Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001056823-20-000077
Form Type:
13D Filing
Publication Date:
2020-06-15 16:24:24
Filed By:
Horizon Asset Management
Company:
Texas Pacific Land Trust (NYSE:TPL)
Filing Date:
2020-06-15
SEC Url:
13D Filing
Ownership Summary

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Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management 1,712,008 9. 1,712,008 11. 1,712,008 22.1 14. Type of Reporting Person IA This Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D (this Amendment No. 10 ) relates to the sub-share certificates of proprietary interests (the Shares ) of Texas Pacific Land Trust ( TPL ) and amends the Schedule 13D Amendment 9 filed on March 27, 2020 (the Schedule 13D 9 and, together with this Amendment No. 10, the Schedule 13D ). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment No. 10 have the meanings set forth in the Original Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 10 is being filed by Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC ( Horizon ) a Delaware limited liability company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Horizon Kinetics LLC. This Amendment No. 10 is being filed to amend Item 4, Item 5, Item 6 and Item 7 of the Schedule 13D as follows ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended by adding the following The trustees (the Trustees ) of the Trust previously approved a plan to reorganize (the corporate reorganization ) into a corporation formed under Delaware law (the New Corporation ). In connection with the planned corporate reorganization, on June 11, 2020, Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC entered into a Stockholders Agreement (the Stockholders Agreement ) with the Trust, SoftVest LP, SoftVest Advisors and Mission Advisors, LP. The Stockholders Agreement provides that, effective immediately following the completion of the corporate reorganization, when sub-share certificate holders receive common stock (the Common Stock ) in the New Corporation (the Distribution Time ), (a) the Board of Directors of the New Corporation (the Board ) shall be divided into three classes of directors, with directors in each class serving staggered, three-year terms and (b) (i) Dana F. McGinnis, the director designated by Mission Advisors, LP (the Mission Designee ), will be appointed to Class I of the Board (with a term expiring in 2021), (ii) Eric L. Oliver, the director designated by SoftVest (the SoftVest Designee ), will be appointed to Class II of the Board (with a term expiring in 2022) and (iii) Murray Stahl, the director designated by Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (the Horizon Designee and together with the SoftVest Designee and the Mission Designee, the Stockholder Designees ), will be appointed to Class III of the Board (with a term expiring in 2023). Pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, during the term of the Stockholders Agreement (and for so long thereafter as the terms of the Stockholders Agreement may survive and continue to obligate Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement), shall be subject to customary standstill restrictions relating to, among other things, director nominations, stockholder proposals, proxy contests, other activist campaigns and limitations on beneficial ownership of the Common Stock (specifically, a cap of 23.5%
Date of Transaction Buy Sale Aggregate Amount of Securities Average Price Per Share Horizon Kinetics Asset Management
Filing

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 10)

(Name of Issuer)

Texas Pacific Land Trust

(Title of Class of Securities)

Sub-share Certificates

(CUSIP Number)

882610108

Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to

Receive Notices and Communications)

Jay Kesslen

c/o Horizon Kinetics LLC

470 Park Avenue South

New York, NY 10016

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

June 11, 2020

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 §§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).


1.  Names of Reporting Persons.

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

13-3776334

2.  Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a) ☐

(b) ☐

 

3.  SEC Use Only

4.  Source of Funds

WC

 

5.  Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings 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

    1,712,008

 

8.  Shared Voting Power

 

 

9.  Sole Dispositive Power

    1,712,008

 

10.  Shared Dispositive Power

 

 

11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

  1,712,008

12.  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

  22.1

14.  Type of Reporting Person

IA


This Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D (this "Amendment No. 10") relates to the sub-share certificates of proprietary interests (the "Shares") of Texas Pacific Land Trust ("TPL") and amends the Schedule 13D Amendment 9 filed on March 27, 2020 (the "Schedule 13D 9" and, together with this Amendment No. 10, the "Schedule 13D"). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment No. 10 have the meanings set forth in the Original Schedule 13D.

This Amendment No. 10 is being filed by Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC ("Horizon") a Delaware limited liability company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Horizon Kinetics LLC.

This Amendment No. 10 is being filed to amend Item 4, Item 5, Item 6 and Item 7 of the Schedule 13D as follows:

ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended by adding the following:

The trustees (the "Trustees") of the Trust previously approved a plan to reorganize (the "corporate reorganization") into a corporation formed under Delaware law (the "New Corporation"). In connection with the planned corporate reorganization, on June 11, 2020, Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC  entered into a Stockholders' Agreement (the "Stockholders' Agreement") with the Trust, SoftVest LP, SoftVest Advisors and Mission Advisors, LP.

