13D Filing: First Pacific Advisors LLC and Nexeo Solutions Inc. (NXEO)

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Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D

The following constitutes Amendment No. 2 (Amendment No. 2) to the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC) by First Pacific Advisors, LLC, FPA Crescent Fund, a series of FPA Funds Trust, FPA Global Opportunity Fund, a series of FPA Hawkeye Fund, LLC, FPA Select Drawdown Fund, L.P., FPA Select Fund, a series of FPA Hawkeye Fund, LLC, FPA
Value Partners Fund, a series of FPA Hawkeye Fund, LLC, J. Richard Atwood, Steven T. Romick, Brian A. Selmo, and Mark Landecker on June 20, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on August 24, 2017. This Amendment No. 2 amends
and supplements the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D, as amended. Information given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable.

ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION

Item 3 of Schedule 13D is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as follows:

The aggregate purchase price (inclusive of commissions) of the securities of the Issuer reported herein was
$208,873,288.35. The securities of the Issuer reported herein were purchased with the working capital of investment advisory clients of FPA, including the working capital of FPA Crescent Fund, FPA Global Opportunity, FPA Select Drawdown, FPA Select,
FPA Value Partners, FPA Select Maple, FPA Select II and the Managed Accounts.

ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

Item 4 of Schedule 13D is supplemented and superseded, as the case may be, as
follows:

On September 13, 2017, the Issuers Board of Directors (the Board) increased its size to ten members and appointed Brian A.
Selmo to the Board to fill the vacancy created by such increase. Mr. Selmo was appointed as a Class II director with his term expiring at the Issuers 2018 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board has not yet appointed Mr. Selmo to
serve on any committees of the Board.

The Reporting Persons continuously assess the Issuers business, financial condition, results of operations
and prospects, general economic conditions, other developments and additional investment opportunities. Depending on such assessments, the Reporting Persons may acquire additional securities of the Issuer or new securities of the Issuer, engage in
any hedging or similar transactions with respect to the Issuers securities, or may determine to sell or otherwise dispose of all or some of the Issuers securities in the open market, as applicable, in privately negotiated transactions,
in transactions directly with the Issuer or otherwise. Such actions will depend upon a variety of factors, including, without limitation, current and anticipated future trading prices, the financial condition, results of operations and prospects of
the Issuer, alternative investment opportunities, general economic, financial market and industry conditions and other factors that the Reporting Persons may deem material to their investment decision.

Going forward, the Reporting Persons may have conversations with members of the Issuers management team and members of the Issuers Board regarding
multiple topics, including, but not limited to, general business operations and strategic alternatives to promote long-term value for the benefit of all shareholders. The Reporting Persons may engage in communications with one or more officers,
members of Board, representatives, shareholders of the Issuer and other relevant parties regarding the Issuers business and certain initiatives, which could include one or more of the items in subsections (a) through (j) of
Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, review or reconsider their position and/or change their purpose and/or formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto.

ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

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

(a) and (b) Items 7 through 11 and 13 of each of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by reference.

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