-----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, Ve+Uv67rfM2L+SQiHnyPQnISA4YBwthMCKvDxBf9XH3XLKgVWsywYrzIEWqdE+X+ 7wkPIJW2OV0BPNjZQ2ZgUA== 0000908645-01-500034.txt : 20020412 0000908645-01-500034.hdr.sgml : 20020412 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000908645-01-500034 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20011205 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GIBBONS MICHAEL WAYNE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001162824 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 330664594 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1290 N HANCOCK ST STREET 2: STE 203B CITY: ANAHEIM STATE: CA ZIP: 92807 BUSINESS PHONE: 7147011470 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ICH CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000049588 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE [6321] IRS NUMBER: 436069928 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-20379 FILM NUMBER: 1807370 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9255 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 600 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 BUSINESS PHONE: 2149547111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 2699 STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75221 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ICH CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930506 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ICH CORP/CONSOL NAT/RTS/CFR/MOD AMER LIFE INS/SW LIFE INS/CF DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930505 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWESTERN LIFE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940808 SC 13D/A 1 newich.txt SC 13D/A UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Amendment No. 2) I.C.H. Corporation (Name of Issuer) Common Stock $0.01 par value (Title of Class of Securities) 44926L300 (CUSIP Number) Michael W. Gibbons 1290 North Hancock Street, Suite 203B Anaheim California 714-701-1470 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) November 29, 2001 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of ss. 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box [ ]. Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See ss. 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. *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 disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on 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). SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 44926L300 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Michael W. Gibbons _______________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS PF 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [ ] 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 262,300 ** OWNED BY EACH 8 SHARED VOTING POWER REPORTING 00 PERSON WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 262,300 ** 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 00 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 262,300 ** 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [ ] 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 9.41% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! ** Inclusive of the 77,500 Shares owned through Fairmont Capital, Inc. SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 44926L300 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Fairmont Capital, Inc. 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS WC 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [ ] 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION California NUMBER OF 7 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 77,500 OWNED BY EACH 8 SHARED VOTING POWER REPORTING 00 PERSON WITH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 77,500 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 00 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 77,500 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [ ] 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 2.78% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! 1 Item 1. Security and Issuer The securities to which this amendment no. 2 (the "Amendment") relates are the shares of Common Stock $0.01 par value ("Shares") of I.C.H. Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which has its principal executive offices at 9404 Genesee Avenue, La Jolla, California 92037. Item 2. Identity and Background This Amendment is filed by (1) Michael W. Gibbons ("Gibbons"), and (2) Fairmont Capital, Inc. ("Fairmont"). Gibbons and Fairmont are hereinafter referred to as the "Reporting Persons." Reporting Persons refer to and incorporate by reference the information in their Schedule 13D as amended through Amendment No. 1 to such schedule (the "Schedule 13D"). This Amendment reports only information which has changed since the filing of the Schedule 13D, and defined terms in the Schedule 13D are not redefined herein. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations. The Reporting Parties further update and supplement Item 3 of the Schedule 13D as follows: Gibbons used personal funds to purchase all Shares held by him personally through open market transactions in the amount of $124,713.00. Fairmont used its own working capital to purchase all Shares held by it through open market transactions in the amount of $49,008.00. Gibbons is the majority shareholder and President of Fairmont. Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction. The Reporting Parties further update and supplement Item 4 of the Schedule 13D as follows: On November 26, 2001, the Reporting Persons made an Acquisition Proposal to acquire all of the outstanding Shares for cash, preferably through a merger, at a proposed price of $0.75 per Share. Among other things, the Acquisition Proposal noted that certain anti-takeover provisions, which were previously implemented to impede the acquisition of control of the Company, may need to be removed in order to proceed with the Acquisition Proposal. The Acquisition Proposal also proposed a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Company and the Reporting Persons. Subsequently, the Company did contact the Reporting Persons. On November 29, 2001, after the market closed, Fairmont entered into a Confidentiality Agreement with the Company for purposes of commencing due diligence. The Reporting Persons have now commenced due diligence on the Company. On December 2, 2001, the Reporting Persons requested in a letter (attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3) that the Board of Directors of the Company remove its "poison pill" Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, which in the view of the Reporting Persons, under the current circumstances facing the Company, only benefits and protects the existing management, and all other anti-takeover provisions that could impede the proposed acquisition. The letter stated that "there is no longer any need for these anti-takeover provisions, particularly the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. The Company has publicly stated that it needs additional funding and has few alternatives. The Board should remove as many anti-takeover provisions as it can in order to encourage and attract additional suitors and bidders to acquire the Company, and to fail to do so would be a gross neglect of the Board members in carrying out their material duties and responsibilities." The Company has advised the Reporting Persons that this request will be considered at the Board of Directors Meeting on December 6, 2001. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. The Reporting Parties further update and supplement Item 5 of the Schedule 13D as follows: (a) Gibbons beneficially owns 262,300 Shares (9.41% of the outstanding Shares), including 77,500 Shares (2.78% of the outstanding Shares) beneficially owned by Fairmont. (b) Gibbons has sole voting power and sole dispositive power for all such Shares held of record by Fairmont. (c) The following table details the purchases and sales by the Reporting Persons effected during the sixty (60) days prior to this filing that have not been previously reported. All of the transactions were open market transactions. STOCK TRANSACTIONS DURING PAST 60 DAYS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED Shares Purchased Price per Transaction Identity of Person Date (Sold) Share Effected - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Wayne Gibbons 11/28/01 3,500 0.63 Open Market Michael Wayne Gibbons 11/28/01 100 0.61 Open Market Michael Wayne Gibbons 11/29/01 3,000 0.64 Open Market Fairmont Capital, Inc. 11/28/01 11,300 0.61 Open Market Fairmont Capital, Inc. 11/28/01 5,500 0.65 Open Market Fairmont Capital, Inc. 11/29/01 3,400 0.65 Open Market Fairmont Capital, Inc. 11/29/01 3,300 0.70 Open Market Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits: Exhibits Document ------- -------- 99.3. Letter dated December 2, 2001 Re Enhancing Shareholder Value by Removal of Anti-takeover Provisions at I.C.H. from Fairmont Capital, Inc. to the Board of Directors of I.C.H. Corporation. After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, it is hereby certified that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: December 5, 2001 By: /s/ Michael W. Gibbons ------------------------------------ Michael W. Gibbons FAIRMONT CAPITAL, INC. By: /s/ Michael W. Gibbons ------------------------------------ Michael W. Gibbons, President EXHIBIT 99.3 Fairmont Capital, Inc. 1290 North Hancock Street, Suite 203B Anaheim, California 92807-1925 Telephone: (714) 701-1470 Facsimile: (714) 701-1474 December 2, 2001 Via Fax (858) 535-1634, Via Fax (212) 317-0991 and Federal Express Board of Directors I.C.H. Corporation 9255 Towne Centre Drive Suite 600 San Diego, CA 92121 RE: Enhancing Shareholder Value by Removal of Anti-takeover Provisions at I.C.H. Corporation ------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Board of Directors: First, we would like to thank you for recently commencing discussions with us (in response to our "Offer Letter" dated November 26, 2001). We have now commenced our due diligence review of I.C.H. Corporation ("Company"), and with your full assistance and cooperation, believe this due diligence can be completed on an expedited basis. Our Offer Letter stated that our proposed acquisition was expressly conditioned upon "either (a) the removal of all anti-takeover provisions at the Company, which could impede our proposed transaction, including but not limited to the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, or (b) approval of the transaction by the Board in a manner that would not trigger any of the Company's anti-takeover provisions." Upon further reflection, we believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for these anti-takeover provisions, particularly the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, to be immediately removed by the Board of Directors. Accordingly, as a shareholder, we request that the Board immediately remove these anti-takeover provisions at its next Board Meeting, or call a special Board Meeting to do so. Clearly, there is no longer any need for these anti-takeover provisions, particularly the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. The Company has publicly stated that it needs additional funding and has few alternatives. The Board should remove as many anti-takeover provisions as it can in order to encourage and attract additional suitors and bidders to acquire the Company, and to fail to do so would be a gross neglect of the Board members in carrying out their material duties and responsibilities. Ltr. to Board of Directors I.C.H. Corporation December 2, 2001 Page 2 Please respond by Wednesday, December 5, 2001 as to when the Board will be considering this action. Sincerely, /s/ Timothy R. Greenleaf Timothy R. Greenleaf Managing Director cc: Mr. Michael Gibbons Mr. Mark J. Gill Paul Blencowe, Esq. Peter Unger, Esq. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----