-----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, WJGwKnHAVqWrUUtD5Zh/QdnLrTaPU4r+IiAQLM+IucTxl8Q0pnwws+Kj+XH2dmaw EwqltGKcoonbVAkhHR47vQ== 0001062993-07-004966.txt : 20071213 0001062993-07-004966.hdr.sgml : 20071213 20071212211211 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001062993-07-004966 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071212 GROUP MEMBERS: JOHN BURBANK GROUP MEMBERS: PARTNERS GROUP ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES PCC LIMITED GROUP MEMBERS: PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: PASSPORT GLOBAL MASTER FUND SPC LTD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FRIEDMAN BILLINGS RAMSEY GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209028 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 541873198 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-80475 FILM NUMBER: 071303120 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1001 19TH STREET NORTH CITY: ARLINGTON STATE: VA ZIP: 22209 BUSINESS PHONE: 7033129500 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FOREST MERGER CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20021205 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PASSPORT MANAGEMENT LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001228958 IRS NUMBER: 412076095 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 402 JACKSON STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 321-4607 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 402 JACKSON STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PASSPORT HOLDINGS LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030424 SC 13G 1 sched13g.htm SCHEDULE 13G Filed by Automated Filing Services Inc. (604) 609-0244 - Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group. Inc. - Schedule 13G

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

SCHEDULE 13G

Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, RAMSEY GROUP, INC.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)

65440K106
(CUSIP Number)

November 30, 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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on 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).

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CUSIP No. 65440K106

1. Name of Reporting Person:

Passport Global Master Fund SPC Ltd for and on behalf of Portfolio A – Global Strategy

2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:

(a) /   /

(b) /X/

3. SEC Use Only

4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: British Virgin Islands

  5. Sole Voting Power: -0-
Number of  
shares  
beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 18,983,100 (see Item 4)
owned by  
each  
reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0-
person  
with:  
  8. Shared Dispositive Power: 18,983,100 (see Item 4)

9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

18,983,100

10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:

/   /

11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 12.08% *

12. Type of Reporting Person: PN
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*           This percentage is based on 157,200,981 shares which includes 151,892,181 Common Shares issued and outstanding as included on the issuers 09/30/2007 10Q filed on 11/9/2007 in addition to 5,308,800 shares that are convertible due to the exercise of options that we control.

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CUSIP No. 65440K106

1. Name of Reporting Person:

Partners Group Alternative Strategies PCC Limited Gold Iota Cell

2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:

(a) /   /

(b) /X/ 3. SEC Use Only

4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Guernsey

  5. Sole Voting Power: -0-
Number of  
shares  
beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 925,700 (see Item 4)
owned by  
each  
reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0-
person  
with:  
  8. Shared Dispositive Power: 925,700 (see Item 4)

9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

925,700

10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:

/   /

11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 0.59% *

12. Type of Reporting Person: PN

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*          This percentage is based on 157,200,981 shares which includes 151,892,181 Common Shares issued and outstanding as included on the issuers 09/30/2007 10Q filed on 11/9/2007 in addition to 5,308,800 shares that are convertible due to the exercise of options that we control.

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CUSIP No. 65440K106

1. Name of Reporting Person:

Passport Management, LLC

2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:

(a) /   /

(b) /X/

3. SEC Use Only

4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware

  5. Sole Voting Power: -0-
Number of  
shares  
beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 19,908,800 (see Item 4)
owned by  
each  
reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0-
person  
with:  
  8. Shared Dispositive Power: 19,908,800 (see Item 4)

9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

19,908,800

10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:

/   /

11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 12.66% *

12. Type of Reporting Person: OO

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*          This percentage is based on 157,200,981 shares which includes 151,892,181 Common Shares issued and outstanding as included on the issuers 09/30/2007 10Q filed on 11/9/2007 in addition to 5,308,800 shares that are convertible due to the exercise of options that we control.

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CUSIP No. 65440K106

1. Name of Reporting Person:

Passport Capital, LLC

2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:

(a) /   /

(b) /X/

3. SEC Use Only

4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware

  5. Sole Voting Power: -0-
Number of  
shares  
beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 19,908,800 (see Item 4)
owned by  
each  
reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0-
person  
with:  
  8. Shared Dispositive Power: 19,908,800 (see Item 4)

9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

19,908,800

10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:

/   /

11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 12.66% *

12. Type of Reporting Person: OO
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*          This percentage is based on 157,200,981 shares which includes 151,892,181 Common Shares issued and outstanding as included on the issuers 09/30/2007 10Q filed on 11/9/2007 in addition to 5,308,800 shares that are convertible due to the exercise of options that we control.

