-----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, OCY5SdTOC6x7buitnQM9a7gC/cqFKL1LErWRFNYBjQfCwodBdVZAVfwiwIy1+Thq 76NeZ/Iab7LDytmfgU3VYQ== 0000910662-03-000216.txt : 20030709 0000910662-03-000216.hdr.sgml : 20030709 20030709140240 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000910662-03-000216 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030709 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030709 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEA CONTAINERS LTD /NY/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088095 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400] IRS NUMBER: 980038412 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07560 FILM NUMBER: 03779794 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 CEDAR AVE STREET 2: P O BOX HM 1179 CITY: HAMILTON HM EX BERMU STATE: D0 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412952244 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 CEDAR AVE STREET 2: PO BOX HM 1179 CITY: HAMILTON HM EX BERMU STATE: D0 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SEA CONTAINERS ATLANTIC LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19810817 8-K 1 frm8k0709.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED JULY 9, 2003 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2003 ------------ SEA CONTAINERS LTD. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Bermuda ---------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 001-07560 98-0038412 ------------------------ ------------------- (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 41 CEDAR AVENUE P.O. BOX HM 1179 HAMILTON HMEX, BERMUDA ------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Zip Code 441-295-2244 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable ------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 5. Other Events. On July 9, 2003, Sea Containers Ltd. issued a press release regarding the extension of the exchange offer of its 12 1/2% Senior Notes due 2009 for the same aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 12 1/2% Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2004. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99. ITEM 7. Exhibits 99 Press Release dated July 9, 2003. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. SEA CONTAINERS LTD. By: /s/ E.S. Hetherington --------------------- Edwin S. Hetherington Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Date: July 9, 2003 3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 99 Press Release dated July 9, 2003. 4 EX-99 3 ex99.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED JULY 9, 2003 EXHIBIT 99 sea containers ltd news release Contact: William W. Galvin 203 / 618-9800 SEA CONTAINERS EXTENDS EXCHANGE OFFER FOR ITS 12-1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES DUE 2004 HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sea Containers Ltd. (NYSE: SCRA and SCRB, http://www.seacontainers.com), marine container lessor, passenger and freight transport operator, and leisure industry investor, today announced that it has extended the offer to exchange its outstanding 12-1/2% Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2004 for its 12-1/2% Senior Notes due 2009. This exchange offer, which commenced on May 28, 2003, will now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, July 23, 2003. Based on the information received from the exchange agent for the exchange offer, approximately $18.4 million aggregate principal amount of the Debentures has been tendered for exchange. Under the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sea Containers has filed exchange offer materials with the Commission and disseminated them to the holders of the Debentures. These materials may be obtained by contacting Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., the information agent for the exchange offer, 17 State Street, New York, New York 10004. Banks and brokers call 1-212-440-9800; U.S. debentureholders call toll free 1-866-324-5897; and foreign debentureholders call collect +44-207-335-8700. The exchange offer materials and other documents filed by Sea Containers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also are available at the Commission's public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, or at the Commission's website http://www.sec.gov. Investors are urged to read these materials and documents carefully. -ENDS- Sea Containers Ltd., 41 Cedar Avenue, P.O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton, Bermuda HMEX 5 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----