0000902664-18-003679.txt : 20181010 0000902664-18-003679.hdr.sgml : 20181010 20181010165600 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000902664-18-003679 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181010 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181010 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TURQUOISE HILL RESOURCES LTD. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001158041 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL MINING [1000] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-79590 FILM NUMBER: 181116441 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 354 ? 200 GRANVILLE STREET CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: A1 ZIP: V6C 1S4 BUSINESS PHONE: 604 688 5755 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 354 ? 200 GRANVILLE STREET CITY: VANCOUVER BC CANADA STATE: A1 ZIP: V6C 1S4 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IVANHOE MINES LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010823 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SailingStone Capital Partners LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001608904 IRS NUMBER: 464114066 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CALIFORNIA STREET STREET 2: 30TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 429-5178 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CALIFORNIA STREET STREET 2: 30TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 SC 13D/A 1 p18-1893sc13da.htm TURQUOISE HILL RESOURCES LTD.

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
   
Washington, D.C. 20549  
_______________  
   
SCHEDULE 13D/A
 
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
RULE 13d-2(a)
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)
 

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.

(Name of Issuer)
 

Common Shares, no par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)
 

900435108

(CUSIP Number)
 

Kathlyne Kiaie

c/o SailingStone Capital Partners LLC

One California Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

(415) 429-5178

 

with a copy to:

 

Marc Weingarten, Esq.

Aneliya Crawford, Esq.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022

(212) 756-2000

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

October 5, 2018

(Date of Event which Requires
Filing of this Schedule)

 

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. ý

 

NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

   

 

(Continued on following pages)

(Page 1 of 8 Pages)

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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. 900435108SCHEDULE 13D/APage 2 of 8 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

SailingStone Capital Partners LLC

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

3 SEC USE ONLY
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

OO

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING 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

282,693,212

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

0

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

282,693,212

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

282,693,212

12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) (see Item 5)

14.05%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IA

         

 

 

 CUSIP No. 900435108SCHEDULE 13D/APage 3 of 8 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

SailingStone Holdings LLC

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

3 SEC USE ONLY

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

OO

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 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

282,693,212

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

282,693,212

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

282,693,212

12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) (see Item 5)

14.05%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

HC

         

 

 CUSIP No. 900435108SCHEDULE 13D/APage 4 of 8 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

MacKenzie B. Davis

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

3 SEC USE ONLY

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

OO

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 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

282,693,212

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

282,693,212

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

282,693,212

12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) (see Item 5)

14.05%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

HC; IN

         

 

 

 CUSIP No. 900435108SCHEDULE 13D/APage 5 of 8 Pages

 

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

Kenneth L. Settles Jr.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

3 SEC USE ONLY

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

OO

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 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

282,693,212

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

282,693,212

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

282,693,212

12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) (see Item 5)

14.05%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

HC; IN

         

 

 CUSIP No. 900435108SCHEDULE 13D/APage 6 of 8 Pages

 

This Amendment No. 4 ("Amendment No. 4") amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 1, 2018 (the "Original Schedule 13D"), Amendment No. 1 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on February 26, 2018 ("Amendment No. 1"), Amendment No. 2 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 12, 2018 ("Amendment No. 2") and Amendment No. 3 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on August 24, 2018 ("Amendment No. 3, and together with the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 and this Amendment No. 4, the "Schedule 13D") with respect to the common shares, no par value per share ("Shares"), of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., a Yukon corporation (the "Issuer"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 4 shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 4 amends Items 3, 5 and 7 as set forth below.

 

Item 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.  
 
Item 3 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
 
The Shares herein reported as being beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons were acquired by SailingStone directly acting solely on behalf of its investment advisory clients.  SailingStone has purchased a total of 282,693,212 Shares in open-market purchases for an aggregate consideration of $846,871,323 (exclusive of brokerage commissions).  To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, the funds used in such purchases were from SailingStone's available investment capital and none of the consideration for such Shares was represented by borrowed funds.

 

Item 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
 
Item 5 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
 
The aggregate percentage of Shares reported to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons is based upon 2,012,314,469 Shares outstanding as of July 31, 2018, as reported in the Issuer's Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on July 31, 2018.
 
As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons collectively may be deemed to beneficially own 282,693,212 Shares, which represents 14.05% of the outstanding Shares.  The number of Shares which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons are as follows:
 

 

 

Shares Deemed to be
Beneficially Owned By:

 

Nature of Ownership: Percentage of Class:  
  (A) SailingStone:  282,693,212 Sole Voting and Sole Dispositive Power (1) 14.05%  
           
  (B) SailingStone
Holdings
:  282,693,212
Shared Voting and Shared Dispositive Power (2) 14.05%  
           
  (C) Davis:  282,693,212 Shared Voting and Shared Dispositive Power (3) 14.05%  
           
  (D) Settles:  282,693,212 Shared Voting and Shared Dispositive Power (4) 14.05%  

 

 

 CUSIP No. 900435108SCHEDULE 13D/APage 7 of 8 Pages

 

___________________

(1)Such Shares are owned by investment advisory clients of SailingStone. By reason of its investment advisory relationship with such clients, SailingStone is deemed to have sole voting and sole dispositive power over such Shares. The economic interest in such Shares is held by such clients.
   
(2)Because SailingStone Holdings is the general partner of SailingStone GP LP which serves as managing member of SailingStone, SailingStone Holdings could be deemed to share the power to vote and dispose or direct the disposition of such Shares.
   
(3)Because Davis is a managing member of SailingStone Holdings and a control person of SailingStone Holdings and SailingStone, he could be deemed to share the power to vote and dispose or direct the disposition of such Shares.

 

(4)Because Settles is a managing member of SailingStone Holdings and a control person of SailingStone Holdings and SailingStone, he could be deemed to share the power to vote and dispose or direct the disposition of such Shares.
   

TRANSACTIONS

 

Information concerning transactions in the Shares effected by the Reporting Persons since the filing of Amendment No. 3 is set forth in Exhibit H hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

No person other than SailingStone and the Reporting Persons are known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, such Shares.

 

Item 7. MATERIALS FILED AS EXHIBITS.
 
Item 7 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

 

Exhibit H - Transactions in Securities of the Issuer Since the Filing of Amendment No. 3

 

 CUSIP No. 900435108SCHEDULE 13D/APage 8 of 8 Pages

 

SIGNATURES

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

Dated: October 10, 2018

 

 

  SailingStone Capital Partners LLC*
     
     
  By: /s/ Kathlyne Kiaie
  Name: Kathlyne Kiaie
  Title: Chief Compliance Officer
   
   
  SailingStone Holdings LLC*
     
     
  By: /s/ MacKenzie B. Davis
  Name: MacKenzie B. Davis
  Title: Managing Member
   
   
  MacKenzie B. Davis*
     
     
  By: /s/ MacKenzie B. Davis
  Name: MacKenzie B. Davis
   
   
  Kenneth L. Settles Jr.*
     
     
  By: /s/ Kenneth L. Settles Jr.
  Name: Kenneth L. Settles Jr.
     
     
* The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership in the Shares represented herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

 

   

EXHIBIT H

 

TRANSACTIONS IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER SINCE THE FILING OF AMENDMENT NO. 3 BY THE REPORTING PERSONS

 

No transactions in the Shares have been effected by the Reporting Persons or to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, by any executive officer, director, managing member, affiliate or subsidiary of any of the Reporting Persons since the filing of Amendment No. 3, except the following transaction, which was made in a broker's transaction in the open market:

 

Reporting Person Sale/Purchase Date No. of Shares

Average Price

Per Share

SailingStone Sale 8/28/2018 389,050 $2.44
SailingStone Purchase 8/30/2018 475,000 $2.37
SailingStone Purchase 8/31/2018 495,362 $2.36
SailingStone Purchase 8/31/2018 1,113,262 $2.35
SailingStone Purchase 9/4/2018 600,000 $2.26
SailingStone Purchase 9/6/2018 1,350,000 $2.23
SailingStone Purchase 9/7/2018 1,252,713 $2.20
SailingStone Purchase 9/10/2018 593,300 $2.17
SailingStone Purchase 9/11/2018 655,000 $2.17
SailingStone Purchase 9/12/2018 700,000 $2.19
SailingStone Purchase 9/13/2018 826,800 $2.16
SailingStone Purchase 9/14/2018 1,135,000 $2.13
SailingStone Purchase 9/17/2018 1,486,100 $2.15
SailingStone Purchase 9/18/2018 1,790,200 $2.17
SailingStone Purchase 9/19/2018 1,200,000 $2.22
SailingStone Purchase 9/20/2018 1,014,100 $2.21
SailingStone Purchase 9/21/2018 1,506,600 $2.22
SailingStone Purchase 9/24/2018 1,300,000 $2.14
SailingStone Sale 9/25/2018 454,975 $2.14
SailingStone Purchase 9/25/2018 800,000 $2.13
SailingStone Sale 9/26/2018 1,712,197 $2.14
SailingStone Purchase 9/26/2018 1,850,000 $2.13
SailingStone Purchase 9/28/2018 600,000 $2.12
SailingStone Purchase 10/1/2018 977,860 $2.11
SailingStone Purchase 10/5/2018 3,000,000 $2.02
SailingStone Purchase 10/8/2018 266,100 $2.00
SailingStone Sale 10/9/2018 1,800,000 $2.01
SailingStone Purchase 10/9/2018 4,865,600 $2.01
SailingStone Purchase 10/10/2018 1,800,000 $1.97
SailingStone Sale 10/10/2018 1,100,000 $1.96