According to a new 13D filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Joe Huber‘s Huber Capital Management has increased its stake in Iconix Brand Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ICON) to almost 7.10 million shares, which account for 12.64% of the company’s outstanding stock. Previously, the fund had disclosed holding 5.73 million shares in its last 13F filing (for the end of June). The new filing also revealed that this acquisition was solely for the investment purposes and that the fund holds its right to create new plans and proposals regarding the company’s management and its investment.
Iconix Brand Group is a brand management company with a portfolio of more than 35 consumer brands, operating in five sectors: home, entertainment, men’s, women’s, and corporate. Year-to-date, the company’s stock is up by 17.86%. For the second quarter of 2016, Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ:ICON) reported earnings per share of $0.27 and revenue $95.74, above the estimates of $0.23 in EPS and revenue of $95.22 million.
Among the funds in our database, Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ:ICON) was in 12 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the first quarter. Aside from Huber Capital Management, which held the biggest stake, among the bullish investors were also Brian Taylor’s Pine River Capital Management, Paul Glazer’s Glazer Capital, Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors, and Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group.
On the other hand, investors who decided to dump Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ:ICON) include Howard Marks’s Oaktree Capital Management, which dropped the largest stake, worth around $19.7 million in stock, and Wallace Weitz’s fund, Wallace R. Weitz & Co., which also cut its stock, about $15.2 million worth.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Huber Capital Management | 2,171,619 | 0 | 6,527,396 | 0 | 6,527,396 | 11.63% |
Joseph R. Huber | 2,739,032 | 0 | 7,094,809 | 0 | 7,094,809 | 12.64% |
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-102)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT
TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO
FILED PURSUANT TO
RULE 13d-2(a)
Iconix Brand Group Inc. |
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock |
(Title of Class of Securities)
451055107 |
(CUSIP Number)
Joseph R. Huber Huber Capital Management, LLC 2321 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 3245 El Segundo, California 90245 310-207-8400 |
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
August 12, 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 this schedule, including all exhibits. See §§240.13d-7 for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
(continued on following pages)
(Page 1 of 9 Pages)
_______
*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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1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Huber Capital Management, LLC 20-8441410 | ||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A (a) ¨ (b) ¨ | ||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) WC | ||
5 | CHECK | ||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware | ||
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER 2,171,619 | |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 0 | ||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 6,527,396 | ||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | ||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 6,527,396 | ||
12 | CHECK IF THE (See Instructions) | ||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN
11.63% | ||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) IA |
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1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS Joseph R. Huber | ||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A (a) ¨ (b) ¨ | ||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO | ||
5 | CHECK | ||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States | ||
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER 2,739,032 | |
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 0 | ||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 7,094,809 | ||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | ||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 7,094,809 | ||
12 | CHECK IF THE (See Instructions) | ||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN 12.64% | ||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions) IN | ||
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Item 1. Security
and Issuer.
This statement on Schedule 13D relates
to the beneficial ownership of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) of Iconix Brand Group Inc.
(the “Issuer”), whose principal place of business is located at 1450 Broadway, New York New York 10018.
Item 2. Identity
and Background.
a. | This statement is filed by: |
(i) | Huber Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HCM”) with respect to the direct voting and dispositive power over the shares of Common Stock held by HCM’s clients, as a result of causing HCM’s clients to acquire such Common Stock pursuant to HCM’s discretionary authority to manage the assets of such clients. Joe Huber is the managing member of HCM. |
(ii) | Joseph R. Huber with respect to the direct and indirect voting and dispositive power over shares of Common Stock, in part as a result of his capacity as managing member of HCM. |
The foregoing persons are hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Reporting Persons.”
b. | The Reporting Persons’ business address is 2321 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 3245, El Segundo, CA 90024. |
c. | The principal occupation of Mr. Huber is his employment as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and the managing member of HCM. |
d. | During the last five years, the Reporting Persons have not been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
e. | During the last five years, the Reporting Persons were not a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction making the Reporting Persons subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
f. | Mr. Huber is a citizen of the United States. |
Item 3. Source
and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
HCM caused HCM’s clients to acquire the shares of Common
Stock held in such client’s accounts using client funds. Mr. Huber acquired his shares of Common Stock with personal funds.
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Item 4. Purpose
of Transaction.
The Common Stock was acquired for investment purposes. The Reporting
Persons may cause further acquisitions of additional shares of Common Stock or sales of Common Stock through (i) purchases or sales
from time to time in the open market at prices prevailing in the market at the time of such purchases or sales, (ii) privately
negotiated transactions at prices which may or may not be related to prices prevailing in the open market at the time of such purchases
or sales, or (iii) a combination of open market and privately negotiated transactions.
Such acquisition or sale of additional shares of Common Stock
on behalf of the Reporting Persons clients will be, in all cases, subject to the availability of shares at prices deemed by such
Reporting Persons to be reasonable and consistent with prudent investment criteria and to general economic circumstances. As prices
and economic factors are not expected to be static, there can be no assurances that the Reporting Persons will cause the purchase
or sale of any additional shares of Common Stock or that the Reporting Persons will be causing the purchase or sale of additional
shares of Common Stock at any given time, nor can there be any prediction regarding the number of shares of Common Stock over which
the Reporting Persons will have voting or dispositive power at any given time or from time to time. The Reporting Persons reserve
the right to cause the sale or other disposition of any or all of these shares of Common Stock at any time or from time to time.
The Reporting Persons may also engage in any hedging or similar
transactions with respect to the Common Stock.
In light of the information above, the Reporting Persons reserve
the right to formulate other plans and/or make other proposals, and take such actions with respect to the investment in the Issuer,
including any or all of the actions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (j) of item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons may
also at any time reconsider and change their plans or proposals relating to the foregoing matters.
Paragraphs (a) through (j) include plans or proposals which
the Reporting Persons may have which relate to or would result in: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities
of the issuer, or the disposition of securities of the issuer; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such
as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of
a material amount of assets of the issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present
board of directors or management of the issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of
directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization
or dividend policy of the issuer; (f) any other material change in the issuer’s business or corporate
structure, including but not limited to, if the issuer is a registered closed-end investment company, any plans or
proposals to make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is required by section 13 of the Investment Company
Act of 1940; (g) changes in the issuer’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which
may impede the acquisition of control of the issuer by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of
the issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer
quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the issuer becoming
eligible for termination of registration pursuant to section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any action similar
to any of those enumerated above.
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ITEM 5. INTEREST IN
SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
On behalf of its clients, HCM holds 6,527,396 shares of the
Issuer’s Common Stock, equivalent to 11.63% of shares outstanding based on 56,126,593 shares issued and outstanding as reported
in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2016.
A. HCM
a. | HCM beneficially owns, on behalf of its clients, 6,527,396 shares of Common Stock, which represents 11.63% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Issuer. |
b. | HCM has sole power to dispose, on behalf of its clients, of 6,527,396 shares of Common Stock. HCM also has sole power to vote, on behalf of its clients, 2,171,619 shares of Common Stock. The power to vote the remaining shares rests with the HCM client or clients for whom such shares were acquired. |
c. | HCM has purchased, on behalf of its clients, the following shares of Common Stock within the past 60 days: |
Transaction Date | Shares/Units Purchased (Sold) | Price per Share/Unit (average price) |
6/13/2016 | 27,300 | $7.12 |
6/20/2016 | 76,239 | $7.49 |
6/21/2016 | 59,300 | $7.26 |
6/21/2016 | 5,757 | $7.29 |
6/22/2016 | 112,428 | $7.19 |
6/23/2016 | 110,400 | $7.18 |
6/29/2016 | 1,500 | $6.91 |
7/5/2016 | 83,000 | $6.34 |
7/7/2016 | 49,101 | $6.45 |
7/11/2016 | 96,700 | $6.87 |
7/12/2016 | 23,200 | $7.01 |
7/12/2016 | 109,572 | $6.94 |
7/13/2016 | 39,500 | $6.86 |
7/14/2016 | 128,600 | $6.90 |
7/15/2016 | 60,000 | $6.86 |
7/18/2016 | 28,200 | $6.87 |
7/28/2016 | 19,953 | $7.12 |
8/2/2016 | 72,700 | $6.83 |
8/3/2016 | 85,732 | $6.73 |
d. | Please see (a) above. |
e. | Not applicable. |
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B. Mr. Huber
a. | Mr. Huber may be deemed to beneficially own 7,094,809 shares of Common Stock, individually, and on behalf of the clients of HCM, which represents 12.64% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Issuer. This beneficial ownership arises out of (i) Mr. Huber’s role as managing member of HCM, (ii) the ownership of 100% of the membership interests of HCM by Huber Capital Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HCH”), for which Mr. Huber serves as managing member; (iii) the ownership of a controlling interest in the membership interests of HCH by JRH Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in which Mr. Huber owns a controlling interest; and (iv) through his direct and indirect power over other shares of Common Stock. |
b. | Mr. Huber may be deemed to have sole power to dispose of, individually, and on behalf of HCM’s clients, 7,094,809 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Huber may also be deemed to have sole power to vote, individually, and on behalf of HCM’s clients, 2,739,032 shares of Common Stock. The power to vote the remaining shares rests with the HCM client or clients for whom such shares were acquired. |
c. | Mr. Huber may be deemed to have caused the purchase, on behalf of the clients of HCM, the following shares of Common Stock within the past 60 days: |
Transaction Date | Shares/Units Purchased (Sold) | Price per Share/Unit (average price) |
6/13/2016 | 27,300 | $7.12 |
6/20/2016 | 76,239 | $7.49 |
6/21/2016 | 59,300 | $7.26 |
6/21/2016 | 5,757 | $7.29 |
6/22/2016 | 112,428 | $7.19 |
6/23/2016 | 110,400 | $7.18 |
6/29/2016 | 1,500 | $6.91 |
7/5/2016 | 83,000 | $6.34 |
7/7/2016 | 49,101 | $6.45 |
7/11/2016 | 96,700 | $6.87 |
7/12/2016 | 23,200 | $7.01 |
7/12/2016 | 109,572 | $6.94 |
7/13/2016 | 39,500 | $6.86 |
7/14/2016 | 128,600 | $6.90 |
7/15/2016 | 60,000 | $6.86 |
7/18/2016 | 28,200 | $6.87 |
7/28/2016 | 19,953 | $7.12 |
8/2/2016 | 72,700 | $6.83 |
8/3/2016 | 85,732 | $6.73 |
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d. | Please see (a) above. |
e. | Not applicable. |
Item 6. Contracts,
Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
The Reporting Persons do not have any contracts, arrangements,
understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including, but
not limited to transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option agreements, puts
or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.
Item 7. Material
to Be Filed as Exhibits.
99.1 | Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016 by and among the Reporting Persons. |
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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.
Dated: August 12, 2016
HUBER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: HUBER CAPITAL HOLDINGS
LLC, its sole member
By:
/s/ Joseph R. Huber
Joseph R. Huber
Managing Member
/s/
Joseph R. Huber
Joseph R. Huber
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