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0001362310-08-000986.txt : 20080214 0001362310-08-000986.hdr.sgml : 20080214 20080214172803 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001362310-08-000986 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080214 GROUP MEMBERS: NORTH RUN ADVISORS, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: NORTH RUN GP, LP GROUP MEMBERS: THOMAS B. ELLIS GROUP MEMBERS: TODD B. HAMMER SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Specialty Underwriters Alliance, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001297568 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 200432760 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-80472 FILM NUMBER: 08619364 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: (312) 277-1600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTH RUN CAPITAL, L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001212897 IRS NUMBER: 364504416 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 2401 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6173106130 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 2401 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORTH RUN CAPITAL L P DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030106 SC 13G/A 1 c72480sc13gza.htm SCHEDULE 13G/A Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 13G/A

(Rule 13d-102)

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)

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Amendment No. 1

Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

84751T309

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2007

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

o Rule 13d-1(b)

þ Rule 13d-1(c)

o Rule 13d-1(d)


CUSIP No.		84751T309	13G/A	Page		2		of		9


1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) North Run Capital, LP 36-4504416

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP^*
	(a) o
	(b) o

3	SEC USE ONLY



4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

	Delaware

		5	SOLE VOTING POWER

NUMBER OF			1,125,500**

SHARES		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY			0

EACH		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON			1,125,500**

WITH		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

			0

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

	1,125,500**

10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES^*

	o

11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

	7.66%**

12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON^*

	PN

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**SEE ITEM 4.


CUSIP No.		84751T309	13G/A	Page		3		of		9


1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) North Run GP, LP 37-1438821

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
	(a) o
	(b) o

3	SEC USE ONLY



4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

	Delaware

		5	SOLE VOTING POWER

NUMBER OF			1,125,500**

SHARES		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY			0

EACH		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON			1,125,500**

WITH		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

			0

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

	1,125,500**

10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

	o

11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

	7.66%**

12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

	PN

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**SEE ITEM 4.


CUSIP No.		84751T309	13G/A	Page		4		of		9


1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) North Run Advisors, LLC 35-2177955

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
	(a) o
	(b) o

3	SEC USE ONLY



4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

	Delaware

		5	SOLE VOTING POWER

NUMBER OF			1,125,500**

SHARES		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY			0

EACH		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON			1,125,500**

WITH		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

			0

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

	1,125,500**

10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

	o

11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

	7.66%**

12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

	OO

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**SEE ITEM 4.


CUSIP No.		84751T309	13G/A	Page		5		of		9


1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Todd B. Hammer

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
	(a) o
	(b) o

3	SEC USE ONLY



4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

	United States

		5	SOLE VOTING POWER

NUMBER OF			1,125,500**

SHARES		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY			0

EACH		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON			1,125,500**

WITH		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

			0

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

	1,125,500**

10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

	o

11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

	7.66%**

12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

	IN

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**SEE ITEM 4.


CUSIP No.		84751T309	13G/A	Page		6		of		9


1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Thomas B. Ellis

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP^*
	(a) o
	(b) o

3	SEC USE ONLY



4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

	United States

		5	SOLE VOTING POWER

NUMBER OF			1,125,500**

SHARES		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY			0

EACH		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON			1,125,500**

WITH		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

			0

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

	1,125,500**

10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES^*

	o

11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

	7.66%^**

12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON^*

	IN

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**SEE ITEM 4.

SCHEDULE 13G/A

This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G (the “Schedule 13G”) is being filed on behalf of North Run Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“North Run”), North Run GP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “GP”), North Run Capital, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investment Manager”), Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis. Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis are the principals and sole members and limited partners, as applicable, of North Run, the GP and the Investment Manager. North Run is the general partner for both the GP and the Investment Manager. The GP is the general partner of North Run Capital Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Fund”), North Run Qualified Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “QP Fund”), and North Run Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Island exempted limited partnership (the “Master Fund”). The Fund, the QP Fund and North Run Offshore Partners, Ltd., a Cayman Island exempted company (the “Offshore Fund”), are also general partners of the Master Fund. This Schedule 13G relates to shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”) held by the Master Fund.


Item 4		Ownership.

	(a)		North Run, the GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer, and Thomas B. Ellis may be deemed the beneficial owners of 1,125,500 shares of Common Stock.

	(b)		North Run, the GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis may be deemed the beneficial owners of 7.66% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. This percentage was determined by dividing 1,125,500 by 14,697,355, which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 1, 2007, according to the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed on November 2, 2007 with the Securities Exchange Commission.

	(c)		North Run, the GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis have the sole power to vote and dispose of the 1,125,500 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned.


Item 6		Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Investors in the Funds identified in the introduction hereto have an indirect interest in dividends and/or sale proceeds of the Common Stock held by the Master Fund. The Reporting Persons do not know of any single investor with an interest, directly or indirectly, of more than 5% of the Common Stock.


Item 10		Certification.

By signing below, each Reporting Person certifies that, to the best of such Reporting Persons’ 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.


Exhibits		Exhibit 1

Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 14, 2008, between North Run, GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis.

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, 2008


	NORTH RUN CAPITAL, LP

By:	North Run Advisors, LLC
	its general partner

	By:	/s/ Thomas B. Ellis

		Name: Thomas B. Ellis
		Title: Member

	and

	By:	/s/ Todd B. Hammer

		Name: Todd B. Hammer
		Title: Member

NORTH RUN GP, LP

By:	North Run Advisors, LLC
	its general partner

	By:	/s/ Thomas B. Ellis

		Name: Thomas B. Ellis
		Title: Member

	and

	By:	/s/ Todd B. Hammer

		Name: Todd B. Hammer
		Title: Member


		NORTH RUN ADVISORS, LLC

		By:		/s/ Thomas B. Ellis

				Name: Thomas B. Ellis
				Title: Member

		and

		By:		/s/ Todd B. Hammer

				Name: Todd B. Hammer
				Title: Member

		/s/ Thomas B. Ellis
		Thomas B. Ellis

		/s/ Todd B. Hammer
		Todd B. Hammer

EX-1 2 c72480exv1.htm EXHIBIT 1 Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance

EXHIBIT 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13G (including any and all amendments thereto) with respect to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc., and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement shall be included as an Exhibit to such joint filings.

The undersigned further agree that each party hereto is responsible for the timely filing of such Statement on Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, and for the accuracy and completeness of the information concerning such party contained therein; provided, however, that no party is responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning any other party, unless such party knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

This Joint Filing Agreement may be signed in counterparts with the same effect as if the signature on each counterpart were upon the same instrument.

[Signature Page Follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of February 14, 2008.


NORTH RUN CAPITAL, LP

By:	North Run Advisors, LLC
	its general partner

	By:	/s/ Thomas B. Ellis

		Name: Thomas B. Ellis
		Title: Member

	and

	By:	/s/ Todd B. Hammer

		Name: Todd B. Hammer
		Title: Member

NORTH RUN GP, LP

By:	North Run Advisors, LLC
	its general partner

	By:	/s/ Thomas B. Ellis

		Name: Thomas B. Ellis
		Title: Member

	and

	By:	/s/ Todd B. Hammer

		Name: Todd B. Hammer
		Title: Member

Joint Filing Agreement


		NORTH RUN ADVISORS, LLC

		By:		/s/ Thomas B. Ellis

				Name: Thomas B. Ellis
				Title: Member

		and

		By:		/s/ Todd B. Hammer

				Name: Todd B. Hammer
				Title: Member

		/s/ Thomas B. Ellis
		Thomas B. Ellis

		/s/ Todd B. Hammer
		Todd B. Hammer

Joint Filing Agreement