STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

11.  STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

Class A Common Stock

IPO and Reorganization

In April 2014, the Company issued 15,263,653 shares of Class A common stock as follows:

· 7,699,851 shares in connection with the reorganization;

· 7,475,000 shares in connection with the IPO; and

· 88,802 shares in connection with the settlement of appreciation rights issued in prior years.

Follow-on Offerings

In November 2014, the Company completed an offering of 6,325,000 shares of Class A common stock by the Company and selling stockholders. The Company conducted the offering to facilitate organized liquidity and increase the public float of its Class A common stock. In connection with the offering, the shares of Class A common stock outstanding of the Company increased by 4,511,058 shares. The Company did not retain any proceeds from the sale of its Class A common stock.

As of December 31, 2016, 20,948,998 shares of Class A common stock were issued and 20,561,108 shares were outstanding. As of December 31, 2015, 20,536,740 shares of Class A common stock were issued and 20,273,118 shares were outstanding, due primarily to the IPO and offering transactions described above.

On January 11, 2017, the Company completed an offering of 5,750,000 shares of Class A common stock in order to facilitate organized liquidity and increase the public float of its Class A common stock. See Note 17 in these consolidated and combined financial statements for further information.

Class B Common Stock

IPO and Reorganization

In conjunction with Moelis & Company’s IPO of its Class A common stock, the Company issued 36,158,698 shares of Class B common stock. Moelis & Company Partner Holdings LP holds all shares of Class B common stock, enabling it initially to exercise majority voting control over the Company. The economic rights of Class B common stock are based on the ratio of the Class B subscription price to the initial public offering price of shares of Class A common stock (.00055 to 1), and the aggregate number of shares of Class B common stock may be converted to Class A common stock. Holders of shares of Class B common stock are entitled to receive dividends of the same type as any dividends payable on outstanding shares of Class A common stock at a ratio of .00055 to 1.

Follow-on Offerings

In connection with the offering in November 2014, Partner Holdings surrendered 2,998,322 shares of Class B common stock and was issued 1,658 shares of Class A common stock at a conversion ratio of .00055 to 1. The Company also purchased 1,509,131 shares of Class B common stock from Partner Holdings for cash of $28 and subsequently cancelled those shares. The Company did not retain any proceeds from the offering.

In connection with the offering in January 2017, the Company purchased 5,356,876 shares of Class B common stock from Partner Holdings for cash of $101 and subsequently cancelled those shares. See Note 17 in these consolidated and combined financial statements for further information.

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, 31,138,193 and 31,229,236 shares of Class B common stock were issued and outstanding, respectively, due primarily to the IPO and offering transactions described above.

Treasury Stock

During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company repurchased 124,268 and 263,622 shares, respectively, pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program and shares repurchased from its employees for the purpose of settling tax liabilities incurred upon the vesting of RSUs. The result of the repurchases was an increase of $3,314 and $7,616, respectively,in the treasury stock balance on the Company’s consolidated statements of financial condition as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.

Noncontrolling Interests

A Group LP Class A partnership unit (not held by Moelis & Company or its subsidiaries) is exchangeable into one share of Moelis & Company Class A common stock and represents the Company’s noncontrolling interests (non‑redeemable). As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, partners held 33,698,300 and 33,803,921 Group LP partnership units, respectively, representing a 62% and 63% noncontrolling interest in Moelis & Company, respectively.

Controlling Interests

Moelis & Company operates and controls all of the business and affairs of Group LP and its operating entity subsidiaries indirectly through its equity interest in Group GP, and thus the 20,561,108 shares of Class A common stock outstanding at December 31, 2016 represents the controlling interest.