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CUSIP No. 65440K106

1. Name of Reporting Person:

John Burbank

2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group:

(a) /   /

(b) /X/

3. SEC Use Only

4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States

  5. Sole Voting Power: -0-
Number of  
shares  
beneficially 6. Shared Voting Power: 19,908,800 (see Item 4)
owned by  
each  
reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: -0-
person  
with:  
  8. Shared Dispositive Power: 19,908,800 (see Item 4)

9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

19,908,800

10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares:

/   /

11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 12.66% *

12. Type of Reporting Person: IN
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*     This percentage is based on 157,200,981 shares which includes 151,892,181 Common Shares issued and outstanding as included on the issuers 09/30/2007 10Q filed on 11/9/2007 in addition to 5,308,800 shares that are convertible due to the exercise of options that we control.

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Item 1(a).

Name of Issuer:

 

 

 

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. (the “Company”).

 

 

Item 1(b).

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

 

 

 

1001 Nineteenth Street North

 

Arlington, VA 22209

 

 

Item 2(a).

Name of Persons Filing:

 

 

Passport Global Master Fund SPC Ltd for and on behalf of Portfolio A – Global Strategy (“Fund I”);

 

Partners Group Alternative Strategies PCC Limited Gold Iota Cell (“Fund II”);

 

Passport Management, LLC (“Passport Management”);

 

Passport Capital, LLC (“Passport Capital”); and

John Burbank (“Burbank,” together with Fund I, Fund II, Passport Management and Passport Capital, the “Reporting Persons”).

 

 

Burbank is the sole managing member of Passport Capital; Passport Capital is the sole managing member of Passport Management. Passport Management is the investment manager to Fund I and Trading Advisor to Fund II. As a result, each of Passport Management, Passport Capital and Burbank may be considered to share the power to vote or direct the vote of, and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of, the Shares owned of record by Fund I and Fund II. This statement on Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons (other than Fund I and Fund II) is the beneficial owner of the securities covered by this statement.

 

 

Item 2(b).

Address of Principal Business Office:

 

 

 

For each Reporting Person:

 

 

 

PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

30 HOTALING PLACE, STE. 300

 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

 

 

Item 2(c).

Citizenship:

 

 

 

See row 4 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page.

 

 

Item 2(d).

Title of Class of Securities:

 

 

 

Common Shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”)

 

 

Item 2(e).

CUSIP Number:

 

 

 

65440K106

 

 

Item 3.

Not applicable.


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Item 4. Ownership.

  (a)

Amount beneficially owned:

     
 

See Item 9 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page.

     
  (b)

Percent of class:

     
 

See Item 11 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page.

     
  (c)

Number of shares for which each Reporting Person has sole or shared voting on disposition:

     
 

See Items 5-8 of each Reporting Persons’ respective cover page.


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 [   ].

 

 

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 By the Parent Holding Company.

 

 

 

Not Applicable.

 

 

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

 

 

 

Not Applicable.

 

 

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of a Group.

 

 

 

Not Applicable.

 

 

Item 10.

Certification.

 

 

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.


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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.

Dated: December 12, 2007

PASSPORT GLOBAL MASTER FUND SPC LTD FOR AND ON BEHALF OF PORTFOLIO A – GLOBAL STRATEGY

By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                             
         John Burbank 
         Director

PARTNERS GROUP ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES PCC LIMITED GOLD IOTA CELL

By:   PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC 
         as Trading Advisor

By:   PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC, 
         as Managing Member

By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                             
         John Burbank, 
         Managing Member

PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:   PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC, 
         as Managing Member

By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                             
         John Burbank, 
         Managing Member

PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC

By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                             
         John Burbank, 
         Managing Member

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/s/ JOHN BURBANK                                        
John Burbank

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     Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

          In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them the statement on Schedule 13G to which this agreement is attached as an exhibit.

          The undersigned further agree that each party hereto is responsible for the timely filing of such Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning such party contained therein; provided, however, that no party is responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information concerning any other party making the filing, unless such party knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Joint Filing Agreement on December 12, 2007.

PASSPORT GLOBAL MASTER FUND SPC LTD FOR AND ON BEHALF OF PORTFOLIO A – GLOBAL STRATEGY

By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                                       
         John Burbank 
         Director

PARTNERS GROUP ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES PCC LIMITED GOLD IOTA CELL

By:   PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC 
         as Trading Advisor

By:   PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC, 
         as Managing Member

By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                                      
         John Burbank, 
         Managing Member

PASSPORT MANAGEMENT, LLC

By:   PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC,
         as Managing Member

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By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                                      
         John Burbank,
         Managing Member

PASSPORT CAPITAL, LLC

By:   /s/ JOHN BURBANK                                      
         John Burbank, 
         Managing Member

/s/ JOHN BURBANK                                               
John Burbank

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