0000950170-25-050807.txt : 20250403 0000950170-25-050807.hdr.sgml : 20250403 20250403200313 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950170-25-050807 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20250401 FILED AS OF DATE: 20250403 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20250403 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Amundi CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001330387 ORGANIZATION NAME: STATE OF INCORPORATION: I0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38388 FILM NUMBER: 25811686 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 91-93 BOULEVARD PASTEUR CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 75015 BUSINESS PHONE: 33 1 43 23 30 30 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 91-93 BOULEVARD PASTEUR CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 75015 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Amundi Group DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100122 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Credit Agricole Asset Management Group DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060123 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Segespar DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050616 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Amundi Asset Management SAS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002029250 ORGANIZATION NAME: STATE OF INCORPORATION: I0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38388 FILM NUMBER: 25811685 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 91-93 BOULEVARD PASTEUR CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 75015 BUSINESS PHONE: 33(0)176333030 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 91-93 BOULEVARD PASTEUR CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 75015 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001570827 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] ORGANIZATION NAME: 02 Finance EIN: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4900 TIEDEMANN ROAD STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: BROOKLYN STATE: OH ZIP: 44144 BUSINESS PHONE: 216-898-2400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4900 TIEDEMANN ROAD STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: BROOKLYN STATE: OH ZIP: 44144 4 1 ownership.xml 4 X0508 4 2025-04-01 0001570827 Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. VCTR 0001330387 Amundi 91-93 BOULEVARD PASTEUR PARIS I0 75015 FRANCE true false true true See Explanation of Responses 0002029250 Amundi Asset Management SAS 91-93 BOULEVARD PASTEUR PARIS I0 75015 FRANCE true false true true See Explanation of Responses false Common Stock 2025-04-01 4 J false 3293471 A 3293471 I See Explanation of Responses Preferred Stock 2025-04-01 4 J false 14305982 A Common Stock 14305982 14305982 I See Explanation of Responses On July 8, 2024, Amundi Asset Management S.A.S. ("Amundi AM"), Amundi S.A. ("Amundi S.A." together with Amundi AM, the "Reporting Persons") and Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. (the "Issuer") entered into a Contribution Agreement (the "Contribution Agreement") pursuant to which, on April 1, 2025, Amundi AM contributed, and the Issuer accepted, all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Amundi Holdings US, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi AM ("Amundi US"), in exchange for the securities in the Issuer described herein comprised of (i) 3,293,471 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 (the "Common Stock") representing 4.9% of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding after giving effect to the issuance and (ii) 14,305,982 newly issued shares of non-voting convertible preferred stock of Issuer (the "Preferred Stock"). In addition, as a result of certain adjustments as provided in the Contribution Agreement, Amundi AM may acquire an additional number of shares of Preferred Stock as a result of true-up payments in respect of client consents obtained in the 180 days following the closing of the transaction, which together with the Preferred Stock acquired at the closing of the transaction, would result in Amundi AM acquiring in the aggregate up to 26.1% of the Issuer's outstanding capital stock on a fully diluted basis, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Amundi AM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi S.A. Pursuant to the terms of a Shareholder Agreement that Amundi AM and the Issuer entered into upon the closing of the transaction, on April 1, 2025, (the "Shareholder Agreement"), the Reporting Persons are not permitted to transfer shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock beneficially owned by them until April 1, 2028, subject to certain exceptions. Under the terms of the Shareholder Agreement, Amundi AM has the right to require the Issuer to nominate and use reasonable best efforts (subject to applicable law and the exercise of fiduciary duties) to have two individuals designated by Amundi AM elected to the Issuer's board of directors (the "Board") for so long as Amundi AM and its permitted transferees own at least 50% of the shares Amundi AM acquired pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and one individual designated by Amundi AM elected to the Board for so long as Amundi AM and its permitted transferees own at least 33% (but less than 50%) of the shares Amundi AM acquired pursuant to the Contribution Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the Shareholder Agreement, the Issuer appointed two individuals designated by Amundi AM to the Board on April 1, 2025. The Preferred Stock is not convertible at the option of the holder and is only convertible into shares of Common Stock after a transfer: (i) in a widespread public distribution; (ii) to the Issuer; (iii) in transfers in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive two percent or more of the outstanding securities of any "class of voting shares" (as defined in 12 C.F.R. 225.2(q)(3)) of the Issuer; or (iv) to a transferee that controls more than 50% of every "class of voting shares" (as defined in 12 C.F.R. 225.2(q)(3)) of the Issuer without any transfer from the transferring holder of the Preferred Stock, in each case, so long as the transfer of such Preferred Stock is not to an "affiliate" (as such term is defined in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended) of the holder of the Preferred Stock ("Automatic Transfer Conversion"). (continued from footnote 5) The Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock upon an Automatic Transfer Conversion on a one-to-one basis. Separately, Amundi AM is permitted to exchange its Common Stock for Preferred Stock at any time and will be required to exchange its Common Stock for Preferred Stock under certain circumstances as contemplated in the Shareholder Agreement. The Common Stock will be exchangeable into Preferred Stock on a one-to-one basis. On July 8, 2024, Amundi AM entered into a Voting Agreement (the "Crestview Voting Agreement") with Crestview Victory, L.P. and Crestview Advisors, L.L.C. (together, "Crestview"), and a Voting Agreement (together with the Crestview Voting Agreement, the "Voting Agreements") with certain officers of the Issuer (the "Executives") and a three-person committee of employees of the Issuer (the "Employee Shareholders Committee" or the "ESC") authorized to vote the shares of Common Stock held by certain employees of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of that certain Employee Shareholders' Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Employee Shareholders' Committee and those certain employees of the Issuer party thereto (the "Employee Shareholders' Agreement"). (continued from footnote 7) Pursuant to the terms of the Voting Agreements, each of Crestview and the ESC have agreed not to nominate any person for election to the Board in lieu of, or in a contested election with, such nominee of Amundi AM, for so long as Amundi AM retains the right to nominate any person for election to the Board. By virtue of the Voting Agreements, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by Crestview and the ESC. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"), this filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, part of a "group" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Act) by virtue of the Voting Agreements or have beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock held by any party thereto. The Reporting Persons may be deemed a director by deputization for purposes of Section 16 of the Act by virtue of the fact that it will have the right under the Shareholders Agreement to have its designees elected to the board of directors of the Issuer as representatives of the Reporting Persons. /s/ Nicolas Calcoen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi S.A. 2025-04-03 /s/ Nicolas Calcoen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi Asset Management S.A.S. 2025-04-03