| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Willdan Group, Inc. [ WLDN ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 05/04/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 05/04/2021 | A | 5,000(1) | A | $0 | 18,971 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 06/09/2021 | A | 6,744(2) | A | $0 | 25,715(3) | D | |||
| Common Stock | 06/09/2021 | F | 3,007(4) | D | $39.27 | 22,708(3) | D | |||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents shares of restricted stock awarded to the Reporting Person by the Issuer on May 4, 2021, which vest in two equal installments on each of May 4, 2022 and May 4, 2023, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through the applicable vesting date. |
| 2. Represents performance-based restricted stock units previously granted to the Reporting Person by the Issuer on June 13, 2019. The performance conditions applicable to the award were determined to have been satisfied by the Issuer's Compensation Committee on June 9, 2021, resulting in the immediate vesting of the restricted stock units as to 6,744 shares of Common Stock. |
| 3. Includes 5,000 shares of restricted stock that vest in two equal installments on each of May 4, 2022 and May 4, 2023, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through the applicable vesting date. |
| 4. Represents shares of the Issuer's Common Stock withheld for tax withholding purposes in connection with the vesting of the performance-based restricted stock units referenced in footnote (2). |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Creighton K. Early, Attorney-in-fact for Micah Chen | 06/11/2021 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SEC FILINGS ON FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5 AND 144
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Creighton K. Early, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Willdan Group, Inc. (the “Company”), so long as he is employed at the Company, and Regina Braman, of O’Melveny & Myers LLP (“OMM”), outside counsel to the Company, so long as she is employed at OMM, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent (each, an “Attorney-In-Fact”), with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name and stead in any and all capacities, to sign and file for and on his behalf, in respect of any acquisition, disposition or other change in ownership of any of the securities of the undersigned, the following:
| (i) | any Form ID to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”); |
| (ii) | any Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3 to be filed with the SEC; |
| (iii) | any Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 4 to be filed with the SEC; |
| (iv) | any Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5 to be filed with the SEC; |
| (v) | any Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 to be filed with the SEC; and |
| (vi) | any and all agreements, certificates, receipts, or other documents in connection therewith. |
The undersigned hereby gives full power and authority to each Attorney-In-Fact to seek and obtain as his representative and on his behalf, information on transactions in the securities of the undersigned from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release such information to each Attorney-In-Fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information.
The undersigned hereby grants unto each Attorney-In-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifies and confirms all that any such Attorney-In-Fact or substitute may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
| (i) | neither the Company nor any Attorney-In-Fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and |
| (ii) | this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. |
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the undersigned until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each Attorney-In-Fact.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of June 2021.
| /s/ Micah Chen | ||
| Micah Chen |