Item 8.01 Other Events.
On November 24, 2017, Moelis & Company (the "Company") filed an automatic shelf
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-221743) (the "Registration
Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, covering an unspecified amount of shares of its Class A
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A common stock").
On April 23, 2020, Company filed a prospectus supplement (the "Resale Prospectus
Supplement") to the Registration Statement covering the resale of up to 498,922
shares of the Company's Class A common stock which may be used by the selling
stockholders identified therein to resell shares of the Class A common stock,
which was released to selling stockholders in connection with the expiration of
the lock-up provisions applicable to such shares. The selling stockholders are
comprised of certain current and former non-U.S. Managing Directors of the
Company. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Class A
common stock by the selling stockholders.
The Company is filing this report to provide the legal opinion as to the
validity of the securities covered by the Resale Prospectus Supplement, which
opinion is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
No. Description of Exhibit
5.1 Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP regarding the
validity of the Class A common stock.
23.1 Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1).
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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