0001104659-24-042901.txt : 20240403 0001104659-24-042901.hdr.sgml : 20240403 20240403082630 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-24-042901 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240403 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240403 GROUP MEMBERS: DAVID J. SNYDERMAN GROUP MEMBERS: MAGNETAR CAPITAL PARTNERS LP GROUP MEMBERS: SUPERNOVA MANAGEMENT LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Daseke, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001642453 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRANSPORTATION SERVICES [4700] ORGANIZATION NAME: 01 Energy & Transportation IRS NUMBER: 473913221 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-89264 FILM NUMBER: 24816919 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15455 DALLAS PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 550 CITY: ADDISON STATE: TX ZIP: 75001 BUSINESS PHONE: 972-248-0412 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15455 DALLAS PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 550 CITY: ADDISON STATE: TX ZIP: 75001 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150514 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Magnetar Financial LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001352851 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 043818748 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1603 ORRINGTON AVE. STREET 2: 13TH FLOOR CITY: EVANSTON STATE: IL ZIP: 60201 BUSINESS PHONE: (847)905-4400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1603 ORRINGTON AVE. STREET 2: 13TH FLOOR CITY: EVANSTON STATE: IL ZIP: 60201 SC 13D/A 1 tm2410619d1_sc13da.htm SC 13D/A

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

(Amendment No. 1 )*

 

DASEKE, INC.

 

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock Class A, par value $.00001

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

23753F107

 

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

David J. Snyderman

Magnetar Capital LLC

1603 Orrington Ave.

Evanston, Illinois 60201

(847) 905-4400

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

April 1, 2024

 

(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 Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨

 

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

 

*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. 23753F107  SCHEDULE 13D  Page 2 of 8

 

1.

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

 

Magnetar Financial LLC 

2.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a) ¨

    (b) x
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO

5.

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)

 

 

¨

6.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Delaware 

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 BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES           ¨

 

13.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

0%

14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

IA; OO

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 23753F107  SCHEDULE 13D  Page 3 of 8

 

1.

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

 

Magnetar Capital Partners LP 

2.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a) ¨

    (b) x
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO

5.

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)

 

 

¨

6.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Delaware 

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 BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES           ¨

 

13.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

0%

14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

HC; OO

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 23753F107  SCHEDULE 13D  Page 4 of 8

 

1.

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

 

Supernova Management LLC 

2.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a) ¨

    (b) x
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO

5.

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)

 

 

¨

6.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Delaware 

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 BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES           ¨

 

13.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

0%

14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

HC; OO

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 23753F107  SCHEDULE 13D  Page 5 of 8

 

1.

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

 

David J. Snyderman 

2.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

(a) ¨

    (b) x
3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

4.

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO

5.

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)

 

 

¨

6.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

United States of America  

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 BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES           ¨

 

13.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

0%

14.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

HC; IN

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) relates to the Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D filed jointly by Magnetar Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Magnetar Financial”), Magnetar Capital Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Magnetar Capital Partners”), Supernova Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Supernova Management”), and David J. Snyderman (“Mr. Snyderman”) with the SEC on January 22, 2024 (as amended by this Amendment No. 1, the “Schedule 13D”). This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to report that the Reporting Persons are no longer beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Shares. The filing of this Amendment No. 1 represents the final amendment to this Schedule 13D and constitutes an exit filing for the Reporting Persons.

 

Except as set forth below, all Items of the Schedule 13D remain unchanged. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.

 

ITEM 4.PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

 

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following information for updating:

 

The Reporting Persons acquired the Shares reported herein on behalf of the Funds after the public announcement of the Merger Agreement (as defined below) for purposes of receiving the merger consideration described below upon consummation of the Merger (as described below).

 

Finally, on April 1, 2024, the Issuer consummated a merger (the “Merger”) pursuant to which each issued and outstanding Shares were submitted for the cash offering of $8.30 per share and the shares of Daeske, Inc. were delisted. Magnetar Financial submitted 2,546,713 shares for the merger consideration.

 

ITEM 5.INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

 

Item 5(a)-(c) and (e) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following information for updating:

 

(a)            As of the closing of the Merger on April 1, 2024, each of the Reporting Persons may have been deemed to have beneficial ownership of 0 Shares.

 

(b)            As of the closing of the Merger on April 1, 2024, each of the Reporting Persons may have been deemed to share the power to vote and direct the disposition of 0 Shares, which represented beneficial ownership of 0% of the Shares.

 

(c)            The response to Item 4 of this Amendment No. 1 is incorporated herein by reference. The Funds had no transactions in the Shares since the filing of the Schedule D on January 22, 2024.

 

(d)            As of April 1, 2024, the Reporting Persons ceased to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Shares.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Date April 3, 2024

 

  magnetar financial llc
   
  By: Magnetar Capital Partners LP, its Sole Member
  By: Supernova Management LLC, its General Partner
   
  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title: Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman, Manager of Supernova Management LLC
   
  magnetar capital partners LP
   
  By: Supernova Management LLC, its General Partner
   
  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title:  Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman, Manager of Supernova Management LLC
   
  supernova management llc
   
  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title: Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman, Manager
   
  DAVID J. SNYDERMAN
   
  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title: Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of  April 3, 2024, among the Reporting Persons.
99.2   Power of Attorney, dated as of December 22, 2022 filed by the Reporting Persons on April 3, 2024.

 

 

EX-99.1 2 tm2410619d1_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned hereby agree that the statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the Shares of DASEKE, INC. dated as of April 3, 2024 is, and any amendments thereto (including amendments on Schedule 13D) signed by each of the undersigned shall be, filed on behalf of each of us pursuant to and in accordance with the previsions of Rule13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Date: April 3, 2024magnetar financial llc

 

  By: Magnetar Capital Partners LP, its Sole Member
   
  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title: Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman, Manager of Supernova Management LLC

 

Date: April 3, 2024 magnetar capital partners LP

 

  By: Supernova Management LLC, its General Partner
   
  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title: Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman, Manager of Supernova Management LLC

 

Date: April 3, 2024supernova management llc

 

  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title: Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman, Manager

 

Date: April 3, 2024DAVID J. SNYDERMAN

 

  By: /s/ Hayley Stein
  Name: Hayley Stein
  Title: Attorney-in-fact for David J. Snyderman

 

 

 

EX-99.2 3 tm2410619d1_ex99-2.htm EXHIBIT 99.2

 

EXHIBIT 99.2

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these present, that I, David J. Snyderman, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of _Michael Turro_, Karl Wachter_ and Hayley Stein_, or any of them acting individually, and with full power of substitution, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the purpose of executing in my name, (a) in my personal capacity or (b) in my capacity as Manager or in other capacities of Supernova Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and each of its affiliates or entities advised or controlled by me or Supernova Management LLC, all documents, certificates, instruments, statements, filings and agreements (“documents”) to be filed with or delivered to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, all documents relating to the beneficial ownership of securities required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(d) or Section 16(a) of the Act, including, without limitation: (a) any acquisition statements on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, (b) any joint filing agreements pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k) under the Act, and (c) any initial statements of, or statements of changes in, beneficial ownership of securities on Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5.

 

All past acts of the attorney-in-fact in furtherance of the foregoing are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earlier of it being (a) revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact or (b) superseded by a new power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein as of a later date.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this __22__ day of December, 2022.

 

  /s/ David J. Snyderman
  David J. Snyderman