0001144204-14-007355.txt : 20140211 0001144204-14-007355.hdr.sgml : 20140211 20140210174534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-14-007355 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140210 GROUP MEMBERS: JONATHAN BROOKS GROUP MEMBERS: SMITHWOOD ADVISERS, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SMITHWOOD GENERAL PARTNER, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: SMITHWOOD PARTNERS, LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001296250 IRS NUMBER: 201619298 FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-84418 FILM NUMBER: 14590500 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1633 BROADWAY CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 212 739-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1633 BROADWAY CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PIMCO Floating Rate Strategy Fund DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040701 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JMB Capital Partners Master Fund L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001408898 IRS NUMBER: 980543101 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1999 AVENUE OF THE STARS STREET 2: SUITE 2040 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 BUSINESS PHONE: 310-286-2929 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1999 AVENUE OF THE STARS STREET 2: SUITE 2040 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 SC 13D/A 1 v367905_sc13da.htm FORM SC 13D/A

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

(Rule 13d-101)

 

Information to be included in statements filed pursuant to

13D-1(A) and amendments thereto filed pursuant to 13D-2(A)

 

(Amendment No. 2)*

 

Pimco Income Strategy Fund II

 

 (Name of Issuer)

 

Auction Preferred Shares, $0.00001 par value per share

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

72201J203

72201J302

72201J401

72201J500

72201J609

 

(CUSIP Number)

 

Jonathan Brooks

Smithwood Advisers, L.P.

1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2040

Los Angeles, CA  90067

(310) 286-2929

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

 

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

February 7, 2014

 

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

(Page 1 of 9 Pages)

 

 

 

* 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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on 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. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 2 of 9 Pages

  

 


1.

Name of Reporting Persons

JMB Capital Partners Master Fund, L.P. 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions) 

 
  (a) ¨
  (b) ý
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

Source of Funds (see instructions)

 

N/A

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

¨
6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

Number of 

Shares 

Beneficially 

Owned by 

Each 

Reporting 

Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power

 

0

8.

Shared Voting Power

 

0

9.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

10.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

0

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (see instructions)

 

¨
13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11

 

0%

14.

Type of Reporting Person (see instructions)

 

PN

 

 
 

  

CUSIP No. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 3 of 9 Pages

  

 

1.

Name of Reporting Persons

Smithwood Partners, LLC 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions) 

 
  (a) ¨
  (b) ý
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

Source of Funds (see instructions)

 

N/A

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

¨
6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

California

Number of 

Shares 

Beneficially 

Owned by 

Each 

Reporting 

Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power

 

0

8.

Shared Voting Power

 

0

9.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

10.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

0

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (see instructions)

 

¨
13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11

 

0%

14.

Type of Reporting Person (see instructions)

 

OO

 

 
 

 

CUSIP No. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 4 of 9 Pages

  

 


1.

Name of Reporting Persons

Smithwood Advisers, L.P. 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions) 

 
  (a) ¨
  (b) ý
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

Source of Funds (see instructions)

 

N/A

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

¨
6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

California

Number of 

Shares 

Beneficially 

Owned by 

Each 

Reporting 

Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power

 

0

8.

Shared Voting Power

 

0

9.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

10.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

0

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (see instructions)

 

¨
13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11

 

0%

14.

Type of Reporting Person (see instructions)

 

PN

 

 
 

 

CUSIP No. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 5 of 9 Pages

  

 

1.

Name of Reporting Persons

Smithwood General Partner, LLC 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions) 

 
  (a) ¨
  (b) ý
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

Source of Funds (see instructions)

 

N/A

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

¨
6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

California

Number of 

Shares 

Beneficially 

Owned by 

Each 

Reporting 

Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power

 

0

8.

Shared Voting Power

 

0

9.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

10.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

0

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (see instructions)

 

¨
13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11

 

0%

14.

