SEC FORM 3 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*
Gates Greg

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O LPL FINANCIAL
4707 EXECUTIVE DRIVE

(Street)
SAN DIEGO CA 92121

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/30/2021
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. [ LPLA ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Managing Director
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 22,820(1) 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
Option to purchase Common Stock (2) 02/25/2029 Common Stock 7,189 77.53 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Consists of (i) 9,489 shares of Common Stock; (ii) 5,361 restricted stock units that vest in full on December 11, 2021; (iii) 532 restricted stock units that vest in full on February 25, 2022; (iv) 1,470 restricted stock units that vest ratably on February 25, 2022 and February 25, 2023; (v) 2,999 restricted stock units that vest ratably on June 5, 2022 and June 5, 2023; and (vi) 2,969 restricted stock units that vest ratably on February 25, 2022, February 25, 2023 and February 25, 2024.
2. This option is currently exercisable as to 4,794 shares. The remainder of the award will become vested and exercisable on February 25, 2022.
Remarks:
The signatory is signing on behalf of Greg Gates pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated August 2, 2021, which is filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this filing.
/s/ Gregory M. Woods, attorney-in-fact 08/09/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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SECTION 16 POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gregory M. Woods and Robert S. Hatfield III, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

(1)    request U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") EDGAR access codes on the undersigned's behalf, and to prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an executive officer of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(3)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Section 16 Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants each such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Section 16 Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5, with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to foregoing attorneys in fact.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Section 16 Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 2 day of August, 2021.


        /s/ Greg Gates
        Greg Gates