0001532155-12-000015.txt : 20120213 0001532155-12-000015.hdr.sgml : 20120213 20120213132831 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001532155-12-000015 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120213 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ORIENT EXPRESS HOTELS LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001115836 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 980223493 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-60303 FILM NUMBER: 12597473 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22 VICTORIA STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 12 BUSINESS PHONE: 1 441 295 2244 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 BATTLE BRIDGE LANE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: SE1 2HP FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001109448 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] IRS NUMBER: 134064930 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000316 SC 13G/A 1 oeh1231_g.txt Page 1 of 5 Pages UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1)* ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LTD ----------------------------------------------------- (NAME OF ISSUER) COM NEW ----------------------------------------------------- (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES) G67743107 ----------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP NUMBER) December 31, 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- (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) 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 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). (CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE(S)) CUSIP NO. G67743107 13G Page 2 of 5 Pages 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON AllianceBernstein LP 13-3434400 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] (B) [X] 3. SEC USE ONLY 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION State of Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES 5. SOLE VOTING POWER 5,664,001 BENEFICIALLY OWNED AS OF 6. SHARED VOTING POWER 0 December 31, 2011 BY EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 6,360,614 REPORTING PERSON WITH: 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 166,560 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 6,527,174 REPORTING PERSON (Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership) 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES * [X] 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 6.4% 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON * IA * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP NO. G67743107 13G Page 3 of 5 Pages Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LTD Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 20 Upper Ground London SE1 9PF United Kingdom Item 2(a) and (b) Name of Person Filing and Address of Principal Business Office: AllianceBernstein L.P 1345 Avenue of the Americas NewYork, N.Y. 10105 (All media outlets, please contact John Meyers at AllianceBernstein (212-969-2301) with any questions. All other questions can be directed to Jerry Celentano at jerry.celentano@allianceBernstein.com ) Item 2(c) Citizenship: Delaware Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: COM NEW Item 2(e) Cusip Number: G67743107 Item 3. Type of Reporting Person: Registered Investment Advisor 13G Page 4 of 5 Pages Item 4. Ownership as of 12/31/2011 (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 6,527,174 shares of common stock acquired solely for investment purposes on behalf of client discretionary investment advisory accounts* (b) Percent of Class: 6.4% (c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power:

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Deemed Deemed Deemed Deemed to have to have to have to have Sole Power Shared Power Sole Power Shared Power to Vote to Vote to Dispose to Dispose or to or to or to or to Direct Direct Direct the Direct the the Vote the Vote Disposition Disposition ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ AllianceBernstein 5,664,001 0 6,360,614 166,560

*AllianceBernstein L.P. is a majority owned subsidiary of AXA Financial, Inc. and an indirect majority owned subsidiary of AXA SA. AllianceBernstein operates under independent management and makes independent decisions from AXA and AXA Financial and their respective subsidiaries and AXA and AXA Financial calculate and report beneficial ownership separately from AllianceBernstein pursuant to guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Release Number 34-39538 (January 12, 1998). AllianceBernstein may be deemed to share beneficial ownership with AXA reporting persons by virtue of 166,560 shares of common stock acquired on behalf of the general and special accounts of the affiliated entities for which AllianceBernstein serves as a subadvisor. Each of AllianceBernstein and the AXA entities reporting herein acquired their shares of common stock for investment purposes in the ordinary course of their investment management and insurance businesses. Page 5 of 5 Pages 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. [] 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 Reporting on by the Parent Holding Company: 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. 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 purposes 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 13, 2012, ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. /s/ Laurence Bertan Name: Laurence Bertan Title: SVP and Head of Regulatory Reporting