This Amendment No. 7 (
Amendment No. 7
) amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC
) by the Reporting Persons identified herein on January 13, 2016 (as amended and restated on March 9, 2016 and amended and supplemented on March 28, 2016, April 15, 2016, May 6, 2016, May 10, 2016 and November 4, 2016, respectively) with respect to the common shares (
Common Shares
) of Taseko Mines Ltd. (the
Issuer
).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 7 have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 7 amends Item 4 and Item 5 as set forth below. The Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Shares on November 8, 2016. Therefore, this Amendment No. 7 constitutes an exit filing for the Reporting Persons and terminates the Reporting Persons obligation to further amend the Schedule 13D.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
The Reporting Persons sold an aggregate of 566,200 Common Shares in open market transactions from November 3, 2016 to November 8, 2016, as further detailed in Appendix B attached to this Amendment No. 7. As a result, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Shares on November 8, 2016.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows and by the filing of Appendix B attached to this Amendment No. 7.
a)
The aggregate percentage of Common Shares reported to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons is based upon 221,835,638 Common Shares outstanding as of October 27, 2016, as reported in the Issuers Managements Discussion and Analysis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 filed as exhibit 99.2 in the Issuers Form 6-K filed on October 28, 2016.
At the close of business on November 8, 2016, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own 11,000,000 Common Shares, constituting approximately 4.96% of the Common Shares outstanding.
b)
RC LLC has shared voting power and shared dispositive power over the 11,000,000 Common Shares held by Raging River, by virtue of RC LLCs role as the general partner of Raging River, and accordingly, RC LLC may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of such shares. Each of Granite, Westwood, Blythe Mining and Nathan Milikowsky have shared voting power and shared dispositive power over the 11,000,000 Common Shares held by Raging River, by virtue of their role as managing members of RC LLC, and accordingly, each of Granite, Westwood, Blythe Mining and Nathan Milikowsky may be deemed to be a beneficial owners of such shares. Each of Mark Radzik, Henry Park and Paul Blythe have shared voting power and shared dispositive power over the 11,000,000 Common Shares held by Raging River, by virtue of Mr. Radziks role as the Principal of Granite, Mr. Parks role as the Principal of Westwood and Mr. Blythes role as President of Blythe Mining, and accordingly, Mr. Radzik, Mr.Park or Mr. Blythe may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of such shares.
c)
Appendix B hereto (which is incorporated by reference in this Item 5 as if restated in full herein) sets forth all transactions with respect to the Common Shares effected by the Reporting Persons from November 3, 2016 through November 8, 2016. Appendix B to Amendment No. 6 to the Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on November 4, 2016, sets forth all other transactions with respect to the Common Shares effected by the Reporting Persons in the past 60 days and prior to November 3, 2016.
d)
No person (other than the Reporting Persons) is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Shares.
e)
The Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Shares on November 8, 2016.
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