UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
URANIUM ENERGY CORP
(Name
of Issuer)
Common Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
916896103
(CUSIP Number)
July 31, 2007
(Date of Event Which Requires
Filing of This Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
/ / Rule 13d-1(b)
/X/ Rule
13d-1(c)
/ / Rule 13d-1(d)
*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).
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CUSIP No. 916896103
1. Name of Reporting Person:
Passport Global Master Fund SPC Ltd for and on behalf of Portfolio A – Global Strategy
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
(a) / /
(b) /X/
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: British Virgin Islands
| 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- | |
| Number of | |
| shares | |
| beneficially | 6. Shared Voting Power: 2,498,300 (see Item 4) |
| owned by | |
| each | |
| reporting | 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0- |
| person | |
| with: | |
| 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 2,498,300 (see Item 4) |
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
2,498,300
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
/ /
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 6.64% *
12. Type of Reporting Person: PN
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* This percentage is based on the 37,612,088 Shares issued and outstanding as included on the July 31, 2007 10-KSB of the issuer.
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CUSIP No. 916896103
1. Name of Reporting Person:
Partners Group Alternative Strategies PCC Limited Gold Iota Cell
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
(a) / /
(b) /X/
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Guernsey
| 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- | |
| Number of | |
| shares | |
| beneficially | 6. Shared Voting Power: 156,600 (see Item 4) |
| owned by | |
| each | |
| reporting | 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0- |
| person | |
| with: | |
| 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 156,600 (see Item 4) |
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
156,600
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
/ /
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 0.42% *
12. Type of Reporting Person: PN
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* This percentage is based on the 37,612,088 Shares issued and outstanding as included on the July 31, 2007 10-KSB of the issuer.
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CUSIP No. 916896103
1. Name of Reporting Person:
Passport Materials Master Fund, LP
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
(a) / /
(b) /X/
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: British Virgin Islands
| 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- | |
| Number of | |
| shares | |
| beneficially | 6. Shared Voting Power: 1,400,000 (see Item 4) |
| owned by | |
| each | |
| reporting | 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0- |
| person | |
| with: | |
| 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 1,400,000 (see Item 4) |
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
1,400,000
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
/ /
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 3.72% *
12. Type of Reporting Person: OO
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* This percentage is based on the 37,612,088 Shares issued and outstanding as included on the July 31, 2007 10-KSB of the issuer.
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CUSIP No. 916896103
1. Name of Reporting Person:
Passport Management, LLC
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
(a) / /
(b) /X/
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware
| 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- | |
| Number of | |
| shares | |
| beneficially | 6. Shared Voting Power: 4,054,900 (see Item 4) |
| owned by | |
| each | |
| reporting | 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0- |
| person | |
| with: | |
| 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 4,054,900 (see Item 4) |
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
4,054,900
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
/ /
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 10,78%*
12. Type of Reporting Person: OO
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* This percentage is based on the 37,612,088 Shares issued and outstanding as included on the July 31, 2007 10-KSB of the issuer.
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CUSIP No. 916896103
1. Name of Reporting Person:
Passport Capital, LLC
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
(a) / /
(b) /X/
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware
| 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- | |
| Number of | |
| shares | |
| beneficially | 6. Shared Voting Power: 4,054,900 (see Item 4) |
| owned by | |
| each | |
| reporting | 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0- |
| person | |
| with: | |
| 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 4,054,900 (see Item 4) |
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
4,054,900
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
/ /
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 10.78% *
12. Type of Reporting Person: OO
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* This percentage is based on the 37,612,088 Shares issued and outstanding as included on the July 31, 2007 10-KSB of the issuer.
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CUSIP No. 916896103
1. Name of Reporting Person:
John Burbank
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:
(a) / /
(b) /X/
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States
| 5. Sole Voting Power: -0- | |
| Number of | |
| shares | |
| beneficially | 6. Shared Voting Power: 4,054,900 (see Item 4) |
| owned by | |
| each | |
| reporting | 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0- |
| person | |
| with: | |
| 8. Shared Dispositive Power: 4,054,900 (see Item 4) |
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
4,054,900
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:
/ /
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 10.78% *
12. Type of Reporting Person: IN
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* This percentage is based on the 37,612,088 Shares issued and outstanding as included on the July 31, 2007 10-KSB of the issuer.
