Form SC 13D/A - General statement of acquisition of beneficial ownership: [Amend]

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

§ 240.13d-2(a)

 

AERIES TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

G0136H102
(CUSIP Number)

 

Sudhir Appukuttan Panikassery
c/o Aeries Technology, Inc.
60 Paya Lebar Road, #08-13
Paya Lebar Square, Singapore
[phone]

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

June 21, 2024

(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.

 

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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).

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. G0136H102

 

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON   Sudhir Appukuttan Panikassery
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP		(a) ☐ (b) ☐
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS   OO
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)   ☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION   India
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	7	SOLE VOTING POWER   5,151,005
	8	SHARED VOTING POWER   0
	9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   5,151,005
	10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER   0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON   5,151,005
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES   ☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)   11.68%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON   IN

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This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 1”), amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Person on June 11, 2024 (the “Schedule 13D”) relating to the Class A ordinary shares (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) of Aeries Technology, Inc. (the “Issuer”). This Amendment No. 1 is being filed by Mr. Sudhir Appukuttan Panikassery (the “Reporting Person”).

 

The Items below amend and supplement the information disclosed under the corresponding Items of the Schedule 13D as described below. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

 

On June 21, 2024, the Reporting Person exercised an option to purchase 5,151,005 Class A Ordinary Shares, which was previously granted to the Reporting Person as of June 8, 2024, by paying the exercise price of $0.0001 per share in cash to the Issuer. Except as described in this Item 3, the Reporting Person did not pay any cash or other consideration for the shares reported herein.

 

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

(a) – (b)

 

Calculation of the percentage of beneficial ownership is based on a total of 44,102,041 shares of the Issuer’s Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of this report, based on information provided by the Issuer. The aggregate number and percentage of the Class A Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person and the number of shares as to which there is sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shares power to vote or to direct the vote, sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition, or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition are set forth on rows 7 through 11 and row 13 of, and the footnotes included on, the cover pages of this Amendment No. 1, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

(c) Except as described in Item 6, during the past 60 days, the Reporting Person has not effected any transactions with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares.

 

(d) Not applicable.

 

(e) Not applicable.

 

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

The information set forth in Item 3 of this Amendment No. 1 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Except as set forth herein, the Reporting Person does not have any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including but not limited to any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships concerning the transfer or voting of such securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his, her or its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: June 25, 2024

 

By:	/s/ Sudhir Appukuttan Panikassery
Name:	Sudhir Appukuttan Panikassery

 

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