-----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, DIW+JT+zST4nGrcbUT7MBRl6NDgV9HWQjXy9YgKSviyTQxv7GcG6t4WcDF4e6pCw 5jNHhoK4+oDdmZNV07gHpQ== 0000950137-06-001456.txt : 20060207 0000950137-06-001456.hdr.sgml : 20060207 20060207162409 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-06-001456 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060207 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060207 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000073076 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 390509570 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 720 E WISCONSIN AVENUE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4142992508 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 720 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QUIXOTE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000032870 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089] IRS NUMBER: 362675371 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-20322 FILM NUMBER: 06585771 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 35 E. WACKER DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 1100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 BUSINESS PHONE: 3124676755 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 35 E. WACKER DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 1100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60601 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ENERGY ABSORPTION SYSTEMS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19800815 SC 13G 1 c02184sc13g.htm SCHEDULE 13G sc13g
 

     
 
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

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

QUIXOTE CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
749056 10 7
(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2005
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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

     þ Rule 13d-1(b)

     o Rule 13d-1(c)

     o Rule 13d-1(d)

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1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS:
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
   
  I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY): 
    39-0509570
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS):
  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY:
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
   
  Wisconsin
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER:
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER:
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   521,235
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:
     
    521,235
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:
   
  521,235
     
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):
   
  5.6%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS):
   
  IC

 

 

                     
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Item 1
  (a)   Name of Issuer: Quixote Corporation
 
  (b)   Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
Item 2
  (a)   Name of Person Filing: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
 
  (b)   Address of Principal Business Office: 720 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
 
  (c)   Citizenship or Place of Organization: Wisconsin
 
  (d)   Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
 
  (e)   CUSIP Number: 749056 10 7
Item 3     If this statement is filed pursuant to Sections 240.13d-1(b), or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
  (a)   o Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
 
  (b)   o Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
 
  (c)   þ Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act
 
  (d)   o Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
  (e)   o An investment adviser in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)
 
  (f)   o An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
 
  (g)   o A parent holding company or control person in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G)

 

 

                     
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  (h)   o A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
 
  (i)   o A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
  (j)   o Group, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J)
Item 4     Ownership
     (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 521,235 shares. This amount consists of 513,513 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by conversion of 7% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due February 15, 2025 (the “Convertible Notes”). Northwestern Mutual may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of the balance of such shares as follows: 7,722 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired by conversion of the Convertible Notes owned by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Group Annuity Separate Account (“GASA”).
     Northwestern Investment Management Company, LLC, a wholly owned company of Northwestern Mutual, serves as an investment advisor to Northwestern Mutual and GASA and it shares voting and investment power with respect to all of the aforementioned holdings. Northwestern Investment Management Company, LLC’s principal place of business is 720 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202. It is organized under Delaware law.
  (b)   Percent of Class: 5.6%
 
  (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: 521,235

 

 

                     
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  (iii)   Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
 
  (iv)   Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 521,235
Item 5     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
     If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following o.
Item 6     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: N/A
Item 7     Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person: N/A
Item 8     Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: N/A
Item 9     Notice of Dissolution of Group: N/A
Item 10   Certification
     By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and 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.
February 6, 2006
         
  THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
 		  
  By:   /s/ Robert J. Berdan    
    Robert J. Berdan   
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 

 

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