Item 1(a). | Name of Issuer: |
Baltic Trading Limited (the “Issuer”)
Item 1(b). | Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: |
299 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10171
Item 2(a). | Name of Person Filing |
This Statement is filed on behalf of each of the following persons (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”):
i) Panning Capital Management, LP (“Panning Capital Management”);
ii) Panning Holdings GP, LLC (“Holdings”);
ii) William M. Kelly (“Mr. Kelly”);
iv) Kieran W. Goodwin (“Mr. Goodwin”); and
v) Franklin S. Edmonds (“Mr. Edmonds”).
This Statement relates to Shares (as defined herein) held for the account of Panning Master Fund, LP (the “Master Fund”). Panning Capital Management serves as the investment manager of the Master Fund. Holdings serves as general partner of Panning Capital Management. Mr. Kelly, Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Edmonds are co-managing members of Holdings.
Item 2(b). | Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: |
The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is 510 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10022
i) Panning Capital Management is a Delaware limited partnership;
ii) Holdings is a Delaware limited liability company;
iii) Mr. Kelly is a citizen of the United States of America;
iv) Mr. Goodwin is a citizen of the United States of America; and
v) Mr. Edmonds is a citizen of the United States of America.
Item 2(d). | Title of Class of Securities: |
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Shares”)
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Item 3. | If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a: |
(e) [X] An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)
(g) [X] A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G)
Item 4(a) | Amount Beneficially Owned: |
As of January 31, 2015, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owner of 3,643,897 Shares, all of which are held for the account of the Master Fund.
Item 4(b) | Percent of Class: |
As of January 31, 2015, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owner of approximately 7.1% of Shares outstanding. (The Reporting Persons’ beneficial ownership percentage is based on 51,205,241 Shares outstanding as of November 10, 2014, according to the Issuer’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed November 10, 2014).
Item 4(c) | Number of Shares as to which such person has: |
(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: | 0 |
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(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: | |
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(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of: | 0 |
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(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of: | |
Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: |
This Item 5 is not applicable.
Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: |
See disclosure in Items 2 and 4 hereof. The Master Fund has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, more than 5 percent of the class of Shares covered by this Statement that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.
Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person: |
See disclosure in Item 2 hereof.
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Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: |
This Item 8 is not applicable.
Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of Group: |
This Item 9 is not applicable.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.
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.