-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JOirxaS24hY98b41kurciRY3zHfXrT1b/OY35MxPtQf9/bs9GpzggwE3A0HFLXDN OPS+dSnq4EXMxx91/C3E1w== 0001193125-09-038151.txt : 20090226 0001193125-09-038151.hdr.sgml : 20090226 20090226080117 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-038151 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090226 GROUP MEMBERS: CHARLES E. CHEEVER, III SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRONOX INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001328910 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810] IRS NUMBER: 202868245 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-81175 FILM NUMBER: 09635620 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LEADERSHIP SQUARE, SUITE 300 STREET 2: 211 NORTH ROBINSON CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73102 BUSINESS PHONE: 405-775-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LEADERSHIP SQUARE, SUITE 300 STREET 2: 211 NORTH ROBINSON CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: New-Co Chemical, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050601 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHEEVER PARTNERS, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001456912 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 65 COMSTOCK HILL AVENUE CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06850 BUSINESS PHONE: 9174947002 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 65 COMSTOCK HILL AVENUE CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06850 SC 13G 1 dsc13g.htm SCHEDULE 13G Schedule 13G

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.         )

 

 

 

 

TRONOX INCORPORATED

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

897051108

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

January 16, 2009

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

¨ Rule 13d-1(b)

x Rule 13d-1(c)

¨ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


CUSIP No. 897051108   Schedule 13G   Page 2 of 7 Pages

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

 

            Cheever Partners, LLC

   
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

   
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

   
  4  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Delaware

   

 

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

 

 

  5    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                0

 

  6    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                1,186,509 (1)

 

  7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                0

 

  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                1,186,509 (1)

  9  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            1,186,509 (1)

   
10  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

 

 

¨

 

11  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

 

            5.2%

   
12  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

            OO

   

 

(1) As of the date of this Schedule 13G, the Reporting Persons also own 630,000 shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. All shares are held of record by Cheever Partners, LLC of which Charles E. Cheever, III is the sole member. The Class B Common Stock has six votes per share in connection with the election of directors and all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.


CUSIP No. 897051108   Schedule 13G   Page 3 of 7 Pages

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

 

            Charles E. Cheever, III

   
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

   
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

   
  4  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Delaware

   

 

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

 

 

  5    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                0

 

  6    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                1,186,509 (1)

 

  7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                0

 

  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                1,186,509 (1)

  9  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            1,186,509 (1)

   
10  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

 

 

¨

 

11  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

 

            5.2%

   
12  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

            IN

   

 

(1) As of the date of this Schedule 13G, the Reporting Persons also own 630,000 shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. All shares are held of record by Cheever Partners, LLC of which Charles E. Cheever, III is the sole member. The Class B Common Stock has six votes per share in connection with the election of directors and all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.


SCHEDULE 13G

 

Item 1  

(a)

   Name of Issuer:      
     Tronox Incorporated      
Item 1  

(b)

   Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:      
    

One Leadership Square, Suite 300

211 N. Robinson Ave.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

     
Item 2  

(a)

   Name of Person Filing:      
    

(i) Cheever Partners, LLC

(ii) Charles E. Cheever, III

(collectively, the “Reporting Persons” and each a “Reporting Person”)

     
Item 2  

(b)

   Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:      
     Each of the Reporting Persons has a business address at 65 Comstock Hill Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850.      
Item 2  

(c)

   Citizenship:      
    

(i) Cheever Partners, LLC - Delaware

(ii) Charles Cheever - USA

     
Item 2  

(d)

   Title of Class of Securities:      
     Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value      
Item 2  

(e)

   CUSIP Number:      
     897051108      
Item 3.   If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b), or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:   
  (a)    ¨    Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);
  (b)    ¨    Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
  (c)    ¨    Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
  (d)    ¨   

Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C.

80a-8);

  (e)    ¨    An investment adviser in accordance with §240-13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
  (f)    ¨    An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
  (g)    ¨    A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G);
  (h)    ¨    A saving associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
  (i)    ¨    A church plan that is excluded from the definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(25) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
  (j)    ¨    A non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
  (k)    ¨    Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K).


Item 4.    Ownership      
(i)    Cheever Partners, LLC (1)      
   (a)    Amount Beneficially Owned:      
      1,186,509(1)      
   (b)    Percent of Class:      
      5.2% (2)      
   (c)    Number of shares as to which such person has:      
      (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         0      
      (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         1,186,509(1)      
      (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         0      
      (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         1,186,509(1)      

(ii)

   Charles E Cheever, III (1)      
   (a)    Amount Beneficially Owned:      
      1,186,509(1)      
   (b)    Percent of Class:      
      5.2% (2)      
   (c)    Number of shares as to which such person has:      
      (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         0      
      (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         1,186,509(1)      
      (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         0      
      (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         1,186,509(1)      

 

(1) Charles E. Cheever, III is the sole member of Cheever Partners, LLC. As of the date of this Schedule 13G, the Reporting Persons also own 630,000 shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. All shares are held of record by Cheever Partners, LLC of which Charles E. Cheever, III is the sole member. The Class B Common Stock has six votes per share in connection with the election of directors and all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.
(2) The percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 22,889,431 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2008 as set forth in the Issuer’s 10-Q filed on November 7, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 5.    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class   
   Not applicable.   
Item 6.    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person      
   Not applicable.      
Item 7.    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person
   Not applicable.
Item 8.    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group      
   Not applicable.      
Item 9.    Notice of Dissolution of Group.      
   Not applicable.      
Item 10.    Certifications.      
   By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.      


SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated as of February 25, 2009

 

CHEEVER PARTNERS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Charles E. Cheever, III

Name:  

Charles E. Cheever, III

Title:  

Managing Member

/s/ Charles E. Cheever, III

Charles E. Cheever, III


EXHIBIT A

Agreement of Joint Filing

Pursuant to 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby confirm the agreement by and among them to join in the filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13G and any and all amendments thereto, and that Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such filing.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement.

Dated as of February 25, 2009

 

CHEEVER PARTNERS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Charles E. Cheever, III

Name:  

Charles E. Cheever, III

Title:  

Managing Member

/s/ Charles E. Cheever, III

Charles E. Cheever, III
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