UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 31, 2018 

 


 

JMP Group LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 

 


 

 

Delaware

 

001-36802

 

47-1632931

 
 

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, California 94111

 
 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

 

 

 

415-835-8900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 

 


 

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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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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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 October 31, 2018, a wholly owned subsidiary of JMP Group LLC (the “Company”), JMP Group Inc. (“Tenant”), entered into a Third Amendment to Office Lease (the “Amendment”) with Transamerica Pyramid Properties, LLC (“Landlord”) covering the Company’ offices located at 600 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94111 (the “Building”). The Amendment amends the Transamerica Pyramid Office Lease between Landlord and Tenant dated as of August 10, 2011, as amended the (“Lease”).

 

Pursuant to the Amendment, Tenant and Landlord have agreed to extend the lease term for the Company’s offices on the 10th and 11th floor of the Building for five years commencing on June 30, 2019 and expiring on June 30, 2024 and Tenant has agreed to surrender the offices occupied by the Company located on the seventeenth (17th) floor of the Building on or before June 30, 2019.

 

Tenant has agreed to pay base monthly rent of $226,848.00 to Landlord for the rental period between July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020; base monthly rent of $233,653.44 for the rental period between July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; base monthly rent of $240,663.04 for the rental period between July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022; base monthly rent of $247,882.93 for the rental period between July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023; and base monthly rent of $255,319.42 for the rental period between July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.

 

Tenant has the right and option to extend the term of the Lease (as extended by the Amendment) for one three (3) year term.

 

 

 

 

Signature(s)

 

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.

 

 

JMP Group LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 1, 2018 

By:

/s/ Raymond Jackson     

 

 

 

Raymond Jackson

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer