3 1 srz9386868v1.txt WHISTLER FUND, L.L.C. 07/14/99 FORM 3 -------- ----------------------------- FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL -------- ----------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5 ----------------------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Print or Type Responses) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CIBC World Markets Corp. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 622 Third Avenue ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York NY 10017 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/14/99 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Whistler Fund, L.L.C. (no ticker symbol) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title Below) [ x ] Other (Specify below) Managing Member of Investment Adviser ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [ x ] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
3. Ownership Form: 2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or 1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Whistler Fund, L.L.C., Limited Liability Company Interests (the "Interests")(1) None(1) N/A N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) (Print or Type Responses) FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
5. Owner- 3. Title and Amount of Securities ship Underlying Derivative Security Form of 2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security: (Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of ---------------------- or Exercise (D) or Indirect Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial 1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: (1) CIBC World Markets Corp. ("CIBC WM") is the managing member of CIBC Oppenheimer Advisers, L.L.C. ("CIBCOA"), which serves as the investment adviser of Whistler Fund, L.L.C. (the "Issuer") pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Issuer and CIBCOA dated July 14, 1999. The Interest in the Issuer is held directly by CIBCOA and indirectly by CIBC WM by virtue of its interest in CIBCOA. The filing of this statement with the inclusion of the foregoing information shall not be construed as an admission that CIBC WM is the beneficial owner of any equity securities of the Issuer except as to those securities in which CIBC WM may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest pursuant to rule 16a-1(a)(2). *If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction 5(b)(v). **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP. By: /s/ Howard Singer 03/26/03 --------------------------------- -------- Name: Howard Singer Date Title: Managing Director Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.