Loar Holdings LLC

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2024

**Registration No. 333- **

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

**FORMS-1 **

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Loar Holdings, LLC

to be converted as described herein to a corporation named

Loar Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

20 New King Street

White Plains, New York 10604

**(914)909-1311 **

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Dirkson Charles

**President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Co-Chairman **

Loar Holdings, LLC

20 New King Street

White Plains, New York 10604

**(914)909-1311 **

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s agent for service)

With copies to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box: ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities nor a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED , 2024

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

** Shares**

LOAR HOLDINGS INC.

This is Loar Holdings Inc.’s initial public offering of our common stock (“common stock”). We are offering shares of common stock. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. We expect that the initial public offering price of our common stock will be between $ and $ per share. We intend to apply to list our common stock on the under the symbol “LOAR.”

See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 21 to read about factors you should consider before buying shares of our common stock.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, as such, we have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and may elect to do so in future filings.

After the completion of this offering and pursuant to the Voting Agreement (as defined below), Abrams Capital Management, L.P. and its affiliates (together, “Abrams Capital”), GPV Loar LLC, Dirkson Charles and Brett Milgrim will beneficially own approximately % of our outstanding common stock (or % if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of common stock). As a result, we will be a “controlled company” within the meaning of the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”); however, we do not currently intend to rely on any exemptions from the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE available to “controlled companies.” See “Management—Controlled Company Status” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Voting Agreement.” Dirkson Charles is our President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Co-Chairman and Director and Brett Milgrim is our Executive Co-Chairman and Director.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

At our request, the underwriters have reserved up to shares of our common stock, or % of the shares offered by this prospectus, for sale at the initial public offering price through a directed share program to certain of our non-employee directors and employees. Any reserved shares not so purchased will be offered by the underwriters to the general public on the same basis as the other shares offered by this prospectus. will administer our directed share program. See “Prospectus Summary—The Offering—Directed Share Program” for additional information.

We have granted the underwriters the right, for a period of 30 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to additional shares of common stock from us at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discount.

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares to purchasers on , 2024.

(*lead bookrunners listed in alphabetical order)

Moelis & Company

** , 2024** loargroup