SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WC PARTNERS EXECUTIVE IV, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 6250 NORTH RIVER ROAD SUITE 10-100 (Street) ROSEMONT IL 60018 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/22/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Latham Group, Inc. [ SWIM ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share(1)	596,203	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 596,203 shares of common stock issued to WC Partners Executive IV, L.P. pursuant to the merger of Latham Investment Holdings, LP with and into the Issuer.

Remarks:

The reporting person is a member of a 10% group with (i) Pamplona Capital Partners V, L.P., Pamplona Equity Advisors V Ltd, Pamplona PE Investments Malta Limited, Pamplona Capital Management LLP, Pamplona Capital Management LLC, Pamplona Capital Management (PE) SL, Pamplona Capital Management (Monaco) SAM, John C. Halsted and Alexander Knaster (collectively, the "Pamplona Entities"), and (ii) Wynnchurch Capital Partners IV, L.P., Wynnchurch Partners IV, L.P., Wynnchurch Management, Ltd., John Hatherly and Christopher O'Brien (collectively, the "Wynnchurch Entities"). None of the shares of common stock held by Pamplona Entities and Wynnchurch Entities are reflected in this report. Christopher O'Brien currently serves as the reporting person's representative on the Latham Group, Inc.'s board of directors, and therefore the reporting person may be deemed to be a "director by deputization" of Latham Group, Inc.

	/s/ See signature attached as Exhibit 99.1	04/22/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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EXHIBIT 99.1

   

	WC PARTNERS EXECUTIVE IV, L.P.
	By:	Wynnchurch Partners IV, L.P., its General Partner
	By:	Wynnchurch Management, Ltd., its General Partner
	By:	/s/ Christopher P. O’Brien
		Name: Christopher P. O’Brien Title: Executive Vice President