The Stockholders' Agreement provides that, effective immediately following the completion of the corporate reorganization, when sub-share certificate holders receive common stock (the "Common Stock") in the New Corporation (the "Distribution Time"), (a) the Board of Directors of the New Corporation (the "Board") shall be divided into three classes of directors, with directors in each class serving staggered, three-year terms and (b) (i) Dana F. McGinnis, the director designated by Mission Advisors, LP (the "Mission Designee"), will be appointed to Class I of the Board (with a term expiring in 2021), (ii) Eric L. Oliver, the director designated by SoftVest (the "SoftVest Designee"), will be appointed to Class II of the Board (with a term expiring in 2022) and (iii) Murray Stahl, the director designated by Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (the "Horizon Designee" and together with the SoftVest Designee and the Mission Designee, the "Stockholder Designees"), will be appointed to Class III of the Board (with a term expiring in 2023).

Pursuant to the Stockholders' Agreement, Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, during the term of the Stockholders' Agreement (and for so long thereafter as the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement may survive and continue to obligate Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement), shall be subject to customary standstill restrictions relating to, among other things, director nominations, stockholder proposals, proxy contests, other activist campaigns and limitations on beneficial ownership of the Common Stock (specifically, a cap of 23.5% of outstanding Common Stock).

During the term of the Stockholders' Agreement (and for so long thereafter as the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement may survive and continue to obligate such stockholder in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders' Agreement) Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC also agreed to vote all of their shares of Common Stock at each annual or special meeting of stockholders (or in any action by written consent of stockholders) of the New Corporation in accordance with the Board's recommendations, subject to certain exceptions. As a condition to the Horizon Designee's appointment to the Board, the Horizon Designee, Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC will enter into a confidentiality agreement with the New Corporation in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Stockholder's Agreement.

As a condition to the appointment of the Stockholder Designees to the Board, the Trust, the Trustees and all Investor Parties (as defined in the Stockholders' Agreement, and including Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC) shall execute by the Distribution Time a Mutual General Release Agreement substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the previously disclosed Settlement Agreement, pursuant to which each party thereto will release each other party thereto from all claims and liabilities arising prior to the execution of the Stockholders' Agreement.

The Horizon Designee, as a condition to appointment to the Board, will provide to the Board an executed conditional resignation letter to become effective upon the earliest to occur of (a) Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC  ceasing to beneficially own, in the aggregate, a Net Long Position (as defined in the Stockholders' Agreement) of at least 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock, (b) the Horizon Designee ceasing to serve on the Board and (c) the termination of the Stockholders' Agreement.

If, and for so long as, the Distribution Time has not occurred by December 31, 2020 (the "Outside Date"), the Stockholders' Agreement will terminate on the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which the Trustees take steps to abandon the Trust's planned corporate reorganization, (b) the date on which a governmental entity has taken any final action permanently prohibiting the corporate reorganization and (c) the Outside Date. If the Distribution Time has occurred by the Outside Date, the Stockholders' Agreement will terminate upon completion of the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders of the New Corporation; however, the obligations of Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC under the Stockholders' Agreement will survive until such time as no Horizon Designee or SoftVest Designee is serving on the Board.

The foregoing description of the Stockholders' Agreement is qualified by the full text of such agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10 and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is amended by adding the following:

Percentages of the Shares outstanding reported in this Amendment No. 10 are calculated based upon the 7,756,156 Shares outstanding as of April 30, 2020, as reported in TPL's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020, filed by TPL with the SEC on May 7, 2020.

The aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities identified pursuant to Item 1 beneficially owned by Horizon, on behalf of its clients, including its proprietary accounts may be found in rows 11 and 13 of the cover page, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

This Schedule 13D does not include approximately 23,505 Shares of TPL held personally by senior portfolio managers of Horizon and their families.  The right to dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of such Shares resides with the beneficial owners of such accounts, and Horizon with respect to its proprietary accounts.  Transactions effected by Horizon in the last 60 days are as listed below.  All sales were the result of a client direction or account limitation, and no sales were made in any proprietary account.

