# SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK & CO., LLC X-17A-5 (2025-02-26) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK & CO., LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2025-02-26 - Period: 2024-12-31 - Accession: 0001030411-25-000003 - CIK: 1030411 - File #: 8-49877 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: Grassi Advisors & Accountants - Auditor location: New York, NY - Contact: Jackson Lam - Phone: 2123734258 - Email: ddiaz@siebertwilliams.com - Website: siebertwilliams.com - Signed by: Suzanne Shank (President & CEO) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1030411/000103041125000003/publicshort2.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ **UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549** OMB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: Nov. 30, 2026 Estimated average burden hours per response: 12 OMB APPROVAL > 8-49877 SEC FILE NUMBER # **ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17A-5 PART III** **FACING PAGE** **Information Required Pursuant to Rules 17a-5, 17a-12, and 18a-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** FILING FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 01/01/24 AND ENDING 12/31/24 MM/DD/YY MM/DD/YY **A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION** NAME OF FIRM: Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC TYPE OF REGISTRANT (check all applicable boxes): ☐■ Broker-dealer ☐ Security-based swap dealer ☐ Majorsecurity-based swap participant ☐ Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.) # 100 Wall St., 18th Floor | New York | | New York | | 10005 | | |--------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------|--| | (City) | | (State) | | (Zip Code) | | | PERSON
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ONLY | | | | \* Claims for exemption from the requirement that the annual reports be covered by the reports of an independent public accountant must be supported by a statement of facts and circumstances relied on as the basis of the exemption. See 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(1)(ii), if applicable. **Persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in thisform are notrequired to respond unlessthe form displays a currently valid OMB control number.** {1}------------------------------------------------ | Suzanne Shank
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Registration No. 01 SU6289641 | | ■ (a) Statement of financial condition. | Qualified in King County | | ■ (b) Notes to consolidated statement of financial condition. | Commission Expires September 30, 2025 | | O (c) Statement of income (loss) or, if there is other comprehensive income in the period(\$) presented, a statement of
comprehensive income (as defined in § 210.1-02 of Regulation S-X). | | | (d) Statement of cash flows. | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - {2}------------------------------------------------ # **SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK & CO., LLC** #### **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION** #### **DECEMBER 31, 2024** **PUBLIC PURSUANT TO RULE 17a-5(d) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** {3}------------------------------------------------ ## **SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK & CO., LLC TABLE OF CONTENTS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024** | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 1 | |---------------------------------------------------------|-----| | Statement of Financial Condition | 2 | | Notes to Financial Statement | 3-9 | | | | {4}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_4_Picture_0.jpeg) # REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Directors and Member of Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC # **Opinion on the Financial Statement** We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statement"). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC as of December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. # **Basis for Opinion** This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. GRASSI & CO., CPAs, P.C. We have served as Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC's auditors since 2021. New York, New York February 25, 2025 {5}------------------------------------------------ # **SIEBERT WILLIAMS SHANK & CO., LLC Statement of Financial Condition December 31, 2024** | ASSETS | | | |------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--| | Cash and cash equivalents | \$133,093,502 | | | Accounts
receivable, net | 1,707,325 | | | Receivable from affiliate | 769,741 | | | Securities owned, at fair
value | 12,950,750 | | | Operating lease right-of-use assets | 7,704,028 | | | Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements, net | 879,974 | | | Other assets | 4,172,223 | | | Total assets | \$161,277,543 | | | LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S CAPITAL | | | | Liabilities: | | | | Accounts payable and accrued expenses | \$23,513,698 | | | Due to clearing broker | 9,009,382 | | | Subordinated borrowings | 52,000,000 | | | Operating lease liabilities | 9,096,029 | | | Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value | 4,041,003 | | | Total liabilities | 97,660,112 | | | Member's capital | 63,617,431 | | | Total liabilities and member's capital | \$161,277,543 | | See accompanying notes to financial statement. {6}------------------------------------------------ # **NOTE A – BUSINESS ORGANIZATION** Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC ("SWS" or the "Company"), is a Delaware limited liability company registered as a broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA"). The Company engages in the business of municipal and corporate bond underwriting, equity underwriting, sales and trading, and advisory activities. Shank Williams Cisneros, LLC ("SWC") is SWS' sole member. As a limited liability company, the member is not personally liable for any of the debts, obligations, losses, claims, or judgments on any of the liabilities of the Company, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise, except as provided by law. #### **NOTE B – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **[1] Basis of presentation:** The accompanying financial statement of the Company has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 940, *Financial Services – Broker Dealers.* #### **[2] Use of estimates:** The preparation of the financial statement in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statement. Actual results could differ from those estimates. #### **[3] Cash and cash equivalents:** Cash equivalents represent short-term, highly liquid investments which are readily convertible to cash and have a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase. Cash equivalents, which are valued at fair value, consist of money market funds which amounted to \$79,613,767 at December 31, 2024. {7}------------------------------------------------ # **NOTE B – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)** #### **[4] Fair value measurement** ASC Topic 820, *Fair Value Measurement*, provides a single definition of fair value together with a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements are not adjusted for transaction costs. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels: - Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. - Level 2 Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, and reasonably available. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. - Level 3 Unobservable inputs which reflect the assumptions that management develops based on available information about the assumptions market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. The following table presents information about the Company's assets measured at fair value as of December 31, 2024: | | Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets
(Level 1) | Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2) | | Other
significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3) | | Balance as of
December 31,
2024 | | |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------| | Money Markets
U.S.
Agency | \$ 79,613,767
12,950,750 | \$ | -
- | \$ | -
- | \$ | 79,613,767
12,950,750 | | Total | \$ 92,564,517 | \$ | - | \$ | - | | \$ 92,564,517 | #### **[5] Underwriting receivables and allowance for credit losses:** Underwriting receivables are recorded on a trade date basis. As of December 31, 2024, all receivables are current. The Company provides an allowance for credit losses on impaired receivables. Management estimates the allowance balance using relevant available information, from internal and external sources, relating to past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Historical credit loss experience provides the basis for the estimation of expected credit losses. There was no allowance as of December 31, 2024, as management believes all amounts are fully collectible. {8}------------------------------------------------ # **NOTE B – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)** #### **[6] Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements:** Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the period of the lease. #### **[7] Leases:** The Company follows the provisions of ASC Topic 842, *Leases*. ASC Topic 842 requires all lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset for the underlying leased asset and a lease liability for the corresponding lease liability for all lease agreements with a term greater than 12 months, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments. Right-of-use assets and the corresponding lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the life of the lease term. In determining the present value of lease payments, the Company uses the rate implicit in the lease if it is readily determinable, a borrowing rate based on similar debt, or a risk-free rate for a period comparable to the lease term to discount the lease payments to present value. The Company considers the lease term to be the non-cancellable period that it has the right to use the underlying asset, including all periods covered by an option to (1) extend the lease, if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise the option, (2) terminate the lease, if the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise that option, and (3) extend or not to terminate the lease, in which exercise of the option is controlled by the lessor. In accordance with ASC Topic 842, the Company, at the inception of the contract, evaluates if an arrangement is or contains a lease and thus recognizes a right-of-use asset and the corresponding lease liability. Leases are classified as either finance or operating leases. The Company has no finance leases or related party leases. Refer to Note G, Operating Leases. The Company monitors for events or changes that can require a reassessment of its leases. When a reassessment results in the remeasurement of a lease liability, a corresponding adjustment will be made to the carrying amount of the corresponding right-of-use asset unless doing so would reduce the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset to an amount less than zero. Operating lease right-of-use assets are presented as operating lease right-of-use assets on the balance sheet. #### **[8] Impairment of long-lived assets:** In accordance with U.S. GAAP, long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be fully recoverable. If an impairment indicator is present, the Company evaluates recoverability by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If the assets are impaired, the impairment recognized is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. There was no impairment of long-lived assets recorded at December 31, 2024. {9}------------------------------------------------ # **NOTE B – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)** #### **[9] Income taxes:** As a limited liability company ("LLC"), the Company has elected to be treated as a partnership under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). Under those provisions, the Company is not required to pay federal or state income taxes on its taxable income. As a single-member LLC treated as a disregarded entity for federal and state income tax purposes, its sole member, SWC, is liable for federal and state income taxes on the Company's taxable income or loss. U.S. GAAP requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Company's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable tax authority, based on the technical merits of the tax position. Management believes any such positions would be immaterial to the overall financial statement. #### **[10] Segment Reporting:** The Company is engaged in a single line of business as a securities broker-dealer, which is comprised of several classes of services, including investment banking, trading, and financial advisory services. The Company has identified its President as the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), who uses net income to evaluate the results of the business and manage the Company. Additionally, the CODM uses net capital (refer to Note E), which is not a measure of profit and loss, to make operational decisions while maintaining capital adequacy. The Company's operations constitute a single operating segment and therefore, a single reportable segment, because the CODM manages the business activities using information of the Company as a whole. The accounting policies used to measure the profit and loss of the segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. For the year ended December 31, 2024, no single external customer comprised 10% or more of total revenue. ### **NOTE C – SUBORDINATED BORROWINGS** On August 12, 2022, the Company entered into a revolving subordinated loan agreement with Athene Annuity and Life Company in the amount of \$52,000,000, maturing August 31, 2027, which was approved by FINRA. As of December 31, 2024, the interest rate was at 7% per annum. This loan agreement was executed in conjunction with a Unit Purchase Agreement between SWC and Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. The proceeds are treated as capital and subject to the risks of the Company's business. Subsequent to year-end, full repayment of the subordinated loan for \$52,000,000 was made on January 10, 2025. {10}------------------------------------------------ #### **NOTE D – FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, NET** Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements consist of the following at December 31, 2024: | Equipment | \$
