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John Stout

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · PA · Dec 30, 2015 → Dec 30, 2015

1deal (issuers)
$1.99Mreported sold
4investors
1Form D filing
2015year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:34 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

John Stout is listed as an executive officer on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Dec 2015: Multi-Flow Industries, LLC (Huntingdon Valley, PA — industry reported as "Other" — 2015; $1.99M reported sold to 4 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Dec 2015. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Bernard Gottlieb (1 shared filing), Brett Rosenbloom (1 shared filing), Brian Gottlieb (1 shared filing), Colbey Arden (1 shared filing), David Gubbay (1 shared filing) and 4 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around John. Each name links to their own page.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Highpost (9 issuers, $384.7M reported sold, 2015–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Highpost has 9 companies on file and $384.7M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means 4 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

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Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:34 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

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What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — not yet searched.

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states: not yet searched.

No SEC search has run yet for this person.

3. Bankruptcies

4 cases: 4 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

John Stout and Rose Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · No. 5:07-bk-50280 · Filed Feb 3, 2007 · Closed Jan 31, 2008
Role of John Stout and Rose Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2008-01-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 127 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (PA)
John P. Stout and Diana Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 03-36658 · Filed Nov 12, 2003 · Closed Apr 13, 2004
Role of John P. Stout and Diana Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-04-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 127 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (PA)
John J. Stout and Lorriane D. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 96-17370 · Filed Aug 5, 1996 · Closed Jun 13, 1997
Role of John J. Stout and Lorriane D. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-06-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 127 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (PA)
John R. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · No. 88-20015 · Filed Jan 5, 1988 · Closed Jun 25, 1988
Role of John R. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1988-06-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 127 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (PA)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:34 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not yet searched. No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Dec 30, 2015 D
Multi-Flow Industries, LLC
File 021-254157
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named John Stout on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other · group: Highpost

Multi-Flow Industries, LLC

Huntingdon Valley, PA · Dec 30, 2015
  • Dec 30, 2015 · D · $247,000 sold of $247,000 · 4 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.99M from 4 investors (100% of the $247K target) as of the latest filing. John is listed as executive officer.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other / 506(b) (18,678 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Other pages with the same name (4)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • John A Stout — TN, 6 issuers, Jul 15, 2009 → Nov 10, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • John D. Stout — NY, 4 issuers, Mar 11, 2011 → Mar 11, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • John T. Stout, Jr. — KS, OH, 2 issuers, Aug 2, 2012 → Mar 27, 2015 · no shared issuer
  • John Stout — MN, 1 issuer, Aug 9, 2012 → Aug 9, 2012 · no shared issuer

People around John 9

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

Person

Bernard Gottlieb

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Stout. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Brian Gottlieb

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Stout. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Colbey Arden

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Colbey Arden is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

Frank Stempin

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Stout. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Brett Rosenbloom

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Stout. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

David Gubbay

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

David Gubbay is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

Robert Fioretti

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Stout. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Kenneth Schnarrs

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John Stout. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

David Moross

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 7 other issuers

David Moross is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Highpost

9 issuers · 15 filings · $384.7M reported sold · 2015–2026

One team, 9 deal companies. John Stout is listed on 1 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name John Stout.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Not yet searched. Sources to be searched: SEC Investment Adviser Information Reports — Form ADV data for SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers (file dated 2026-10-02); SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) firm search — registered and exempt reporting advisers · Search queued. Results are added automatically; check back later.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources searched: SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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