As revealed in a recent 13D filing with the US SEC, Brad Gerstner‘s Altimeter Capital Management entered into a settlement agreement with the United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UAL) together with Paul Reeder and Edward Shapiro‘s PAR Capital Management, under the terms of which the fund granted to retreat its notice of nomination sent to the company in March current year, and the board agreed to increase its size to 17 directors and appoint Edward Shapiro, Barnaby Harford. The company will as well include Messrs. Shapiro and Harford in its slate of nominees for election to the Board of Directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders and will plead in their favor. United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UAL) also granted to agree mutually with the Altimeter Capital Management to determine and appoint a new independent director to the board. Altimeter Capital Management owns 11.51 million shares of United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UAL), which account for 3.2% of the company’s outstanding stock.
United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UAL) is a holding company that offers a broad specter of transportation services mainly through its fully owned subsidiary – United Air Lines. Over the last 12 months, the company’s shares have dropped by 4.7%. For the fourth quarter of 2015, the company reported revenue of $9.04 billion and EPS of $2.54, versus slightly higher estimates of $9.11 billion and $2.62, respectively.
At the end of 2015, 73 investors, among those followed by Insider Monkey, were bullish on this stock, including Altimeter Capital Management with the biggest position, worth about $610.2 million. The second largest stake was held by PAR Capital Management, and other investors that reported long positions in this stock are Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management, Thomas E. Claugus’ GMT Capital and Donald Chiboucis’s Columbus Circle Investors.
Hedge funds that have lost interest in this stock, and cut off their shares are Will Snellings’ Marianas Fund Management, which dropped the biggest position, worth about $74.3 million, Mike Masters’s Masters Capital Management, which dumped about 57.3 million worth of shares.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALTIMETER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT | 0 | 11,509,268 | 0 | 11,509,268 | 11,509,268 | 3.2% |
| ALTIMETER PARTNERS FUND | 0 | 11,509,268 | 0 | 11,509,268 | 11,509,268 | 3.2% |
| BRAD GERSTNER | 0 | 11,509,268 | 0 | 11,509,268 | 11,509,268 | 3.2% |
| BARNABY HARFORD | 40,000 | 0 | 40,000 | 0 | 40,000 | Less than 0.1% |
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| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | |
| Washington, D.C. 20549 | |
| SCHEDULE 13D/A | |
| (Amendment No. 2)* | |
| Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |
| United Continental | |
| (Name of Issuer) | |
| Common Stock, | |
| (Title of Class of Securities) | |
| 910047109 | |
| (CUSIP Number) | |
| Altimeter Capital Management, LP One International Place Suite 2400 Boston, MA 02110 with a copy to: Marc Weingarten, Esq. Eleazer Klein, Esq. Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 756-2000 | |
| (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person | |
| Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) | |
| April 19, | |
| (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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______________________________
* 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 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON ALTIMETER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) x | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS AF | |||
| 5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) | ¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware, United States of America | |||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER -0- | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 3.2% | |||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IA, PN | |||
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| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON ALTIMETER PARTNERS FUND, L.P. | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) x | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS WC, OO (see Item 3) | |||
| 5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) | ¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware, United States of America | |||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER -0- | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 3.2% | |||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN | |||
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| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON BRAD GERSTNER | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) x | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS AF | |||
| 5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING 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 -0- | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON 11,509,268 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 3.2% | |||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN | |||
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| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON BARNABY HARFORD | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) x | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS PF | |||
| 5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) | ¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United Kingdom | |||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER 40,000 shares of Common Stock | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER -0- | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 40,000 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON 40,000 shares of Common Stock | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) Less than 0.1% | |||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN | |||
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This Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No.
