by reference herein.
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Purchase Agreements, the Issuer, MP Buyer and CBF entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement), which became effective as of the Closing. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer agreed to, no later than thirty days after the Closing, file a registration statement for the resale of the MP Shares, the CBF Shares, the MP Conversion Shares and the CBF Conversion Shares. The Issuer will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof and remain continuously effective for a period of three years, and the Issuer will file a new registration statement upon request of MP Buyer. In addition, in the event that the Issuer proposes to register any of its Common Stock in connection with an underwritten public offering (whether an offering of Common Stock by the Issuer, stockholders of the Issuer, or both, subject to certain exceptions), the Issuer has agreed to, at the request of MP Buyer and/or CBF, as applicable, include in such registration any of the MP Shares, the CBF Shares, the MP Conversion Shares and the CBF Conversion Shares, subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
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The Registration Rights Agreement is incorporated herein as Exhibit 3 and the description of the Registration Rights Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit |
Description | |
1 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2013, by and among Institutional Financial Markets, Inc., Mead Park Capital Partners LLC, and, solely for purposes of Section 6.3 thereof, Mead Park Holdings, LP. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Issuers Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2013). | |
2 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2013, by and between Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. and Cohen Bros. Financial, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Issuers Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2013). | |
3 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 9, 2013, by and among Institutional Financial Markets, Inc., Cohen Bros. Financial, LLC and Mead Park Capital Partners LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Issuers Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2013). |
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the undersigneds knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: October 3, 2013
/s/ Nasser A. Ahmad |
Nasser A. Ahmad |