UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
13D
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No.
n/a
)*
Garrett Motion Inc.
(Name of
Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of
Class of Securities)
366505105
(CUSIP
Number)
Seth A. Klarman,
The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
10 St. James Avenue, Suite 1700
Boston,
Massachusetts
02116
Phone : (617) 210-8300
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications)
October 20, 2020
(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.
o
Note: Schedules filed in paper
format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule,
including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 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
(“Act”) 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).
1 |
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
| ||||
I.R.S.
IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
| |||||
The Baupost Group, L.L.C. 04-3402144 | |||||
2 |
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
| (a) | o | ||
(b) | x | ||||
3 |
SEC
USE ONLY
| ||||
4 |
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
| ||||
AF | |||||
5 |
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e)
or 2(f)
| o | |||
6 |
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
| ||||
State of Delaware | |||||
NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
| 7 |
SOLE
VOTING POWER
| |||
0 | |||||
8 |
SHARED
VOTING POWER
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
9 |
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
| ||||
0 | |||||
10 |
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
11 |
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
12 |
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
| o | |||
13 |
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
| ||||
4.73%
| |||||
14 |
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
| ||||
IA | |||||
1 |
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
| ||||
I.R.S.
IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
| |||||
Baupost Group GP, L.L.C. 82-3254604 | |||||
2 |
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
| (a) | o | ||
(b) | x | ||||
3 |
SEC
USE ONLY
| ||||
4 |
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
| ||||
AF | |||||
5 |
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e)
or 2(f)
| o | |||
6 |
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
| ||||
State of Delaware | |||||
NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
| 7 |
SOLE
VOTING POWER
| |||
0 | |||||
8 |
SHARED
VOTING POWER
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
9 |
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
| ||||
0 | |||||
10 |
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
11 |
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
12 |
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
| o | |||
13 |
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
| ||||
4.73%
| |||||
14 |
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
| ||||
HC | |||||
1 |
NAMES
OF REPORTING PERSONS
| ||||
I.R.S.
IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
| |||||
Seth A. Klarman | |||||
2 |
CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
| (a) | o | ||
(b) | x | ||||
3 |
SEC
USE ONLY
| ||||
4 |
SOURCE
OF FUNDS
| ||||
AF | |||||
5 |
CHECK
BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e)
or 2(f)
| o | |||
6 |
CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
| ||||
The United States of America | |||||
NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
| 7 |
SOLE
VOTING POWER
| |||
0 | |||||
8 |
SHARED
VOTING POWER
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
9 |
SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
| ||||
0 | |||||
10 |
SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
11 |
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
| ||||
3,575,000 | |||||
12 |
CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES
| o | |||
13 |
PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
| ||||
4.73%
| |||||
14 |
TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
| ||||
HC | |||||
Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
This statement on Schedule 13D relates to the common stock, $0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”) of Garrett Motion Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at La Pièce 16, Rolle, Switzerland. |
Item 2. | Identity and Background |
(a) | This statement on Schedule 13D is being jointly filed by The Baupost Group, L.L.C. ("Baupost"), Baupost Group GP, L.L.C. (“BG GP”), and Seth A. Klarman (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). The Reporting Persons are filing jointly, and the agreement among them to file jointly is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. The execution and filing of such joint filing agreement shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Persons are a group, or have agreed to act as a group. |
(b) | The address of the principal business and principal office of each of the Reporting Persons is 10 St. James Avenue, Suite 1700, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. |
(c) | Baupost is a registered investment adviser. The principal business of Baupost is to act as an investment adviser to various private investment limited partnerships, and securities reported on this Schedule 13D as being beneficially owned by Baupost were purchased on behalf of certain of such partnerships. BG GP, as the Manager of Baupost, and Seth A. Klarman, as the sole Managing Member of BG GP and a controlling person of Baupost, may be deemed to have beneficial ownership under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as amended, of the securities beneficially owned by Baupost.
Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13d-4, Seth A. Klarman and BG GP declare that the filing of this statement on Schedule 13D shall not be deemed an admission by either or both of them that they are, for the purposes of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement on Schedule 13D. |
(d) | None of the Reporting Persons have been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) during the past five years. |
(e) | None of the Reporting Persons have been a party to any civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which such person 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 during the last five years. |
(f) | Baupost is a Delaware limited liability company, BG GP is a Delaware limited liability company, and Seth A. Klarman is a citizen of the United States of America. |
Item 3. |
Source
and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
|
The total amount of funds used to acquire the shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, as reported in Item 5(c), was $6,134,497.08. The source of funds for this purchase is the capital of the private investment limited partnerships. |
Item 4. |
Purpose
of Transaction
|
On September 20, 2020, the Company announced that it had commenced reorganization proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Based on filings made by the Company with the SEC, the Company also entered into a restructuring support agreement with certain of the Company’s lenders and a stalking horse purchase agreement with a private equity firm in connection with its Chapter 11 filing.
