-----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, UlXXv1cZfyciz3zxWdrq6/Tot2gLIVYrvqh9oCqtDJY8o248Y1sm1l/IjFbDptxr NRmskVSZE9zsHZaMkpXJiA== 0000950123-10-114981.txt : 20101220 0000950123-10-114981.hdr.sgml : 20101220 20101220152542 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-114981 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101220 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101220 GROUP MEMBERS: FIR TREE VALUE MASTER FUND, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: FIR TREE, INC. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FlatWorld Acquisition Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001499573 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 980666872 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D8 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-85805 FILM NUMBER: 101262781 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PALM GROVE HOUSE, PALM GROVE PARK STREET 2: ROAD TOWN CITY: TORTOLA STATE: D8 ZIP: VG1110 BUSINESS PHONE: 12848521894 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PALM GROVE HOUSE, PALM GROVE PARK STREET 2: ROAD TOWN CITY: TORTOLA STATE: D8 ZIP: VG1110 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIR TREE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001056491 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 505 FIFTH AVENUE STREET 2: 23RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123983500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 505 FIFTH AVENUE STREET 2: 23RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 SC 13G 1 c09956sc13g.htm SCHEDULE 13G Schedule 13G

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*

FlatWorld Acquisition Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
Ordinary Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
G35536120
(CUSIP Number)
December 10, 2010
(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)

* 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).

 
 


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
G35536120 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Fir Tree Value Master Fund, L.P.
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o
  (b)   o
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Cayman Islands
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   150,000
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    150,000
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  150,000
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  5.5%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  PN

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CUSIP No.
 
G35536120 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Fir Tree, Inc.
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o
  (b)   o
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  New York
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   150,000
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    150,000
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  150,000
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  5.5%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  CO

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SCHEDULE 13G
This Schedule 13G (this “Schedule 13G”) is being filed on behalf of Fir Tree Value Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Fir Tree Value”), and Fir Tree, Inc., a New York corporation (“Fir Tree”), relating to Ordinary Shares (the “Shares”) of FlatWorld Acquisition Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company with limited liability (the “Issuer”), purchased by Fir Tree Value. Fir Tree is the investment manager of Fir Tree Value. Fir Tree Value and Fir Tree are collectively referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons.”
Item 1(a)  
Name of Issuer.
 
FlatWorld Acquisition Corp.
Item 1(b)  
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices.
 
Palm Grove House
Road Town
Tortola VG1110
British Virgin Islands
Item 2(a)  
Name of Person Filing.
Item 2(b)  
Address of Principal Business Office.
Item 2(c)  
Place of Organization.
 
Fir Tree Value Master Fund, L.P.
c/o Admiral Administration Ltd.
Admiral Financial Center, 5th Floor
90 Fort Street, Box 32021 SMB
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
A Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership
 
Fir Tree, Inc.
505 Fifth Avenue
23rd Floor
New York, New York 10017
A New York corporation
Fir Tree is the investment manager of Fir Tree Value, and has been granted investment discretion over portfolio investments, including the Shares, held by Fir Tree Value.
Item 2(d)  
Title of Class of Securities.
 
Ordinary Shares (the “Shares”)

 

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Item 2(e)  
CUSIP Number.
 
G35536120
Item 3  
Reporting Person.
 
The person filing is not listed in Items 3(a) through 3(j).
Item 4  
Ownership.
  (a)  
Fir Tree Value is the beneficial owner of 150,000 Shares. Fir Tree may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares held by Fir Tree Value as a result of being the investment manager of Fir Tree Value.
 
  (b)  
The Reporting Persons beneficially own 150,000 Shares, which represents approximately 5.5% of the Shares outstanding. This percentage was determined by dividing the number of Shares beneficially held by the of the Reporting Persons, by 2,750,000, the number of Shares issued and outstanding as of December 9, 2010, as reported in the Issuer’s Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) on December 10, 2010.
 
  (c)  
Fir Tree Value may direct the vote and disposition of 150,000 Shares. Fir Tree has been granted investment discretion over the Shares held by Fir Tree Value, and thus, has the shared power to direct the vote and disposition of 150,000 Shares.
Item 5  
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 6  
Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 7  
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported On by the Parent Holding Company.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 8  
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 9  
Notice of Dissolution of Group.
 
Inapplicable.

 

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Item 10  
Certification.
 
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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.

 

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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: December 20, 2010
         
  FIR TREE VALUE MASTER FUND, L.P.
 
 
  By:   FIR TREE, INC., its Manager    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum    
  Name:   Jeffrey Tannenbaum   
  Title:   President   
 
         
  FIR TREE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum    
  Name:   Jeffrey Tannenbaum   
  Title:   President   

 

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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 Ordinary Shares of FlatWorld Acquisition Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company with limited liability, 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of December 20, 2010.
         
  FIR TREE VALUE MASTER FUND, L.P.
 
 
  By:   FIR TREE, INC., its Manager    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum    
  Name:   Jeffrey Tannenbaum   
  Title:   President   
 
         
  FIR TREE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum    
  Name:   Jeffrey Tannenbaum   
  Title:   President   
 

 

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