Cepton Inc.

01/07/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/07/2025 10:29

Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cepton, Inc. [CPTN] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle)
SUMITOMO FUDOSAN OSAKI TWIN BLDG. EAST, 5-1-18 KITASHINAGAWA, SHINAGAWA-KU 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/07/2025
(Street)
TOKYO, M0 141-0001 		4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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 01/07/2025 J(1)(2) 2,284,255 A (1)(2) 4,246,729(1)(2) I See note(1)(2)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
SUMITOMO FUDOSAN OSAKI TWIN BLDG. EAST
5-1-18 KITASHINAGAWA, SHINAGAWA-KU
TOKYO, M0 141-0001 		X
Project Camaro Holdings, LLC
SUMITOMO FUDOSAN OSAKI TWIN BLDG. EAST
5-1-18 KITASHINAGAWA, SHINAGAWA-KU
TOKYO, M0 141-0001 		X

Signatures

KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. /s/ Hideharu Konagaya, Executive Vice President 01/07/2025
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
PROJECT CAMARO HOLDINGS, LLC By: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., its managing member, /s/ Hideharu Konagaya, Executive Vice President 01/07/2025
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* 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).
(1) On July 29, 2024, Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ("Koito") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Cepton, Inc. (the "Issuer") and Project Camaro Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Project Camaro Holdings, LLC ("Holdco") and an indirectly controlled subsidiary of Koito. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer on January 7, 2025, with the Issuer continuing as surviving corporation (the "Merger").
(2) Due to a 1000 character limit, Footnote 2 is a continuation of Footnote 1: On July 29, 2024, Koito and Holdco entered into a rollover agreement (the "Rollover Agreement") with each of Dr. Jun Pei, Dr. Mark McCord and Dr. Yupeng Cui (collectively, the "Rollover Participants"), pursuant to which the Rollover Participants contributed, immediately prior to the effective time (the "Effective Time") of the Merger, 2,284,245 shares of common stock of the Issuer (the "Common Stock") to Holdco in exchange for an equivalent number of units of Holdco, based on a valuation of $3.17 of each share of Common Stock. In addition, Holdco acquired 10 shares of Common Stock into which all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub was converted at the Effective Time. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Koito also contributed all 1,962,474 shares of Common Stock held by it to Holdco.
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