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| Item 1(a). | Name of Issuer: |
| Uranium Energy Corp (the “Company”). | |
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| Item 1(b). |
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: |
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9801 Anderson Mill Road | |
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Suite 230 | |
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Austin, TX 78750 | |
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| Item 2(a). |
Name of Persons Filing: |
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Passport Global Master Fund SPC Ltd for and on behalf of Portfolio A – Global Strategy (“Fund I”); | |
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Partners Group Alternative Strategies PCC Limited Gold Iota Cell (“Fund II”); | |
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Passport Materials Master Fund, LP (“Fund III”) | |
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Passport Management, LLC (“Passport Management”); | |
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Passport Capital, LLC (“Passport Capital”); and | |
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John Burbank (“Burbank,” together with Fund I, Fund II, Fund III, Passport Management and Passport Capital, the “Reporting Persons”). | |
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Burbank is the sole managing member of Passport Capital; Passport Capital is the sole managing member of Passport Management. Passport Management is the investment manager to Fund I and Fund III and Trading Advisor to Fund II. As a result, each of Passport Management, Passport Capital and Burbank may be considered to share the power to vote or direct the vote of, and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of, the Shares owned of record by Fund I, Fund II and Fund III. This statement on Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons (other than Fund I, Fund II and Fund III) is the beneficial owner of the securities covered by this statement. | |
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| Item 2(b). |
Address of Principal Business Office: |
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For each Reporting Person: | |
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PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC | |
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30 HOTALING PLACE, STE. 300 | |
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 | |
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| Item 2(c). | Citizenship: |
| See row 4 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page. | |
| Item 2(d). | Title of Class of Securities: |
| Common Shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”) | |
| Item 2(e). | CUSIP Number: |
| 916896103 |
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| Item 3. | Not applicable. | |
| Item 4. | Ownership. | |
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: | |
| See Item 9 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page. | ||
| (b) | Percent of class: | |
| See Item 11 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page. |
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| (c) | Number of shares for which each Reporting Person has sole or shared |
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| See Items 5-8 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page. |
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| Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. |
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| If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ]. |
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| Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. |
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| Not Applicable. |
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| Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported By the Parent Holding Company. |
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| Not Applicable. |
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| Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. |
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| Not Applicable. |
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| Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of a Group. |
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| Not Applicable. |
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| Item 10. | Certification. |
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| By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. |
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SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: December 12, 2007
PASSPORT GLOBAL MASTER FUND SPC LTD FOR AND ON BEHALF OF PORTFOLIO A – GLOBAL STRATEGY
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank
Director
PARTNERS GROUP ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES PCC LIMITED GOLD IOTA CELL
By: PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC
as Trading Advisor
By: PASSPORT CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Managing Member
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank,
Managing Member
PASSPORT MATERIALS MASTER FUND, LP
By: PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC
as Trading Advisor
By: PASSPORT CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Managing Member
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank,
Managing Member
PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC
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By: PASSPORT CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Managing Member
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John
Burbank,
Managing Member
PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John
Burbank,
Managing Member
/s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank
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Exhibit 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them the statement on Schedule 13G to which this agreement is attached as an exhibit.
The undersigned further agree that each party hereto is responsible for the timely filing of such Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning such party contained therein; provided, however, that no party is responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information concerning any other party making the filing, unless such party knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Joint Filing Agreement on December 12, 2007.
PASSPORT GLOBAL MASTER FUND SPC LTD FOR AND ON BEHALF OF PORTFOLIO A – GLOBAL STRATEGY
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank
Director
PARTNERS GROUP ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES PCC LIMITED GOLD IOTA CELL
By: PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC
as Trading Advisor
By: PASSPORT CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Managing Member
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank,
Managing Member
PASSPORT MATERIALS MASTER FUND, LP
By: PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC
as Trading Advisor
By: PASSPORT CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Managing Member
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank,
Managing Member
By: PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC
as Investment Manager
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By: PASSPORT CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Managing Member
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John
Burbank,
Managing Member
PASSPORT MANGEMENT, LLC
By: PASSPORT CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Managing Member
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John
Burbank,
Managing Member
PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC
By: /s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John
Burbank,
Managing Member
/s/ JOHN
BURBANK
John Burbank