Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Shareholders Equity

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Shareholders Equity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Shareholders' Equity
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SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Initial Public Offering

On closing of the IPO, owners of the Contributed Bridge GPs contributed their interests in the respective Contributed Bridge GPs in exchange for LLC Interests in the Operating Company. Prior to the IPO, the Operating Company did not have any direct interest in the Contributed Bridge GPs. Subsequent to the Transactions, the Operating Company consolidates the Contributed Bridge GPs. These condensed consolidated and combined financial statements include 100% of the results of operations and performance of the Contributed Bridge GPs for the periods presented, including prior to the IPO, on the basis of common control prior to the Transactions. The net income that is not attributable to the Operating Company is reflected in net income attributable to non-controlling interests in the subsidiaries in the condensed consolidated and combined statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Prior to the Transactions, the Contributed Bridge GPs had three classes of shares: (i) Class A; (ii) Class C; and (iii) Class D. Class A represents the voting interest and Classes C and D represent allocations of carried interest to employees of the Operating Company, which are included in performance allocations compensation. As part of the Transactions, all of the Class C shares of the Contributed Bridge GPs were exchanged for interests in the Operating Company. Generally, if at the termination of a fund (and at interim points in the life of a fund), the fund has not achieved investment returns that exceed the preferred return threshold or (in all cases) the applicable Bridge GP receives net profits over the life of the fund in excess of its allocable share under the applicable partnership agreement, the Bridge GP will be obligated to repay an amount equal to the excess of amounts previously distributed to the Bridge GP over the amounts to which the Bridge GP was ultimately entitled (generally net of income tax liabilities associated with related allocations of taxable income).

All of the distributable earnings of the Operating Company prior to the IPO were payable to the Original Equity Owners. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there was $1.4 million that was declared that had not yet been distributed to Original Equity Owners.

Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Non-Controlling Interests

Collapse of 2019 Profits Interest Awards

On January 1, 2022, the Company’s 2019 profits interests awards were collapsed into 790,424 shares of Class A common stock and 13,255,888 Class A Units. The profits interests were collapsed based on their fair values and the relative value of the Company, based on Distributable Earnings attributable to the Operating Company, Distributable Earnings of the applicable subsidiary where such profits interests were held, and the market price of the Company’s Class A common stock as of the date of the collapse. This resulted in a decrease in net income attributable to non-controlling interests for periods subsequent to January 1, 2022; however, there was a corresponding increase in the number of outstanding Class A Units and shares of Class A common stock. The collapse of the 2019 profits interests awards was partially accounted for as a modification and partially accounted for as cancellations. For the 2019 profits interest awards that were cancelled, the Company accelerated the recognition of the unamortized share-based compensation expense amounting to $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Issuance of Class A Units for Acquisition

In January 2022, the Company acquired a 60% interest in GBC’s asset and property management business for consideration of $30 million, with 50% paid in cash and 50% with 694,412 Class A Units of the Operating Company valued at $14.9 million, which was based on an average of the Company’s closing stock price prior to the closing of the GBC Acquisition.

Non-controlling Interest in Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc.

Certain current and former employees of the Company directly or indirectly own interests in the Operating Company, presented as non-controlling interests in the Operating Company. Non-controlling interests in the Operating Company have the right to require the Operating Company to redeem part or all of such member’s Class A Units for cash based on the market value of an market value of an equivalent number of shares of Class A common stock at the time of redemption, or at the Company’s election as managing

member of Operating Company, through issuance of shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. At the end of each period, non-controlling interests in Operating Company is adjusted to reflect their ownership percentage in Operating Company at the end of the period, through a reallocation between controlling and non-controlling interests in Operating Company.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, 834,030 Class A Units were redeemed, with the issuance of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc.

The Company has two classes of common stock outstanding, Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Class A common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share, 239,208,722 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote and each share of Class B common stock is entitled to ten votes. See Note 1 “Organization” for more information about the Company’s common stock.

As of March 31, 2022, 28,917,960 shares of Class A common stock (including Restricted Stock) were outstanding, 85,838,275 shares of Class B common stock were outstanding, and there were no shares of our preferred stock outstanding.

The following table presents a reconciliation of Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc. common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2022:

 

 

Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

Restricted

 

 

Class B

 

 

Common

 

 

Common

 

 

Common

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

22,742,137

 

 

 

2,417,662

 

 

 

86,672,305

 

Class A common stock issued - 2019 Profits Interests conversion

 

56,134

 

 

 

734,290

 

 

 

 

Class A common stock issued - unitholder conversions

 

834,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

(834,030

)

Class A restricted common stock issued

 

 

 

 

2,176,482

 

 

 

 

Class A restricted common stock forfeited

 

 

 

 

(42,775

)

 

 

 

Class A restricted common stock vested

 

260,234

 

 

 

(260,234

)

 

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2022

 

23,892,535

 

 

 

5,025,425

 

 

 

85,838,275

 

Dividends are reflected when paid in the consolidated and combined statements of stockholders’ equity, while distributions are reflected when declared by the Company’s board of directors. Dividends are made to Class A common stockholders and distributions are made to members of the Operating Company and holders of non-controlling interests in subsidiaries.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company declared and paid a quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share on Class A common stock totaling $5.9 million.

Bridge Investment Group Holdings LLC

Prior to the IPO, the Operating Company had three classes of membership interests: (i) Class A; (ii) Class B-1; and (iii) Class B-2. Class A and Class B-1 represented the voting equity holders and Class B-2 represented profits interests awarded to employees of the Operating Company. Class B-1 and B-2 interests were issued as “profits interests,” pursuant to agreements entered into with certain employees during 2021, 2020 and 2019. At the time of issuance, the Class B-1 and B-2 interests had a capital account interest of zero percent. The holders of Class B-1 and B-2 interests were entitled to distributions in excess of the defined threshold per the respective award. The holders of Class B-2 interests did not have voting rights. As part of the Transactions, the Class B-1 and Class B-2 Units were exchanged for Class A Units in the Operating Company. As part of the Transactions and IPO, 97,463,981 new Class B Units were issued.

Net profits and any other items of income are allocated to the members’ capital accounts in a manner that is consistent with their respective ownership percentages. Distributions to members are generally made in a manner consistent with their respective ownership percentages at the time the profits were generated and are subject to approval of the Company’s board of directors. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, $17.5 million was distributed to non-controlling interests in the Operating Company and $28.6 million was distributed to non-controlling interest in the Company. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, $21.8 million was distributed to the Operating Company’s members prior to the IPO and Transactions and $6.2 million was distributed to non-controlling interests.

The Operating Company’s Members’ capital interests are transferable; however, transfers are subject to obtaining the prior written consent of the Company, with certain exceptions for transfers to affiliated parties. Members’ liability is limited to the capital account balance. Distributions are reflected in the condensed consolidated and combined statements of changes in shareholders equity when declared by the board of directors and consist of distributions to members and non-controlling interest holders.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company is the sole managing member of the Operating Company, and owns 28,984,797 Class A Units and 97,463,981 million Class B Units (voting only), respectively, of the Operating Company, which is 23% and 100% of the total outstanding Class A Units and Class B Units, respectively. The Company controls the business and affairs of the Operating Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

The following table presents a reconciliation of Bridge Investment Group Holdings LLC Interests for the three months ended March 31, 2022:

 

Bridge Investment Group Holdings LLC

 

 

Class A

 

 

Class B

 

 

Units

 

 

Units

 

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

109,699,232

 

 

 

97,463,981

 

Issuance of Class A Units

 

14,740,724

 

 

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2022

 

124,439,956

 

 

 

97,463,981