-----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, IFz55hoMqcdQ+bUliUgsXHY/SkpB2q/xh934yC09/lAe5+gnL8VYM6V9qW1PtqQs sYwKOFhQO/lqPVT3wTfmsw== 0000315066-07-003321.txt : 20070810 0000315066-07-003321.hdr.sgml : 20070810 20070810154048 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-07-003321 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070810 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070810 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001365790 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] IRS NUMBER: 205009693 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-82299 FILM NUMBER: 071045202 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10035 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-380-2230 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10035 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 161144965 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 SC 13G 1 filing.txt DOC ONE SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 0 Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc Common Stock Cusip #35645F103 Cusip #35645F103 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR Corp. Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 13,800 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 10,123,335 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 10,123,335 Item 11: 15.000% Item 12: HC Cusip #35645F103 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 10,123,335 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 10,123,335 Item 11: 15.000% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 1114 Avenue of the Americas 41st Floor New York, NY 10035 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR Corp. Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 35645F103 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 10,123,335 (b) Percent of Class: 15.000% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 13,800 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 10,123,335 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 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. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock of Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc. The interest of one person, Fidelity Advisors Small Cap Fund, an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, in the Common Stock of Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc, amounted to 4,635,778 shares or 6.869% of the total outstanding Common Stock at July 31, 2007. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit A. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of 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 acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such 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. August 09, 2007 Date /s/Eric D. Roiter Signature Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997 by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly- owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 10,123,335 shares or 15.000% of the Common Stock outstanding of Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc ("the Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The number of shares of Common Stock of Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc owned by the investment companies at July 31, 2007 included 2,688,900 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of 2,688,900 shares of FREEDOM ACQUISN WTS 12/21/11 (1 shares of Common Stock for each Warrant). The number of shares of Common Stock of Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc owned by the investment companies at July 31, 2007 included 2,467,000 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of 1,233,500 shares of FREEDOM ACQUISN (1CS & 1WT) UNIT (2 shares of Common Stock for each Unit). The ownership of one investment company, Fidelity Advisors Small Cap Fund, amounted to 4,635,778 shares or 6.869% of the Common Stock outstanding. Fidelity Advisors Small Cap Fund has its principal business office at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 10,123,335 shares owned by the Funds. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B shares of common stock of FMR Corp., representing 49% of the voting power of FMR Corp. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common stock and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp. Neither FMR Corp. nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on August 09, 2007, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common Stock of Freedom Acquisition Holdings Inc at July 31, 2007. FMR Corp. By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Duly authorized under Power of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d Fidelity Management & Research Company By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Senior V.P. and General Counsel Fidelity Advisors Small Cap Fund By /s/ Eric D. Roiter Eric D. Roiter Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----