UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 6)*

 

 

Freshpet, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

358039105

 (CUSIP Number)

 

 

Michael Tuchschmid

Jacobs Holding AG

Seefeldquai 17

P.O. Box

CH-8034 Zurich, Switzerland

+41 44 388 61 61

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

 

 

April 18, 2017

 (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-l(f) or 240.13d-l(g), check the following box. o

 

*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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CUSIP No.

 

358039105

 

1. Names of Reporting Persons

Jacobs Holding AG
2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

(a) o

(b) x

3.

SEC Use Only

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

WC

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

o

 

N/A

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Switzerland

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

 

7.

Sole Voting Power

 

1,043,723

8.

 

Shared Voting Power

 

0

9.

 

Sole Dispositive Power

 

1,043,723

10.

 

Shared Dispositive Power

 

0

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

1,043,723

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)

o

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

3.1% (1)

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

 

CO

   

 

(1) The calculation of this percentage is based on 33,984,757 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 8, 2017, which number the Issuer reported in its 10-K (as discussed in Item 5 of this Schedule 13D).

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This Amendment No. 6 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D relating to the common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) of Freshpet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”) filed on April 29, 2016 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on May 9, 2016, Amendment No. 2 filed on May 26, 2016, Amendment No. 3 filed on June 7, 2016, Amendment No. 4 filed on June 29, 2016 and Amendment No. 5 filed on March 20, 2017, the “Initial Schedule 13D,” and, as amended by this Amendment, this “Schedule 13D”). Except as expressly indicated otherwise below, all items from the Initial Schedule 13D are unchanged. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Initial Schedule 13D.

 

This Amendment No. 6 constitutes an exit filing for Jacobs Holding, and is being filed to amend Item 3 and Item 5 of the Schedule 13D as follows:

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

Item 3 of the Initial Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

The aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock to which this Schedule 13D relates (including proceeds from Jacobs Holding’s sale of Common Stock) was $3,729,286. Such price was funded through Jacobs Holding’s internally generated funds.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

The first paragraph of Item 5(a) of the Initial Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(a)       The information relating to the beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Jacobs Holding set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover page hereto is incorporated by reference. Jacobs Holding has acquired and, for the purpose of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, beneficially owns 1,043,723 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 3.1% of the shares of Common Stock based on 33,984,757 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 8, 2017, which number the Issuer reported in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2017 (the “10-K”).

 

Item 5(c) of the Initial Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by inserting the following paragraph after the last paragraph therein:

 

(c)       Information concerning transactions in the Common Stock since March 20, 2017 by the parties named in Item 5(a) above is set forth on Schedule B.

 

Schedule B to the Initial Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the contents of Schedule B to this Amendment to such schedule.

 

Item 5(e) of the Initial Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(e) On April 18, 2017, Jacobs Holding sold 520,882 shares of Common Stock in the open market at a price of $11.16 per share. Following this transaction, Jacobs Holding no longer beneficially owns 5% or more of the shares of the Common Stock. Accordingly, this statement on Schedule 13D is hereby terminated and this Amendment No. 6 constitutes the final amendment thereto.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, we certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: April 19, 2017

 

         
 

JACOBS HOLDING AG

 

 
       
  By:

/s/ Michael Tuchschmid

 
    Name: Michael Tuchschmid  
    Title: Chief Financial Officer  

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SCHEDULE B

 

TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES OF THE ISSUER SINCE MARCH 20, 2017

 

Name of Transacting Person

Date of Transaction

Number of Shares Purchased (Sold)

Nature of Purchase (Sale)

Price Per Share

Aggregate
Purchase (Sale) Price

Jacobs Holding AG 22-Mar-17 (1,400) Open Market $11.05 ($15,470.00)
Jacobs Holding AG 23-Mar-17 (8,467) Open Market $11.02 ($93,314.81)
Jacobs Holding AG 24-Mar-17 (8,903) Open Market $11.04 ($98,253.51)
Jacobs Holding AG 27-Mar-17 (37,404) Open Market $11.34 ($424,049.15)
Jacobs Holding AG 28-Mar-17 (21,796) Open Market $11.34 ($247,245.11)
Jacobs Holding AG 29-Mar-17 (127,500) Open Market $11.34 ($1,446,232.50)
Jacobs Holding AG 30-Mar-17 (6,240) Open Market $11.05 ($68,933.28)
Jacobs Holding AG 31-Mar-17 (5,200) Open Market $11.00 ($57,202.60)
Jacobs Holding AG 3-Apr-17 (10,481) Open Market $11.02 ($115,531.01)
Jacobs Holding AG 4-Apr-17 (19,900) Open Market $11.00 ($218,925.87)
Jacobs Holding AG 5-Apr-17 (11,600) Open Market $11.06 ($128,240.32)
Jacobs Holding AG 6-Apr-17 (67,554) Open Market $11.18 ($754,983.50)
Jacobs Holding AG 7-Apr-17 (10,846) Open Market $11.06 ($119,953.51)
Jacobs Holding AG 10-Apr-17 (19,519) Open Market $11.04 ($215,569.79)
Jacobs Holding AG 11-Apr-17 (25,846) Open Market $11.23 ($290,291.93)
Jacobs Holding AG 12-Apr-17 (6,600) Open Market $11.08 ($73,112.82)
Jacobs Holding AG 13-Apr-17 (10,861) Open Market $11.03 ($119,831.59)
Jacobs Holding AG 17-Apr-17 (17,500) Open Market $11.14 ($195,035.75)
Jacobs Holding AG 18-Apr-17 (520,882) Open Market $11.16 ($5,812,678.50)
Jacobs Holding AG 19-Apr-17 (240,000) Open Market $11.15 ($2,676,960.00)
           
Total   (1,178,499)     ($13,171,815.55)
           

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