Filing Details

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. q) *

(Name of Issuer)

(Title of Class of Securities)

(CUSIP Number)

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

 Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

 

[_] Rule 13d-1(b)

 

[_] Rule 13d-1(c)

 

[X] Rule 13d-1(d)

 

*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).

 

 

 

(a)

Name of Issuer: Liberty Tax, Inc.

(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: 1716 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA  23454

(a)

Name of Person Filing: Datatax Business Services Ltd.

(b)

Address of Principal Business Office:  2109 Oxford St., London, Ontario, Canada NSY 553.

(c)

Citizenship: Canada

(d)

Title and Class of Securities: Class A Common Stock

(e)

CUSIP No.: None.

 

 

a.

[ ] Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act ( 15 U.S.C. 78o);

b.

[ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act ( 15 U.S.C. 78c);

c.

[ ] Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act ( 15 U.S.C. 78c);

d.

[ ] Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C 80a-8);

e.

[ ] An investment adviser in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

f.

[ ] An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

g.

[ ] A parent holding company or control person in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

h.

[ ] A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813);

i.

[ ] A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

j.

[ ] A non-U.S. institution in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);

k.

[ ] Group, in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: ____

As of May 25, 2017, Datatax Business Services Ltd. (the “Reporting Person”) beneficially owned 3,000,000¹ shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer (the “Shares”), representing approximately 21.6% of the total Shares outstanding. This percentage of Shares is based upon 12,682,550 Shares outstanding as of January 31, 2017, as reported in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2017, filed by the Issuer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 9, 2017.

 

The Reporting Person has the sole power (a) to vote or to direct the vote of and (b) to dispose or to direct the disposition of, the foregoing shares described in this Item 4.