Type of Reporting Person (see instructions)

 

OO

 

 
 

 

CUSIP No. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 6 of 9 Pages

  

 

1.

Name of Reporting Persons

Jonathan Brooks 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (see instructions) 

 
  (a) ¨
  (b) ý
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

Source of Funds (see instructions)

 

N/A

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

¨
6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

United States

Number of 

Shares 

Beneficially 

Owned by 

Each 

Reporting 

Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power

 

0

8.

Shared Voting Power

 

0

9.

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

10.

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

0

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (see instructions)

 

¨
13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11

 

0%

14.

Type of Reporting Person (see instructions)

 

IN

 

 
 

  

CUSIP No. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 7 of 9 Pages

 

 

The Schedule 13D, as filed by each of JMB Capital Partners Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (the “Master Fund”); Smithwood Partners, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Partners”), which is the General Partner of the Master Fund; Smithwood Advisers, L.P., a California limited partnership (“Advisers”), which is the Investment Adviser of the Master Fund; Smithwood General Partner, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Smithwood GP”), which is the General Partner of Advisers; and Jonathan Brooks (“Brooks”), a United States citizen, who is the Managing Member of Partners and the controlling owner and Managing Member of Smithwood GP (the Master Fund, Partners, Advisers, Smithwood GP and Brooks are hereinafter collectively referred to as, the “Reporting Persons”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 14, 2011, relating to the Auction Preferred Shares, $0.00001 par value per share (the “Auction Preferred Shares”) of Pimco Income Strategy Fund II (the “Issuer”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on December 7, 2011 (the original Schedule 13D together with Amendment No. 1 is hereinafter referred to as the “Original Schedule 13D”), is hereby further amended as set forth below by this Amendment No. 2 to the Original Schedule 13D ("Amendment No. 2").

 

Except as specifically provided herein, Amendment No. 2 does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Original Schedule 13D. Any capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 2 and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Original Schedule 13D.

  

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

(a) As of the date hereof, the Master Fund is the owner of 0 Auction Preferred Shares of the Issuer. The Reporting Persons are currently the beneficial owner of 0% of the Auction Preferred Shares.

  

(b) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0

 

      Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0

 

      Sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition: 0

 

      Shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition: 0

 

 
 

  

CUSIP No. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 8 of 9 Pages

 

 

(c)                Set forth below are transactions effected by the Master Fund in the Auction Preferred Shares in the past sixty (60) days constituting all of the transactions effected by the Reporting Persons in the Issuer’s Auction Preferred Shares in the past 60 days. The sales were made in broker facilitated block trades with open market settlement.

  

TRADE DATE SHARES SOLD SALES PRICE PER SHARE, NET OF COMMISSION
2/7/2014 400 Series F Auction Preferred Shares $81.50
2/7/2014 193 Series M Auction Preferred Shares $81.50

  

(d) Not Applicable.

 

(e) The Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Auction Preferred Shares on November 7, 2014.

  

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

None.

  

Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

None.

 

 
 

   

CUSIP No. 72201J203;
72201J302; 72201J401;
72201J500; 72201J609
13D Page 9 of 9 Pages

  

 

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

 

 

Dated: February 10, 2014

 

  JMB Capital Partners Master Fund, L.P.
  By: Smithwood Partners, LLC, its General Partner
     
     
  By: /s/Jonathan Brooks
    Jonathan Brooks, Managing Member
     
  Smithwood Partners, LLC
     
     
  By: /s/Jonathan Brooks
    Jonathan Brooks, Managing Member
     
  Smithwood Advisers, L.P.
  By: Smithwood General Partner, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
     
  By: /s/Jonathan Brooks
    Jonathan Brooks, Managing Member
     
  Smithwood General Partner, LLC
     
     
  By: /s/Jonathan Brooks
    Jonathan Brooks, Managing Member
     
     
     
  /s/Jonathan Brooks
  Jonathan Brooks

 

 

Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact
constitute Federal criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)