SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/04/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BRIGHTPOINT INC [ CELL ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	2,113,683	I	See footnotes(1)(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Call Option (right to buy)	(4)	01/20/2007	Common Stock	500,000	$15	I	See footnotes(1)(3)(5)
Call Option (right to buy)	(4)	01/20/2007	Common Stock	2,500,000	$20	I	See footnotes(1)(3)(5)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS & CO (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group") and Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs" and, together with GS Group, the "Reporting Persons"). Goldman Sachs is a direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group.

2. The 2,113,683 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of Brightpoint, Inc. (the "Company") reported on Table I may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Group by reason of the direct ownership of such securities by Goldman Sachs or another direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group (collectively, "Goldman"). Goldman also has open short positions of 158,194 shares of Common Stock.

3. In connection with transactions that were part of baskets that met the requirements for exemption as outlined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and therefore not reported, as of December 5, 2006, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the owners of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock reported to be outstanding in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2006, and are therefore no longer subject to Section 16.

4. These options are immediately exercisable.

5. The securities reported on Table II may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Group by reason of the direct ownership of such securities by Goldman.

	/s/ Andrea Louro DeMar, Attorney-in-fact	12/14/2006
	/s/ Andrea Louro DeMar, Attorney-in-fact	12/14/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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