0000905718-14-000800.txt : 20141215 0000905718-14-000800.hdr.sgml : 20141215 20141215162003 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000905718-14-000800 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141215 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141215 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001604028 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS FOAM PRODUCTS [3086] IRS NUMBER: 510105665 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-88258 FILM NUMBER: 141286727 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD CITY: HILLIARD STATE: OH ZIP: 43026 BUSINESS PHONE: 614-658-0050 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4640 TRUEMAN BOULEVARD CITY: HILLIARD STATE: OH ZIP: 43026 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: 12 West Capital Management LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001540531 IRS NUMBER: 453076594 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 646-216-7040 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 SC 13G 1 advdrainage13gdec42014.htm ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

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

SCHEDULE 13G

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.    )*

 

 

Advanced drainage systems, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

00790R104

(CUSIP Number)

 

December 4, 2014

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule 13G 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. 00790R104
(1) Names of Reporting Persons.  I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons (entities only):  
  12 West Capital Management LP  
(2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (a) [     ]  
  (b) [     ]  
     
(3) SEC Use Only
(4) Citizenship or Place of Organization:  Delaware, United States
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person With
  (5) Sole Voting Power: 3,248,501**  
  (6) Shared Voting Power: 0**  
  (7) Sole Dispositive Power: 3,248,501**  
  (8) Shared Dispositive Power: 0**  
       
(9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
  3,248,501**  
(10) Check if the Aggregate Amount  in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions):
  Not Applicable  
(11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):                                               6.1%**
(12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):      IA
             

 

**12 West Capital Management LP (“12 West Management”) serves as the investment manager to 12 West Capital Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“12 West Onshore Fund”), and 12 West Capital Offshore Fund LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“12 West Offshore Fund”), and possesses the sole power to vote and the sole power to direct the disposition of all securities of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) held by 12 West Onshore Fund and 12 West Offshore Fund. Joel Ramin, as the sole member of 12 West Capital Management, LLC, the general partner of 12 West Management, possesses the voting and dispositive power with respect to all securities beneficially owned by 12 West Management.

 

As of December 4, 2014, 12 West Onshore Fund held 2,151,475 shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and 12 West Offshore Fund held 1,097,026 shares of Common Stock. 

 

 
 

 

 

Based on information disclosed in the Company’s Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2014, there were 52,934,649 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2014. As a result of the foregoing, for purposes of Reg. Section 240.13d-3, 12 West Management is deemed to beneficially own 3,248,501 shares of Common Stock, or 6.1% of the shares of Common Stock deemed issued and outstanding as of December 4, 2014.

 


Item 1(a).  Name Of Issuer:
  Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Item 1(b).  Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
 

4640 Trueman Boulevard

Hilliard, Ohio 43026

 

Item 2(a).  Name of Person Filing:
  12 West Capital Management LP
Item 2(b).  Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
 

90 Park Avenue

41st Floor

New York, New York 10016

 

Item 2(c).  Citizenship:
  12 West Capital Management LP is a Delaware limited partnership.
Item 2(d).  Title of Class of Securities:
  Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share.
Item 2(e).  CUSIP No.:
  00790R104
Item 3.  If This Statement Is Filed Pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the Person Filing is a:
  Not Applicable.
Item 4.  Ownership:
  (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned: 3,248,501**  
  (b)  Percent of Class: 6.1%**  
         

 

 
 

 

  (c)  Number of Shares as to which such person has:      
  (i)  Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 3,248,501**  
  (ii)  Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0**  
  (iii)  Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 3,248,501**  
  (iv)  Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0**  
           

__________________

**12 West Capital Management LP (“12 West Management”) serves as the investment manager to 12 West Capital Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“12 West Onshore Fund”), and 12 West Capital Offshore Fund LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“12 West Offshore Fund”), and possesses the sole power to vote and the sole power to direct the disposition of all securities of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) held by 12 West Onshore Fund and 12 West Offshore Fund. Joel Ramin, as the sole member of 12 West Capital Management, LLC, the general partner of 12 West Management, possesses the voting and dispositive power with respect to all securities beneficially owned by 12 West Management.

 

As of December 4, 2014, 12 West Onshore Fund held 2,151,475 shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and 12 West Offshore Fund held 1,097,026 shares of Common Stock. 

 

Based on information disclosed in the Company’s Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2014, there were 52,934,649 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2014. As a result of the foregoing, for purposes of Reg. Section 240.13d-3, 12 West Management is deemed to beneficially own 3,248,501 shares of Common Stock, or 6.1% of the shares of Common Stock deemed issued and outstanding as of December 4, 2014.

 

 

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.  Certification:
  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 my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

  December 15, 2014  
     
  12 WEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP  
     
     
  By: 12 WEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC,  
    its General Partner  
     
     
  By: /s/ Joel Ramin  
  Joel Ramin,  
  its Sole Member  
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

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