-----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, AV5QLirdlpgfN1pSvMqdXM5nxOniTuGMGPaugm+/o/LBDDxO3Ym9nA0MQfKtih8t 6LfeFnPg/SQ1Ib0axXqjHg== 0001140361-11-008210.txt : 20110211 0001140361-11-008210.hdr.sgml : 20110211 20110211151011 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-11-008210 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110211 GROUP MEMBERS: NEW VERNON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC GROUP MEMBERS: TRENT STEDMAN SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000877476 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISC HEALTH & ALLIED SERVICES, NEC [8090] IRS NUMBER: 510332317 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-42037 FILM NUMBER: 11598432 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 WESTPARK DR STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 BUSINESS PHONE: 6153761317 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 WESTPARK DR STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: BRENTWOOD STATE: TN ZIP: 37027 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NV North American Opportunity Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001429618 IRS NUMBER: 980454389 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 799 CENTRAL AVE, SUITE 350 CITY: HIGHLAND STATE: IL ZIP: 60035 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-869-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 799 CENTRAL AVE, SUITE 350 CITY: HIGHLAND STATE: IL ZIP: 60035 SC 13G/A 1 formsc13ga.htm NV NORTH AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY FUND SC 13GA (AMERICAN SERVICE GROUP) formsc13ga.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
SCHEDULE 13G/A
(Rule 13d-102)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 2)*
 
America Service Group, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
02364L109
(CUSIP Number)
 
December 31, 2010
Date of Event Which Requires Filing of the Statement

 
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
 
o           Rule 13d-1(b)
 
x           Rule 13d-1(c)
 
o           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).
 


 
 

 
 
CUSIP NO. 02364L109 13G/A Page 2 of 9 Pages
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON
 
     
 
NV North American Opportunity Fund
 
     
 
SS OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF THE ABOVE PERSON
 
     
 
98-0454389
 
     
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)x
   
(b)o
     
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
     
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
Cayman Islands
 
NUMBER OF
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES  
32,114
BENEFICIALLY
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY  
0
EACH
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING  
32,114
PERSON
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH  
0
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
o
 
32,114
 
10
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
o
     
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
0.35%1
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
 
CO
 


 
1 As of December 31, 2010, based on the 9,265,915 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 1, 2010, as reported by the Issuer on its Form 10-Q filed November 2, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 
 

 
 
CUSIP NO. 02364L109 13G/A Page 3 of 9 Pages

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON
 
     
 
New Vernon Investment Management LLC
 
     
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)x
   
(b)o
     
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
     
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
Delaware
 
NUMBER OF
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
 
32,114
BENEFICIALLY
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
 
0
EACH
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
 
32,114
PERSON
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
 
0
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
o
 
32,114
 
10
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
o
     
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
0.35%1
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
 
IA
 
 

 
2 See footnote 1.

 
 

 
 
CUSIP NO. 02364L109 13G/A Page 4 of 9 Pages
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON
 
     
 
Trent Stedman
 
     
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)x
   
(b)o
     
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
     
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
 
United States
 
NUMBER OF
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
 
32,114
BENEFICIALLY
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
 
0
EACH
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
 
32,114
PERSON
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
 
0
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
o
 
32,114
 
10
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
o
     
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
 
0.35%1
 
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
 
IN
 


 
3 See footnote 1.

 
 

 

CUSIP NO. 02364L109 13G/A Page 5 of 9 Pages
 
Item 1(a)               Name of Issuer:   America Service Group, Inc.
Item 1(b)               Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
 
  105 Westpark Drive, Suite 200
  Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

Item 2(a)               Name of Person Filing
 
Item 2(b)              Address of Principal Business Office
 
Item 2(c)               Citizenship
 
NV North American Opportunity Fund
799 Central Ave.
Suite 350
Highland Park, Illinois 60035
Cayman Islands
 
New Vernon Investment Management LLC
799 Central Ave.
Suite 350
Highland Park, Illinois 60035
Delaware
 
Trent Stedman
799 Central Ave.
Suite 350
Highland Park, Illinois 60035
United States Citizen

2(d)             Title of Class of Securities:  Common Stock
 
2(e)             CUSIP Number:                                  02364L109
 
Item 3                   If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
 
 
(a)
o
Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act;
 
 
(b)
o
Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act;
 
 
(c)
o
Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act;
 
 
(d)
o
Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act;
 
 
(e)
o
An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
 
 
(f)
o
An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
 
 
 

 

CUSIP NO. 02364L109 13G/A Page 6 of 9 Pages
 
 
(g)
o
A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
 
 
(h)
o
A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act;
 
 
(i)
o
A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act;
 
 
(j)
o
A non-U.S. institution in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
 
 
(k)
o
Group, in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K).
 
  If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: ____
 
Item 4                   Ownership:
 
(i)           NV North American Opportunity Fund4

(a)         Amount beneficially owned:  32,114 shares
 
(b)         Percent of Class:  Approximately 0.35%5
 
(c)         Number of shares as to which such person has:
 
 
(i)
sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  32,114
 
 
(ii)
shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0
 
 
(iii)
sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:   32,114
 
 
(iv)
shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0
 
(ii)           New Vernon Investment Management LLC6

(a)         Amount beneficially owned:  32,114 shares
 

 
4
As of December 31, 2010, New Vernon Investment Management LLC was the investment manager of NV North American Opportunity Fund, and Trent Stedman was the portfolio manager of New Vernon Investment Management LLC.  As a result of such role and otherwise by virtue of his relationship with NV North American Opportunity Fund and New Vernon Investment Management LLC, Mr. Stedman may have been deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”)), the shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by NV North American Opportunity Fund.  New Vernon Investment Management LLC also may have been deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Act) the shares of Common Stock directly benef icially owned by NV North American Opportunity Fund.
 
5
See footnote 1.
 
6
See footnote 4.

 
 

 
 
CUSIP NO. 02364L109 13G/A Page 7 of 9 Pages
 
(b)         Percent of Class:  Approximately 0.35%7
 
(c)         Number of shares as to which such person has:
 
 
(i)
sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  32,114
 
 
(ii)
shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0
 
 
(iii)
sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  32,114
 
 
(iv)
shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0
 
(iii)           New Vernon Partners LLC8

(a)         Amount beneficially owned:  32,114 shares
 
(b)         Percent of Class:  Approximately 0.35%9
 
(c)         Number of shares as to which such person has:
 
 
(i)
sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  32,114
 
 
(ii)
shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0
 
 
(iii)
sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  32,114
 
 
(iv)
shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0
 
(iii)           Trent Stedman10

(a)         Amount beneficially owned:  32,114 shares
 
(b)         Percent of Class:  Approximately 0.35%11
 
(c)          Number of shares as to which such person has:
 
 
(i)
sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  32,114
 
 
(ii)
shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  0


 
7
See footnote 1.
 
8
See footnote 4.
 
9
See footnote 1.
 
10
See footnote 4.
 
11
See footnote 1.

 
 

 
 
CUSIP NO. 02364L109 13G/A Page 8 of 9 Pages
 
 
(iii)
sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  32,114
 
 
(iv)
shared power to dispose or to 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 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:

Not applicable.

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 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. 02364L109 13G/A Page 9 of 9 Pages
 
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 as of February 10, 2011
NV North American Opportunity Fund
 
By:
New Vernon Investment Management LLC
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Trent Stedman
   
Trent Stedman
     
     
Dated as of February 10, 2011
New Vernon Investment Management LLC
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Trent Stedman
   
Trent Stedman
     
     
Dated as of February 10, 2011
  /s/ Trent Stedman
   
Trent Stedman
 
 

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