2”) amends and supplements the statements on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on January 26, 2016 (the “Original Schedule 13D”) and Amendment No. 1 to the Original Schedule 13D, filed with
the SEC on March 8, 2016 (“Amendment No. 1,” together with this Amendment No. 2 and the Original Schedule 13D,
the “Schedule 13D”) with respect to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”),
of United Continental Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 2 have the meanings set forth in the Original Schedule 13D and Amendment No. 1. This
Amendment No. 2 amends Items 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 as set forth below.
| Item 2. | IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND | |
| Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by | ||
| As a result of the Settlement Agreement (as defined in Item 4), the Reporting Persons and PAR may no longer be deemed members of “group” as defined in Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, and the Reporting Persons shall cease to be Reporting Persons immediately following the filing of this Amendment No. 2. A copy of the Settlement Agreement is attached as Exhibit 3 to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein. | ||
| Item 4. | PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION |
| Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by |
| On April 19, 2016, the Altimeter Parties, the General Partner, PAR and certain affiliates of PAR (collectively, the “Settlement Parties”) entered into a settlement agreement with the Issuer (the “Settlement Agreement”) whereby the Fund agreed to withdraw its notice of nomination, originally sent to the Issuer on March 8, 2016, and whereby the parties agreed, among other things, and subject to certain conditions, that the Board will: (i) immediately following the execution and delivery of the Settlement Agreement (the “Effective Time”), increase the size of the Board to seventeen directors and appoint Edward Shapiro (“Mr. Shapiro”) and Barnaby Harford (“Mr. Harford”) to fill the newly-created vacancies and to serve as directors on the Board; (ii) include Messrs. Shapiro and Harford in its slate of nominees for election as directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2016 Annual Meeting”) and solicit proxies in favor of the election of Messrs. Shapiro and Harford at the 2016 Annual Meeting; and (iii) mutually agree with the Investment Manager and PAR to identify an additional director (the “New Independent Director”) and appoint the New Independent Director to the Board as promptly as possible following the Effective Time and with an outside target date of six months after the Effective Time. In addition, the Issuer shall include the New Independent Director in its slate of nominees for election as directors at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2017 Annual Meeting”) and solicit proxies in favor of the New Independent Director. The Settlement Parties will also abide by certain customary standstill provisions, such provisions to last until the later of (x) the day Mr. Shapiro is no longer a director and (y) two weeks prior to the deadline for the submission of notices of stockholder nominations or proposals under the Issuer’s Amended and Restated Bylaws for the 2017 Annual Meeting (the “Standstill Period”). The standstill provisions provide that each of the Settlement Parties agrees to cause all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by it to be present for quorum purposes and to be voted in favor of the directors nominated by the Board for election or other business that may come before any shareholder meeting during the Standstill Period, subject to certain exceptions. The foregoing summary of the Settlement Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Settlement Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 3 to this Schedule 13D and which is incorporated by reference herein. |
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| Item 5. | INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER |
| Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Item 5 of the Schedule 13D are hereby |
| (a) The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which this Representatives of the Reporting Persons previously engaged in discussions The Reporting Persons (i) own (and will continue to own) less than (b) Each of the Investment Manager, the Fund, and Mr. (e) As a result of the Settlement Agreement, on April 19, |
| Item 6. | CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER |
| Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by |
| The Investment Manager is a party to the Settlement Agreement, which attached as Exhibit 3, to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein. |
| Item 7. | EXHIBITS |
| Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following: |
| Exhibit | Description |
| 3 | Settlement Agreement, dated April 19, 2016. |
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SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best
of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Date: April 20, 2016
| ALTIMETER PARTNERS FUND, L.P. | ||
| By: Altimeter General Partner, LLC Its: General Partner
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| By: | /s/ Brad Gerstner | |
| Brad Gerstner | ||
| Managing Member | ||
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| ALTIMETER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | ||
| By: Altimeter Capital Management Its: General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Brad Gerstner | |
| Brad Gerstner | ||
| Managing Member | ||
| /s/ Brad Gerstner | ||
| BRAD GERSTNER | ||
| /s/ Barnaby Harford | ||
| BARNABY HARFORD | ||
