-----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, LL8nnp8PPP3IcOVKPOyoC5qC2Bq2qZRua2T+AsCBm5ekkPFLNWfqj7H0648nHA6A OB11dEXchzPLVlXaNX1zXw== 0000892917-10-000002.txt : 20100120 0000892917-10-000002.hdr.sgml : 20100120 20100119180726 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000892917-10-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100120 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100119 GROUP MEMBERS: JOSEPH STILWELL GROUP MEMBERS: STILWELL ASSOCIATES, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: STILWELL VALUE LLC GROUP MEMBERS: STILWELL VALUE PARTNERS II, L.P. FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STILWELL JOSEPH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001113303 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26 BROADWAY 23RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GS FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001029630 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 721341014 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-52711 FILM NUMBER: 10534256 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3798 VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD STREET 2: SECOND FLOOR CITY: METAIRIE STATE: LA ZIP: 70002 BUSINESS PHONE: 5044576220 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3798 VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD STREET 2: SECOND FLOOR CITY: METAIRIE STATE: LA ZIP: 70002 SC 13G/A 1 stilgsla13gam2-100119.htm AMENDMENT NO. 2 stilgsla13gam2-100119.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)

GS FINANCIAL CORP.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

 

362274102

(CUSIP Number)

 

September 17, 2009
(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 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 (however, see the Notes).


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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1.

Names of Reporting Persons.





Stilwell Associates, L.P.



2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)





(a)  [X]





(b)



3.

SEC Use Only ...........................................................................................................................



4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

Delaware

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

 

5.  Sole Voting Power:  0

6.  Shared Voting Power:  0

7.  Sole Dispositive Power:  0

8.  Shared Dispositive Power: 0



9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 0



10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ]



11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):  0%



12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

PN

 


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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1.

Names of Reporting Persons.





Stilwell Value Partners II, L.P.



2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)





(a)  [X]





(b)



3.

SEC Use Only ...........................................................................................................................



4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

Delaware

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

 

5.  Sole Voting Power:  0

6.  Shared Voting Power:  0

7.  Sole Dispositive Power:  0

8.  Shared Dispositive Power:  0



9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:  0



10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ]



11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):  0%



12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

PN

 


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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1.

Names of Reporting Persons.





Stilwell Value LLC



2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)





(a)  [X]





(b)



3.

SEC Use Only ...........................................................................................................................



4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

Delaware

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

 

5.  Sole Voting Power:  0

6.  Shared Voting Power:  0

7.  Sole Dispositive Power:  0

8.  Shared Dispositive Power:  0



9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:  0



10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ]



11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):  0%



12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

OO


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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1.

Names of Reporting Persons.





Joseph Stilwell



2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)





(a)  [X]





(b)



3.

SEC Use Only ...........................................................................................................................



4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

United States

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

 

5.  Sole Voting Power:  0

6.  Shared Voting Power:  0

7.  Sole Dispositive Power:  0

8.  Shared Dispositive Power:  0



9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:  0



10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ]



11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):  0%



12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

IN

 

 


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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ITEM 1.  

(a) Name of Issuer:  GS Financial Corp.

 

(b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:  3798 Veterans Blvd., Metairie, Louisiana 70002

 

ITEM 2.  

(a) Name of persons filing:  This statement is filed by Joseph Stilwell, Stilwell Associates, L.P., Stilwell Value Partners II, L.P., and Stilwell Value LLC (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).  Mr. Stilwell is the managing and sole member of Stilwell Value LLC, which is the general partner of Stilwell Associates, L.P., and Stilwell Value Partners II, L.P.

(b) Address of Principal Business Office: The business address of the Reporting Persons is 26 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10004.

(c) Citizenship: Joseph Stilwell is a citizen of the United States. Stilwell Associates, L.P., and Stilwell Value Partners II, L.P., are organized under the laws of Delaware as limited liability partnerships.  Stilwell Value LLC is organized under the laws of Delaware as a limited liability company. 

 

(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

(e) CUSIP Number:  362274102

 

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(n):

 

NOT APPLICABLE

 

(a)  [ ]  Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C.78o)

 

(b)  [ ]  Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)

 

(c)  [ ]  Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)

 

(d)  [ ]  Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8)

 

(e)  [ ]  An investment advisor in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)

 


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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(f)  [ ]  Employee Benefit Plan, or endowment fund in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

 

 

(g)  [ ]  Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)

 

(h)  [ ]  A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)

 

(i)  [ ]  A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)

 

(j)  [ ]  Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J)

 

ITEM 4.  Ownership.

(a) Amount beneficially owned:  Since September 17, 2009, none of Stilwell Associates, L.P., Stilwell Value Partners II, L.P., Stilwell Value LLC, and Joseph Stilwell have directly or indirectly beneficially owned any shares of Common Stock.

(b) Percent of Class:  0%

 

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

 

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0

(iv)

Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of:  0

ITEM 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

 

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons have ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities listed in Item 2, check the following.  [X]

 

 

ITEM 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

 

NOT APPLICABLE


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

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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.

 

The Joint Filing Agreement of the Reporting Persons is attached as Exhibit 1 to the original statement on Schedule 13G filed January 15, 2009. 

 

ITEM 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group.

 

NOT APPLICABLE

 

ITEM 10.  Certifications.

 

(c) By signing below the undersigned certify that, to the best of their 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.


 

CUSIP No. 362274102

SCHEDULE 13G

Page 9 of 9

 

SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, we certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:    January 19, 2010

 

 

STILWELL ASSOCIATES, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

STILWELL VALUE LLC

 

 

 

General Partner

 

 

 


/s/ Joseph Stilwell

 

 

 

By:

Joseph Stilwell

 

 

 

 

Managing and Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

STILWELL VALUE PARTNERS II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

STILWELL VALUE LLC

 

 

 

General Partner

 

 

 


/s/ Joseph Stilwell

 

 

 

By:

Joseph Stilwell

 

 

 

 

Managing and Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

STILWELL VALUE LLC

 

 

 


/s/ Joseph Stilwell

 

 

 

By:

Joseph Stilwell

 

 

 

 

Managing and Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOSEPH STILWELL

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joseph Stilwell

 

 

Joseph Stilwell

 


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