Stewart W P & CO Ltd - Amended Statement of Ownership: Solicitation (SC 14D9/A)
July 25 2008 - 9:48AM
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. 4)
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
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Check the box if the filing relates
solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender
offer.
This Amendment No. 4 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 4.
The
Solicitation or Recommendation.
The final paragraph under Item 4(c) Intent to Tender, is hereby
amended and restated as follows:
The Company has been advised that: Rocco Macri, an
officer of the Company, intends to tender up to 130,000 Shares in the Offer;
Susan G. Leber, an officer of the Company, intends to tender up to 120,000
Shares in the Offer; Mark I. Phelps, an officer of the Company, intends to
tender up to 86,667 Shares in the Offer; William O. Hall, III, an officer
of the Company, intends to tender up to 44,869 Shares in the Offer; Peter Jan
P. Rubingh, an officer of the Company, intends to tender up to approximately
341,078 Shares in the Offer on behalf of himself and a company in which Mr. Rubingh
owns 100%; Sylvia A. Cart, an officer of the Company, intends to tender up to
19,501 Shares in the Offer; Charles G.R. Target, an officer of the Company,
intends to tender up to 63,105 Shares in the Offer; and John C. Russell, a
director of the Company, intends to tender 73,000 Shares in the Offer.
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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 25, 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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