Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000921895-22-001062
Form Type:
13D Filing
Publication Date:
2022-04-03 20:00:00
Filed By:
Sherborne Investors Lp
Company:
Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI)
Filing Date:
2022-04-04
SEC Url:
13D Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT 29,449,997 29,449,997 19.4%
NEWBURY INVESTORS 29,449,997 29,449,997 19.4%
SHERBORNE INVESTORS 29,449,997 29,449,997 19.4%
SHERBORNE INVESTORS GP 29,449,997 29,449,997 19.4%
SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT GP 29,449,997 29,449,997 19.4%
EDWARD BRAMSON 29,449,997 29,449,997 19.4%
STEPHEN WELKER 29,449,997 29,449,997 19.4%
Filing

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

§ 240.13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 3)1

Navient Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

63938C108

(CUSIP Number)

EDWARD BRAMSON

STEPHEN WELKER

SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT LP

135 East 57th Street

New York, New York 10022

(212) 735-1000

 

STEVE WOLOSKY, ESQ.

KENNETH MANTEL, ESQ.

OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP

1325 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

(212) 451-2300

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

March 31, 2022

(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 §§ 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 § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

 

1              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).

 

CUSIP No. 63938C108

  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT LP  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)     ☐
       
           
  6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  
         
        DELAWARE  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         29,449,997  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          29,449,997  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        29,449,997  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        19.4%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        PN  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        NEWBURY INVESTORS LLC  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        WC  
  5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)     ☐
       
           
  6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  
         
        DELAWARE  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         29,449,997  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          29,449,997  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        29,449,997  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        19.4%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        OO  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        SHERBORNE INVESTORS LP  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)     ☐
       
           
  6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  
         
        DELAWARE  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         29,449,997  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          29,449,997  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        29,449,997  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        19.4%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        PN  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        SHERBORNE INVESTORS GP, LLC  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)     ☐
       
           
  6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  
         
        DELAWARE  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         29,449,997  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          29,449,997  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        29,449,997  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        19.4%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        OO  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        SHERBORNE INVESTORS MANAGEMENT GP, LLC  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        AF  
  5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)     ☐
       
           
  6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  
         
        DELAWARE  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         29,449,997  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          29,449,997  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        29,449,997  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        19.4%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        OO  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        EDWARD BRAMSON  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        OO  
  5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)     ☐
       
           
  6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  
         
        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         29,449,997  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          29,449,997  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        29,449,997  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        19.4%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        IN  

  

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  1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        STEPHEN WELKER  
  2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
        (b) ☐
           
  3   SEC USE ONLY    
           
           
  4   SOURCE OF FUNDS  
         
        OO  
  5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)     ☐
       
           
  6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  
         
        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
NUMBER OF   7   SOLE VOTING POWER  
SHARES          
BENEFICIALLY         - 0 -  
OWNED BY   8   SHARED VOTING POWER  
EACH          
REPORTING         29,449,997  
PERSON WITH   9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  
         
          - 0 -  
    10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  
           
          29,449,997  
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  
         
        29,449,997  
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES     ☐
       
           
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)  
         
        19.4%  
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  
         
        IN  

  

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The following constitutes Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 3”). This Amendment No. 3 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

Item 3.Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Item 3 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

Newbury Investors purchased 29,449,997 Shares for approximately $531,052,499, excluding brokerage commissions, with working capital in open market transactions, except as otherwise noted herein, including in Schedule A, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Items 5(a) – (c) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by each person named herein is based upon 152,132,902 Shares outstanding, as of January 31, 2022, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2022.

A.Newbury Investors
(a)As of the close of business on April 4, 2022, Newbury Investors beneficially owned 29,449,997 Shares.

 

Percentage: Approximately 19.4%

 

(b)1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 29,449,997
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 29,449,997

 

(c)The transactions in the Shares by Newbury Investors since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

B.Sherborne Investors LP
(a)Sherborne Investors LP, as the managing member of Newbury Investors, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 29,449,997 Shares owned by Newbury Investors.

