0001398344-21-016401.txt : 20210817 0001398344-21-016401.hdr.sgml : 20210817 20210817163625 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001398344-21-016401 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-I/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210817 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210817 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ABS Long/Short Strategies Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001649363 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-89250 FILM NUMBER: 211183208 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 BUSINESS PHONE: 414-299-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABS Global Equity Long/Short RIC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150728 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ABS Long/Short Strategies Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001649363 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-I/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 BUSINESS PHONE: 414-299-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ABS Global Equity Long/Short RIC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150728 SC TO-I/A 1 fp0067955_sctoia.htm

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

SCHEDULE TO

 

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1) OR 13(E)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FINAL AMENDMENT

ABS LONG/SHORT STRATEGIES FUND

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

ABS LONG/SHORT STRATEGIES FUND

(Name of Filing Person(s) (Issuer))

 

Founders’ Shares

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

00385P 109

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Laurence K. Russian

ABS Investment Management LLC

537 Steamboat Road

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

(203) 618-3700

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and

Communications on Behalf of the Filing Person(s))

 

Copy to:

 

Caleb C.B. DuBois

Bernstein Shur, Sawyer & Nelson

100 Middle Street

Portland, ME 04104-5029

(207) 774-1200

 

April 16, 2021

(Date Tender Offer First Published,

Sent or Given to Security Holders)

 

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CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation: $53,415,596 (25% of 3/1/21 NAV)(a) Amount of Filing Fee: $5,827.64(b)

 

(a)Calculated as the aggregate maximum purchase price to be paid for Shares pursuant to the offer.

 

(b)Calculated at $109.10 per $1,000,000 of the Transaction Valuation.

  

[X]Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid: $5,827.64

Form or Registration No.: SC TO-I

Filing Party: ABS Long/Short Strategies Fund

Date Filed: April 16, 2021

 

[  ]Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

[  ] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
     
  X issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
     
  [  ] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
     
  [  ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: [X]

 

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provisions:

 

  [  ] Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
     
  [  ] Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

This final amendment relates to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the “Statement”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2021 by ABS Long/Short Strategies Fund (the “Fund”) in connection with an offer (the “Offer”) by the Fund to purchase up to $53,415,596 of its Founders’ Shares (“Shares”) in the Fund on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal were previously filed as Exhibits B and C to the Statement on April 16, 2021.

 

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This is the final amendment to the Statement and is being filed to report the results of the Offer. The following information is furnished pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(4):

 

1.        Shareholders of Shares of the Fund (“Shareholders”) that desired to tender their Shares, or a portion thereof, for purchase were required to submit their tenders by 11:59 P.M., Eastern Time, on May 14, 2021.

 

2.        As of May 14, 2021, no Shares were tendered prior to the expiration of the Offer, and therefore, no Shares were accepted for purchase by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Offer.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set out in this statement is true, complete and correct.

     
  ABS Long/Short Strategies Fund  
     
  By: /s/ Laurence K. Russian  
    Name: Laurence K. Russian  
    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer  

 

August 11, 2021

 

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