Franklin Martin E SC 13D/A APi / FRANKLIN MARTIN E ownership change

Franklin Martin E SC 13D/AAPi / FRANKLIN MARTIN E ownership change

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)*

APi Group Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

00187Y 100 (Common Stock)

(CUSIP Number)

Mariposa Acquisition IV, LLC

c/o Mariposa Capital, LLC

500 South Pointe Drive, Suite 240

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

Attn: Martin E. Franklin

(786) 482-6333

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

January 2, 2024

(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 ☐.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7(b) 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.

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 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).

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 2 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Sir Martin E. Franklin
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United Kingdom

*	See Item 5

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 3 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Mariposa Acquisition IV, LLC
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

*	See Item 5

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 4 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) MEF Holdings, LLLP
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

*	See Item 5

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 5 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Ian G. H. Ashken
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States

*	See Item 5

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 6 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) IGHA Holdings, LLLP
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

*	See Item 5

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 7 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) James E. Lillie
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States

*	See Item 5

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 8 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) JTOO LLC
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Florida

*	See Item 5

SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 00187Y 100				Page 9 of 12 Pages


1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Robert A. E. Franklin
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☒ (b) ☐
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) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States

*	See Item 5

Item 1.

Security and Issuer.

This Amendment No. 4 (the “Amendment”) amends the Statement on Schedule 13D, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 29, 2020 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, filed on January 5, 2021, Amendment No. 2, filed on September 17, 2021 and Amendment No. 3, filed on January 5, 2022, the “Statement”) with respect to the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of APi Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 1100 Old Highway 8 NW, New Brighton, MN 55112. Unless specifically amended hereby, the disclosure set forth in the Statement shall remain unchanged. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Statement.

Item 4.

Purpose of the Transaction.

Item 4 of the Statement is hereby amended by the addition of the following:

On January 2, 2024, Mariposa was issued 7,944,104 shares of Common Stock by the Issuer (the “2023 Dividend Shares”) as a dividend on its Series A Preferred Stock. The number of 2023 Dividend Shares issued was based on the share price appreciation of the Common Stock as described in the Issuer’s certificate of incorporation. Effective as of January 3, 2024, Mariposa (i) transferred an aggregate of 4,322 shares of Common Stock to employees of an affiliate of Mariposa for services provided and (ii) distributed the 2023 Dividend Shares to its members pursuant to its governing documents, including 3,084,343 shares of Common Stock to MEF Holdings, 1,522,779 shares of Common Stock to IGHA Holdings, 1,522,779 shares of Common Stock to JTOO and 329,975 shares of Common Stock to R. Franklin for no consideration (the “2024 Distribution”).

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Paragraphs (a) – (c) of the Statement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

(a) – (b)

As of the date hereof, M. Franklin beneficially owns 33,742,458 shares of Common Stock (which includes Series A Preferred Stock convertible into Common Stock within 60 days) consisting of (i) shared power to vote, or to direct the vote, and shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, 19,435,542 shares of Common Stock (which includes 4,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock convertible into 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock within 60 days) controlled or held, directly or indirectly, by one or more of the Franklin Reporting Persons and (ii) sole power to vote, or to direct the vote, of 14,306,916 shares of Common Stock held directly by IGHA Holdings, JTOO, Lillie and R. Franklin (each as further described below).

Each of M. Franklin, MEF Holdings and Mariposa has shared power to vote, or to direct the vote, and shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 19,435,542, 19,435,542 and 4,008,640 shares of Common Stock (which includes Series A Preferred Stock convertible into Common Stock within 60 days), respectively. The shares beneficially owned by M. Franklin consist of (i) 15,426,902 shares of Common Stock held directly by MEF Holdings, (ii) 4,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by Mariposa that are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into the same number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) 8,640 shares of Common Stock held directly by Mariposa and (iv) 6,356,841, 6,722,666 and 1,227,409 shares of Common Stock held by the Ashken Reporting Persons, Lillie Reporting Persons and R. Franklin, respectively (which M. Franklin has the sole power to vote pursuant to the Proxy Agreement). In the aggregate, such 33,742,458, 19,435,542, and 14,306,916 shares of Common Stock represent approximately 13.6%, 7.8% and 5.8%, respectively, of all outstanding shares of Common Stock (assuming the conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock). M. Franklin and MEF Holdings may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in 15,430,635 shares of Common Stock and 1,728,400 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

As of the date hereof, (i) Ashken may be deemed to beneficially own and have (A) shared power to vote, or to direct the vote, of an aggregate of 100,000 shares of Common Stock and (B) shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 6,456,841 shares of Common Stock,

(ii) IGHA Holdings may be deemed to beneficially own and have shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 6,128,779 shares of Common Stock, (iii) Lillie may be deemed to beneficially own and have (A) shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 5,580,411 shares of Common Stock and (B) sole power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 1,142,255 shares of Common Stock, (iv) JTOO may be deemed to beneficially own and have shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 5,580,411 shares of Common Stock and (v) R. Franklin may be deemed to beneficially own and have sole power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 1,227,409 shares of Common Stock. In the aggregate, such 100,000, 6,456,841, 6,128,779, 5,580,411, 1,142,255 and 1,227,409 shares of Common Stock represent approximately 0.1%, 2.6%, 2.5%, 2.3%, 0.5% and 0.5%, respectively, of all outstanding shares of Common Stock. Each of IGHA Holdings, JTOO and R. Franklin directly owns 19.2%, 19.2% and 2.0%, respectively of Mariposa, representing a pecuniary interest in 1,659, 1,659 and 173 shares of Common Stock and 768,000, 768,000 and 80,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(c)

Except as otherwise described herein, no other transactions were effected by the Reporting Persons in the past 60 days.

Item 7.

Materials to be Filed as Exhibits.

Exhibit D — Joint Filing Agreement among the Reporting Persons, dated January 5, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit D to the Statement filed by the Reporting Persons with respect to the Issuer on January 5, 2021).

Exhibit E — 2021 Proxy Agreement, dated January 5, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit E to the Statement filed by the Reporting Persons with respect to the Issuer on January 5, 2021).

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the Reporting Person’s knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: January 3, 2024


MARIPOSA ACQUISITION IV, LLC

By:		/s/ Martin E. Franklin
Name:		Martin E. Franklin
Title:		Manager

MEF HOLDINGS, LLLP

By:		MEF Holdings, LLC, the general partner of MEF Holdings, LLLP

By:		Mariposa Capital, LLC, the manager of MEF Holdings, LLC

By:		/s/ Desiree DeStefano
Name:		Desiree DeStefano
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

/s/ Martin E. Franklin
Martin E. Franklin

IGHA HOLDINGS, LLLP

By:		IGHA Holdings, LLC, the general partner of IGHA Holdings, LLLP

By:		/s/ Ian G. H. Ashken
Name:		Ian G. H. Ashken
Title:		Manager

/s/ Ian G. H. Ashken
Ian G. H. Ashken

JTOO LLC

By:		/s/ Desiree DeStefano
Name:		Desiree DeStefano
Title:		Manager

/s/ James E. Lillie
James E. Lillie

/s/ Robert A. E. Franklin
Robert A. E. Franklin

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 4]

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

SOLE VOTING POWER

14,306,916*

SHARED VOTING POWER

19,435,542*

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

19,435,542*