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Michael D. Stout

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · IN · Jul 29, 2009 → Jul 29, 2009

1deal (issuers)
$16.5Mreported sold
2investors
1Form D filing
2009year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:19 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Michael D. Stout is listed as an executive officer on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Jul 2009: hhgregg, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN — retailing — 2009; $16.5M reported sold to 2 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Jul 2009. 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 Benjamin D. Geiger (1 shared filing), Charles B. Young (1 shared filing), Charles P. Rullman (1 shared filing), Darell E. Zink, Jr. (1 shared filing), Dennis May (1 shared filing) and 10 others.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 1 court case matching the name, 16 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 17 records came back, including 1 court case still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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.

We compared 1 public filing for Michael D. Stout and found 1 difference, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for Michael D. Stout has not run yet — it is joining a line of 6,192 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

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

1. Lawsuits

1 case: 1 open

Michael Stout open
District Court, D. Oregon · No. 1:18-ad-00342 · Filed Dec 10, 2018
Role of Michael Stout: Party · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in OR (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:19 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 covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). 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

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

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. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Michael D. Stout..

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 are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

16 cases: 16 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Michael D. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · No. 23-80176 · Filed Mar 15, 2023 · Closed Dec 16, 2024
Role of Michael D. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2024-12-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in IL (not a filing state)
Michael Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · No. 3:21-bk-13005 · Filed Nov 9, 2021 · Closed Apr 19, 2022
Role of Michael Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2022-04-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in AR (not a filing state)
Michael D. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · No. 18-70177 · Filed Feb 16, 2018 · Closed Jun 23, 2021
Role of Michael D. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2021-06-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in IL (not a filing state)
Michael R Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · No. 11-40120 · Filed Feb 28, 2011 · Closed Dec 18, 2015
Role of Michael R Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-12-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in the person's filing state (IN); middle initial differs
Michael Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 9:10-bk-12560 · Filed May 24, 2010 · Closed Sep 29, 2010
Role of Michael Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-09-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in CA (not a filing state)
Michael D. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 09-21468 · Filed Apr 8, 2009 · Closed Jul 30, 2010
Role of Michael D. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-07-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in GA (not a filing state)
Michael D. Stout and Melissa A. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · No. 04-31956 · Filed Mar 30, 2004 · Closed Jul 7, 2004
Role of Michael D. Stout and Melissa A. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-07-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in KY (not a filing state)
Michael Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Alaska · No. 04-00092 · Filed Jan 30, 2004 · Closed May 24, 2004
Role of Michael Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-05-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in AK (not a filing state)
Michael D. Stout and Melissa M Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 03-12026 · Filed Apr 24, 2003 · Closed Feb 24, 2004
Role of Michael D. Stout and Melissa M Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-02-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Amanda Dianne Stout and Michael D. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · No. 02-08878 · Filed Sep 10, 2002 · Closed Dec 20, 2002
Role of Michael D. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-12-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in CA (not a filing state)
Michael D Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · No. 00-21980 · Filed Jul 6, 2000 · Closed Oct 13, 2000
Role of Michael D Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-10-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in TX (not a filing state)
Michael D. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · No. 00-11934 · Filed May 5, 2000 · Closed Jan 31, 2001
Role of Michael D. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-01-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in NY (not a filing state)
Corinne Stout and Michael Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 94-15648 · Filed Aug 5, 1994 · Closed Jan 20, 1995
Role of Michael Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1995-01-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in IL (not a filing state)
Michael D. Stout and Cynthia R. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 93-25216 · Filed Sep 17, 1993 · Closed Dec 24, 1996
Role of Michael D. Stout and Cynthia R. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1996-12-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in WI (not a filing state)
MICHAEL D. STOUT closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Arizona · No. 4:86-bk-00911 · Filed Jun 20, 1986 · Closed Jan 26, 1987
Role of MICHAEL D. STOUT: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1987-01-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in AR (not a filing state)
Michael D. Stout and Rebecca A. Stout closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan · No. 85-00274 · Filed Feb 11, 1985 · Closed Oct 24, 1985
Role of Michael D. Stout and Rebecca A. Stout: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1985-10-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 143 federal dockets); court in MI (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:19 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 covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). 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

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

1 difference found between the filings for Michael D. Stout — 1 worth asking about (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Jul 29, 2009

Paid seller listed without a CRD number: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC — hhgregg, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is listed as receiving sales compensation on 1 filing (Jul 29, 2009) with no FINRA CRD number given.

What this means People paid to sell securities normally hold a FINRA registration with a CRD number. Without one we cannot look them up on BrokerCheck. Ask who they are and whether they are registered.

Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

1 of 1 offering reports sales commissions totalling $948,750; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jul 29, 2009 D
hhgregg, Inc.
File 021-133205
$948,750$0$0Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC BrokerCheck CRD 816 ↗
Barclays Capital Inc. BrokerCheck CRD 19714 ↗
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC no CRD number reported
EDGAR ↗
How this is counted

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 Michael D. Stout on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Retailing

hhgregg, Inc.

Indianapolis, IN · Jul 29, 2009
  • Jul 29, 2009 · D · $16,500,000 sold of $16,500,000 · 2 investors · min. $2,500,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $16.5M from 2 investors (100% of the $16.5M target) as of the latest filing. Michael 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.

People around Michael 15

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

MS
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Person

Michael L. Smith

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

DZ
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Person

Darell E. Zink, Jr.

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

Darell E. Zink, Jr. is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JA
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Person

Jeremy J. Aguilar

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

ML
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Person

Michael G. Larimer

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

CR
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Person

Charles P. Rullman

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

CY
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Person

Charles B. Young

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

GT
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Person

Gregg Throgmartin

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

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

JM
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Person

Jeffrey J. McClintic

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

SN
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Person

Stephen R. Nelson

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

BG
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Person

Benjamin D. Geiger

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 8 other issuers

Benjamin D. Geiger is on 9 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JR
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Person

John M. Roth

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 14 other issuers

John M. Roth is on 15 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JT
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Person

Jerry Throgmartin

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

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

DM
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Person

Dennis May

Director, Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

PS
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Person

Peter Starrett

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

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

LC
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Person

Lawrence Castellani

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

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 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Michael D. Stout by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Michael D. Stout is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in hhgregg, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #370,572 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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