-----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, ODp0L/3gfuy6D1kMgDTyllER5ZhdMkZKkyxFTQlt+BBGvzI2pA88sOE+WWC95cpB hITSHUNso+A3wmfxz1oyGg== 0000922423-01-500338.txt : 20010611 0000922423-01-500338.hdr.sgml : 20010611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922423-01-500338 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010608 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000036047 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TITLE INSURANCE [6361] IRS NUMBER: 951068610 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-10084 FILM NUMBER: 1657819 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92707 BUSINESS PHONE: 7145583211 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 114 E FIFTH STREET CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE & TRUST C DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19690515 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000902464 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 133174112 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1775 BROADWAY STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2127652500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1775 BROADWAY STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930428 SC 13G/A 1 kl06020_sc13g.txt FORM 13G/A SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------ Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 SCHEDULE 13G Final Amendment INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 First American Financial ---------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock ---------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 318522307 ---------------------------- (CUSIP Number) May 31, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: |X| Rule 13d-1(b) | | Rule 13d-1(c) | | Rule 13d-1(d) ---------------- Page 1 of 6 Pages SCHEDULE 13G CUSIP No. 318522307 Page 2 of 6 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. LLC 13-3174112 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) | | (b) | | - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF None SHARES ------------------------------------------------------- BENEFICIALLY 6) SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY EACH None REPORTING ------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH None ------------------------------------------------------- 8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 277,735 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 277,735 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | | - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0.4% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON BD - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2- Schedule 13G Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: First American Financial Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 114 East Fifth Street Santa Ana, CA 92701 Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. LLC Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 1775 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, NY 10019 Item 2(c). Citizenship: New York Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 318522307 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to ss.ss. 240.13d-1(b), or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a: (a) [x] 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) | | Investment Adviser in accordance withss. 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E) (f) | | Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) (g) | | Parent Holding Company or control person in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) -3- (h) | | Savings Association as defined inss.3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813) (i) | | Church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under ss.3(c)(15) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3) (j) | | Group, in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(J) Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount beneficially owned: 277,735 (b) Percent of class: 0.4% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: None (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: None (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 277,735 The shares reported include 235,924 shares held in customer accounts over which partners and/or employees of the Reporting Person have discretionary authority to dispose of or direct the disposition of the shares and 41,811 shares held in accounts owned by the partners of the Reporting Person and their families. Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. 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. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. None Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable -4- 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 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 purposes or effect. -5- SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. June 8, 2001 ----------------------------------- Date /s/ Walter Weadock ---------------------------------------- Signature Walter Weadock, Member ------------------------------------- Name/Title -6- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----