SEC Form 3 · accession 0000899243-16-026457

SAExploration Holdings, Inc. · SAEX

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Table I — non-derivative securities

Table II — derivative securities

Explanation of responses

• F1The filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission that any of BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC ("BMCM"), GP Holdings (as defined in Footnote 5) or the General Partners (as defined in Footnote 5) is or was for the purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of SAExploration Holdings, Inc. (the "Issuer"). Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Exchange Act, each of BMCM, GP Holdings and the General Partners disclaims such beneficial ownership, except to the extent of its respective pecuniary interest.
• F2BMCM is the investment manager of each of: (i) Blue Mountain Credit Alternatives Master Fund L.P. ("BMCA"), which is the direct beneficial owner of 1,674,107 shares of Common Stock; (ii) BlueMountain Guadalupe Peak Fund L.P. ("BMGP"), which is the direct beneficial owner of 80,647 shares of Common Stock; (iii) BlueMountain Kicking Horse Fund L.P. ("BMKH"), which is the direct beneficial owner of 61,411 shares of Common Stock; (iv) BlueMountain Summit Trading L.P. ("BMST" and, together with BMCA, BMGP and BMKH, the "Partnerships"), which is the direct beneficial owner of 160,171 shares of Common Stock; (v) BlueMountain Timberline Ltd. ("BMT"), which is the direct beneficial owner of 59,405 shares of Common Stock; and
• F3(vi) BlueMountain Montenvers Fund SCA SICAV-SIF ("BMM" and, together with the Partnerships and BMT, the "Funds"), which is the direct beneficial owner of 373,365 shares of Common Stock. BMCM, although it directs the voting and disposition of the Common Stock held by the Funds, only receives an asset-based fee relating to the Common Stock held by the Funds.
• F4(i) Blue Mountain CA Master Fund GP, Ltd. ("BMCA GP") is the general partner of BMCA and has an indirect profits interest in the Common Stock beneficially owned by it; (ii) BlueMountain Summit Opportunities GP II, LLC ("BMST GP") is the general partner of BMST and has an indirect profits interest in the Common Stock beneficially owned by it; (iii) BlueMountain Long/Short Credit GP, LLC ("BMGP GP") is the general partner of BMGP and has an indirect profits interest in the Common Stock beneficially owned by it; (iv) BlueMountain Montenvers GP S.a r.l. ("BMM GP") is the general partner of BMM and has an indirect profits interest in the Common Stock beneficially owned by it; and
• F5(v) BlueMountain Kicking Horse Fund GP, LLC ("BMKH GP" and, together with BMCA GP, BMST GP, and BMGP GP, the "General Partners") is the general partner of BMKH and has an indirect profits interest in the Common Stock beneficially owned by it. BlueMountain GP Holdings, LLC ("GP Holdings") is the sole owner of each of the General Partners and thus has an indirect profits interest in the Common Stock beneficially owned by the Partnerships. BMCM is the sole owner of BMM GP and thus has an indirect profits interest in the Common Stock beneficially owned by BMM.
• F6The Reporting Persons are jointly filing this Form 3 pursuant to Rule 16(a)-3(j) under the Exchange Act. The Form 3 for certain additional Reporting Persons is being filed separately and simultaneously with this Form 3 due to the limitation of ten Reporting Persons per filing.