SC 13D/A 1 p24-2461sc13da.htm VISTA OUTDOOR INC.

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
Washington, D.C. 20549  
   
SCHEDULE 13D
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*
 

Vista Outdoor Inc.

(Name of Issuer)
 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)
 

928377100

(CUSIP Number)
 

Gates Capital Management, Inc.

1177 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor

New York, New York 10036

 

with a copy to:

Eleazer Klein, Esq.

Adriana Schwartz, 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)
 

July 26, 2024

(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. [X]

(Page 1 of 7 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 (the “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).

 

 

CUSIP No. 928377100SCHEDULE 13D/APage 2 of 7 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

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

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:		 7

SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

5,589,041 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)

9.6%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IA, PN

         

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 928377100SCHEDULE 13D/APage 3 of 7 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GP, LLC

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

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

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:		 7

SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

5,589,041 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)

9.6%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

OO

         

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 928377100SCHEDULE 13D/APage 4 of 7 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

GATES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

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

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:		 7

SOLE VOTING POWER

-0-

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

5,589,041 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)

9.6%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CO, IA

         

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 928377100SCHEDULE 13D/APage 5 of 7 Pages

  

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

JEFFREY L. GATES

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

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

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

-0-

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

5,589,041 shares of Common Stock

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

5,589,041 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)

9.6%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

         

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 928377100SCHEDULE 13D/APage 6 of 7 Pages

 

This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 1”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed on July 17, 2024 (the “Original 13D” and, together with Amendment No. 1, the “Schedule 13D”), and relates to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Vista Outdoor Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 1 have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 1 amends Items 4, 5 and 7 as set forth below.

 

Item 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
   
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
 
On July 26, 2024, Gates Capital issued a press release in connection with its opposition to adoption of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
 
Items 5(a)-(c) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated as follows:

(a) See rows (11) and (13) of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D for the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and percentages of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each Reporting Person. The percentages used in this Schedule 13D are calculated based upon 58,363,474 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 1, 2024, as reported in the Issuer’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 24, 2024.

 

(b) See rows (7) through (10) of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D for the number of shares of Common Stock as to which each Reporting Person has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the vote and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition.

 

(c) There have been no trades in the Common Stock effected by the Reporting Persons since the filing of the Original 13D.

 

Item 7. EXHIBITS
 
Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
 
Exhibit

Description

 

99.1

Press Release, dated July 26, 2024.

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 928377100SCHEDULE 13D/APage 7 of 7 Pages

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: July 26, 2024

 

  Gates Capital Management, L.P.
  By: Gates Capital Management GP, LLC, its general partner
  By: Gates Capital Management, Inc., its managing member
     
     
  By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Gates
    Jeffrey L. Gates
    President
     
     
  Gates Capital Management GP, LLC
  By: Gates Capital Management, Inc., its managing member
     
     
  By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Gates
    Jeffrey L. Gates
    President
     
     
  Gates Capital Management, Inc.
     
     
  By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Gates
    Jeffrey L. Gates
    President
     
     
  By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Gates
    Jeffrey L. Gates