Aerohive Networks Inc (HIVE): Discovery Group Slightly Ups Its Stake

Michael Murphy And Daniel Donoghue‘s Discovery Group recently filed an amended Schedule 13D with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, reporting holding 4.15 million shares of Aerohive Networks Inc (NYSE:HIVE), which amass 8.4% of the company’s outstanding stock. This represents a slight increase, compared to 3.87 million shares Discovery Group held at the end of March, according to its latest 13F filing.

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Aerohive Networks (NYSE:HIVE) is a computer networking company that works on developing a variety of cloud-managed mobile networking platforms for both big and small companies, offering their professional service in the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Year-to-date, the company’s stock is up by 14.48%. For the first quarter of 2016, Aerohive Networks reported a loss per share of  $0.25 and revenue of $39.6 million, versus estimates of a loss per share of $0.16 and revenue of $39.6 million. Recently the company has introduced their new set of products that make for the most adaptable wireless infrastructure for connected businesses.

According to our hedge fund database, at the end of March, Discovery Group reported the most valuable position in Aerohive Networks (NYSE:HIVE), and the second biggest position was disclosed by Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies, valued at almost $2 million. Other investors that were bullish on this stock encompassed  Israel Englander’s Millennium Management, Chuck Royce’s Royce & Associates, Joseph A. Jolson’s Harvest Capital Strategies, Paul Tudor Jones’ Tudor Investment Corp, and Jane Mendillo’s Harvard Management Co.

You can access the original SEC filing by clicking here.

Ownership Summary Table

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Discovery Equity Partners 4,154,136 4,154,136 4,154,136 8.4%
Discovery Group I 4,154,136 4,154,136 4,154,136 8.4%
Daniel J. Donoghue 4,154,136 4,154,136 4,154,136 8.4%
Michael R. Murphy 4,154,136 4,154,136 4,154,136 8.4%

Page 1 of 9 – SEC Filing

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO FILED

PURSUANT TO § 240.13d-2(a)

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 3)*

 

Aerohive Networks, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

007786106

(CUSIP Number)

Michael R. Murphy

Discovery Group I, LLC

300 South Wacker Drive

Suite 600

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Telephone Number: (312) 265-9600

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

May 10, 2016

(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 remainder of this cover page shall
be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any
subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

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).

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CUSIP No. 007786106
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
Discovery Equity Partners, L.P.
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a) ¨
(b) ¨
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Illinois
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7. Sole Voting Power
None.
8. Shared Voting Power
4,154,136
9. Sole Dispositive Power
None.
10. Shared Dispositive Power
4,154,136
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,154,136
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   ¨
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
8.4%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN

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CUSIP No. 007786106
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
Discovery Group I, LLC
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a) ¨
(b) ¨
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions)
AF
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7. Sole Voting Power
None.
8. Shared Voting Power
4,154,136
9. Sole Dispositive Power
None.
10. Shared Dispositive Power
4,154,136
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,154,136
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   ¨
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
8.4%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IA

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CUSIP No. 007786106
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
Daniel J. Donoghue
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a) ¨
(b) ¨
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions)
AF
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States of America
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7. Sole Voting Power
None.
8. Shared Voting Power
4,154,136
9. Sole Dispositive Power
None.
10. Shared Dispositive Power
4,154,136
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,154,136
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   ¨
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
8.4%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN

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CUSIP No. 007786106
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
Michael R. Murphy
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a) ¨
(b) ¨
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions)
AF
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States of America
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7. Sole Voting Power
None.
8. Shared Voting Power
4,154,136
9. Sole Dispositive Power
None.
10. Shared Dispositive Power
4,154,136
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,154,136
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   ¨
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
8.4%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN

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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 3”) relates to the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Aerohive Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which has its principal executive offices at 330 Gibraltar Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089. This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements, as set forth below, the information contained in items 1, 3, 5 and 6 of the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with respect to the Company on June 19, 2015, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed by the Reporting Persons with respect to the Company on July 7, 2015, and as amended by Amendment No. 2 thereto filed by the Reporting Persons with respect to the Company on August 7, 2015  (as amended, the “Schedule 13D”). All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. Except as amended by this Amendment No. 3, all information contained in the Schedule 13D is, after reasonable inquiry and to the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge and belief, complete and correct as of the date of this Amendment No. 3.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

