Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Schedule 13D relates to the common shares, par value $0.0000028 per share (the “Common Shares”), in the capital of LumiraDx Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”), which has its principal executive offices at Ocorian Trust (Cayman) Limited, PO Box 1350, Windward 3, Regatta Office Park, Grand Cayman KY1-1108, Cayman Islands.
Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
(a) | This Schedule 13D is being filed by Willard L. Umphrey and Anne M. Umphrey (together, the “Reporting Persons”). |
(b) | The principal business address of Willard L. Umphrey is 55 Old Bedford Road, Suite 202, Lincoln, MA 01773. The address of Anne M. Umphrey is 76 Red Coat Lane, Concord, MA 01742. |
(c) | The present principal occupation of Willard L. Umphrey is Principal and Founder of U.S. Boston Capital Corporation. The principal business address of U.S. Boston Capital Corporation is listed in Item 2(b). Anne M. Umphrey is retired. |
(d) | In the past five years, neither Reporting Person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
(e) | In the past five years, neither Reporting Person has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction that has resulted in 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 violations with respect to such laws. |
(f) | Each Reporting Person is a citizen of the United States of America. |
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The Reporting Persons may be deemed to have acquired beneficial ownership of certain Common Shares on March 28, 2022, which is the date that the A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000028 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), of the Issuer became convertible into Common Shares in connection with the expiration of certain lock-up restrictions and in accordance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Issuer, a copy of which is incorporated herein by reference. See Exhibit D.
On July 25, 2022, Mr. Umphrey purchased 5,714,285 Common Shares, at a purchase price of $1.75 per Common Share, in the Issuer’s underwritten public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-266207), filed by the Issuer with the SEC on July 19, 2022, which was declared effective by the SEC on July 20, 2022 (the “Public Offering”).
With the exception of the Common Shares purchased in the Public Offering and 200,000 Common Shares that were purchased by Mr. Umphrey on August 25, 2022 at a purchase price of $1.37 per Common Share, the Issuer securities disclosed in this Schedule 13D were acquired prior to the registration of the Common Shares on September 28, 2021, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such securities were in each case acquired from the Issuer as part of previous funding rounds effected by the Issuer to raise funds for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The source of the funds used to acquire the securities reported herein (other than the Fund Shares described below) was the personal funds of each of the Reporting Persons.
The securities reported herein with respect to Mr. Umphrey include (i) 19,103 Ordinary Shares held of record by USB Focus Fund LumiraDx 1-A LLC and (ii) 11,674 Ordinary Shares held of record by USB Focus Fund LumiraDx 1-B LLC (together the “Fund Shares”). USB Focus Fund LumiraDx 1-A LLC and USB Focus Fund LumiraDx 1-B LLC (the “Funds”) were each formed for the purpose of investing in the securities of the Issuer. Both Funds are governed by operating agreements which designate Pear Tree Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as Manager and provide, among other things, that the Manager has the power and authority, on behalf of the respective Fund, to purchase or otherwise acquire, transfer, dispose of or otherwise deal in, and exercise all rights, powers, privileges and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to securities of the Issuer in a manner that the Manager determines in its discretion is in the interests of the Members of the respective Fund.
Mr. Umphrey, in his role as manager of Pear Tree Partners LP, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the Fund Shares. The source of the funds used to acquire the Fund Shares was the working capital of USB Focus Fund LumiraDx 1-A LLC and USB Focus Fund LumiraDx 1-B LLC, respectively.
Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction.
Each Reporting Person intends to participate in and influence the affairs of the Issuer through the voting of their respective ownership interests in the Issuer. Each Ordinary Share has ten votes per share on all matters subject to the vote of the shareholders. Each Reporting Person, at any time, and from time to time may acquire additional Ordinary Shares or Common Shares or dispose of any or all of the Ordinary Shares or Common Shares that he or she owns depending upon an ongoing evaluation of his or her investment in the Issuer, prevailing market conditions, other investment opportunities, other investment considerations and/or other factors.
Except as disclosed herein, no Reporting person has any plan or proposal which relates to, or could result in, any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (b) through (j) inclusive of the instructions to Item 4 of Schedule 13D.