According to a freshly-amended 13D filing with the SEC, Sander Gerber‘s Hudson Bay Capital Management has significantly decreased its stake in Hc2 Holdings Inc. (NYSEMKT:HCHC). The fund now holds 594,521 common shares, which amass 1.4% of the float. The fund’s stake was lowered from 3.73 million shares, which represented 8.9% of the company’s outstanding stock, as per its most recent 13D filing on the company prior to the current one.
HC2 Holdings is a holding company that runs seven divisions: Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Insurance, Utilities, Marine Services, and Other. Recently, an HC2 Holdings’ portfolio company within one of its subsidiaries, MediBeacon, announced a cooperation with scientists at Washington University School of Medicine on a research project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Over the past 12 months, the company’s shares have lost 32.49%. For the second quarter of 2016, HC2 Holdings disclosed EPS of $0.02 and revenue of $359.3 million, an improvement compared to the loss per share of $0.47 and revenue of $280.99 million that it managed for the same period of the previous year.
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Seven hedge funds from within Insider Monkey’s database reported holding long positions in Hc2 Holdings Inc. (NYSEMKT:HCHC) as of the end of June, down from 11 three months earlier. Among the bullish investors were William Martin’s Raging Capital Management, which held a position valued at $11.69 million, Dov Gertzulin’s DG Capital Management, with a position worth $2.02 million, Luke and John Fichthorn’s Dialectic Capital Management, and Cliff Asness’ AQR Capital Management.
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Some of the investors who dropped their positions in Hc2 Holdings Inc. (NYSEMKT:HCHC) during the June quarter encompassed John Orrico’s Water Island Capital, which dumped its position in the company valued at $2.08 million at the end of March, J. Carlo Cannell’s Cannell Capital, which said goodbye to a position worth $683,000, Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies, and Israel Englander’s Millennium Management.
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Ownership Summary Table
| Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Bay Credit Management | 0 | 594,521 | 0 | 594,521 | 594,521 | 1.4% |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management | 0 | 594,521 | 0 | 594,521 | 594,521 | 1.4% |
| Sander Gerber | 0 | 594,521 | 0 | 594,521 | 594,521 | 1.4% |
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Page 1 of 7 – SEC Filing
| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | |
| Washington, D.C. 20549 | |
| SCHEDULE 13D/A | |
| Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |
| (Amendment No. 8)* | |
| HC2 Holdings, | |
| (Name of Issuer) | |
| Common Stock, | |
| (Title of Class of Securities) | |
| 404139107 | |
| (CUSIP Number) | |
| Scott Black | |
| General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer | |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | |
| 777 Third Ave., 30th Floor | |
| New York, NY 10017 | |
| (646) 825-2155 | |
| with a copy to: | |
| Eleazer N. Klein, Esq. | |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | |
| 919 Third Avenue | |
| New York, NY 10022 | |
| (212) 756-2000 | |
| (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person | |
| Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) | |
| October 13, | |
| (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 Rule 13d-1(e), Rule
13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ]
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