Andrew Weiss‘ Weiss Asset Management recently reported increasing its stake in Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp. (NASDAQ:AAPC) to 1.23 million ordinary shares, which amass 11.79% of the company’s outstanding stock, according to an amended 13G filing with the US SEC. Previously, the fund’s stake consisted of 1.03 million shares, according to its last 13F for the reporting period ended June 30.
Atlantic Alliance Partnership is a blank check company. Recently, the company reached an agreement to acquire the Global Sports Marketing Agency, TLA Worldwide plc. Over the past 12 months, the company’s stock has lost 2.86%.
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Among hedge funds followed by Insider Monkey, four reported long positions in Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp. (NASDAQ:AAPC) as of the end of June, down from seven in the previous quarter. Some of the bullish investors included Paul Glazer’s Glazer Capital with a $335,000 position, Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and Steven Samuels’ Bulldog Investors, which held a position valued at $208,000, and Louis Bacon’s Moore Capital Management.
Investors who dumped Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp. (NASDAQ:AAPC) during the June quarter included Glenn Russell Dubin’s Highbridge Capital Management, which said goodbye to $5.22 million worth a position, Jim O’Brien And Jonathan Dorfman’s Napier Park Global Capital, which sold out its position valued at the end of March at $1.04 million, and Nick Niell’s Arrowgrass Capital.
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Ownership Summary Table
| Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT | 0 | 1,225,100 | 0 | 1,225,100 | 1,225,100 | 11.79% |
| BIP GP | 0 | 733,562 | 0 | 733,562 | 733,562 | 7.06% |
| WAM GP | 0 | 1,225,100 | 0 | 1,225,100 | 1,225,100 | 11.79% |
| ANDREW M. WEISS, PH.D | 0 | 1,225,100 | 0 | 1,225,100 | 1,225,100 | 11.79% |
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Page 1 of 10 – SEC Filing
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13GA
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.1)*
Atlantic
Alliance Partnership Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
Ordinary shares
(Title
of Class of Securities)
G04897107
(CUSIP Number)
September
13, 2016
(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)
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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).
