BillionaireIcahn Carl‘s Icahn Capital has filed an amended Form 13D with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in which it reported raising its stake in Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) to 21.44 million shares, which account for 23.05% of the float. As per the prior 13D filing on the company, the fund’s stake consisted of 19.3 million shares, which amassed 20.78% of the outstanding stock.
Herbalife is a world-renowned nutrition company that produces a variety of nutritional products. Since the beginning of the year, the company’s stock has gained 2.8%. For the third quarter of 2016, the company reported earnings per share of $1.21, topping the estimates of $1.09, and revenue of $1.12 billion, below the estimates of $1.14 billion. Recently, Pivotal Research reiterated its ‘Buy’ rating on the stock, with a price target of $90.
Out of the 749 hedge funds that we track which filed 13Fs for the end of June, 35 reported long positions in Herbalife (NYSE:HLF), down by two from the previous quarter. Among the largest investors in the company were William Duhamel’s Route One Investment Company (3.61 million shares), Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies (3.16 million shares), David Kowitz and Sheldon Kasowitz’s Indus Capital (2.63 million shares), and Vinit Bodas’ Deccan Value Advisors (2.13 million shares).
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Page 1 of 16 – SEC Filing
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 9)*
Herbalife Ltd.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Shares, par value $0.001 per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
G4412G101
(CUSIP Number)
Andrew Langham, Esq.
Icahn Capital LP
767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor
New York, New York 10153
(212) 702-4300
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
November 3, 2016
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
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 Section 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box / /.
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.
*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 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).
Page 2 of 16 – SEC Filing
SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. G4412G101
1NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
High River Limited Partnership
2CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) / /
(b) / /
3SEC USE ONLY
4SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)/ /
6CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
7SOLE VOTING POWER
4,288,786
8SHARED VOTING POWER
0
9SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
4,288,786
10SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
11AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
4,288,786
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES/ /
13PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
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Page 15 of 16 – SEC Filing
SCHEDULE 13D
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement constitutes Amendment No. 9 to the Schedule 13D relating to the Common Shares, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), issued by Herbalife Ltd. (the “Issuer”), and hereby amends the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 14, 2013, as amended by Amendment Number 1 thereto, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2013, Amendment Number 2 thereto, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2013, Amendment Number 3 thereto, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2013, Amendment Number 4 thereto, filed with the SEC on May 7, 2013, Amendment Number 5 thereto, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2014, Amendment Number 6 thereto, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2014, Amendment Number 7 thereto, filed with the SEC on July 15, 2016, and Amendment Number 8 thereto, filed with the SEC on August 26, 2016, to furnish the additional information set forth herein. All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by replacing it in its entirety with the following:
The Reporting Persons may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of, in the aggregate, 21,443,931 Shares. The aggregate purchase price of the Shares purchased by the Reporting Persons collectively was approximately $884.8 million (including commissions and premiums). The source of funding for these Shares was the general working capital of the respective purchasers. The Shares are held by the Reporting Persons in margin accounts together with other securities. Such margin accounts may from time to time have debit balances. Part of the purchase price of the Shares was obtained through margin borrowing.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Items 5 (a) and (b) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended by replacing them in their entirety with the following:
(a) The Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, 21,443,931 Shares, representing approximately 23.05% of the Issuer’s outstanding Shares (based upon the 93,049,387 Shares stated to be outstanding as of October 27, 2016 by the Issuer in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016).
(b) For purposes of this Schedule 13D:
High River has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with regard to 4,288,786 Shares. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares. Icahn Master has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with regard to 6,980,001 Shares. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares. Icahn Partners has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with regard to 10,175,144 Shares. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares.
Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to High River (as disclosed in Item 2), may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the “Act”) the Shares which High River directly beneficially owns. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to Icahn Master (as disclosed in Item 2), may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which Icahn Master directly beneficially owns. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to Icahn Partners (as disclosed in Item 2), may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which Icahn Partners directly beneficially owns. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.
Item 5(c) of the Schedule 13D is herby amended by the addition of the following:
(c) The following table sets forth all transactions with respect to Shares effected by the Reporting Persons since their last filing on Schedule 13D. Except as otherwise noted below, all such transactions were purchases of Shares effected in the open market, and the table includes commissions paid in per share prices.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: November 3, 2016
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP
ICAHN OFFSHORE LP
ICAHN PARTNERS LP
ICAHN ONSHORE LP
BECKTON CORP.
HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC
BARBERRY CORP.
HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Hopper Investments LLC, general partner
By: Barberry Corp.
By: /s/ Edward E. Mattner
Name: Edward E. Mattner
Title: Authorized Signatory
ICAHN CAPITAL LP
By: IPH GP LLC, its general partner
By: Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., its sole member
By: Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., its general partner
IPH GP LLC
By: Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., its sole member
By: Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., its general partner
ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.
By: Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., its general partner
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