 

Percentage: Approximately 19.4%

 

(b)1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 29,449,997
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 29,449,997

 

(c)Sherborne Investors LP has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares on behalf of Newbury Investors since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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C.Sherborne Investors Management
(a)Sherborne Investors Management, as the investment manager of Newbury Investors, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 29,449,997 Shares owned by Newbury Investors.

 

Percentage: Approximately 19.4%

 

(b)1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 29,449,997
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 29,449,997

 

(c)Sherborne Investors Management has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares on behalf of Newbury Investors since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

D.Sherborne GP
(a)Sherborne GP, as the general partner of Sherborne Investors LP, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 29,449,997 Shares owned by Newbury Investors.

 

Percentage: Approximately 19.4%

 

(c)1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 29,449,997
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 29,449,997

 

(d)Sherborne GP has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares on behalf of Newbury Investors since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

E.Sherborne Management GP
(a)Sherborne Management GP, as the general partner of Sherborne Investors Management, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 29,449,997 Shares owned by Newbury Investors.

 

Percentage: Approximately 19.4%

 

(b)1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 29,449,997
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 29,449,997

 

(e)Sherborne Management GP has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares on behalf of Newbury Investors since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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F.Messrs. Bramson and Welker
(a)Each of Messrs. Bramson and Welker, as a managing director of each of Sherborne GP and Sherborne Management GP, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 29,449,997 Shares owned by Newbury Investors.

 

Percentage: Approximately 19.4%

 

(b)1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 29,449,997
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 29,449,997

 

(c)Messrs. Bramson and Welker have not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares on behalf of Newbury Investors since the filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following:

As previously disclosed, Newbury Investors previously entered into certain cash-settled total return swap agreements with unaffiliated third party financial institutions as the counterparties (the “Swaps”). Newbury Investors elected to terminate the remaining Swaps early pursuant to their terms prior to their respective maturity dates. As of the close of business on March 31, 2022, Newbury Investors is no longer a party to any Swaps.

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: April 4, 2022

  Newbury Investors LLC
   
  By:

Sherborne Investors LP,

its managing member

     
  By:

Sherborne Investors GP, LLC,

its general partner

     
  By:

Stephen Welker

    Name: Stephen Welker
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

  Sherborne Investors LP
   
  By:

Sherborne Investors GP, LLC,

its general partner

     
  By:

Stephen Welker

    Name: Stephen Welker
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

  Sherborne Investors Management LP
   
  By:

Sherborne Investors Management GP, LLC,

its general partner

     
  By:

Stephen Welker

    Name: Stephen Welker
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

  Sherborne Investors GP, LLC
   
  By:

Stephen Welker

    Name: Stephen Welker
    Title: Managing Director

 

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  Sherborne Investors Management GP, LLC
   
  By:

Stephen Welker

    Name: Stephen Welker
    Title: Managing Director
       
       
 

/s/ Edward Bramson

  Edward Bramson
       
       
 

/s/ Stephen Welker

  Stephen Welker

 

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SCHEDULE A

Transactions in Shares Since the Filing of Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D

Nature of Transaction

Number of Shares

Purchased/(Sold)

Price per Share

Date of

Purchase/Sale

 

NEWBURY INVESTORS LLC

 

Purchase of Shares 241,459 17.36 3/21/2022
Purchase of Shares 273,123 17.36 3/22/2022
Purchase of Shares 269,146 16.95 3/23/2022
Purchase of Shares 278,535 16.98 3/24/2022
Purchase of Shares 70,000 17.18 3/25/2022
Purchase of Shares(1) 13,600,000 17.24 3/31/2022
Purchase of Shares 315,408 17.13 3/31/2022
Purchase of Shares 326,000 17.13 4/1/2022

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(1)Shares purchased in a private transaction.