-----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, BMr9GI9KYCwAhyd/G4aWrKhmOhZ4ROWdZrNeEfw4aFPoRqsQeEegP/1zTpBaPCVX 8Ydla7NUHU5cP2/o6awZnw== 0000929638-10-000081.txt : 20100211 0000929638-10-000081.hdr.sgml : 20100211 20100211102550 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000929638-10-000081 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100211 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRSTCITY FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000828678 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SHORT-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT INSTITUTIONS [6153] IRS NUMBER: 760243729 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-40461 FILM NUMBER: 10589981 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6400 IMPERIAL DRIVE CITY: WACO STATE: TX ZIP: 76712 BUSINESS PHONE: 2547511750 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6400 IMPERIAL DRIVE CITY: WACO STATE: TX ZIP: 76712 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST CITY BANCORPORATION OF TEXAS INC/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST CITY ACQUISITION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880523 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: F&C Asset Management plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001319184 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 80 GEORGE STREET CITY: EDINBURGH STATE: X0 ZIP: EH2 3BU BUSINESS PHONE: 00 44 131 465 1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 80 GEORGE STREET CITY: EDINBURGH STATE: X0 ZIP: EH2 3BU SC 13G/A 1 firstcity_13gafandc.htm SCHEDULE 13G AMENDMENT - FIRSTCITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION firstcity_13gafandc.htm
 
 
 
 



 
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SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 2)*


FirstCity Financial Corporation
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)


33761X107
(CUSIP Number)

31 December 2009
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


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

[X]           Rule 13d-1(b)

[ ]           Rule 13d-1(c)

[ ]           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 previously provided in a prior cover page.  Beneficial ownership information contained herein is given as of the date listed above.

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 (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.

 
 
 
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1
Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
 
F&C Asset Management plc
2
Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
 
(a)           [ ]
 
(b)           [ ]
3
SEC Use Only
4
Citizenship or Place of Organization.
United Kingdom
 
Number
of Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
5    Sole Voting Power
359,619
6    Shared Voting Power
0
7    Sole Dispositive Power
359,619
8    Shared Dispositive Power
0
 
9
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
359,619
  
10
Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)     [ ]
  
11
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
3.64%
  
12
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IA, CO, FI
  



 
 
 
CUSIP NO.  33761X107
 


Item 1.
 
(a)
Name of Issuer
 
FirstCity Financial Corporation
(b)
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices
 
6400 Imperial Drive, Waco, Texas 76712

Item 2.
 
(a)
Name of Person Filing
 
F&C Asset Management plc
(b)
Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence
 
80 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3BU, United Kingdom
(c)
Citizenship
 
F&C Asset Management plc is a corporation organised under the laws of the United Kingdom
(d)
Title of Class of Securities
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”)
(e)
CUSIP Number
 
33761X107

Item 3.
If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
 
(a)
[ ]
Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
(b)
[ ]
Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c)
[ ]
Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act
(d)
[ ]
Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C 80a-8).
(e)
[ ]
An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f)
[ ]
An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g)
[ ]
A parent holding company or control person in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h)
[ ]
A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i)
[ ]
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 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j)
[X]
A non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d–1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
(k)
[ ]
Group, in accordance with §240.13d–1(b)(1)(ii)(K).
 
If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: FSA-regulated asset management company.


 
 
 
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Item 4.
Ownership
 
Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.
 
(a)
Amount Beneficially Owned
 
359,619
(b)
Percent of Class
 
3.64%
(c)
Number of shares as to which such person has:
 
(i)
sole power to vote or to direct the vote
   
359,619
 
(ii)
shared power to vote or to direct the vote
   
0
 
(iii)
sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
   
359,619
 
(iv)
shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
   
0

Instruction.  For computations regarding securities which represent a right to acquire an underlying security see §240.13d-3(d)(1).
 

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
[X].

Item 6.
Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
 
Not applicable.

Item 7.
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company
 
Not applicable.

Item 8.
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
 
Not applicable.

Item 9.
Notice of Dissolution of Group
 
Not applicable.

 
 
 
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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 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.
 
      By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foreign regulatory scheme applicable to an FSA-regulated asset management company is substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institution(s). I also undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D.


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.

    11 February 2010
 
Date
 
 
F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
 
 
 
By:
 /s/ Marrack Tonkin
 
Signature
 
 
Marrack Tonkin, Company Secretary
 
Name/Title



 
 
 

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