Ownership Submission
FORM 3
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL 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 *
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Meridian BidCo LLC
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
2024-07-23
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MariaDB plc [MRDB]
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(Last)
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(First)
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(Middle)
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875 MANHATTAN BEACH BLVD.
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director
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_____ 10% Owner
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_____ Officer (give title below)
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_____ Other (specify below)
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5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
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(Street)
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MANHATTAN BEACH
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CA
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90266
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6. Individual or Join/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of Security
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2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
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3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
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Date Exercisable
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Expriation Date
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Title
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Amount or Number of Shares
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Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
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Relationships
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Director
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10% Owner
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Officer
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Other
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Meridian BidCo LLC
875 MANHATTAN BEACH BLVD.
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA90266
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K1 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
875 MANHATTAN BEACH BLVD.
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA90266
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Signatures
Meridian BidCo LLC By: Sujit Banerjee Its: President By: /s/ Sujit Banerjee
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2024-07-29
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**Signature of Reporting Person
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Date
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K1 Investment Management, LLC By: R. Neil Malik Its: Managing Member By: /s/ R. Neil Malik
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2024-07-29
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**Signature of Reporting Person
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Date
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Explanation of Responses:
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If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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(**)
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Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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(1)
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Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Offer Document, dated June 24, 2024 (as amended, restated or supplemented, the "Offer Document"), Meridian BidCo LLC ("Bidco") conducted a tender offer (the "Offer") for all issued and to be issued ordinary shares of MariaDB plc ("MariaDB"), par value $0.01 per share (the "MariaDB Shares"), in exchange for $0.55 in cash per MariaDB Share.
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(2)
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At 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 23, 2024, the Offer expired and Bidco accepted for purchase a total of 61,263,283 MariaDB Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to such time, representing approximately 88.7% of the issued share capital of MariaDB as of July 22, 2024.
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(3)
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K1 Investment Management, LLC ("K1") indirectly controls Bidco. Each of K1 and Bidco disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.
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