Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (as so amended, the “Statement”) is being filed to amend the Statement as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2016, as amended on July 21, 2016, and relates to the Class A ordinary shares, par value HK$1.00 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) of SouFun Holdings Limited (the “Company”), whose principal executive offices are located at F9M, Building 5, Zone 4, Hanwei International Plaza, No. 186 South 4th Ring Road, Fengtai District, Beijing 100160, The People’s Republic of China.
The Company’s American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each representing one-fifth of one Class A Ordinary Share, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SFUN.” The Reporting Persons (as defined below) directly own only ADSs and do not directly own any Class A Ordinary Shares.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
No material change.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Item 3 is hereby amended and replaced with the following:
Between June 10, 2016 and August 16, 2016, GASF purchased an aggregate of 29,710,000 ADSs representing 5,942,000 Class A Ordinary Shares in open market purchases. GASF obtained the funds to purchase the ADSs from contributions from the GA Funds.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
No material change.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 is hereby amended and replaced with the following:
(a) The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 70,895,854 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of August 8, 2016, as reported in the Company’s Form of Proxy for Annual General Meeting to be held September 8, 2016, filed as an exhibit to Form 6-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2016.
As of the date hereof, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own 29,710,000 ADSs representing 5,942,000 underlying Class A Ordinary Shares, or approximately 8.4% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares.