Sec Form 13D Filing - WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC filing for Quotient Ltd (QTNTF) - 2023-02-21

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)

QUOTIENT LIMITED

(Name of Issuer)

Ordinary Shares, nil par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

G73268149

(CUSIP Number)

Jaime McPhee

Whitebox Advisors LLC

3033 Excelsior Boulevard

Suite 500

Minneapolis, MN 55416

(612) 253-6001

with copies to:

Sam Badawi

Ropes & Gray LLP

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-8704

(212) 596-9834

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

February 16, 2023

(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 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 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).

This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on December 15, 2022 (the “Original Schedule 13D”) and, as amended and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Schedule 13D”), with respect to the Ordinary Shares. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Original Schedule 13D. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D.

Item 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

Item 2 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

Schedule A to the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended to replace Robert Riepe with Muqu Karim as Chief Financial Officer of Whitebox Advisers LLC.

Item 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

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

As previously disclosed, on December 5, 2022, the Reporting Persons entered into a transaction support agreement with the Issuer and the other Consenting Noteholders (the “Original TSA”). The Transaction Support Agreement was amended and restated on January 9, 2023 (the “A&R TSA”) to update and modify certain steps effectuating the transactions pursuant to which the Issuer will undergo a comprehensive restructuring of its balance sheet (collectively, the “Transactions”) remove references to the potential creditor schemes of arrangement in England, enhance the diligence available for the benefit of the consenting noteholders, provide for automatic termination (rather than termination only after receipt of written notice) upon certain events, and reduce the threshold of approval necessary to extend certain milestones set forth in the A&R TSA. The A&R TSA is otherwise substantially the same as the Original TSA.

In accordance with the terms of the A&R TSA, on January 9, 2023, Whitebox Relative Value Partners, LP, Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP, Pandora Select Partners L.P., and Whitebox GT Fund, LP entered into an omnibus transaction agreement (together with all exhibits, annexes and schedules thereto, the “Omnibus Transaction Agreement”) with (i) Quotient Holdings Newco, LP (“Newco”), (ii) Quotient Holdings Finance Company Limited (“Finance Co”), (iii) Quotient Holdings Merger Company Limited (“Merger Co”), (iv) the Issuer and (v) the other holders of the Convertible Notes. Pursuant to the Omnibus Transaction Agreement, on January 9, 2023 the Issuer issued additional Convertible Notes to Whitebox Relative Value Partners, LP, Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP, Pandora Select Partners L.P., and Whitebox GT Fund, LP with a principal amount of $118,750.00 in satisfaction of accrued interest on the Convertible Notes that was due and payable on November 15, 2022, and Whitebox Relative Value Partners, LP, Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP, Pandora Select Partners L.P., and Whitebox GT Fund, LP transferred $118,750 of Convertible Notes, and other holders of Convertible Notes transferred an aggregate of $2,375,000.00 Convertible Notes, to Newco in exchange for equity purchase rights of Newco. The Omnibus Transaction Agreement also provided that certain Convertible Notes were then transferred from NewCo to Finance Co. in exchange for equity of Finance Co., from Finance Co. to Merger Co in exchange for equity of Merger Co. and then from Finance Co. and Merger Co. to the Issuer in exchange for preferred stock of the Issuer.

On January 10, 2023, in accordance with the A&R TSA, the Issuer filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On February 15, 2023 the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Issuer’s plan of reorganization (the “Bankruptcy Plan”) and on February 16, 2023, and in accordance with the terms of the Bankruptcy Plan, the Issuer, Newco, Finance Co., Quotient Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Newco (the “GP”), Merger Co, each direct and indirect subsidiary of the Issuer and the Consenting Noteholders entered into a Master Transaction Agreement (the “Master Transaction Agreement”), and the Issuer, Newco and Finance Co entered into a Business and Asset Transfer Agreement (the “BTA”), and the Issuer effected the transactions contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement and the BTA, emerged from bankruptcy protection, and the Bankruptcy Plan went effective.

Pursuant to the A&R TSA, Bankruptcy Plan, the Master Transaction Agreement and the BTA, on February 16, 2023, a series of transactions occurred which resulted in t he Convertible Notes and Senior Secured Notes being extinguished, the Issuer issuing 13,020,000 Ordinary Shares to Finance Co and 4,000,000 Ordinary Shares to Merger Co, resulting in Newco indirectly owning approximately 81% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Issuer, and all of the subsidiaries of the Issuer becoming indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Newco. The limited partnership interests in Newco are held by certain of the Consenting Noteholders. The A&R TSA, Bankruptcy Plan, and Master Transaction Agreement further provide that as soon as practicable following the effective date, the Issuer, Finance Co. and Merger Co will enter into a merger agreement that will result in the Issuer becoming a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Newco (the “Merger”). The Master Transaction Agreement provides that the parties thereto will cooperate as reasonably necessary or desirable to consummate the Merger as soon as possible. Upon completion of the Merger, the Issuer is expected to terminate the registration of its equity securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Whitebox Advisors LLC, Whitebox General Partner LLC, Whitebox Relative Value Partners, LP, Whitebox Multi-Strategy Partners, LP, Pandora Select Partners L.P., and Whitebox GT Fund, LP do not have the ability, directly or indirectly, to direct the voting or disposition of Ordinary Shares held by Newco.

Following the consummation of the transactions that occurred on February 16, 2023, any “group” that may be deemed to have existed between the Reporting Persons and other Consenting Noteholders has been terminated.

The foregoing descriptions of the A&R TSA, the Omnibus Transaction Agreement, the Master Transaction Agreement and the BTA are summaries only, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the A&R TSA (including the exhibits thereto), Omnibus Transaction Agreement, the Master Transaction Agreement and the BTA, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.3, 99.4, 99.5 and 99.6, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

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

The information contained in rows 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 on each of the cover pages of this Statement is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 5.

(a), (b), The percentage of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons is based on (i) 4,035,013 Ordinary Shares reported outstanding as of February 2, 2023 in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2022, plus (ii) 17,020,000 Ordinary Shares issued on February 16, 2023, as described in Item 4.

(c) Except than as described in Item 4, the Reporting Persons have not effected transactions in the Ordinary Shares during the past sixty days.

(d) No person other than the Reporting Persons are known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Ordinary Shares held by the Reporting Persons.

(e) February 16, 2023.

Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

The information set forth in Items 4 and 5 is incorporated herein by reference.

Other than as described in this Item 6 and Items 4 and 5, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) among the persons named in Item 2 hereof and between such persons and any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including but not limited to transfer or voting of any other securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, divisions of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies, including any securities pledged or otherwise subject to a contingency the occurrence of which would give another person voting power or investment power over such securities other than standard default and similar provisions contained in loan agreements.

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

Signatures

After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, such person certifies that the information set forth in this Statement with respect to such person is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 21, 2023