SEC FORM 4

SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

Khare Bhisham

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O AERIES TECHNOLOGY, INC. 60 PAYA

LEBAR ROAD, #08-13 PAYA LEBAR SQUARE

(Street)

SINGAPORE

409051

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Aeries Technology, Inc. [ AERT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	CRO & COO Americas

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/26/2024

4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Aeries Shares Put Exchange Right	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	03/26/2024		A⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		59,110		⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	Class A Ordinary Shares	850,970	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	59,110	D
Aeries Shares Call Exchange Right	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	03/26/2024		D⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		59,110		⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	Class A Ordinary Shares	850,970	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	59,110	D
Aeries Shares Put Exchange Right	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	03/26/2024		A⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		59,110		⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	Class A Ordinary Shares	850,971	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	59,110	I	See footnote⁽³⁾
Aeries Shares Call Exchange Right	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	03/26/2024		D⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		59,110		⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	Class A Ordinary Shares	850,971	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	59,110	I	See footnote⁽³⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the restrictions set forth in that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2023 (the "Exchange Agreement"), by and among Aeries Technology, Inc. (the "Issuer"), Aeries Technology Group Business Accelerators Private Limited ("Aeries"), the reporting person, and the other parties thereto, the reporting person has a put exchange right, subject to certain exercise conditions, to exchange the reporting person's ordinary shares of Aeries, par value of INR 10 per share (the "Aeries Shares"), for Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A Ordinary Shares") of the Issuer, at an exchange rate of approximately 14.40 Class A Ordinary Shares for each Aeries Share. The Issuer also has a call exchange right under the Exchange Agreement, subject to the exercise conditions, to require the reporting person to exchange up to all of the reporting person's Aeries Shares for Class A Ordinary Shares or a cash exchange payment.

2. (Continued from footnote 1) The Issuer determined that the exercise conditions to the exchange rights were satisfied on March 26, 2024. As of the date of this Form 4, the reporting person has the right to exchange up to 20% of the Aeries Shares and, on and after April 1, 2024, the reporting person has the right to exchange 100% of the Aeries Shares. In addition, subject to certain conditions, either the call exchange or put exchange may be settled with a cash exchange payment calculated as the arithmetic average of the volume-weighted average price of Class A Ordinary Shares for the five (5) consecutive trading days ending on the date that is two (2) business days after the reporting person delivers notice of the exercise of the put exchange.

3. Represents Class A Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of exchange rights with respect to Aeries Shares held by the Aeries Employee Stock Option Trust ("ESOP Trust") for which the reporting is person is a beneficiary and assumes distribution of such Aeries Shares by the ESOP Trust to the reporting person prior to an exchange for Class A Ordinary Shares.

	/s/ Bhisham Khare	03/28/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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