0001569502-19-000005.txt : 20190530 0001569502-19-000005.hdr.sgml : 20190530 20190530111023 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001569502-19-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190530 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190530 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Maiden Holdings, Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001412100 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-84099 FILM NUMBER: 19865229 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SCHRODERS HOUSE STREET 2: 131 FRONT STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: (441) 295-5225 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 48 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 1141 CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: -HM 11 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Talkot Capital, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001569502 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2400 BRIDGEWAY, SUITE 300 CITY: SAUSALITO STATE: CA ZIP: 94965 BUSINESS PHONE: 415-332-3760 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2400 BRIDGEWAY, SUITE 300 CITY: SAUSALITO STATE: CA ZIP: 94965 SC 13G/A 1 MHLD.SCH13G.5.30.2019.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Amendment No. 1)* MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD. (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE (Title of Class of Securities) G5753U112 (CUSIP number) Talkot Capital, LLC 30 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 3110 Sausalito, CA 94965 415-332-3760 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) May 30, 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: [ ] 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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1 934 ("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. G5753U112 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Talkot Fund, L.P. 91-1804621 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) / / (b) / / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 2,440,567 BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH -0- REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 2,440,567 -------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 2,440,567 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* / / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 2.94% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN CUSIP No. G5753U112 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Talkot Capital, LLC 401(k) PSP 68-0393122 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) / / (b) / / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 110,000 BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH -0- REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 110,000 -------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 110,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* / / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0.13% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* EP CUSIP No. G5753U112 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Thomas Bruce Akin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) / / (b) / / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 2,936,181 BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 5,486,748 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 2,936,181 -------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 5,486,748 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 2,936,181 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* / / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 3.54% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN CUSIP No. G5753U112 ITEM 1(a). Name of Issuer: Maiden Holdings, Ltd. Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Office: Schroders House 131 Front Street Hamilton D0 HM 12 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: This Statement on Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of the following persons (each, a 'Reporting Person' and collectively, the 'Reporting Persons'): Talkot Fund, L.P. Talkot Capital, LLC 401(k) PSP Thomas B. Akin Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: The principal business address of each reporting person is 30 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 3110, Sausalito, CA 94965. Item 2(c). Citizenship: USA Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: G5753U112 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 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 (b)[ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (c)[ ] Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (d)[ ] Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (e)[ ] An Investment Adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E) (f)[ ] An Employee Benefit Plan or Endowment Fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) (g)[ ] A Parent Holding Company or Control Person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (h)[ ] A Savings Association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (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 (j)[ ] Group, in accordance with 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J) Item 4. Ownership: Talkot Capital, LLC acts as an investment adviser to certain private pooled investment vehicles. Talkot Capital, by virtue of investment advisory agreements with these pooled investment vehicles, has investment and voting power over securities owned of record by these pooled investment vehicles. Despite their delegation of investment and voting power to Talkot Capital, under Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, these pooled investment vehicles may be deemed the beneficial owner of the securities they own of record because they have the right to acquire investment and voting power, and have dispositive power, through termination of the investment advisory agreements with Talkot Capital. Talkot Capital may be deemed the beneficial owner of the securities covered by this statement under Rule 13d-3 of the Act. Thomas B. Akin is the Managing Member of the General Partner, Talkot Capital, LLC. For each Reporting Person: (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: Talkot Fund, L.P., Talkot Capital, LLC 401(k) PSP and Thomas B. Akin beneficially own 5,486,748 shares of Common Stock. Of such 5,486,748 shares of Common Stock, Talkot Fund, LP directly beneficially owns 2,440,567 shares of Common Stock, Talkot Capital, LLC 401(k) PSP directly beneficially owns 110,000 shares of Common Stock, and Thomas B. Akin directly beneficially owns 2,936,181 shares of Common Stock. (b) Percent of Class: 6.61% This percentage is based on 83,041,135 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2019, as reported in Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 10, 2019. (c) Number of shares to which each Reporting Person has: (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: -0- (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 5,486,748 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: -0- (iv) Shared power to dispose of or direct the disposition of: 5,486,748 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: Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company: Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: 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, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. DATED: May 30, 2019 /s/ Thomas Bruce Akin Thomas Bruce Akin TALKOT FUND, L.P. By: /s/ Thomas Bruce Akin Thomas Bruce Akin, Managing Member of the General Partner TALKOT CAPITAL, LLC 401(k) PSP By: /s/ Thomas Bruce Akin Thomas Bruce Akin, Managing Member of the General Partner