1,581,356 | |------------------------------------------------|-----------------| | Furniture and leasehold improvements | 3,748,090 | | | 5,329,446 | | Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | 4,449,472 | | | \$
879,974 | # **NOTE E – NET CAPITAL REQUIREMENT** The Company is subject to the SEC's Uniform Net Capital Rule 15c3-1, which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital and that the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both as defined, shall not exceed 15 to 1. At December 31, 2024, the Company had net capital of \$127,887,320, which was \$127,537,156 in excess of its required net capital of \$350,164, and its ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital was .041 to 1. The Company is exempt under Section (k)(2)(ii) of Rule 15c3-3. Accordingly, there are no items to report under the requirements of this rule. # **NOTE F – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS** SWC established a charitable foundation, the Siebert Williams Shank Foundation (the "Foundation"), in 2020. The Company made a contribution to the Foundation of \$750,000 in the current year to be used for charitable activities. The Company has a service agreement with a related party, SWS Capital Management, LLC ("SWSCM"), to provide service support, and may facilitate payments on behalf of SWSCM from time-to-time. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company earned management fees. As of December 31, 2024, \$769,741 was due from SWSCM and is recorded as "Receivable from affiliate" on the statement of financial condition. On April 11, 2022, SWC entered into a Unit Purchase Agreement with Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. In accordance with the terms of this agreement, a subordinated loan to the Company was executed with Athene Annuity and Life Company (refer to Note C). # **NOTE G – OPERATING LEASES** The Company enters into operating leases in the normal course of business primarily for office locations and equipment. The Company's leases have remaining terms ranging from 1 to 6 years, some of which include options to renew for 5 years, and some of which have no renewal option. {11}------------------------------------------------ ### **NOTE G – OPERATING LEASES (continued)** The Company includes lease extension and termination options in the lease term if, after considering relevant economic factors, it is reasonably certain the Company will exercise the option. The Company has also elected not to recognize leases with original lease terms of 12 months or less ("short-term leases") on the Company's statement of financial condition. In addition, the Company has elected to account for any non-lease components as part of the associated lease component. Leases are classified as operating or finance leases at the lease commencement date. Lease expense for operating leases and short-term leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Right-ofuse assets represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. The Company rents office space under long-term operating leases expiring through 2030. These leases call for base rent plus escalations for property taxes and other operating expenses. Future undiscounted lease payments under these operating leases are as follows: | Years Ending December 31 | Amount | |-----------------------------------------|-------------| | | | | 2025 | \$2,272,711 | | 2026 | 2,250,324 | | 2027 | 2,086,128 | | 2028 | 1,686,841 | | 2029 | 1,585,157 | | Thereafter | 382,165 | | Total minimum lease payments | 10,263,326 | | | | | Lease amount represented by interest | (1,167,297) | | | | | Present value of minimum lease payments | \$9,096,029 | The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement to calculate the present value of lease payments when the rate implicit in a lease is not known. The Company's incremental borrowing rate is approximately 5.25% based on the historical interest rates on previous loans adjusted for the lease term and other factors. The Company's weighted average life of its leases is approximately 4.7 years. ## **NOTE H – CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK** The Company maintains assets with major financial institutions, which may at times exceed federally insured limits. These balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") up to \$250,000 per institution. Cash equivalents have no restrictions and are available to the Company on demand. In the event of a financial institution's insolvency, recovery of assets may be limited. No losses have been incurred to date. {12}------------------------------------------------ #### **NOTE I – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES** The Company has been named as a defendant in several civil lawsuits arising primarily from its securities business. The Company cannot accurately predict the likelihood of a favorable or unfavorable outcome or quantify the amount or range of any potential financial impact, if any. Accordingly, no adjustment has been made in the Company's accompanying financial statements in connection with such lawsuits. #### **NOTE J – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS** The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date this financial statement was available to be issued and has noted no significant events since December 31, 2024, except for the repayment of subordinated loan as noted in Note C. Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.