-----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, VAjZBj4edFLxm/mpQipaeV3K7hYDYB2xWxcMI5OGGHgIK72uZaTSceIm6xXZlq5x 1cVSz3fivAQzaNightcpVg== 0001193125-04-024251.txt : 20040217 0001193125-04-024251.hdr.sgml : 20040216 20040217091049 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-04-024251 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040217 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GREY GLOBAL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000043952 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ADVERTISING AGENCIES [7311] IRS NUMBER: 130802840 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-19088 FILM NUMBER: 04602887 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 THIRD AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125462000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 THIRD AVE STREET 2: 777 THIRD AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GREY ADVERTISING INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROOKSIDE CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001028348 IRS NUMBER: 043313066 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO COPLEY PLACE STREET 2: 617-572-3000 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175723000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO COPLEY PLACE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 SC 13G/A 1 dsc13ga.htm AMENDMENT #3 TO SCHEDULE 13G AMENDMENT #3 TO SCHEDULE 13G

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

 

 

Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 3)*

 

 

 

 

 

GREY GLOBAL GROUP, INC.


(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share


(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

39787M108


                                (CUSIP Number)                                

 

 

December 31, 2003


(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).


CUSIP No. 39787M108

  13G   Page 2 of 6 Pages

 


  1.  

Name of Reporting Person

S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of above person

 

            Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P.

            EIN No.: 04-3313066

   

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

   

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

   

  4.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

            Delaware

   

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

  5.    Sole Voting Power

 

                84,002 shares


  6.    Shared Voting Power

 

                0


  7.    Sole Dispositive Power

 

                84,002 shares


  8.    Shared Dispositive Power

 

                0


  9.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

            84,002 shares

   

10.  

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*

 

¨

   

11.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)

 

            7.7%

   

12.  

Type of Reporting Person*

 

            PN

   


Item 1(a).

       Name of Issuer          
         The name of the issuer to which this filing on Schedule 13G relates is Grey Global Group, Inc. (the “Company”).          

Item 1(b).

       Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices          
         The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 777 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017.          

Item 2(a).

       Name of Person Filing          
         This Statement is being filed on behalf of Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Brookside Fund”). Brookside Capital Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Brookside Investors”) is the sole general partner of Brookside Fund. Brookside Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Brookside Management”) is the sole general partner of Brookside Investors. Mr. Roy Edgar Brakeman, III is the sole managing member of Brookside Management.          

Item 2(b).

       Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence          
         The principal business address of each of the Brookside Fund, Brookside Investors and Brookside Management is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199.          

Item 2(c).

       Citizenship          
         Each of the Brookside Fund, Brookside Investors and Brookside Management is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mr. Brakeman is a citizen of the United States.          

Item 2(d).

       Title of Class of Securities          
         The class of equity securities of the Company to which this filing on Schedule 13G relates is Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”).          

 

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Item 2(e).

 

CUSIP Number    

         
         The CUSIP number of the Company’s Common Stock is 39787M108.          

Item 3.

  If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b), or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:          
        

Not applicable.

         
    (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. 73c).
    (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)    ¨    An investment adviser in accordance with §13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).
    (f)    ¨    An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).
    (g)    ¨    A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-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 §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
         x    If this statement is filed pursuant to §240.13d-1(c), check this box.          

Item 4.

   Ownership.          

Item 4(a).

   Amount beneficially owned          
     As of the close of business on December 31, 2003, the Brookside Fund owned 84,002 shares of the Common Stock of the Company. The Brookside Fund acts by and through its general partner, Brookside Investors. Brookside Investors acts by and through its general partner, Brookside Management. Mr. Brakeman is the managing member of Brookside Management and is thus the controlling person of Brookside Management. No person other than the respective owner referred to herein of shares of Common Stock is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from or the proceeds from the sale of such shares of Common Stock.          

Item 4(b).

   Percent of Class     
     As of the close of business on December 31, 2003, the Brookside Fund owned 7.7% of the Common Stock outstanding of the Company. The aggregate percentage of Common Stock reported owned by the Brookside Fund is based upon 1,096,941 shares outstanding, which is the total number of Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2003 based on representations made in the Company’s quarterly report for the quarter ending September 30, 2003 on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2003.     

 

Page 4 of 6 Pages


Item 4(c).

   Number of shares as to which such person has:     
          (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:    84,002 shares     
          (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:    0     
          (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:    84,002 shares     
          (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          
    

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.

         

 

Page 5 of 6 Pages


Item 10.

   Certification          
     By signing below, 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.          

 

Dated: February 17, 2004

 

BROOKSIDE CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND, L.P.
By:  

/s/    Roy Edgar Brakeman III        


    Name: Roy Edgar Brakeman, III
    Title: Managing Director
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