ITEM 1. | SECURITY AND ISSUER: |
This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2019 (the “Original Schedule 13D”) and is being filed by OxFORD Asset Management LLP pursuant to §240.13d-2(a), with respect to the Class A Common Shares (the “Shares”) of Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp. (the “Issuer”), whose principal executive offices are located at c/o MI Management Company, Trust Company Complex, Suite 206, Ajeltake Road, P.O. Box 3055, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960. This is the final amendment to the Original Schedule 13D and constitutes an “exit filing” for the Reporting Person. |
ITEM 2. | IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND: |
Item 2 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby restated in its entirety as follows: (a-c,f) This Schedule 13D is filed on behalf of OxFORD Asset Management LLP (“OxFORD” or the “Reporting Person”). This Schedule 13D relates to Shares held for the account of OxAM Quant Fund Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“OxAM”). OxAM has in place an Investment Advisory Agreement with OxFORD, pursuant to which OxFORD serves as the investment adviser to OxAM. In such capacity, OxFORD may be deemed to exercise the voting and dispositive power over the Shares held for the account of OxAM. The address of the principal business office of OxFORD is OxAM House, 6 George Street, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX1 2BW. OxFORD is a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales. (d) During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). (e) During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
ITEM 3. | SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION: |
This Item 3 is not applicable. |
ITEM 4. | PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION: |
Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: The Reporting Person acquired the Shares reported on the Original Schedule 13D for investment purposes and in the ordinary course of OxAM’s business, pursuant to investment strategies, because OxFORD, as investment adviser, believed that the Shares, when purchased, represented an attractive investment opportunity. The investment opportunity arose pursuant to the Issuer’s offer being made upon the terms and subject to certain conditions set forth in the Tender Offer Statement dated February 12, 2019 (the “Tender Offer”). The Reporting Person tendered its entire holding of 1,255,000 Shares which were subsequently accepted for purchase by the Issuer as notified in its Form SC TO-I/A filed on March 20, 2019. As a result of the acceptance for purchase by the Issuer, the Reporting Person no longer may be deemed to beneficially own any Shares in the Issuer. |
ITEM 5. | INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER: |
Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: (a) - (b) As of March 20, 2019, and the date hereof, the Reporting Person no longer may be deemed to beneficially own any Shares in the Issuer. (c) Information concerning transactions in the Shares effected by the Reporting Person since the filing of the Original Schedule 13D is set forth in Exhibit B hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. (d) OxAM has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares covered by this Statement. (e) On March 20, 2019 the Reporting Person ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Shares. |
ITEM 6. | CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER: |
This Item 6 is not applicable. |
ITEM 7. | MATERIALS TO BE FILES AS EXHIBITS: |
Exhibit B: Schedule of Transactions, in response to Item 5(c) of this Amendment No. 1. |