Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4

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).

Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Gong Xunkai

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O AVEPOINT, INC.

525 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, SUITE 1400

(Street)

JERSEY CITY

07310

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AvePoint, Inc. [ AVPT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
	Executive Chairman

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/10/2024

4. 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 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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	12/10/2024		A		130,773⁽¹⁾	A	$18.22	672,566	D
Common Stock	12/10/2024		A		130,658⁽²⁾	A	$18.53	803,224	D
Common Stock	12/10/2024		F		133,729⁽³⁾	D	$18.53	669,495⁽⁴⁾	D

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 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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Under the business combination agreement and plan of reorganization with Apex Technology Acquisition Corporation, Inc. and the other parties thereto, as amended, if at any time from July 1, 2021 through July 1, 2028, AvePoint's closing stock price is greater than or equal to $12.50 over any 20 trading days within any 30 day trading day period ("First Milestone"), certain holders of AvePoint common stock and certain holders of AvePoint options, including the Reporting Person, shall be issued up to 1,000,000 shares of AvePoint common stock in the aggregate. The price was determined to be the closing price on December 3, 2024, the date the First Milestone was achieved. Shares granted hereunder to the Reporting Person are being restricted pending completion of the HSR process.

2. Under the business combination agreement and plan of reorganization with Apex Technology Acquisition Corporation, Inc. and the other parties thereto, as amended, if at any time from July 1, 2021 through July 1, 2028, AvePoint's closing stock price is greater than or equal to $15.00 over any 20 trading days within any 30 day trading day period ("Second Milestone"), certain holders of AvePoint common stock and certain holders of AvePoint options, including the Reporting Person, shall be issued up to 1,000,000 shares of AvePoint common stock in the aggregate. The price was determined to be the closing price on December 9, 2024, the date the Second Milestone was achieved. Shares granted hereunder to the Reporting Person are being restricted pending completion of the HSR process.

3. Exempt transaction consisting of the payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities incident to the receipt, exercise or vesting of a security issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3. The shares reported as disposed of in this Form 4 represent the number of shares of the Issuer's common stock that have been withheld by the Issuer to satisfy its income tax withholding and remittance obligations in connection with the net settlement of the securities and does not represent a discretionary transaction by the Reporting Person.

4. Includes Common Stock as well as aggregate vested and unvested RSUs held by the Reporting Person subject to the vesting schedules previously reported on Table I on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2021, March 22, 2022, March 23, 2023 and March 7, 2024.

	/s/ Brian Michael Brown, Attorney-in-Fact	12/12/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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