Filing Details

(Name of Issuer)

* 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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required in 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.

 

1.	Names of Reporting Persons.   BASSO SPAC FUND LLC
2.	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a) [   ] (b) [   ]
3.	SEC Use Only
4.	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With		5.	Sole Voting Power	0
		6.	Shared Voting Power	801,348
		7.	Sole Dispositive Power	0
		8.	Shared Dispositive Power	801,348
9.	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   801,348
10.	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   [  ]
11.	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)   5.3%
12.	Type of Reporting Person:   OO

 

 

 

 

1.	Names of Reporting Persons.   BASSO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
2.	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a) [   ] (b) [   ]
3.	SEC Use Only
4.	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With		5.	Sole Voting Power	0
		6.	Shared Voting Power	801,348
		7.	Sole Dispositive Power	0
		8.	Shared Dispositive Power	801,348
9.	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   801,348
10.	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   [  ]
11.	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)   5.3%
12.	Type of Reporting Person:   IA, PN

 

 

1.	Names of Reporting Persons.   BASSO GP, LLC
2.	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a) [   ] (b) [   ]
3.	SEC Use Only
4.	Citizenship or Place of Organization   Delaware
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With		5.	Sole Voting Power	0
		6.	Shared Voting Power	801,348
		7.	Sole Dispositive Power	0
		8.	Shared Dispositive Power	801,348
9.	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   801,348
10.	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   [  ]
11.	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)   5.3%
12.	Type of Reporting Person:   OO

 

 

1.	Names of Reporting Persons.   HOWARD I. FISCHER
2.	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group   (a) [   ] (b) [   ]
3.	SEC Use Only
4.	Citizenship or Place of Organization   United States
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With		5.	Sole Voting Power	0
		6.	Shared Voting Power	801,348
		7.	Sole Dispositive Power	0
		8.	Shared Dispositive Power	801,348
9.	Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   801,348
10.	Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   [  ]
11.	Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)   5.3%
12.	Type of Reporting Person:   IN

 

 

Item 1(a).

Name of Issuer:

Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp.

Item 1(b).

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

 

c/o MI Management Company, Trust Company Complex, Suite 206, Ajeltake Road, P.O. Box 3055, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960

Item 2(a).

Name of Person Filing

This Statement is filed on behalf of each of the following persons (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”)

i)

Basso SPAC Fund LLC (“Basso SPAC”);

ii)

Basso Management, LLC (“Basso Management”);

iii)

Basso Capital Management, L.P. (“BCM”);

iv)

Basso GP, LLC (“Basso GP”); and

v)

Howard I. Fischer (“Mr. Fischer”).

This Statement relates to Shares (as defined herein) directly beneficially owned by Basso SPAC.  Basso Management is the manager of Basso SPAC.  BCM serves as the investment manager of Basso SPAC.  Basso GP is the general partner of BCM.  Mr. Fischer is the sole portfolio manager for Basso SPAC, the Chief Executive Officer and a founding managing partner of BCM, and a member of each of Basso Management and Basso GP.  Accordingly, each of Basso Management, BCM, Basso GP and Mr. Fischer may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares reported herein.

Item 2(b).

Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is 1266 East Main, Street, Fourth Floor, Stamford, Connecticut 06902.

Item 2(c).

Citizenship:

Each of Basso SPAC, Basso Management, and Basso GP is a Delaware limited liability company.  BCM is a Delaware limited partnership.  Mr. Fischer is a citizen of the United States.

Item 2(d).

Title of Class of Securities:

 

Class A Common Shares, par value $0.0001 per share

 

Item 2(e).

CUSIP Number:

Y37828129

Item 3.

If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:

This Item 3 is not applicable.

SCHEDULE 13G

Item 4.

Ownership:

Item 4(a)

Amount Beneficially Owned:

As of June 15, 2017, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owner of 801,348 Shares.

Item 4(b)

Percent of Class:

As of June 15, 2017, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owner of approximately 5.3% of Shares outstanding. (There were 15,173,100 Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2016, according to the Issuer’s report on Form 20-F, filed April 27, 2017.)

Item 4(c)

Number of Shares as to which such person has:

 

 

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

This Item 5 is not applicable.

Item 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

This Item 6 is not applicable.

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person:

See disclosure in Item 2 hereof.

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

This Item 8 is not applicable.

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group:

This Item 9 is not applicable.

Item 10.

Certification:

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.

 

	BASSO MANAGEMENT, LLC
	By:	/s/ Howard I. Fischer
		Howard I. Fischer
		Member

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT