Vieco 10 SC 13D/AVirgin Galactic / Vieco 10 ownership change

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 5)*

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

92766K106

(CUSIP Number)

James Cahillane

c/o Virgin Management USA, Inc.

65 Bleecker Street, 6^th Floor,

New York, NY 10012

(212) 497-9050

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

July 30, 2020

(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 Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 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 Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

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).

Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 5”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed with United States Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4, 2019 (as amended to date, the “Schedule 13D”) relating to the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D.

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

On July 30, 2020, Vieco 10 Limited (“V10”) distributed all of it shares of the Issuer to its stockholders on a pro rata basis for no consideration, as a result of which Virgin Investments Limited (“VIL”) is now the record holder of 62,403,260 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock and Aabar Space, Inc. (“Aabar”) is the record holder of 14,887,178 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock.

In connection with such distribution, each of VIL and Aabar executed joinders to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Stockholders’ Agreement (the “Joinder to the RRA” and the “Joinder to the SA”, respectively). Pursuant to the Joinder to the RRA, of the 62,403,260 shares received by VIL, 46,339,860 shares remain subject to lockup restrictions under the Registration Rights Agreement, and of the 14,887,178 shares received by Aabar, 11,055,359 shares remain subject to lockup restrictions under the Registration Rights Agreement, in each case until October 25, 2021. Pursuant to the Joinder to the RRA, VIL and Aabar are also entitled to certain demand and piggyback registration rights.

The foregoing descriptions of the Joinder to the RRA and the Joinder to the SA do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements filed as exhibits to this Schedule 13D, and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5(a) - (b) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by inserting the following information:

The following sets forth, as of the date of this Schedule 13D, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons, as well as the number of shares of Common Stock as to which each Reporting Person has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to direct the vote, sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, as of the date hereof, based on 210,403,856 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 5, 2020:

VIL is the record holder of the securities reported herein. VGIL is the sole shareholder of VIL. VGIL’s sole managing member is Corvina, whose sole shareholder is VGHL. As a result, each of the foregoing entities may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by VIL.

Sir Richard Branson owns and has the ability to appoint and remove the management of VGHL and, as such, may indirectly control the decisions of VGHL regarding the voting and disposition of securities owned by VGHL. Therefore, Sir Richard Branson may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the securities owned by VGHL.

Item 4 above summarizes certain provisions of the Joinder to the RRA and the Joinder to the SA and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of each of these agreements is attached as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Except as set forth herein, none of the Reporting Persons has 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.

SIGNATURES

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

Date:    July 30, 2020