Sec Form 13D Filing - TEEKAY CORP filing for Teekay LNG Partners L.P.Teekay LNG Partners L.P. - 2020-05-11

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

Teekay LNG Partners L.P.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Units, representing limited partner interests

(Title of Class of Securities)

Y8564M 10 5

(CUSIP Number)

Anne Liversedge

4th Floor, Belvedere Building

69 Pitts Bay Road

Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda

Telephone: (441) 298-2530

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

May 11, 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. ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes 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).

CUSIP NO. Y8565J 10 1

Explanatory Note:

This Amendment amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed by Teekay Corporation (formerly Teekay Shipping Corporation) on May 20, 2005 (the “Original Schedule 13D”). Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Original Schedule 13D. All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Schedule 13D.

Item 1. Security and Issuer

Item 1 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

This Amendment relates to Common Units, representing limited partner interests of Teekay LNG Partners L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Issuer”), with its principal executive offices at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda.

Item 2. Identity and Background

Item 2 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

This Amendment relates to Teekay Corporation, a corporation existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Reporting Person”), with its principal executive offices at 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda. The Reporting Person is principally engaged in the business of providing oil and gas transportation services.    

The name, principal occupation or employment and principal business address and citizenship of each director and executive officer of the Reporting Person are as set forth on Schedule A.

In the past five years, neither the Reporting Person nor, to the knowledge of the Reporting Person, any of the individuals set forth on Schedule A has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or been a party to any action as a result of which it or such individual 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

Item 3 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented as follows:

On May 9, 2020, the Issuer entered into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with the General Partner pursuant to which all of the incentive distribution rights, which represented the right to receive an increasing percentage of quarterly distributions of the Issuer in excess of specified amounts, were contributed by the General Partner to the Issuer for cancellation in exchange for the issuance by the Issuer to the General Partner of 10,750,000 Common Units (the “Exchange Transaction”). The Exchange Transaction closed on May 11, 2020.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby supplemented as follows:

The Reporting Person acquired beneficial ownership of the Issuer’s securities indicated in Item 3 for and as part of the transactions described in Item 3 above.

As of the date of this Amendment, the Reporting Person has no plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the following actions, except as disclosed herein and except that the Reporting Person or its affiliates may, from time to time or at any time, subject to market conditions and other factors, purchase additional Common Units in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, or sell at any time all or a portion of the Common Units now owned or hereafter acquired by them to one or more purchasers:

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(a) As of the date of this Amendment, the Reporting Person beneficially owns and has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to 35,958,274 Common Units (including the 10,750,000 Common Units issued by the Issuer to the General Partner on May 11, 2020 in the Exchange Transaction), representing approximately 40.6% of the outstanding Common Units of the Issuer, which is based on 88,476,164 Common Units outstanding as of May 11, 2020 (including 10,750,000 Common Units issued by the Issuer to the General Partner on May 11, 2020 in the Exchange Transaction).

(b) The Reporting Person has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or direct the disposition of the Common Units owned by the Reporting Person.

(c) Except as described herein, the Reporting Person has not effected any transactions in the Common Units during the past 60 days.

(d)    No other person is known by the Reporting Person to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of distributions from, or the proceeds from the sale of, Common Units beneficially owned by the Reporting Person.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer

Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

The information provided in Item 3 above is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 6.

Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Teekay GP L.L.C.

Under the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Teekay GP L.L.C., the Reporting Person has the right to designate the individuals to serve on the board of directors of the General Partner.

Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Teekay LNG Partners L.P.

The 5th Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (the “Limited Partnership Agreement”) sets forth the rights, preferences and privileges of the Common Units and the Preferred Units (as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement) of the Issuer, including rights to cash distributions, and, among other things, provides the General Partner with registration rights, preemptive rights and the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase all, but not less than all, of the remaining Common Units in the event the General Partner and its affiliates own more than 80% of the Common Units then outstanding.

Please refer to the full text of the Limited Partnership Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Issuer’s Report on Form 6-K filed on May 11, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein, for more detailed information regarding the Limited Partnership Agreement.

Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

Item 7 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

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.

Date: May 11, 2020

SCHEDULE A

Directors and Executive Officers of Teekay Corporation: