-----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, V1lfZQLDzZE2tz5ospE3A2DHC0dwU+v+hNSBVT7RBLZujnGdTjmh7vFJw8imnZPh iy8/bkY9SYrNiYlHo79T8g== 0000910662-03-000198.txt : 20030627 0000910662-03-000198.hdr.sgml : 20030627 20030627133556 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000910662-03-000198 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030625 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030627 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEA CONTAINERS LTD /NY/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088095 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400] IRS NUMBER: 980038412 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07560 FILM NUMBER: 03760468 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 CEDAR AVE STREET 2: P O BOX HM 1179 CITY: HAMILTON HM EX BERMU STATE: D0 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412952244 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 CEDAR AVE STREET 2: PO BOX HM 1179 CITY: HAMILTON HM EX BERMU STATE: D0 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SEA CONTAINERS ATLANTIC LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19810817 8-K 1 frm8k.txt FORM 8-K UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2003 ------------- SEA CONTAINERS LTD. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Bermuda ------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 001-07560 98-0038412 - ------------------------ ------------------- (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 41 CEDAR AVENUE P.O. BOX HM 1179 HAMILTON HMEX, BERMUDA ------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Zip Code 441-295-2244 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable ------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 5. Other Events. On June 25, 2003, Sea Containers Ltd. issued a press release regarding the extension of the exchange offer of its 13% Senior Notes due 2006 for the same aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2003 and 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2003. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99. ITEM 7. Exhibits 99 Press Release dated June 25, 2003. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. SEA CONTAINERS LTD. By: /s/Edwin S. Hetherington ------------------------ Edwin S. Hetherington Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Date: June 27, 2003 3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 99 Press Release dated June 25, 2003. 4 EX-99 3 ex99.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED 06/25/03 EXHIBIT 99 sea containers ltd news release Contact: Patricia Harper Sea Containers America Inc 212 / 302-5066 William W. Galvin 203 / 618-9800 SEA CONTAINERS EXTENDS EXCHANGE OFFER FOR 9-1/2% AND 10-1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2003 Hamilton, Bermuda, June 25, 2003 - Sea Containers Ltd. (NYSE: SCRA and SCRB, www.seacontainers.com), marine container lessor, passenger and freight transport operator, and leisure industry investor, today announced that it has extended the exchange offer for its outstanding 9-1/2% Senior Notes due 2003 and 10-1/2% Senior Notes due 2003, which commenced on May 28, 2003, until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, June 27, 2003. The date by which Notes may be tendered through the guaranteed delivery procedure described in the exchange offer materials will not be extended. Accordingly, certificates representing any Notes tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure must be received by The Bank of New York, the exchange agent for the exchange offer, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, June 30, 2003. As of 10:00 a.m. today, based on the information received from the exchange agent for the exchange offer, approximately $22 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes have been tendered for exchange. Under the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sea Containers has filed exchange offer materials with the Commission and disseminated them to the holders of the Notes. These materials may be obtained by contacting Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., the information agent for the exchange offer, 17 State Street, New York, New York 10004. Banks and brokers call 1-212-440-9800; U.S. noteholders call toll free 1-866-324-5897; and foreign noteholders call collect +44-207-335-8700. The exchange offer materials and other documents filed by Sea Containers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also are available at its public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, or at the Commission's website www.sec.gov. Investors are urged to read these materials and documents carefully. -ENDS- Sea Containers Ltd., 41 Cedar Avenue, P.O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton, Bermuda HMEX 5 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----