0000315066-14-002167.txt : 20140214 0000315066-14-002167.hdr.sgml : 20140214 20140214065046 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-14-002167 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001273441 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-83601 FILM NUMBER: 14609814 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300, 625 - 11TH AVENUE S.W. CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2R 0E1 BUSINESS PHONE: (403) 265-3221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300, 625 - 11TH AVENUE S.W. CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2R 0E1 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRAN TIERRA ENERGY, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20051130 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GOLDSTRIKE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040113 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GOLKSTRIKE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031216 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 061209781 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717 SC 13G/A 1 filing.txt SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 4 GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC Common Stock Cusip #38500T101 Cusip #38500T101 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 12,888,820 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 13,339,310 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 13,339,310 Item 11: 4.901% Item 12: HC Cusip #38500T101 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 13,339,310 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 13,339,310 Item 11: 4.901% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 300, 625-10th Ave S.W. Calgary, Alberta A0 T2R 0E1 Canada Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR LLC Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 38500T101 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 13,339,310 (b) Percent of Class: 4.901% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 12,888,820 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 13,339,310 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 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 (X). 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. See attached Exhibit A. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. Inasmuch as the reporting persons are no longer the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the number of shares outstanding, the reporting persons have no further reporting obligation under Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the reporting persons have no obligation to amend this Statement if any material change occurs in the facts set forth herein. 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. February 13, 2014 Date /s/ Scott C. Goebel Signature Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 11,988,750 shares or 4.404% of the outstanding Common Stock of GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC as a result of its serving as investment adviser to institutional accounts, non-U.S. mutual funds, or investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 owning such shares. The number of shares of Common Stock of GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC owned by the institutional account(s) at December 31, 2013 included 11,260,660 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of 11,260,660 shares of GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC (1 shares of Common Stock for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of PGALLC, each has sole dispositive power over 11,988,750 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 11,876,210 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional accounts or funds advised by PGALLC as reported above. Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company ("PGATC"), 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 1,350,560 shares or 0.496% of the outstanding Common Stock of the GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC as a result of its serving as investment manager of institutional accounts owning such shares. The number of shares of Common Stock of GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC owned by the institutional account(s) at December 31, 2013 included 1,350,560 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of 1,350,560 shares of GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC (1 shares of Common Stock for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power over 1,350,560 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 1,012,610 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional accounts managed by PGATC as reported above. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2014, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common Stock of GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC at December 31, 2013. FMR LLC By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d