13G Filing: Weiss Asset Management and Electrum Special Acquisition Corp (ELEC)

ITEM 1.                    

                          

     (a) Name of Issuer:  ELECTRUM SPECIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

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     (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:    

700 Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10065

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ITEM 2.                    

                          

     (a) and (c): Name and Citizenship of Persons Filing:                    

                          

(i)  BIP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BIP GP”).

(ii)  Weiss Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Weiss        Asset Management”).

(ii) WAM GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WAM GP”).

      (iii) Andrew M. Weiss, Ph.D., a United States citizen (“Andrew Weiss”).      

                          

     (b):  Address of Principal Business Office:                            

                          

     BIP GP, Weiss Asset Management, WAM GP, and Andrew Weiss have a business    

     address of 222 Berkeley St., 16^th floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

                          

     (d) Title of Class of Securities: Ordinary shares, no par value

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     (e) CUSIP Number: G3105C104

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ITEM 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1(B), OR 13D-2(B), CHECK

       WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:                                         

                          

    (a)  [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act           

             (15 U.S.C. 78o).                                                  

    (b)  [ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).    

    (c)  [ ] Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act       

             (15 U.S.C. 78c).                                                  

    (d)  [ ] Investment  Company  registered  under section 8 of the Investment

             Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).                            

    (e)  [ ] Investment  Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment

             Advisers Act or under the laws of any State                       

    (f)  [ ] Employee  Benefit  Plan,  Pension  fund  which is  subject to the

             provisions of the Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act of    

             1974 or Endowment Fund; see Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)        

    (g)  [ ] A Parent Holding Company  or  control  person, in  accordance with

             Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)                     

    (h)  [ ] A Savings  Association  as defined in Section  3(b) of the Federal

             Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)                            

    (i)  [ ] A  Church  Plan  that  is  excluded  from  the  definition  of  an

             investment  company under Section  3(c)(14) of the Investment     

             Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)                             

    (j)  [ ] Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J)