Thereafter, the Reporting Persons purchased the shares of Common Stock reported herein in open-market transactions for investment purposes. On October 20, 2020, Baupost, acting on behalf of certain managed funds, and other Company shareholders (the “Other Shareholders” and, together with Baupost, the “Shareholder Parties”), Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”), Centerbridge Partners, L.P., (“Centerbridge” and, together with Oaktree and the Shareholder Parties, the “Equity Commitment Parties”) and Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell”) entered into the Amended and Restated Coordination Agreement (including the term sheet attached thereto, the “A&R Coordination Agreement”) in anticipation of submitting an alternative proposal for a plan of reorganization (the “Proposed Plan”) to the Company. The A&R Coordination Agreement amended and restated a similar agreement entered into by Oaktree, Centerbridge and Honeywell announced on October 16, 2020. Under the A&R Coordination Agreement, among other things, the Equity Commitment Parties agreed to commit to purchase, $1,050.0 million of new shares of Convertible Series A Preferred Stock (the “Convertible Series A Preferred Stock”) of the reorganized Company. The restructuring transactions contemplated by the A&R Coordination Agreement provide for the treatment of claims against the Company and its subsidiaries, and a rights offering in which all holders of shares of Common Stock will receive subscription rights to purchase additional shares of Convertible Series A Preferred Stock at a purchase price of up to $100.0 million in the aggregate in cash pursuant to the terms and conditions therein. Under the A&R Coordination Agreement, among other things, the Shareholder Parties agreed not to dispose of any ownership, including any beneficial ownership in any interests in the Debtors (as defined therein) unless the A&R Coordination Agreement with respect to the Shareholder Parties is terminated with respect to the Shareholder Parties and such termination is disclosed in an amendment to their respective Schedule 13Ds. The A&R Coordination Agreement may be terminated by Shareholder Parties holding at least 60% of the commitments to purchase Convertible Series A Preferred Stock held by the Shareholder Parties following the occurrence of certain events set forth therein. The Proposed Plan has not been approved by the Company and is subject to milestones and conditions that may not occur or be satisfied. As such, there is no assurance that the Proposed Plan will be completed on the terms set forth in the A&R Coordination Agreement, or at all. The foregoing description of the A&R Coordination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the A&R Coordination Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The Shareholder Parties by themselves or with the Equity Commitment Parties (to the extent they own shares of Common Stock) may be deemed to constitute a group for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Act. The Reporting Persons reserve the right to act independently and without respect to the other Equity Commitment Parties, subject to the A&R Coordination Agreement, and to change their plans or proposals at any time, including with respect to any matter set forth in items (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons anticipate that the other Equity Commitment Parties may file separate statements of beneficial ownership on Schedule 13D pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(2) under the Act containing their required information. The Reporting Persons assume no responsibility for the information contained in any filings by any other person. The Reporting Persons expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of any securities beneficially owned or acquired by any other person except to the extent of their pecuniary interest, if any, therein. Based on information provided by the other Equity Commitment Parties, the Reporting Persons believe that the Equity Commitment Parties beneficially own in the aggregate 48.6% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock as of the date of this Statement. |
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
(d) |
(e) |
(f) |
(g) |
(h) |
(i) |
(j) |
Item 5. |
Interest
in Securities of the Issuer
|
(a) | The responses to Items 7-13 of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated by reference herein. |
(b) | The responses to Items 7-13 of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated by reference herein. |
(c) | The information set forth in response to Item 3 is incorporated by reference herein. The trading dates, price per share and number of shares of Common Stock purchased or sold by Baupost [in the open market] within the last 60 days are set forth below. |
| Transaction Date | Shares or Units Purchased (Sold) | Price Per Share or Unit |
| 9/23/2020
9/24/2020 9/24/2020 | 2,128,941.00
175,000.00 1,271,059.00 | 1.73
1.51 1.69 |
Securities reported above as purchased or sold by Baupost were purchased or sold on behalf of various private investment limited partnerships. |
(d) | No other person has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Common Stock set forth above. |
(e) | Not Applicable |
Item 6. |
Contracts,
Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities
of the Issuer
|
The information set forth in Item 4 is incorporated by reference into this Item 6. |
Item 7. |
Material
to Be Filed as Exhibits
|
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this statement:
Exhibit A: Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2020, by and among the Reporting Persons. Exhibit 99.1: Amended and Restated Coordination Agreement, dated October 20, 2020, by and among the parties identified therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Amendment No.2 to Schedule 13D filed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. on October 21, 2020.) |
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
The Baupost Group, L.L.C. | |||
October 23, 2020 | By: |
/s/
Seth A. Klarman | |
Chief Executive Officer | |||
Baupost Group GP, L.L.C. | |||
October 23, 2020 | By: |
/s/
Seth A. Klarman | |
Managing Member | |||
Seth A. Klarman | |||
October 23, 2020 | By: |
/s/
Seth A. Klarman | |
The
original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the statement
is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is signed on behalf
of a person by his authorized representative (other than an executive officer or
general partner of the filing person), evidence of the representative’s
authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with the statement:
provided, however, that a power of attorney for this purpose which is already on
file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference. The name and any
title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or printed beneath
his signature.
Footnotes:
Attention:
Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal
violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
EX-1.A
EXHIBIT A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1 (k)(I) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the undersigned Reporting Persons hereby agrees to the joint filing,
along with all other such Reporting Persons, on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock of Garrett Motion Inc., and that this Agreement be
included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The execution and filing of this Agreement shall not be construed
as an admission that the undersigned Reporting Persons are a group, or have agreed to act as a group.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned hereby executes this Agreement as of the 23rd of October, 2020.
The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Seth A. Klarman
Name: Seth A. Klarman
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Baupost Group GP, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Seth A. Klarman
Name: Seth A. Klarman
Title: Managing Member
Seth A. Klarman
By: /s/ Seth A. Klarman
Name: Seth A. Klarman