SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BEARD SIMON ANDREW (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1600 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP. [ AKA ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	571,500	D
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	335,000	I	See Footnote(1)(2)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	23,354,629	I	See Footnotes(2)(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BEARD SIMON ANDREW (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1600 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BEARD TRADING PTY LTD. (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1600 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TF APPAREL DISCRETIONARY TRUST (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1600 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SIMON BEARD FAMILY TRUST (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1600 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TAH NEE ALEMAN FAMILY TRUST (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1600 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 335,000 shares of common stock held by the spouse of Simon Beard.

2. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. Represents 23,354,629 shares of common stock held of record by (i) TF Apparel Discretionary Trust, established by deed dated October 28, 2009 (the "TF Apparel Trust"), (ii) the Simon Beard Family Trust, established by deed dated October 28, 2009 (the "Simon Beard Trust"), and (iii) the Tah-nee Aleman Family Trust, established by deed dated October 28, 2009 (the "Tah-nee Aleman Trust" and, together with the TF Apparel Trust and the Simon Beard Trust, the "Beard Entities").

4. Beard Trading Pty Ltd ACN 600 219 856 (the "Trustee") is the sole trustee of each of the Beard Entities. Tah-nee Beard, the spouse of Simon Beard, is the sole director and secretary and the sole shareholder of the Trustee. Tah-nee Beard has sole voting and dispositive power over the 23,354,629 shares of common stock held of record by the Beard Entities.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Ciaran Long, as attorney-in-fact for Simon Andrew Beard	01/04/2022
	/s/ Ciaran Long, as attorney-in-fact for Beard Trading Pty Ltd. CAN 600 219 856	01/04/2022
	/s/ Ciaran Long, as attorney-in-fact for TF Apparel Discretionary Trust	01/04/2022
	/s/ Ciaran Long, as attorney-in-fact for Simon Beard Family Trust	01/04/2022
	/s/ Ciaran Long, as attorney-in-fact for Tah-nee Aleman Family Trust	01/04/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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