Stewart W P & CO Ltd - Amended Statement of Ownership: Solicitation (SC 14D9/A)
July 18 2008 - 5:01AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION
STATEMENT UNDER
SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment
No. 3)
W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd.
(Name
of Subject Company)
W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd.
(Name of Persons Filing Statement)
Common Shares, $0.001 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
G84922106
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Seth Pearlstein
W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd.
c/o W.P. Stewart & Co., Inc.
527
Madison Ave., 20
th
Floor
New
York, NY 10022
(212)
750-8585
(Name, address and
telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices
and communications on behalf of the
persons filing statement)
Copies
to:
Barry
Wade
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
250 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10177-1500
(212) 415-9311
o
Check the box if
the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the
commencement of a tender offer.
This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended, the Statement)
initially filed by W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd., a Bermuda exempted
company (the Company) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC)
on May 29, 2008, relating to the cash tender offer by Arrow Masters LP,
a Delaware limited partnership, Arrow Partners LP, a Delaware limited
partnership, Arrow Offshore, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, Arrow Opportunities I, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and Arrow Opportunities I, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted
company (together the Purchasers), for up to 19,902,000 Shares, at a
cash price of $1.60 per Share (the Offer Price), upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated May 28, 2008
(as it may be amended from time to time, the Offer to Purchase) and the
related Letter of Transmittal contained in the Schedule TO filed by Purchasers
with the SEC on May 28, 2008 (as amended, the Schedule TO). The Offer to Purchase and the Letter of
Transmittal together constitute the Offer.
Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal were filed
as Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively, to the Schedule TO.
Item 9.
Exhibits.
Item 9 is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following
exhibit:
The Company issued a press release on July 17, 2008, regarding the
Companys business activities. A copy of
the press release has been filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(4)(b).
Exhibit
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Description
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(a)(4)(b)
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Press release of the
Company, dated July 17, 2008 (filed herewith)
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SIGNATURES
After due 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 17, 2008
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W.P.
STEWART & CO., LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Susan G.
Leber
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Name:
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Susan G. Leber
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Title:
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Managing
DirectorChief Financial Officer
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