-----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, KFGcNJ3NcW7sEGK+oR+2lUtvrESqvmfqpuDUw9NseY/diOQlPew1+llVG3OUR2En DVXRkfMrUNBTn0jUi7oJHw== 0001169232-05-004578.txt : 20050915 0001169232-05-004578.hdr.sgml : 20050915 20050915171521 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001169232-05-004578 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050915 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050915 GROUP MEMBERS: ISRAEL A. ENGLANDER GROUP MEMBERS: MILLENCO, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TIDELANDS BANCSHARES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001178409 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-80940 FILM NUMBER: 051087266 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 875 LOWCOUNTRY BLVD. CITY: MT. PLEASANT STATE: SC ZIP: 29464 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MILLENNIUM PARTNERS, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000851909 IRS NUMBER: 133521699 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. STREET 2: 666 FIFTH AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10103 BUSINESS PHONE: 2128414000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. STREET 2: 666 FIFTH AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MILLENNIUM PARTNERS L P DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000628 SC 13G/A 1 d65335_sc13ga.txt AMENDMENT NO. 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 1)* TIDELANDS BANCSHARES, INC. (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE (Title of Class of Securities) 886374107 (CUSIP NUMBER) SEPTEMBER 13, 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 ("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). Page 1 of 10 Pages CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 2 of 10 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Millennium Partners, L.P. 13-3521699 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |X| (b) |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 144,251 ----------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 144,251 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 144,251 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.8% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 3 of 10 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Millenco, L.P. 13-3532932 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |X| (b) |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH -0- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 144,251 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.8% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN, BD - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 4 of 10 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Millennium Management, L.L.C. 13-3804139 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |X| (b) |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 144,251 ----------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 144,251 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 144,251 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.8% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 5 of 10 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Israel A. Englander - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |X| (b) |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 144,251 ----------------------------------------------------------------- EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 144,251 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 144,251 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.8% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 6 of 10 Pages Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer Tidelands Bancshares, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of South Carolina (the "Company"). (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 875 Lowcountry Boulevard Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office Item 2(c). Citizenship Millennium Partners, L.P. c/o Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: Cayman Islands Millenco, L.P. c/o Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: Delaware Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: Delaware Israel A. Englander c/o Millennium Management, L.L.C. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 Citizenship: United States (d) Title of Class of Securities Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, ("Common Stock") (e) CUSIP Number 886374107 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a: (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). CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 7 of 10 Pages (d) |_| Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8). (e) |_| An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E); (f) |_| An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F); (g) |_| A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(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 Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J). If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c), check this box. |X| Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned As of the date of this filing, 144,251 shares of Common Stock were held outright by Millennium Partners, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Millennium Partners"). The general partner of each of Millennium Partners and Millenco, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Millenco"), is Millennium Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Millennium Management"), and consequently, Millennium Management may be deemed to have voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Millennium Partners and by Millenco. Israel A. Englander ("Mr. Englander") is the managing member of Millennium Management. As a result, Mr. Englander may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any shares deemed to be beneficially owned by Millennium Management. The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by either of Millennium Management or Mr. Englander as to beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Millennium Partners or by Millenco. Note: Millennium Partners is a limited partner of Millenco. As a limited partner, Millennium Partners has no investment or voting control over Millenco or its securities position. (b) Percent of Class 4.8% (see Item 4(a) above), which percentage was calculated based on 3,036,734 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 31, 2005, as reported in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, dated as of August 10, 2005. CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 8 of 10 Pages (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 144,251 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of -0- (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 144,251 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 person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following |X|. 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 Not applicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group See Exhibit I. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group Not applicable. Item 10. Certification By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its 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. Exhibits: Exhibit I: Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2005, by and among Millennium Partners, L.P., Millenco, L.P., Millennium Management, L.L.C. and Israel A. Englander. CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 9 of 10 Pages SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct. Dated: September 14, 2005 MILLENNIUM PARTNERS, L.P. MILLENCO, L.P. By: Millennium Management, L.L.C. By: Millennium Management, L.L.C. its managing partner its general partner By: /s/ Terry Feeney By: /s/ Terry Feeney ------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Name: Terry Feeney Name: Terry Feeney Title: Chief Operating Officer Title: Chief Operating Officer /s/ Israel A. Englander by David MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. Nolan pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with SEC on June 6, 2005 By: /s/ Terry Feeney - ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ISRAEL A. ENGLANDER Name: Terry Feeney Title: Chief Operating Officer CUSIP No. 886374107 13G Page 10 of 10 Pages EXHIBIT I JOINT FILING AGREEMENT This will confirm the agreement by and among the undersigned that the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof with respect to the beneficial ownership by the undersigned of the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Tidelands Bancshares, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of South Carolina, is being filed, and all amendments thereto will be filed, on behalf of each of the persons and entities named below in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Dated: September 14, 2005 MILLENNIUM PARTNERS, L.P. MILLENCO, L.P. By: Millennium Management, L.L.C. By: Millennium Management, L.L.C. its managing partner its general partner By: /s/ Terry Feeney By: /s/ Terry Feeney ------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Name: Terry Feeney Name: Terry Feeney Title: Chief Operating Officer Title: Chief Operating Officer /s/ Israel A. Englander by David MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. Nolan pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with SEC on June 6, 2005 By: /s/ Terry Feeney - ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ISRAEL A. ENGLANDER Name: Terry Feeney Title: Chief Operating Officer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----