0000950142-21-000500.txt : 20210212 0000950142-21-000500.hdr.sgml : 20210212 20210211190935 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950142-21-000500 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210211 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BELLUS Health Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001259942 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: Z4 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-79463 FILM NUMBER: 21621743 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 275 ARMAND-FRAPPIER BLVD. CITY: LAVAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H7V 4A7 BUSINESS PHONE: 450-680-4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 275 ARMAND-FRAPPIER BLVD. CITY: LAVAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H7V 4A7 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEUROCHEM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030814 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FONDS DE SOLIDARITE DES TRAVAILLEURS DU QUEBEC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000903337 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [9995] IRS NUMBER: 980140536 STATE OF INCORPORATION: XX FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 545 CREMAZIE BLVD. EAST, SUITE 200 CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H2M 2W4 BUSINESS PHONE: 514-383-8383 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 545 CREMAZIE BLVD. EAST, SUITE 200 CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H2M 2W4 SC 13G/A 1 eh210130000_13ga1-bellus.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

 

BELLUS HEALTH INC.
(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
07987C204
(CUSIP Number)
 
December 31, 2020
(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)
  ☒ 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 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 (“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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1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.)

 
2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

 

N/A

(a)  ☐

(b)  ☐

3

SEC USE ONLY

 

 

  
4

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Montreal (Quebec) Canada

  

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY OWNED

BY EACH REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 5

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

472,532 Common Shares

6

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

N/A

7

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

472,532 Common Shares

8

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

N/A

9

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

472,532 Common Shares

  
10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

 

 ☐
11

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

 

0.8%

  
12

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

IV

  

 

  

 

 

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Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer:
     
    Bellus Health Inc.
     
  (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
     
   

275 Armand-Frappier Boulevard

Laval, Quebec, CANADA

H7V 4A7

     
Item 2. (a) Names of Person Filing:
     
   

Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.)

     
  (b) Address of Principal Business Office: 
     
   

545, Cremazie Blvd. East, Suite 200

Montreal, Quebec, CANADA

H2M 2W4

     
  (c)  Citizenship: 
     
    See row 4 of cover page. 
     
  (d)  Title of Class of Securities: 
     
    Common Shares 
     
  (e)  CUSIP Number: 
     
    07987C204

 

Item 3.  If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
   
  N/A 
   
Item 4.  Ownership.
   
 

The percentage ownership interest is determined based on 60,448,472 Common Shares outstanding as of September 30, 2020, as reported in the Company’s Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 11, 2020.

 

(a) Amount beneficially owned:
     
   

See row 9 of cover page.

     
  (b)  Percent of class: 
     
   

See row 11 of cover page.

 

  

 

 

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  (c) Number of shares as to which the person has:

 

    (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
       
      See row 5 of cover page. 
       
    (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
       
      See row 6 of cover page. 
       
    (iii)  Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 
       
      See row 7 of cover page. 
       
    (iv)  Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 
       
      See row 8 of cover page. 

 

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 5 percent of the class of securities, check the following. ☒

   
Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
   
  N/A 
   
Item 7.  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person:
   
  N/A 
   
Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
   
  N/A 
   
Item 9.  Notification of Dissolution of Group:
   
  N/A 
   
Item 10.   Certification 
   
 

N/A

 

  

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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 as of February 11, 2021.

 

 

Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.)

  
       
  By: /s/ Liette Leduc  
   

Liette Leduc

Senior Director  – Legal Affairs