SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
(Rule 13d-101)
Under the Securities Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*
AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD. |
(Name of issuer)
CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES & AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES (ADS)** |
(Title of class of securities)
(CUSIP number)
Eric Ross Senior Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer Avenue Capital Group 399 Park Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 850-7500 |
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
Copies to:
David J. Johnson, Jr. O’Melveny & Myers LLP 31st Floor, AIA Central 1 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong, S.A.R. (852) 3512-2300 | Doron Lipshitz O’Melveny & Myers LLP 7 Times Square New York, New York 10036 (212) 326-2000 |
(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. o
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.
* | | 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. |
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** | | Each American Depositary Share represents two (2) Class A Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.0001 per share. |
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).
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS GL Asia Mauritius II Cayman Limited |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) WC |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER None |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) CO |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS GL Asia Mauritius II, LLC |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER None |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914 |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) OO |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Avenue Asia Special Situations Fund IV, L.P. |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914* |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) PN |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Avenue Asia Capital Partners IV Ltd. |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914* |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) CO |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Avenue Asia Capital Partners IV LLC |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914* |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) OO |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914* |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) OO |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Avenue Asia Capital Management, L.P. |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914* |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) IA |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Avenue Asia Capital Management GenPar, LLC |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914* |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) HC |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) o (b) x | |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO |
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) o | |
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 21,599,914* |
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions) o | |
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 21.6%* |
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) HC/IN |
* | Represents current voting power in Issuer. See disclosure in Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D dated April 23, 2013. |
Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 2”) is being filed by GL Asia Mauritius II Cayman Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation (“GL Asia Limited”), GL Asia Mauritius II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GL Asia LLC”), Avenue Asia Special Situations Fund IV, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Special Situations Fund IV”), Avenue Asia Capital Partners IV Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation (“Avenue Asia IV Limited”), Avenue Asia Capital Partners IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Avenue Asia IV LLC”), GL Asia Partners IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GL Asia Partners IV”), Avenue Asia Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Avenue Asia Capital Management”), Avenue Asia Capital Management GenPar, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Avenue Asia GenPar”) and Marc Lasry, a United States citizen (“Lasry” and, together with GL Asia Limited, GL Asia LLC, Special Situations Fund IV, Avenue Asia IV Limited, Avenue Asia IV LLC, GL Asia Partners IV, Avenue Asia Capital Management and Avenue Asia GenPar, collectively, the “Reporting Persons”), to amend the Items specified below in the Reporting Persons’ Schedule 13D with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share underlying the American Depositary Shares (“Class A Ordinary Shares”), of Ambow Education Holding Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2013.
Item 4. | Purpose of the Transaction |
The disclosure in Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following at the end thereof:
On June 24, 2013, Dr. Jin Huang, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, wrote an open letter to shareholders of the Company (“Huang’s Letter”).
On June 26, 2013, GL Asia Limited issued a press release in response to Huang’s Letter (the “GL Asia Press Release”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The foregoing summary of the GL Asia Press Release is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the GL Asia Press Release. The GL Asia Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and is incorporated into this Item 4 by reference in its entirety.
Item 7. | Material to be filed as Exhibits |
Exhibit Number | Description |
Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release of GL Asia Mauritius II Cayman Limited, dated June 26, 2013 |
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule 13D/A is true, complete and correct.
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Date: June 27, 2013 | GL ASIA MAURITIUS II CAYMAN LIMITED |
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| By: | /s/ Jennifer Tang |
| | Name: Jennifer Tang |
| | Title: Director |
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| GL ASIA MAURITIUS II, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |
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| AVENUE ASIA SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND IV, L.P. |
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| By: | Avenue Asia Capital Partners IV, Ltd. its General Partner |
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| By: | Avenue Asia Capital Partners IV, LLC, its Sole Shareholder |
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| By: | GL Asia Partners IV, LLC, its Managing Member |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |
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| AVENUE ASIA CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, LTD. |
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| By: | Avenue Asia Capital Partners IV, LLC, its Sole Shareholder |
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| By: | GL Asia Partners IV, LLC, its Managing Member |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |
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| AVENUE ASIA CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, LLC |
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| By: | GL Asia Partners IV, LLC, its Managing Member |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |
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| GL ASIA PARTNERS IV, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |
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| AVENUE ASIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. |
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| By: | Avenue Asia Capital Management GenPar, LLC, its General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |
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| AVENUE ASIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GENPAR, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |
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| MARC LASRY |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Ross |
| | Name: Eric Ross |
| | Title: Attorney-in-Fact for Marc Lasry, Managing Member |