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EXPLANATORY NOTE: This Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 11”) relates to the common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), which has its principal executive office at One Memorial Plaza, 800 Gessner Road, Suite 875, Houston, Texas 77024. This Amendment No. 11 amends, as set forth below, the Schedule 13D filed by Whitebox Advisors LLC and certain related parties with respect to the Issuer on September 11, 2012 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), Amendment No. 1 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on February 28, 2013, Amendment No. 2 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on October 3, 2013, Amendment No. 3 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on August 27, 2014, Amendment No. 4 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on April 23, 2015, Amendment No. 5 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on August 3, 2015, Amendment No. 6 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on December 8, 2015, Amendment No. 7 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on June 21, 2016, Amendment No. 8 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on August 15, 2016, Amendment No. 9 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on September 13, 2016, and Amendment No. 10 to the Original Schedule 13D filed on December 5, 2016 (collectively, the “Schedule 13D”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D. The items of the Schedule 13D are amended as described herein, and only those items amended are reported herein. Unless otherwise stated herein, the Schedule 13D remains in full force and effect.
| Item 2. | Identity and Background |
Item 2 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a), (f) This Schedule 13D is being filed jointly by (i) Whitebox Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WA”), (ii) Whitebox General Partner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WB GP”), (iii) Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, L.P., a British Virgin Islands limited partnership (“WMP”), and (iv) the names and citizenship of the Executive Officers and Board of WA and the members of the Board of WB GP, are set forth in Exhibit 99.39 and Exhibit 99.40, respectively (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).
(b) The principal business address for each of WA and WB GP is 3033 Excelsior Boulevard, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416.
The principal business address of WMP is c/o Estera Corporate Services (BVI) Limited, Jayla Place, Wickhams Cay 1, PO Box 3190, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110.
The principal business address of the Executive Officers and Board of WA and the members of the Board of WB GP, are set forth in Exhibit 99.39 and Exhibit 99.40, respectively.
(c) WA manages and advises private investment funds, including WMP (the “WA Private Funds”). WB GP serves as general partner of private investment funds, including WMP. The principal business of WMP is investments. The principal businesses of the Executive Officers and Board of WA and the members of the Board of WB GP, are set forth in Exhibit 99.39 and Exhibit 99.40, respectively.
(d) None of the Reporting Persons have, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) Except as set forth below in this Item 2(e) none of the Reporting Persons have, during the last five years been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
In April 2014, WA received a confidential information inquiry from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the purchase of shares in a secondary public offering which occurred in 2012. WA fully cooperated with the SEC and voluntarily reviewed historical trading activity to identify any other potential instances of inadvertent violations of Rule 105 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Rule 105”). Based on this review, WA identified four additional instances in 2011 and 2012 where WA participated in a secondary offering during a restricted period. All of these instances were voluntarily disclosed to the SEC. The violations allegedly occurred between January 2011 and June 2012. Rule 105 generally prohibits purchasing an equity security in a registered follow-on public offering if the purchaser sold short the same security during the shorter of the period: (1) beginning five business days before the pricing of the offered securities and ending with such pricing; or (2) beginning with the initial filing of a registration statement or notification on Form 1-A or Form 1-E and ending with the pricing.
In July 2014, WA voluntarily submitted to an offer of settlement with respect to the five alleged violations of Rule 105, without admitting or denying the SEC’s allegations. The SEC accepted the offer of settlement, and imposed a cease-and-desist order from future violations of Rule 105. The settlement involved the payment by WA of disgorgement of $788,779, prejudgment interest of $48,553.49 and a civil money penalty of $365,592.83 (for a total of $1,202,925.30) to the U.S. Treasury.
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