13D Filing: Southeastern Asset Management and CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX)

CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX): Mason Hawkins’ Southeastern Asset Management filed an amended 13D.

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Ownership Summary Table

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: 24,068,475 shares (Shared)
: 3,154,436 shares (No Vote)
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: (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
(Discretionary Accounts)
: 22,848,026 shares
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: (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

: 24,868,475 shares (Shared)
: 0 shares (None)
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

47,716,501 shares
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES
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(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
20.7 %
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IA
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON __________________________________________
WITH : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER

: 11,536,742 shares (Shared)

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: (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

: None
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: (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

: 11,536,742 shares (Shared)

_____________________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

11,536,742 shares
_____________________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES
_____________________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
5.0 %
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IV
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CUSIP No. 20854P109 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund I.D. No. 62-1376170
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
(a)
(b) X
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO: Funds of investment company shareholders
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [X]
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Massachusetts
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
:
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON ________________________________
WITH : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER

: 12,285,409 shares

________________________________
: (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
:
: None
________________________________
: (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
: 12,285,409 shares

___________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

12,285,409 shares
___________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES
___________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
5.3%
___________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IV
___________________________________________________________________

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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: (Discretionary Accounts)
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON __________________________________________
WITH : (8) SHARED VOTING POWER

: None
__________________________________________
: (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

: None
__________________________________________
: (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

: None
_____________________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

None (See Item 3)
_____________________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES [ ]
_____________________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.0 %
_____________________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer

(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to which this
Schedule 13D relates is 47,716,501 shares of the common stock of the Issuer,
constituting approximately 20.7% of the 230,069,268 shares outstanding.

Common % of outstanding
Shares Common Shares
Held
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Voting Authority

Sole: 20,493,590 8.9%
Shared: 24,068,475* 10.4%
None: 3,154,436 1.4%

Total 47,716,501 20.7%

*Consists of shares owned by Longleaf Partners Fund (11,536,742), Longleaf
Partners Small-Cap Fund (12,285,409) and Longleaf Partners Global Fund
(246,324), each a series of Longleaf Partners Funds Trust, an open-end
management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940.

Dispositive Authority

Sole: 22,848,026 9.9%
Shared: 24,868,475* 10.8%
None: 0 0.0%

Total 47,716,501 20.7%

*Consists of shares owned by Longleaf Partners Fund (11,536,742), Longleaf
Partners Small-Cap Fund (12,285,409), and Longleaf Partners Global Fund
(246,324), each a series of Longleaf Partners Funds Trust, an open-end
management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940. Also includes 800,000 shares over which discretion is shared with
Additive Advisory and Capital, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser.

(b) Southeastern generally has the sole power to dispose of or to
direct the disposition of the Securities held for discretionary accounts of its
investment clients, and may be granted the sole power to vote or direct the
vote of such Securities; such powers may be retained by or shared with the
respective clients for shared or non-discretionary accounts. Shares held by
any Series of Longleaf Partners Funds Trust are reported in the “shared”
category.

(c) Purchase or sale transactions in the Securities during the past
sixty days are disclosed on Schedule II.

(d) The investment advisory clients of Southeastern have the sole
right to receive and, subject to notice, to withdraw the proceeds from the sale
of the Securities, and the sole power to direct the receipt of dividends from
any of the Securities held for their respective accounts. Such clients may
also terminate the investment advisory agreements without penalty upon
appropriate notice. Southeastern does not have an economic interest in any of
the Securities reported herein.

(e) Not applicable.

Signatures

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.

Dated: October 17, 2017

Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.

By /s/ Andrew R. McCarroll
_______________________________________________
Andrew R. McCarroll
Vice President and General Counsel

Longleaf Partners Fund
Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund
By: Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.

/s/ Andrew R. McCarroll
_______________________________________________
Andrew R. McCarroll
Vice President & General Counsel

O. Mason Hawkins, Individually

/s/ O. Mason Hawkins
_______________________________________________

Joint Filing Agreement

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the persons or entities named below agree to the joint
filing on behalf of each of them of this Initial Schedule 13D with
respect to the Securities of the Issuer and further agree that this
joint filing agreement be included as an exhibit to this Initial to
Schedule 13D. In evidence thereof, the undersigned hereby execute
this Agreement as of October 17, 2017.

Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.

By /s/ Andrew R. McCarroll
_______________________________________________
Andrew R. McCarroll
Vice President and General Counsel

Longleaf Partners Fund
Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund
By: Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
/s/ Andrew R. McCarroll
_______________________________________________
Andrew R. McCarroll
Vice President & General Counsel

O. Mason Hawkins, Individually

/s/ O. Mason Hawkins
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*Exclusive of commissions.

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SCHEDULE 13D – CONSOL Energy Inc. (“Issuer”)

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