-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, E+U76vAjMj9iRU6L52DlGSUW65xbwVjO5KLGOLnwjniy0NDBgq5dztJAA0VRt+nN GnITuR0vjjurVd+s0Oo/Pg== 0001116502-06-000319.txt : 20060214 0001116502-06-000319.hdr.sgml : 20060214 20060214163410 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001116502-06-000319 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060214 GROUP MEMBERS: JMB CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: JONATHAN BROOKS GROUP MEMBERS: SMITHWOOD PARTNERS, LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERCER INSURANCE GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001050690 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 232939601 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-79427 FILM NUMBER: 06615907 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 NORTH HIGHWAY ONE CITY: PENNINGTON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08534 BUSINESS PHONE: 6097370426 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 N HWY 1 CITY: PENNINGTON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08534 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JMB CAPITAL PARTNERS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001165776 IRS NUMBER: 260015969 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1999 AVENUE OF THE STARS STREET 2: SUITE 2040 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 BUSINESS PHONE: 3102862929 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1999 AVE OF THE STARS CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 SC 13G/A 1 sc13ga-mercer.txt AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SC13G UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0145 Expires: December 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.............11 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. _1_)* MERCER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, no par value per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 587902107 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) December 31, 2005 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in 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 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). CUSIP No. 587902107 13G ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) JMB Capital Partners, L.P. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION California ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 458,000 _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 458,000 _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 458,000 ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 6.98% ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 587902107 13G ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Smithwood Partners, LLC ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION California ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 458,000 _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 458,000 _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 458,000 ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 6.98% ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 587902107 13G ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Jonathan Brooks ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION California ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 458,000 _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 0 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 458,000 _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 458,000 ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 6.98% ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 587902107 13G Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Mercer Insurance Group, Inc. ____________________________________________________________________ Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 10 North Highway 31 PO Box 278 Pennington, NJ 08534 ____________________________________________________________________ Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: This Schedule 13G is being filed by JMB Capital Partners, L.P., Smithwood Partners, LLC and Mr. Jonathan Brooks (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). JMB Capital Partners, L.P. is a California limited partnership ("JMB Capital"). Smithwood Partners, LLC, a California limited liability company ("Smithwood"), is the general partner of JMB Capital and is a registered investment advisor under the laws of the State of California. Mr. Brooks is the sole member and manager of Smithwood. ____________________________________________________________________ Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office, or if None, Residence: The principal address of the Reporting Persons is 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2040, Los Angeles, CA 90067. ____________________________________________________________________ Item 2(c). Citizenship: JMB Capital is a California limited partnership, Smithwood is a California limited liability company and Mr.Brooks is a citizen of the United States of America. ____________________________________________________________________ Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, without par value per share (the "Shares") ____________________________________________________________________ Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 587902107 ____________________________________________________________________ Item 3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a: NOT APPLICABLE CUSIP No. 587902107 13G Item 4. Ownership. Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1. (a) Amount beneficially owned: As of December 31, 2005, the Reporting Persons owned 458,000 Shares. ______________________________________________________________________ (b) Percent of class: As of December 31, 2005, the Reporting Persons owned 6.98% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Issuer. ______________________________________________________________________ (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: JMB Capital is the holder of the 458,000 shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. All voting decisions with respect to the shares are ultimately made by Jonathan Brooks, as the sole member and manager of Smithwood, which is the general partner of JMB Capital. Accordingly, Jonathan Brooks (through Smithwood and JMB Capital) has the sole, indirect power to direct the voting of the shares. (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: Not Applicable. (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: JMB Capital, the owner of the Shares, has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition with respect to the 458,000 Shares owned by it. As general partner of JMB Capital, Smithwood has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition with respect to the 458,000 Shares owned by JMB Capital by virtue of its authority to vote and dispose of such Shares. As the sole member and manager of Smithwood, Mr. Brooks has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition with respect to the 458,000 Shares owned by JMB Capital by virtue of his authority to vote and dispose of such Shares. CUSIP No. 587902107 13G (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: Not Applicable. Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not Applicable _______________________________________________________________________ Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Not Applicable. _______________________________________________________________________ Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person. Not Applicable. _______________________________________________________________________ Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not Applicable. _______________________________________________________________________ Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not Applicable. ______________________________________________________________________ Item 10. Certifications. 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. 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. February 14, 2006 JMB CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. By: Smithwood Partners, LLC, General Partner By: /s/ Jonathan Brooks --------------------------------- Jonathan Brooks, Sole Member and Manager February 14, 2006 SMITHWOOD PARTNERS, LLC By: /s/ Jonathan Brooks --------------------------------- Jonathan Brooks, Sole Member and Manager February 14, 2006 /s/ Jonathan Brooks ------------------------------------- Jonathan Brooks, individually EXHIBIT NO. 1 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT The undersigned hereby consent to the joint filing by any of them of a Statement on Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, whether heretofore or hereafter filed, relating to the securities of Mercer Insurance Group, Inc. and hereby affirm that this Schedule 13G is being filed on behalf of each of the undersigned. February 14, 2006 JMB CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. By: Smithwood Partners, LLC, General Partner By: /s/ Jonathan Brooks --------------------------------- Jonathan Brooks, Sole Member and Manager February 14, 2006 SMITHWOOD PARTNERS, LLC By: /s/ Jonathan Brooks --------------------------------- Jonathan Brooks, Sole Member and Manager February 14, 2006 /s/ Jonathan Brooks ------------------------------------- Jonathan Brooks, individually -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----