Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

Q4 2015 13F Holdings Report, Stock Holdings

Signature - Title
Andrew Goldberg - General Counsel
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Holdings as of
December 31, 2015
Value $
$1.27B
Num holdings
7
Date filed
2/16/2016, 04:34 PM
Description
All US holdings of this investor are reported in this report. Confidential Treatment Requested (one or more holding(s) omitted). The Form 13F report requires disclosure of the manager that files the report, the name and class of the security, the CUSIP code, the number of shares as of the end of the calendar quarter for which the report is filed, and the total market value. The market value column should not be used as a substitute for Assets Under Management (AUM), as it does not include cash held in accounts.
Previous filing
Q3 2015 - Feb 11, 2016
Next filing
Q1 2016 - May 16, 2016
Sym Weight Trade Impact Company Class Shares Change Activity Value Change $ Value $ * Price $ Shares Principal
Filing 2015 Q4 compared to 2015 Q3 - Restatement by default.
* Reported Price is the price of the security as of the portfolio date. This value is significant in that it is the last known price at which the security was still held.
An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Confidential Treatment Requested. (The Manager has omitted from this public Form 13F one or more holding(s) for which it is requesting confidential treatment from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to section 13(f) of the Exchange Act and rule 24b-2 thereunder)

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name Title City, State Date
Adrian Maizey Chief Operating Officer/Chief Compliance Officer Los Angeles, California 2/16/2016

Shake Shack Inc. ("SHAK") share numbers are presented on an as-converted basis and comprise 2,959,165 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share of SHAK ("A-Common") and 4,995,494 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share of SHAK ("B-Common"). Shares of B-Common can be paired with limited liability company interests of SSE Holdings, LLC on a one-to-one basis and delivered to SHAK in exchange for shares of A-Common (or cash at SHAK's election) pursuant to an exchange right, subject to certain transfer and trading restrictions as disclosed in Green Equity Investor VI, L.P.'s Schedule 13D, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2015, as amended from time to time. Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (the "Reporting Manager") is an adviser to all of the owners of the securities in the indicated rows, and may be deemed to be part of a group of affiliated persons exercising investment discretion with respect to such securities. Except as otherwise indicated in reports filed under such provisions, the filing of this report shall not be deemed an admission, for purposes of Section 13(f), 13(d), 13(g) or 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, or for any other purpose, that the Reporting Manager or any other manager with respect to the securities listed herein exercises investment discretion or is a member of, or is otherwise affiliated with, such a group with respect to such securities. Reference is made, where relevant, to reports filed under Sections 13(d), 13(g) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act for additional information with respect to such beneficial ownership and/or pecuniary interest of the Reporting Manager, any other manager with which it may share or be deemed to share investment discretion and related entities. The filing of this report shall not be deemed an admission, for purposes of Section 13(f), 13(d), 13(g) or 16(a) of the Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules thereunder, or for any other purpose, that the Reporting Manager or any other person is the beneficial owner of any securities.