The total purchase price for the 4,154,136 shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons as of May 17, 2016 was approximately $24,619,388. The source of such funds was
the assets of Discovery Equity Partners, including proceeds of margin loans under margin loan facilities maintained in the ordinary
course of business by Discovery Equity Partners with a broker on customary terms and conditions. Discovery Equity Partners is the
legal owner of all of the Common Stock beneficially owned by Discovery Group and Messrs. Donoghue and Murphy.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

The information concerning percentages of ownership set forth
below is based on shares of 49,451,573 Common Stock outstanding as of May 2, 2016,
as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.

Discovery Equity Partners beneficially owns 4,154,136 shares
of Common Stock as of May 17, 2016, which represents 8.4% of the outstanding Common Stock.

Discovery Group beneficially owns 4,154,136 shares of Common
Stock as of May 17, 2016, which represents 8.4% of the outstanding Common Stock.

Mr. Donoghue beneficially owns 4,154,136 shares of Common Stock
as of May 17, 2016, which represents 8.4% of the outstanding Common Stock.

Mr. Murphy beneficially owns 4,154,136 shares of Common Stock
as of May 17, 2016, which represents 8.4% of the outstanding Common Stock..

Discovery Group is the
sole general partner of Discovery Equity Partners.  Messrs. Donoghue and Murphy are the sole managing members of Discovery
Group.  As a consequence, Discovery Group and Messrs. Donoghue and Murphy may be deemed to share beneficial ownership
of all of the shares of Common Stock owned by Discovery Equity Partners.

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The transactions in Common Stock effected by the Reporting Persons
during the past 60 days are set out in Exhibit 1 hereto.

No person other than Discovery
Equity Partners
is known to any Reporting Person to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends
from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any of the shares of Common Stock reported herein.

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

Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

 

There are no contracts,
arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) between or among any of the Reporting Persons and any other
person with respect to any securities of the Company other than the governing documents of Discovery Group and Discovery Equity
Partners,
the margin loan facilities referred to under Item 3 above, the Joint Filing Agreements of the Reporting Persons
with respect to the Schedule 13D that were included as exhibits thereto, the Joint Filing Agreement of the Reporting Persons with
respect to this Amendment No. 3 included as Exhibit 2 to this Amendment No. 3, and the Powers of Attorney granted by Messrs
Donoghue and Murphy with respect to reports under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which Powers of
Attorney are included as Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4, respectively, to this Amendment No. 3.

Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit 1:               List of transactions effected by the Reporting Persons in the Company’s Common Stock during the 60-day period preceding this filing.
Exhibit 2:               Joint Filing Agreement dated as of May 17, 2016, by and among Discovery Equity Partners; Discovery Group; Daniel J. Donoghue; and Michael R. Murphy.
Exhibit 3:              Power of Attorney of Daniel J. Donoghue, dated as of April 28, 2008.
Exhibit 4:              Power of Attorney of Michael R. Murphy, dated as of April 28, 2008.

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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.

May 17, 2016
Date

DISCOVERY GROUP I, LLC,

for itself and as general partner of

DISCOVERY EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.

By:  Michael R. Murphy*
Signature
Michael R. Murphy, Managing Member
Name/Title
Daniel J. Donoghue*
Signature
Daniel J. Donoghue
Name/Title
Michael R. Murphy*
Signature
Michael R. Murphy
Name/Title
*By: /s/ Mark Buckley

Mark Buckley

Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel J. Donoghue

Attorney-in-Fact for Michael R. Murphy

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit 1 List of transactions effected by the Reporting Persons in the Company’s Common Stock during the 60-day period preceding this filing.
Exhibit 2 Joint Filing Agreement dated as of May 17, 2016, by and among Discovery Equity Partners; Discovery Group; Daniel J. Donoghue; and Michael R. Murphy.
Exhibit 3 Power of Attorney of Daniel J. Donoghue, dated as of April 28, 2008.
Exhibit 4 Power of Attorney of Michael R. Murphy, dated as of April 28, 2008.

 

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