0001172661-18-000501.txt : 20180213 0001172661-18-000501.hdr.sgml : 20180213 20180213162540 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001172661-18-000501 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180213 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QIWI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001561566 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: G4 FISCAL YEAR END: 0207 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-87446 FILM NUMBER: 18603762 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12-14 KENNEDY AVE. STREET 2: KENNEDY BUSINESS CENTRE, OFFICE 203 CITY: NICOSIA STATE: G4 ZIP: 1087 BUSINESS PHONE: 01135722653390 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12-14 KENNEDY AVE. STREET 2: KENNEDY BUSINESS CENTRE, OFFICE 203 CITY: NICOSIA STATE: G4 ZIP: 1087 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: QIWI plc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130128 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: QIWI Ltd DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20121105 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001712901 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 ST JAMES'S SQUARE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SW1Y 4JU BUSINESS PHONE: 00442038264470 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 ST JAMES'S SQUARE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SW1Y 4JU SC 13G 1 qiwi123117.htm 13G

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )*



QIWI plc

(Name of Issuer)

 

Sponsored ADR Rep B

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

74735M108

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

December 31, 2017
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

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

 

x Rule 13d-1(b)

o Rule 13d-1(c)

o 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).

 
 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd.
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) o
(b) o
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
England and Wales
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
3,129,305
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
0
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
3,129,305
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
0
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
3,129,305
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
 
o
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
6.85%
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
OO, FI

 
 

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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Item 1.(a) Name of Issuer

QIWI plc

Item 1.(b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

12-14 Kennedy Ave.

Kennedy Business Centre, 2nd Floor, Office 203

1087 Nicosia Cyprus

Item 2.(a, b, c) Names of Person Filing, Address of Principal Business Office, Citizenship:

Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd., a company organized in England and Wales, 5 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4JU.

  

Item 2.(d) Title of Class of Securities

Sponsored ADR Rep B

 

Item 2.(e) CUSIP No.:

74735M108

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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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:

  (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) o 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) x A non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
 
  (k) ¨ A 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:                            
       

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G
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Item 4. Ownership

Information with respect to the Reporting Person’s ownership as of December 31, 2017, is incorporated by reference to items (5) - (9) and (11) of the cover page for the Reporting Person.

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ].

Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

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

Not Applicable.

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

Not Applicable.

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group 

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 acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and 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.

 

 
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 SCHEDULE 13G
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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: February 13, 2018

 

 

 

 

Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd.

       
  By:  /s/ John Stephen Platts
    John Stephen Platts, Chief Operating Officer