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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950157-01-500756
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20011107
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JONES APPAREL GROUP INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000874016
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WOMEN'S, MISSES', AND JUNIORS OUTERWEAR [2330]
IRS NUMBER: 060935166
STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 424B3
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58610
FILM NUMBER: 1777256
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 250 RITTENHOUSE CIRCLE
STREET 2: KEYSTONE PK
CITY: BRISTOL
STATE: PA
ZIP: 19007
BUSINESS PHONE: 2157854000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 250 RITTENHOUSE CIRCLE
CITY: BRISTOL
STATE: PA
ZIP: 19007
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JONES APPAREL GROUP USA INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001131760
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 134060243
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 424B3
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58610-03
FILM NUMBER: 1777257
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O JONES APPAREL GROUP INC
STREET 2: 250 RITTENHOUSE CIRCLE
CITY: BRISTOL
STATE: PA
ZIP: 19007
BUSINESS PHONE: 2124741000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O JONES APPAREL GROUP INC
STREET 2: 180 RITTENHOUSE CIRCLE
CITY: BRISTOL
STATE: PA
ZIP: 19007
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JONES APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001131759
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 510390339
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 424B3
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58610-02
FILM NUMBER: 1777258
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: WEST 9TH ST. PLZ
STREET 2: SUITE 200
CITY: WILMINGTON
STATE: DE
ZIP: 19801
BUSINESS PHONE: 3027774869
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: WEST 9TH ST. PLZ
STREET 2: SUITE 200
CITY: WILMINGTON
STATE: DE
ZIP: 19801
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NINE WEST GROUP INC /DE
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887124
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FOOTWEAR, (NO RUBBER) [3140]
IRS NUMBER: 061093855
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 0131
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 424B3
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58610-01
FILM NUMBER: 1777259
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: NINE WEST PLAZA
STREET 2: 1129 WESTCHESTER AVE
CITY: WHITE PLAINS
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10604
BUSINESS PHONE: 9146406400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O JONES APPAREL GROUP INC
STREET 2: 180 RITTENHOUSE CIRCLE
CITY: BRISTOL
STATE: PA
ZIP: 19007
424B3
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jones424b3.txt
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED November 7, 2001 FILED PURSUANT TO RULE
To Prospectus dated May 8, 2001 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-58236
$805,645,000
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
Jones Apparel Group Holdings, Inc.
Jones Apparel Group USA, Inc.
Nine West Group Inc.
Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes due 2021
and Shares of Common Stock of Jones Apparel
Group, Inc.
Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes
--------------------------
The selling securityholder table appearing on pages 38-40 of the
prospectus is amended and restated by this prospectus supplement.
Number of
Principal amount at shares of
maturity of notes common
beneficially owned Percentage of stock that Percentage of
that may be sold notes may be sold common stock Material
Name hereby outstanding hereby(1) outstanding(2) relationship
---- ------------------- ------------- ----------- -------------- ------------
AAM/Zazove Institutional Income
Fund L.P. .............................. $ 2,500,000 0.31% 24,526.25 *% None
Allstate Insurance Company................. 5,000,000 0.62 49,052.50 * None
Allstate Life Insurance Company............ 6,000,000 0.74 58,863.00 * None
American Fidelity Assurance Company........ 475,000 0.06 4,659.99 * None
American Motorist Insurance Company........ 1,146,000 0.14 11,242.83 * None
Amerisure Companies/Michigan Mutual
Insurance Company....................... 1,000,000 0.12 9,810.50 * None
Arapahoe County Colorado................... 112,000 0.01 1,098.78 * None
Arbitex Master Fund, L.P................... 10,000,000 1.24 98,105.00 * None
Associated Electric & Gas Insurance
Services Limited........................ 1,000,000 0.12 9,810.50 * None
