-----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, PaCGFBZz4ESTKB6ZLEhWEgaYlkAllYDBUVgd4BfDF3ibtTmpCrIIm2HhZPayRbtX rX05vebxxdhSGJB3lKNMNw== 0000948221-00-000111.txt : 20000215 0000948221-00-000111.hdr.sgml : 20000215 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000948221-00-000111 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000094344 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TITLE INSURANCE [6361] IRS NUMBER: 741677330 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-03837 FILM NUMBER: 537576 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1980 POST OAK BLVD CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056 BUSINESS PHONE: 7136258100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1980 POST OAK BLVD STREET 2: STE 830 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77056 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARTISAN PARTNERS LTD PARTNERSHIP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001010643 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 NORTH WATER STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1770 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4143906118 SC 13G 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) ---- Stewart Information Services Corporation ---------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock ---------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 860372101 -------------------- (CUSIP Number) 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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in 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). Schedule is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b). - -------------------- CUSIP No. 860372101 13G - -------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 39-1807188 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)[ ] Not Applicable (b)[ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER None NUMBER OF ------------------------------------------------------------------ SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 1,328,700 OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------------------ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING None PERSON ------------------------------------------------------------------ WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES Not Applicable - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 9.8% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IA - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! - -------------------- CUSIP No. 860372101 13G - -------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Artisan Investment Corporation - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)[ ] Not Applicable (b)[ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Wisconsin - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER None NUMBER OF ------------------------------------------------------------------ SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 1,328,700 OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------------------ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING None PERSON ------------------------------------------------------------------ WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES Not Applicable - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 9.8% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! - -------------------- CUSIP No. 860372101 13G - -------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Andrew A. Ziegler - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)[ ] Not Applicable (b)[ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION U.S.A. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER None NUMBER OF ------------------------------------------------------------------ SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 1,328,700 OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------------------ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING None PERSON ------------------------------------------------------------------ WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES Not Applicable - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 9.8% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! - -------------------- CUSIP No. 860372101 13G - -------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Carlene Murphy Ziegler - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)[ ] Not Applicable (b)[ ] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION U.S.A. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER None NUMBER OF ------------------------------------------------------------------ SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 1,328,700 OWNED BY ------------------------------------------------------------------ EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING None PERSON ------------------------------------------------------------------ WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,328,700 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES Not Applicable - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 9.8% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: Stewart Information Services Corporation Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 1980 Post Oak Blvd. Houston, TX 77056 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("Artisan Partners") Artisan Investment Corporation, the general partner of Artisan Partners ("Artisan Corp.") Andrew A. Ziegler Carlene Murphy Ziegler Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office: Artisan Partners, Artisan Corp., Mr. Ziegler and Ms. Ziegler are all located at: 1000 North Water Street, #1770 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Item 2(c) Citizenship: Artisan Partners is a Delaware limited partnership Artisan Corp. is a Wisconsin corporation Mr. Ziegler and Ms. Ziegler are U.S. citizens Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 860372101 Item 3 Type of Person: (e) Artisan Partners is an Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Artisan Corp. is the General Partner of Artisan Partners; Mr. Ziegler and Ms. Ziegler are the principal stockholders of Artisan Corp. Item 4 Ownership (at December 31, 1999) (a) Amount owned "beneficially" within the meaning of rule 13d-3: 1,328,700 (b) Percent of class: 9.8% (based on 13,583,263 shares outstanding on September 30, 1999) (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: 1,328,700 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: None (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct disposition of: 1,328,700 Artisan Partners serves as investment adviser to Artisan Funds, Inc., comprised of four series designated Artisan Small Cap Fund, Artisan International Fund, Artisan Mid Cap Fund and Artisan Small Cap Value Fund (the "Funds"). Various of Artisan Partners' limited partners and employees are also officers and directors of the Funds, but Artisan Partners does not consider the Funds to be controlled by such persons. Although the Funds are not controlled by Artisan Partners, pursuant to rule 13d-3(a) the shares beneficially owned by a Fund, with respect to which that Fund has delegated to Artisan Partners shared voting power and shared dispositive power, are considered to be shares beneficially owned by Artisan Partners by reason of such delegated powers. Other clients of Artisan Partners may own shares which are not included in the aggregate number of shares reported herein because Artisan Partners does not have or share voting or investment power over those shares. 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: The shares reported herein have been acquired on behalf of discretionary clients of Artisan Partners. Persons other than Artisan Partners are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, those shares. 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 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. Date: February 14, 2000 The undersigned corporation, on the date above written, agrees and consents to the joint filing on its behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with its beneficial ownership of the security reported herein. ARTISAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION for itself and as general partner of ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP By: /s/ Andrew A. Ziegler ---------------------- Andrew A. Ziegler President The undersigned individuals, on the date above written, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the security reported herein. ANDREW A. ZIEGLER /s/ Andrew A. Ziegler ------------------------------ CARLENE MURPHY ZIEGLER /s/ Carlene Murphy Ziegler ------------------------------ -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----