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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-12-003529
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120510
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120510
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN LIBERTY BANCORP
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001406251
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
IRS NUMBER: 260469120
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-83392
FILM NUMBER: 12827927
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1370 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 28TH FLOOR
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10019
BUSINESS PHONE: 212.445.7800
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1370 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 28TH FLOOR
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10019
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Global Consumer Acquisition Corp.
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070710
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
IRS NUMBER: 061209781
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717
SC 13G/A
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filing.txt
SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 3
WESTERN LIBERTY BANCORP
Common Stock
Cusip #961443108
Cusip #961443108
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 1,350,000
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 1,350,000
Item 11: 10.025%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #961443108
Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 1,350,000
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 1,350,000
Item 11: 10.025%
Item 12: IN
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
WESTERN LIBERTY BANCORP
Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
1370 Avenue of the Americas
28th Floor
New York, New York 10019
USA
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:
82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
961443108
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company
in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See
Item 7).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 1,350,000
(b) Percent of Class: 10.025%
(c) Number of shares as to which such
person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct
the vote: 0
(ii) shared power to vote or to
direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 1,350,000
(iv) shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 0
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.
Various persons have the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the
sale of, the Common Stock of WESTERN LIBERTY
BANCORP. The interest of one person, Fidelity Small Cap
Value Fund, an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, in the Common Stock of
WESTERN LIBERTY BANCORP, amounted to 1,000,000
shares or 7.426% of the total outstanding Common Stock at
April 30, 2012.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.
Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A.
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.
May 09, 2012
Date
/s/ Scott C. Goebel
Signature
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G,
Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82
Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser
registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 1,350,000 shares or
10.025% of the Common Stock outstanding of WESTERN
LIBERTY BANCORP ("the Company") as a result of acting
as investment adviser to various investment companies
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of
1940.
The ownership of one investment company, Fidelity
Small Cap Value Fund, amounted to 1,000,000 shares or
7.426% of the Common Stock outstanding. Fidelity Small Cap
Value Fund has its principal business office at 82 Devonshire
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to
dispose of the 1,350,000 shares owned by the Funds.
Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly
or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR
LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC.
The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders
have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under
which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in
accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting
common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR LLC.
Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, has the sole power to vote or direct
the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds,
which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees.
Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written
guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees.
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on May 09, 2012, agree and
consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G
in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common
Stock of WESTERN LIBERTY BANCORP at April 30, 2012.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries
Edward C. Johnson 3d
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d
Fidelity Management & Research Company
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Senior V.P. and General Counsel
Fidelity Small Cap Value Fund
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Secretary