-----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, HZsUYspnzZKoeB+SIkcAy12Mo4aQFWS/PEDZoqZX7/GASy58EXwBMccR8SymStuW a59rsZ2ov0Lv53VSsxeMqg== 0000906305-09-000005.txt : 20090109 0000906305-09-000005.hdr.sgml : 20090109 20090109145953 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000906305-09-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090109 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TITAN INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899751 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312] IRS NUMBER: 363228472 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-42929 FILM NUMBER: 09518384 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2701 SPRUCE ST CITY: QUINCY STATE: IL ZIP: 62301 BUSINESS PHONE: 2172286011 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2701 SPRUCE ST CITY: QUINCY STATE: IL ZIP: 62301 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TITAN WHEEL INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930403 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DAWSON HERMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /CT CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906305 IRS NUMBER: 061033494 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CT FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 354 PEQUOT AVE CITY: SOUTHPORT STATE: CT ZIP: 06890 BUSINESS PHONE: 2032540091 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 354 PEQUOT AVE CITY: SOUTHPORT STATE: CT ZIP: 06490 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAWSON GIAMMALVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /CT DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010214 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DAWSON SAMBERG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /CT DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960924 SC 13G/A 1 d953766_13g-a.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 13G INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b)(c), AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b) (Amendment No. 1) Titan International, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, No Par Value - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 88830M102 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) December 31, 2008 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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) [x] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) CUSIP No. 88830M102 --------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [_] (b) [x] 3. SEC USE ONLY 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Connecticut NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 5. SOLE VOTING POWER 750,750 6. SHARED VOTING POWER 1,167,190 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 750,750 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,167,190 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,917,940 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [_] 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 5.56% 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IA, CO CUSIP No. 88830M102 --------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a) [_] (b) [X] 3. SEC USE ONLY 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Cayman Islands NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 5. SOLE VOTING POWER 0 6. SHARED VOTING POWER 1,167,190 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,167,190 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,167,190 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) [_] 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 3.38% 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) CO CUSIP No. 88830M102 --------------------- Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: Titan International, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 2701 Spruce Street Quincy, IL 62301 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2(a). Name of Persons Filing: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office, or if None, Residence: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 354 Pequot Avenue Southport, CT 06890 Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. c/o Citi Hedge Fund Services (Cayman), Ltd. P.O. Box 1748 Cayman Corporate Centre 27 Hospital Road George Town Grand Cayman KY1-1109 Cayman Islands ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2(c). Citizenship: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. - Connecticut Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. - Cayman Islands ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, No Par Value ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 88830M102 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a: (a) [_] Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. (b) [_] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act. (c) [_] Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act. (d) [_] Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act. (e) [X] An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E); (f) [_] An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F); (g) [X] A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G); (h) [_] A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; (i) [_] A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act; (j) [_] Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J). Item 4. Ownership. Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1. (a) Amount beneficially owned: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 1,917,940 Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. 1,167,190 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Percent of class: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 5.56% Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. 3.38% ______________________________________________________________________ (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 750,750 Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. 0 (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 1,167,190 Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. 1,167,190 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 750,750 Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. 0 (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of Dawson Herman Capital Management Inc. 1,167,190 Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. 1,167,190 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]. Southport Millennium Master Fund, Ltd. no longer beneficially owns more than five percent of the class of securities. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person. N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 10. Certifications. By signing below, the reporting person certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and 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. 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. DAWSON HERMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.* /s/ Thomas S. Galvin - ------------------- By: Thomas S. Galvin Title: Chief Financial Officer Date: January 9, 2009 *The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership in the common stock reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. Item 10. Certifications. By signing below, the reporting person 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. 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. SOUTHPORT MILLENNIUM MASTER FUND, LTD.* /s/ James M. Thorburn - ------------------- By: James M. Thorburn Title: Director Date: January 9, 2009 *The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership in the common stock reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. EXHIBIT A AGREEMENT The undersigned agree that this Schedule 13G dated January 9, 2009 relating to the Common Stock, No Par Value of Titan International, Inc. shall be filed on behalf of the undersigned. DAWSON HERMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC. /s/ Thomas S. Galvin - ------------------- By: Thomas S. Galvin Title: Chief Financial Officer SOUTHPORT MILLENNIUM MASTER FUND, LTD. /s/ James M. Thorburn - ------------------- By: James M. Thorburn Title: Director Date: January 9, 2009 SK 02721 0016 953766 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----