0001172661-20-000412.txt : 20200211 0001172661-20-000412.hdr.sgml : 20200211 20200211172047 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001172661-20-000412 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200211 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: POINTS INTERNATIONAL LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001204413 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: Z4 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-81539 FILM NUMBER: 20598142 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 RICHMOND STREET WEST, SUITE 700 CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5H 2G4 BUSINESS PHONE: 416-595-0000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 RICHMOND STREET WEST, SUITE 700 CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5H 2G4 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001230765 IRS NUMBER: 431992529 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 WEST BROADWAY STE 1000 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92101-3383 BUSINESS PHONE: 6192399005 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 WEST BROADWAY STE 1000 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92101-3383 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030516 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RICE JAMES HALL & ASSOCIATES LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030502 SC 13G 1 ricehalljames-pcom123119.htm



 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )*



POINTS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Shares, no par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

730843208

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

December 31, 2019
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

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

 

x Rule 13d-1(b)

o Rule 13d-1(c)

o 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).

 


 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) o
(b) o
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
Delaware
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
676,497
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
0
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
813,483
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
0
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
813,483
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
 
o
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
6.09%
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
IA

 


 

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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Item 1.(a) Name of Issuer

POINTS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

Item 1.(b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

111 Richmond Street West, Suite 700

Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2G4

Item 2.(a, b, c) Names of Person Filing, Address of Principal Business Office, Citizenship:

Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC, located at 600 W. Broadway, Ste 1000, San Diego, CA 92101-3383, is a Delaware limited liability company.

  

Item 2.(d) Title of Class of Securities

Common Shares, no par value per share (the “Common Shares”)

 

Item 2.(e) CUSIP No.:

730843208

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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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) x 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)(1)(ii)(G);
 
  (h) ¨ A savings 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 an investment company under section 3(c)(14) 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) ¨ A group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution:                            
       

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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Item 4. Ownership

Information with respect to the Reporting Person’s ownership of the Common Shares as of December 31, 2019, is incorporated by reference to items (5) - (9) and (11) of the cover page for the Reporting Person.

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ].

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 acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and 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.

 

 
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 SCHEDULE 13G
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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.

 

Dated: February 11, 2020

 

 

 

 

Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC

       
  By:  /s/ Janine Marquez
    Janine Marquez, Chief Compliance Officer