[SCHEDULE 13G/A] BRP Inc. Common Subordinate Voting Shares SEC Filing
Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. reports beneficial ownership of 2,986,371 subordinate voting shares of BRP Inc., representing 8.7% of the class. Turtle Creek reports sole voting and sole dispositive power over these shares, and states the shares are held for the benefit of unit holders of mutual funds it manages, with no known single unit holder exceeding 5%. The filing identifies Turtle Creek as an investment adviser and confirms the holdings were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business, not to influence control of BRP.
- Material disclosure of ownership: Turtle Creek reports an 8.7% stake (2,986,371 shares), providing transparency to the market
- Sole voting and dispositive power reported, clarifying control over voting and disposition for these shares
- Held for mutual funds: Shares are held for the benefit of unit holders, indicating portfolio-management intent rather than activist control
- None.
Insights
TL;DR Large passive stake disclosed: 8.7% ownership could affect trading liquidity but is declared as held for mutual funds.
Turtle Creek holds nearly 3.0 million subordinate voting shares and reports sole voting and dispositive power. The position is disclosed as held in the ordinary course of business for mutual fund clients, which suggests a portfolio-driven, non-control intent. For investors this is a material ownership disclosure because it exceeds the 5% threshold, but the filing contains no indication of activist intent or transactions to change control.
TL;DR 8.7% ownership is material for governance monitoring but filing indicates non-control, reducing immediate governance risk.
The report shows sole voting power attributed to Turtle Creek over the reported shares; however, the filing explicitly states the position was not acquired to influence control and that shares are held for mutual fund unitholders. While the stake requires attention from the board and disclosure teams, there is no evidence here of coordinated group action or plans to seek board representation.