On November 24, 2023, PVII, Partners Value Investments LP, PVI Management Trust and Partners Limited completed the Arrangement in order to reorganize the affairs of PVII. The principal objectives of the Arrangement were simplifying the ownership of PVII and increasing the liquidity of PVI LP’s securities. On November 27, 2023, among other things, through a series of steps in the Arrangement an aggregate of 706,753 Class A Exchangeable Shares and 6,793,247 Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares were distributed to equity unit holders of PVI LP. Due to the Conversion Cap, only 345,430 Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares owned by the Reporting Persons may be converted to Class A Exchangeable Shares as of the date of this Amendment No. 2. Therefore, the Reporting Persons are deemed to beneficially own 1,068,841 Class A Exchangeable Shares.
On November 28, 2023, PVII converted 500,000 Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares into 500,000 Class A Exchangeable Shares.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5(a)-(c) of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(a)-(b) The aggregate number and percentage of Class A Exchangeable Shares held by the Reporting Persons to which this Schedule 13D relates is 1,068,841 Class A Exchangeable Shares, constituting approximately 9.9% of the Issuer’s currently outstanding Class A Exchangeable Shares. The percentage ownership of the Reporting Persons is based on an aggregate number of Class A Exchangeable Shares of 10,450,952 outstanding as of September 30, 2023, as disclosed in the Issuer’s interim report for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2023, plus 345,430 Class A Exchangeable Shares that may be issued to the Reporting Persons within 60 days from the date of this Amendment No. 2 upon conversion of 345,430 Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares held by the Reporting Persons as of the date of this Amendment No. 2. The Reporting Persons beneficially own 6,874,521 Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares; however, due to the Conversion Cap, only 345,430 Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares owned by the Reporting Persons may be converted to Class A Exchangeable Shares as of the date of this Amendment No. 2. Due to the Conversion Cap, the number of Class A Exchangeable Shares that may be issued upon conversion of the Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons may change from time to time and will depend upon the change in the number of Class A Exchangeable Shares that are outstanding, including upon the conversion by any other person of Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares into Class A Exchangeable Shares.
(c) Other than the transactions described in this Amendment No. 2, there have been no transactions by the Reporting Persons in the Class A Exchangeable Shares during the past 60 days.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented to include the following:
PVII BN Holdings LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of PVI LP (the “Borrower”), and PVII GP Holdings Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of PVI LP (as general partner of the Borrower and as guarantor, the “Guarantor”), expect to enter into a margin loan agreement (the “Margin Loan Agreement”) of up to C$110,000,000 with Royal Bank of Canada, as lender (the “Lender”). In connection with the Margin Loan Agreement, the Borrower and the Guarantor expect to enter into a pledge and security agreement (the “Security Agreement” and together with the Margin Loan Agreement, the “Loan Documents”) with the Lender whereby the Borrower would pledge 6,500,000 Class A-1 Exchangeable Shares and 500,000 Class A Exchangeable Shares as collateral together with other assets of the Borrower and the Guarantor to secure the obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantor under the Margin Loan Agreement. The loan is expected to mature December 2026 (unless otherwise extended). Upon the occurrence of certain events that are customary for this type of loan, the Lender may exercise its rights to require the Borrower to prepay the loan proceeds or post additional collateral, or foreclose on, and dispose of, the pledged securities in accordance with the Loan Documents.
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