Aventis Pension Master Trust............... 900,000 0.11 8,829.45 * None
Banc of America Securities LLC............. 13,500,000 1.68 132,441.75 * (3)
Bancroft Convertible Fund, Inc............. 2,000,000 0.25 19,621.00 * None
Bank Austria Cayman Island, Ltd(10)........ 5,400,000 0.67 52,976.70 * None
BBT Fund, L.P.............................. 25,000,000 3.10 245,262.50 * None
BC McCabe Foundation....................... 1,000,000 0.12 9,810.50 * None
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.................... 7,500,000 0.93 73,578.75 * (4)
Black Diamond Offshore Ltd................. 3,496,000 0.43 34,297.51 * None
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.......... 3,800,000 0.47 37,279.90 * None
Boilermaker - Blacksmith Pension Trust..... 5,600,000 0.70 54,938.80 * None
British Virgin Island Social Security
Board................................... 85,000 0.01 833.89 * None
BS Debt Income Fund - Class A.............. 30,000 0.00 294.32 * None
CALAMOS(R)Convertible Fund -
CALAMOS(R)Investment Trust.............. 10,650,000 1.32 104,481.83 * None
CALAMOS(R)Convertible Growth and
Income Fund - CALAMOS(R)Investment
Trust................................... 6,100,000 0.76 59,844.05 * None
CALAMOS(R)Convertible Portfolio -
CALAMOS(R)Advisors Trust................ 3,584,000 0.44 35,160.83 * None
CALAMOS(R)Global Convertible Fund -
CALAMOS(R)Investment Trust.............. 425,000 0.05 4,169.46 * None
CapitalCare, Inc........................... 135,000 0.02 1,324.42 * None
CareFirst of Maryland, Inc................. 600,000 0.07 5,886.30 * None
CFFX LLC.................................. 10,000,000 1.24 98,105.00 * None
CitiSAM Fund Ltd........................... 4,200,000 0.52 41,204.10 * (5)
City of Albany Pension Plan................ 505,000 0.06 4,954.30 * None
City of Birmingham Retirement & Relief
System.................................. 4,000,000 0.50 39,242.00 * None
City of Knoxville Pension System........... 1,160,000 0.14 11,380.18 * None
City of New Orleans........................ 463,000 0.06 4,542.26 * None
City University of New York................ 276,000 0.03 2,707.70 * None
Clarica Life Insurance Co. - U.S........... 1,400,000 0.17 13,734.70 * None
Coastal Convertibles Ltd................... 1,000,000 0.12 9,810.50 * None
Conseco Annuity Assurance Company -
Multi-Bucket Annuity Convertible Bond
Fund.................................... 4,000,000 0.50 39,242.00 * None
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation..... 6,700,000 0.83 65,730.35 * None
DeAm Convertible Arbitrage Fund............ 3,000,000 0.37 29,431.50 * None
Delta Airlines Master Trust................ 9,900,000 1.23 97,123.95 * None
Delta Pilots Disability and Survivorship
Trust................................... 1,900,000 0.24 18,639.95 * None
Deutsche Banc Alex Brown Inc............... 24,400,000 3.03 239,376.20 * None
1976 Distribution Trust FBO A.R. Lauder
/ Zinterhofer........................... 32,000 0.00 313.94 * None
1976 Distribution Trust FBO Jane A.
Lauder.................................. 31,000 0.00 304.13 * None
Dorinco Reinsurance Company................ 3,000,000 0.37 29,431.50 * None
Double Black Diamond Offshore LDC.......... 15,738,000 1.95 154,397.65 * None
Drury University........................... 185,000 0.02 1,814.94 * None
Ellsworth Convertible Growth and
Income Fund, Inc........................ 2,000,000 0.25 19,621.00 * None
Employee Benefit Convertible Securities
Fund.................................... 500,000 0.06 4,905.25 * None
Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund....... 1,900,000 0.24 18,639.95 * None
FreeState Health Plan, Inc................. 175,000 0.02 1,716.84 * None
Genesee County Employees' Retirement
System.................................. 550,000 0.07 5,395.78 * None
GLG Market Neutral Fund.................... 20,000,000 2.48 196,210.00 * None
Global High Yield Fund..................... 1,750,000 0.22 17,168.30 * None
Grady Hospital Foundation.................. 243,000 0.03 2,383.95 * None
Granville Capital Corporation.............. 10,000,000 1.24 98,105.00 * None
Greek Catholic Union....................... 115,000 0.01 1,128.21 * None
Greek Catholic Union II.................... 95,000 0.01 932.00 * None
Group Hospitalization and Medical
Services, Inc........................... 700,000 0.09 6,867.35 * None
Healthcare Underwriters Mutual
Insurance Company....................... 1,725,000 0.21 16,923.11 * None
HealthNow New York, Inc.................... 175,000 0.02 1,716.84 * None
HFR Master Fund, Ltd....................... 700,000 0.09 6,867.35 * None
H.K. Porter Company, Inc................... 135,000 0.02 1,324.42 * None
Highbridge Capital Corporation............. 35,000,000 4.34 343,367.50 * None
