EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Amendment No. 30 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 30”) relates to Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”) of Atlas Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Atlas” or the “Issuer”), formerly, Seaspan Corporation. This Amendment No. 30 is being filed on behalf of the following persons (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”): Deep Water Holdings, LLC (“Deep Water”), Washington Investments, LLC, The Roy Dennis Washington Trust (the “Dennis Washington Trust”), Mr. Dennis R. Washington, the Kyle Roy Washington 2014 Trust (the “Kyle Washington 2014 Trust”), the Kyle Roy Washington 2005 Irrevocable Trust created under agreement dated July 15, 2005, including all subsequent amendments, modifications and restatements (the “Kyle Washington 2005 Trust”), the Kevin Lee Washington 2014 Trust (the “Kevin Washington 2014 Trust”), and Copper Lion, Inc.
This Amendment No. 30 amends and supplements the Schedule 13D previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 2009, as amended on May 15, 2009 and as subsequently amended on May 27, 2009, August 20, 2009, August 31, 2009, September 11, 2009, October 6, 2009, May 28, 2010, June 23, 2010, March 18, 2011, April 19, 2011, December 13, 2011, January 31, 2012, March 13, 2012, March 28, 2012, August 2, 2012, August 23, 2012, January 8, 2013, February 7, 2014, November 12, 2014, January 13, 2015, February 22, 2016, May 19, 2016, May 27, 2016, April 10, 2017, August 10, 2017, March 20, 2018, August 23, 2021, September 22, 2021 and August 5, 2022 (the “Schedule 13D”).
Unless otherwise noted, capitalized terms used herein without definitions shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Schedule 13D. Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment No. 30, the Schedule 13D remains unmodified.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 of this Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following text to the end of Item 4.
On September 26, 2022, Poseidon Acquisition Corp., an Marshall Islands entity (“Bidco”) formed by David L. Sokol (“DS”), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atlas, together with Deep Water, The Kyle Roy Washington 2014 Trust, Kyle Roy Washington 2005 Trust, and The Kevin Lee Washington 2014 Trust (collectively with Deep Water, “Washington Family Holdings”), certain affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) and Ocean Network Express Pte. (“ONE”) and certain of their respective affiliates (the “Consortium”), delivered a letter (the “Proposal Letter”) to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors regarding their previously disclosed non-binding proposal by the Consortium to acquire all of the outstanding Shares of the Issuer not presently owned by FF, Washington Family Holdings, DS and certain executive officers of the Issuer (the “Proposed Transaction”). In the Letter, the Consortium increased the proposed per share consideration in the Proposed Transaction to $15.50 per share. The Consortium also issued a press release publicly disclosing the Letter.
The foregoing description of the Proposal Letter does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Proposal Letter, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.7 together with a press release filed herewith as Exhibit 99.8 each of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Neither the Proposal nor this Amendment No. 30 to Schedule 13D is meant to be, nor should be construed as, an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any of the Issuer’s securities.
The Reporting Persons intend to review their investment in Atlas on a continuing basis and may from time to time and at any time in the future depending on various factors, including, without limitation, the outcome of any discussions referenced in this Schedule 13D, as may be amended from time to time, and any limitations imposed by the Joint Bidding Agreement among the Consortium members (the “JBA”), Atlas’s financial position and strategic direction, actions taken by the Board, price levels of Atlas’s securities, other investment opportunities available to the Reporting Person, conditions in the securities market and general economic and industry conditions, take such actions with respect to the investment in Atlas as they deem appropriate. These actions may include, subject to limitations imposed by the JBA: (i) acquiring additional Common Shares and/or other equity, debt, notes, other securities, or derivative or other instruments that are based upon or relate to the value of securities of Atlas (collectively, “Securities”) in the open market or otherwise; (ii) disposing of any or all of their Securities in the open market or otherwise; (iii) engaging in any hedging or similar transactions with respect to the Securities; or (iv) proposing or considering one or more of the actions described in subsections (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.