Name of Reporting Person

Date of Transaction

Buy/Sale

Aggregate Amount of Securities

Average Price Per Share

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/14/2020

 

Buy

648

 

535.53

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/14/2020

 

Sale

927

 

533.60

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/15/2020

 

Buy

448

 

515.02

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/15/2020

 

Sale

1,602

 

508.35

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/16/2020

 

Buy

451

 

509.54

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/16/2020

 

Sale

833

 

506.91

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/17/2020

 

Buy

442

 

512.62

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/17/2020

 

Sale

2,161

 

506.71

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/20/2020

 

Buy

568

 

502.50

 



Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/20/2020

 

Sale

3,592

 

496.33

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/21/2020

 

Buy

241

 

463.16

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/21/2020

 

Sale

963

 

466.79

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/22/2020

 

Buy

465

 

499.26

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/22/2020

 

Sale

1,552

 

495.67

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/23/2020

 

Buy

445

 

493.71

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/23/2020

 

Sale

475

 

495.31

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/24/2020

 

Buy

452

 

498.82

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/24/2020

 

Sale

474

 

498.61

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/27/2020

 

Buy

252

 

513.96

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/27/2020

 

Sale

397

 

511.45

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/28/2020

 

Buy

270

 

519.52

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/28/2020

 

Sale

334

 

517.37

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/29/2020

 

Buy

289

 

560.05

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/29/2020

 

Sale

535

 

550.85

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/30/2020

 

Buy

318

 

569.65

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

4/30/2020

 

Sale

371

 

570.60

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/1/2020

 

Buy

387

 

508.25

 



Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/1/2020

 

Sale

867

 

507.78

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/4/2020

Buy

286

 

533.33

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/4/2020

Sale

743

527.66

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/5/2020

 

Buy

303

 

516.14

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/5/2020

 

Sale

383

 

520.71

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/6/2020

 

Buy

250

 

491.12

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/6/2020

 

Sale

300

 

493.25

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/7/2020

 

Buy

884

 

493.03

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/7/2020

 

Sale

889

 

493.03

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/8/2020

 

Buy

873

 

521.48

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/8/2020

 

Sale

875

 

521.01

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/11/2020

 

Buy

908

 

520.19

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/11/2020

 

Sale

913

 

520.19

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/12/2020

 

Buy

1,381

 

524.01

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/12/2020

 

Sale

1,390

 

524.01

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/13/2020

 

Buy

906

 

511.71

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/13/2020

 

Sale

2,254

 

510.31

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/14/2020

 

Buy

929

 

519.97

 



Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/14/2020

 

Sale

2,281

 

516.74

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/15/2020

 

Buy

1,023

 

524.35

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/15/2020

 

Sale

1,026

 

524.35

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/18/2020

 

Buy

976

 

553.36

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/18/2020

 

Sale

988

 

553.36

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/19/2020

 

Buy

980

 

550.86

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/19/2020

 

Sale

1,201

 

550.09

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/20/2020

 

Buy

1,020

 

584.81

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/20/2020

 

Sale

1,038

 

584.81

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/21/2020

 

Buy

1,014

 

578.59

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/21/2020

 

Sale

1,345

 

578.40

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/22/2020

 

Buy

796

 

576.12

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/22/2020

 

Sale

804

 

576.12

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/26/2020 Buy 766 587.89
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/26/2020 Sale 899 587.33

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/27/2020

 

Buy

771

 

587.67

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/27/2020

 

Sale

787

 

587.67

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/28/2020

 

Buy

443

 

601.00

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/28/2020

 

Sale

1,039

 

587.11

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/29/2020

 

Buy

539

 

586.43

 



Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

5/29/2020

 

Sale

917

 

585.96

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/1/2020

 

Buy

295

 

595.03

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/1/2020

 

Sale

311

 

595.03

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/2/2020

Buy

295

612.12

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/2/2020

 

Sale

324

 

611.67

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/3/2020

Buy

481

 

619.96

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/3/2020

 

Sale

923

 

616.45

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/4/2020

 

Buy

457

 

625.01

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/4/2020

 

Sale

473

 

625.01

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/5/2020

 

Buy

458

664.79

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/5/2020

Sale

493

 

664.42

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/8/2020

 

Buy

473

 

704.55

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

 6/8/2020

 

Sale

859

 

704.15

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/9/2020

 

Buy

603

 

666.00

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/9/2020

 

Sale

650

 

666.74

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/10/2020

 

Buy

534

 

645.02

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/10/2020

 

Sale

549

 

644.99

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/11/2020

 

Buy

341

 

575.32

 



Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/11/2020

 

Sale

557

 

588.77

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/12/2020

 

Buy

355

 

627.00

 

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

6/12/2020

 

Sale

366

 

627.00

 

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is amended by adding the following:

The response to Item 4 of this Amendment No. 10 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits

Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is amended by adding thereto the following:

 

Exhibit Number


 

Description of Exhibits


10.

 

Stockholders' Agreement dated June 11, 2020.

 

 

 


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.

Dated: June 15, 2020  
   
    /s/ Jay Kesslen                                          
    Jay Kesslen
    General Counsel
    Horizon Kinetics LLC
    Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC