-----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, RJswZx/8jWCSmQ1330Kj+QqLTK60bZ1tkaDQfKgttKyd14JgQgv7lmwhfH7+7H6M 1iQkWZo0ZZ9V2YC145aNBg== 0000905729-08-000011.txt : 20080107 0000905729-08-000011.hdr.sgml : 20080107 20080107121231 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000905729-08-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080107 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080107 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STEELCASE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001050825 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OFFICE FURNITURE (NO WOOD) [2522] IRS NUMBER: 380819050 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 0229 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-55759 FILM NUMBER: 08514207 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 901 44TH ST CITY: GRAND RAPIDS STATE: MI ZIP: 49508 BUSINESS PHONE: 6162472710 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 901 44TH ST CITY: GRAND RAPIDS STATE: MI ZIP: 49508 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRAWFORD THOMAS JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001422488 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 616-752-2170 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JEFFREY OTT, 900 FIFTH THIRD CENTER STREET 2: 111 LYON ST., N.W. CITY: GRAND RAPIDS STATE: MI ZIP: 49503 SC 13G 1 crawford13g_010708.htm STEELCASE/CRAWFORD SC13G - 01-07-08 Thomas Crawford, Jr. SC 13G - 01/07/08

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G
(Rule 13d-102)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c)
AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. __)*

STEELCASE INC.


(Name of Issuer)

 

Class A Common Stock


(Title of Class of Securities)

 

858155203


(CUSIP Number)

 

December 26, 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 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 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.





Page 1 of 5 pages






CUSIP No. 858155-20-3

SCHEDULE 13G

Page 2 of 5 Pages


(1)

Names of Reporting Persons

Thomas Crawford, Jr.

   
   

(2)

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a)     [   ]
(b)     [   ]

   

(3)

SEC Use Only

   
   

(4)

Citizenship or Place of Organization

United States of America

   

Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With

   

(5)

Sole Voting Power

5,690,909 shares

     

(6)

Shared Voting Power

701,958 shares

     

(7)

Sole Dispositive Power

5,690,909 shares

     

(8)

Shared Dispositive Power

701,958 shares

   

(9)

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

   
   

6,392,867 shares

     

(10)

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares

[   ]


(11)

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9

   
   

7.20%

     

(12)

Type of Reporting Person

IN














CUSIP No. 858155-20-3

SCHEDULE 13G

Page 3 of 5 Pages


Item 1(a).

Name of Issuer:

Steelcase Inc.

   

Item 1(b).

Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

901 44th Street
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508

   

Item 2(a).

Name of Person Filing:

Thomas Crawford, Jr.

   

Item 2(b).

Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

c/o Jeffrey A. Ott
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
900 Fifth Third Center
111 Lyon Street, NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503

   

Item 2(c).

Citizenship:

United States of America

   

Item 2(d).

Title of Class of Securities:

Class A Common Stock

   

Item 2(e).

CUSIP Number:

858155-20-3

   

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:


 

(a)

[   ]

Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act;

       
 

(b)

[   ]

Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act;

       
 

(c)

[   ]

Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act;

       
 

(d)

[   ]

Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940;

       
 

(e)

[   ]

Investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

       
 

(f)

[   ]

Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

       
 

(g)

[   ]

Parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

       
 

(h)

[   ]

Savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act;

       
 

(i)

[   ]

Church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act;

       
 

(j)

[   ]

Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).







CUSIP No. 858155-20-3

SCHEDULE 13G

Page 4 of 5 Pages


Item 4.

Ownership:

   
 

(a)

Amount Beneficially Owned:

6,392,867 shares

       
 

(b)

Percent of Class:

7.20%

       
 

(c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

 
       
   

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote

5,690,909 shares

         
   

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

701,958 shares

         
   

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

5,690,909 shares

         
   

(iv)

Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

701,958 shares


The number of shares reported above includes 5,690,909 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer which are immediately convertible into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder. In addition, if shares of Class B Common Stock are transferred to any persons other than a "Permitted Transferee" (as defined in the Issuer's Second Restated Articles of Incorporation), such shares are automatically converted on a share-for-share basis into shares of Class A Common Stock. Shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer have the same attributes as shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer except that each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder thereof to ten votes on all matters upon which shareholders have a right to vote and each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote on such matters.

If all the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer were converted into shares of Class A Common Stock, the reporting person may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 4.51% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock.


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







CUSIP No. 858155-20-3

SCHEDULE 13G

Page 5 of 5 Pages


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.



 

January 7, 2008

/s/ Thomas Crawford, Jr.


   

Thomas Crawford, Jr.
By:  Jeffrey A. Ott, Attorney-in-Fact
(Signature)



A Limited Durable Power of Attorney is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Schedule 13G.


















EX-99.1 2 crawfordpoa.htm STEELCASE/CRAWFORD EXHIBIT 99.1 TO SC13G Thomas Crawford, Jr. POA

EXHIBIT 99.1

LIMITED DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY

                    The undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint JEROME M. SMITH, JAMES J. STEFFEL and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any one or more of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things and to execute and file any and all instruments that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, may consider necessary or advisable to enable the undersigned (in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity) to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation, execution and filing of any report or statement of beneficial ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of securities of Steelcase Inc. (the "Company") that the undersigned (in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity) may be required to file pursuant to Sections 13 or 16 of the Act including, without limitation, full power and authority to sign the undersigned's name, in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity, to any report, application or statement on Form ID, Forms 3, 4 or 5, Schedules 13D or 13G, or to any amendments or any successor forms thereto, or any form or forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                    The undersigned agrees that the attorneys-in-fact named herein may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to such attorneys-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the attorneys-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission of necessary fact in the information provided by the undersigned to the attorneys-in-fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing any such forms, or any amendments or any successor forms thereto, or any form or forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in lieu thereof or in addition thereto.

                    This authorization shall be in addition to all prior authorizations to act for the undersigned with respect to securities of the Company in these matters and shall survive the termination of the undersigned's status as a greater than five percent beneficial owner of securities of the Company and remain in effect until revoked in writing by the undersigned.

                    This Limited Durable Power of Attorney is governed by Michigan law. This power shall not be affected should the undersigned develop any mental incapacity or mental disability. Any reproduced copy of this signed original shall be deemed to be an original counterpart of this document.

Date:  December 28, 2007

/s/ Thomas Crawford, Jr.


 

          (Signature)

   
 

Thomas Crawford, Jr.


 

          (Print Name/Title)









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