UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
§ 240.13d-2(a)
(Amendment No. )1
FirstService Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Subordinate Voting Shares, no par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
33767E103
(CUSIP Number)
Jay Hennick
1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2B4
416-960-9500
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
June 2, 2015
(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 §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨.
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
1 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).
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON | ||||||||||||||||||
| JAY S. HENNICK | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION | ||||||||||||||||||
| CANADA | |||||||||||||||||||
| NUMBER OF | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER | |||||||||||||||||
| SHARES | |||||||||||||||||||
| BENEFICIALLY | - 0 - | ||||||||||||||||||
| OWNED BY | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER | |||||||||||||||||
| EACH | |||||||||||||||||||
| REPORTING | 3,598,220* | ||||||||||||||||||
| PERSON WITH | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | |||||||||||||||||
| - 0 - | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3,598,220* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3,598,220* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON | ||||||||||||||||||
| IN | |||||||||||||||||||
* Includes 1,325,694 Multiple Voting Shares, each of which is convertible into one Subordinate Voting Share at any time at the election of the holder thereof.
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON | ||||||||||||||||||
| HENSET CAPITAL INC. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| (b) ☐ | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION | ||||||||||||||||||
| CANADA | |||||||||||||||||||
| NUMBER OF | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER | |||||||||||||||||
| SHARES | |||||||||||||||||||
| BENEFICIALLY | - 0 - | ||||||||||||||||||
| OWNED BY | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER | |||||||||||||||||
| EACH | |||||||||||||||||||
| REPORTING | 3,598,220* | ||||||||||||||||||
| PERSON WITH | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER | |||||||||||||||||
| - 0 - | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3,598,220* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3,598,220* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON | ||||||||||||||||||
| CO | |||||||||||||||||||
* Includes 1,325,694 Multiple Voting Shares, each of which is convertible into one Subordinate Voting Share at any time at the election of the holder thereof.
The following constitutes the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (the “Schedule 13D”).
| Item 1. | Security and Issuer. |
This statement relates to Subordinate Voting Shares, no par value (the “Shares”), of FirstService Corporation, an Ontario, Canada corporation (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2B4.
| Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
| (a) | This statement is filed by Jay S. Hennick and Henset Capital Inc., an Ontario, Canada corporation (“Henset Capital”), of which Mr. Hennick serves as the sole director and the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. Each of the foregoing is referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.” Each of the Reporting Persons is party to that certain Joint Filing Agreement, as further described in Item 6. Accordingly, the Reporting Persons are hereby filing a joint Schedule 13D. |
Set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto (“Schedule A”) is the name and present principal business, occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted of the executive officers and directors of Henset Capital.
| (b) | The principal business address of Mr. Hennick is 1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2B4. The principal business address of Henset Capital is 1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2B4. |
| (c) | The principal occupation of Mr. Hennick is serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Colliers International Group Inc. (“Colliers”) and as the Chairman of the Board of the Issuer. The principal business of Henset Capital is to act as a holding company for certain investments of Mr. Hennick. |
| (d) | No Reporting Person, nor any person listed on Schedule A has, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
| (e) | No Reporting Person, nor any person listed on Schedule A has, during the last five years, been party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
| (f) | Mr. Hennick and each of the persons listed on Schedule A hereto is a citizen of Canada. |
| Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. |
In connection with the spin-off of the Issuer from Colliers in June 2015, Henset Capital was distributed the Shares, together with 1,325,694 Multiple Voting Shares of the Issuer (or 100% of the outstanding Multiple Voting Shares of the Issuer). As the founder of Colliers, Mr. Hennick held, through Henset Capital, certain securities of a predecessor entity to Colliers, which securities were converted, prior to the initial public offering of Colliers, into securities of Colliers. In addition, certain of Mr. Hennick’s securities held at Colliers prior to the spin-off were obtained through the exercise of stock options and other equity awards that were granted to Mr. Hennick during his tenure as an officer and/or director of Colliers.
To the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge, except as otherwise set forth herein, none of the persons listed on Schedule A beneficially owns any securities of the Issuer or is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding required to be disclosed herein.
| Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Mr. Hennick is the Chairman of the Issuer and Founder of Colliers, which spun-off the Issuer in June 2015. Except in Mr. Hennick’s capacity as Chairman and a director of the Issuer or as set forth herein, no Reporting Person has any present plan or proposal which would relate to or result in any of the matters set forth in subparagraphs (a) - (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons reserve the right to increase or decrease their respective positions in the Issuer through, among other things, the purchase or sale of securities of the Issuer on the open market or in private transactions or otherwise, on such terms and at such times as the Reporting Persons may deem advisable. The Reporting Persons reserve the right to change their intention with respect to any and all matters referred to in this Item 4.
| Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer. |
The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by the Reporting Persons is based on 34,575,473 Shares outstanding, as of September 30, 2017, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2017.
A. Henset Capital
| (a) | As of the close of business on December 15, 2017, Henset Capital beneficially owned directly 3,598,220 Shares, which includes 1,325,694 Multiple Voting Shares of the Issuer that can be converted into Shares at any time. |
Percentage: Approximately 10.0%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 3,598,220 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 3,598,220 |
| (c) | There have been no transactions in the Shares by Henset Capital during the past sixty days. |
| B. | Mr. Hennick |
| (a) | As the sole director and voting shareholder of Henset Capital, Mr. Hennick may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 3,598,220 Shares owned by Henset Capital, which includes 1,325,694 Multiple Voting Shares of the Issuer that can be converted into Shares at any time. |
Percentage: Approximately 10.0%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 3,598,220 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 3,598,220 |
| (c) | Mr. Hennick has not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty (60) days. |
| (d) | No person, other than Mr. Hennick, is known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Shares. |
| (e) | Not applicable. |
| Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
On December 15, 2017, the Reporting Persons entered into a Joint Filing Agreement in which the Reporting Persons agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law. The Joint Filing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Other than as described herein, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships between the Reporting Persons and any other person, with respect to the securities of the Issuer.
| Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. |
| 99.1 | Joint Filing Agreement by and between Jay S. Hennick and Henset Capital Inc., dated December 15, 2017. |
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: December 15, 2017
| HENSET CAPITAL INC. | |||
| By: |
/s/ Jay S. Hennick | ||
| Name: | Jay S. Hennick | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | ||
|
/s/ Jay S. Hennick | |
| Jay S. Hennick |
SCHEDULE A
Director and Officers of Henset Capital Inc.
| Name and Position | Principal Occupation | Principal Business Address |
|
Jay Hennick Sole director, Chairman, CEO and President |
See Item 2 | See Item 2 |
|
Jonathan Ng Vice President, Finance |
Vice President, Finance, of Jayset Management CIG Inc. |
1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000 Canada M5S 2B4 |
|
Barbara Hennick Executive Vice President |
Secretary of The Jay and Barbara Hennick Family Foundation |
1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000 Canada M5S 2B4 |
|
Bradley M. Hennick Vice President |
Managing Director and Secretary of Hennick & Company, Inc. |
1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000 Canada M5S 2B4 |
| Lynda Cralli Secretary | Assistant Secretary of both Colliers International Group Inc. and FirstService Corporation. |
1140 Bay Street, Suite 4000 Canada M5S 2B4 |