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On the Effective Date, the Reporting Persons acquired 2,986,092 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and 2,431,071 shares of the Issuer’s 9.00% Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”). Of these shares, the Reporting Persons acquired an aggregate of 1,071,537 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at a price of $25.00 per share pursuant to (i) a rights offering of the Convertible Preferred Stock conducted by the Issuer as a part of the Plan (the “Rights Offering”) and (ii) that certain First Amended and Restated Backstop Commitment Agreement dated as of March 29, 2023 (the “Backstop Commitment Agreement”) by and among Old Invacare, Endurant and certain other holders of unsecured note claims. Pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Agreement, Endurant agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to acquire an allocable portion of the shares of the Issuer’s Convertible Preferred Stock not sold during the Rights Offering. All of the shares of Common Stock reported herein and the balance of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock were acquired by the Reporting Persons pursuant to the Plan in exchange for unsecured note claims and backstop fee claims held by the Reporting Persons.
The foregoing description of the Backstop Commitment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Backstop Commitment Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2 to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Reporting Persons acquired the securities covered by this Schedule 13D for investment purposes. Depending upon overall market conditions, changes in the Issuer’s operations, business strategy or prospects, other investment opportunities available to the Reporting Persons and the availability of securities of the Issuer at prices that would make the purchase or sale of such securities desirable, the Reporting Persons may endeavor to increase or decrease their position in the Issuer through, among other things, the purchase or sale of securities of the Issuer in the open market, private transactions or otherwise, on such terms and at such times as the Reporting Persons may deem advisable.
The Reporting Persons intend to review their investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis. Depending on various factors including, without limitation, the Issuer’s financial position and investment strategy, the price levels of the Issuer’s securities, conditions in the securities markets and general economic and industry conditions, the Reporting Persons intend to continue to consider, explore and/or develop plans and may in the future take such actions with respect to their investment in the Issuer as they deem appropriate including, without limitation, engaging in communications with the Issuer’s management and board of directors (the “Board”), engaging in discussions with shareholders of the Issuer and others about the Issuer and the Reporting Persons’ investment, making proposals to the Issuer concerning changes to the capital allocation strategy, capitalization, ownership structure, strategic transactions, including business combinations, a sale of the Issuer as a whole or in parts or acquisitions or investments by the Issuer, Board structure (including Board composition), operations of the Issuer, purchasing additional securities of the Issuer, selling some or all of their securities of the Issuer, engaging in short selling of or any hedging or similar transaction with respect to the securities of the Issuer, or take any other actions with respect to their investment in the Issuer permitted by law, including any or all of the actions set forth in paragraphs (a)-(j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. In connection with the foregoing, Endurant has entered into a Board Observer Agreement with the Issuer (as described in Item 6 below). The Reporting Persons may at any time reconsider and change their plans or proposals relating to the foregoing.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
The responses of the Reporting Persons to rows 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 on the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by reference.
(a)–(b) Each Reporting Person’s beneficial ownership of the Common Stock as of the date of this Schedule 13D is reflected on that Reporting Person’s cover page. Endurant and Quang Minh Pham beneficially own, in the aggregate, 2,986,092 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 29.9% of the Issuer’s Common Stock issued and outstanding. SP33 beneficially owns 2,373,408 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 23.7% of the Issuer’s Common Stock issued and outstanding. The percentages herein are calculated based on 9,999,980 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 5, 2023, as reported in the Issuer’s Current Report filed with the SEC on May 8, 2023.
The shares of Common Stock reported herein are held by private investment funds, including SP33, and separately managed accounts (collectively, the “Endurant Entities”) for which Endurant serves as the investment manager. Quang Minh Pham serves as the managing member of Endurant. By virtue of these relationships, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to the Common Stock owned directly by the Endurant Entities. This report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are beneficial owners of the Common Stock for purposes of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock reported herein except to the extent of the Reporting Person’s pecuniary interest therein.
(c) The information set forth in Item 4 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated by reference into this Item 5(c). Otherwise, there have been no other transactions effected by the Reporting Persons during the past 60 days with respect to the Issuer’s Common Stock.
(d) No person other than the Reporting Persons is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock reported herein.