ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUES.
This Schedule 13D (“Statement”) relates to the common stock of One Horizon Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Issuer”). The Company’s principal executive office is located on T1-017 Tierney Building, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland..
ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.
(a) | This Statement is being filed by Mr. Martin Ward, the Chief Financial officer of the Issuer (the “Reporting Person”). |
(b) | Mr. Ward’s principal office is located at First Floor,1 Duchess Street, London W1W 6AN, telephone 44 (0)20 7580 4294 |
(c) | The Reporting Person is currently an officer of the Issuer and a member of the Board of the Directors of the Issuer. |
(d) | The Reporting Persons has not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors.) |
(e) | The Reporting Persons has not, during the last five years, 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 or, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
(f) | Mr. Ward is a citizen of the United Kingdom. |
ITEM 3. SOURCE OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.
The securities disclosed herein were acquired through a share exchange between Intelligent Communication Enterprise Corp., (“ICE”, an SEC registrant) and One Horizon UK on November 30, 2012, as a result of which One Horizon UK, the accounting acquirer, became a subsidiary of ICE, with former One Horizon UK shareholders holding approximately 96% of the issued and outstanding shares of ICE. Pursuant to the Share Exchange, the Shareholder received certain shares of common stock of ICE. On December 27, 2012, ICE changed its name to One Horizon Group, Inc.
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION.
The Filer entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan on June 30, 2015 (the “Trading Plan”, attached hereto as Exhibit 7.1), pursuant to which a total number of 1,000,000 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock will be sold by the Filer during the period from July 30, 2015 to July 29, 2016 according to the specific trading instructions as set forth in the Trading Plan.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
(a) | The Filer beneficially owns 2,919,666 shares (8.87%) (the “Shares”) of the 32,933,209 outstanding shares of the Issuer which is the most recent publicly available information of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding shares as of June 15, 2015. |
(b) | The Reporting Persons hold sole power to dispose of the Shares. |
(c) | Other than the transaction described herein there has been no other transactions concerning the common stock of the Issuer effected during the past sixty (60) days. |
(d) | No other person is known to the Reporting Persons to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, such securities. |
ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
The Filer entered into a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan on June 30, 2015, pursuant to which a total number of 1,000,000 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock will be sold by the Filer during the period from July 30, 2015 to July 29, 2016.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
| Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan entered into between Martin Ward and Tripoint Global Equities LLC., dated June 30, 2015. |