IMF Convertible Fund....................... 900,000 0.11 8,829.45 * None
Independence Blue Cross.................... 230,000 0.03 2,256.42 * None
Insinger De Beaufort Umbrella Fund - IdB
Global Convertible Fund 2,000,000 0.25 19,621.00 * None
Investcorp, SAM Fund Ltd................... 4,200,000 0.52 41,204.10 * None
Jackson County Employees' Retirement
System.................................. 550,000 0.07 5,395.78 * None
Jersey (IMA) Ltd........................... 2,000,000 0.25 19,621.00 * None
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc................ 10,000,000 1.24 98,105.00 (6)
Julius Baer Securities Inc................. 1,680,000 0.21 16,481.64 * None
KBC Financial Products USA................. 3,000,000 0.37 29,431.50 * None
KBC Financial Products USA................. 5,500,000 0.68 53,957.75 * None
Kettering Medical Center Funded
Depreciation Account.................... 340,000 0.04 3,335.57 * None
Key Asset Management, Inc.................. 8,000,000 0.99 78,484.00 * None
Knoxville Utilities Board Retirement
System.................................. 790,000 0.10 7,750.30 * None
Lancer Securities Cayman LTD............... 1,500,000 0.19 14,715.75 * None
Lehman Brothers Inc........................ 17,000,000 2.11 166,778.50 * None
Libertyview Funds L.P...................... 8,000,000 0.99 78,484.00 * None
Lincoln National Convertible Securities
Fund.................................... 2,500,000 0.31 24,526.25 * None
Lincoln National Global Asset Allocation
Fund, Inc............................... 202,000 0.03 1,981.72 * None
Lydian Overseas Partners Master Fund....... 55,000,000 6.83 539,577.50 * None
Local Initiatives Support Corporation...... 126,000 0.02 1,236.12 * None
Louisiana Workers' Compensation
Corporation............................. 760,000 0.09 7,455.98 * None
Macomb County Employees' Retirement
System.................................. 2,050,000 0.25 20,111.53 * None
Mag Mutual Insurance Company............... 475,000 0.06 4,659.99 * None
McMahon Securities Co. L.P. ............... 945,000 0.12 9,270.92 * None
Medical Liability Mutual Insurance
Company................................. 55,000,000 6.83 539,577.50 * None
Merrill Lynch Insurance Group, Inc......... 793,000 0.10 7,779.73 * (11)
Morgan Stanley & Co........................ 5,000,000 0.62 49,052.50 * (7)
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Convertible
Securities Trust........................ 5,000,000 0.62 49,052.50 * (7)
Municipal Employees........................ 242,000 0.03 2,374.14 * None
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston................ 99,000 0.01 971.24 * None
Nabisco Holdings........................... 71,000 0.01 696.55 * None
Nashville Electric Service................. 700,000 0.09 6,867.35 * None
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan.. 400,000 0.05 3,924.20 * None
Nations Convertible Securities Fund........ 10,000,000 1.24 98,105.00 * None
Nationwide Life Insurance Company.......... 40,000,000 4.96 392,420.00 * None
New Orleans Firefighters Pension/Relief
Fund.................................... 252,000 0.03 2,472.25 * None
New York Life Insurance Company............ 18,000,000 2.23 176,589.00 * None
New York Life Insurance and Annuity
Corporation............................. 2,000,000 0.25 19,621.00 * None
NCMIC Insurance Company.................... 650,000 0.08 6,376.83 * None
Nicholas Applegate Investment Grade Co..... 13,000 0.00 127,54 * None
NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company............ 850,000 0.11 8,338.93 * None
Occidental Petroleum Corporation........... 471,000 0.06 4,620.75 * None
OHIL Insurance Company..................... 1,000,000 0.12 9,810.50 * None
Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation....... 300,000 0.04 2,943.15 * None
Oxford, Lord Abbett & Co................... 4,500,000 0.56 44,147.25 * None
Palladin Securities LLC.................... 750,000 0.09 7,357.88 * (8)
Parker-Hannifin Corporation................ 322,000 0.04 3,158.98 * None
Pell Rudman Trust Company.................. 4,950,000 0.61 48,561.98 * None
PGEP III LLC............................... 750,000 0.09 7,357.88 * None
Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers
Account #7.............................. 5,500,000 0.68 53,957.75 * None
Policemen and Firemen Retirement
System of the City of Detroit........... 1,216,000 0.15 11,929.57 * None
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Retirement and Disability Allowance Plan
for the Employees Represented by Local
85 of the Amalgamated Transit Union..... 5,900,000 0.73 57,881.95 * None
Primex, Ltd. .............................. 425,000 0.05 4,169.46 * None
Princeton Insurance........................ 3,250,000 0.40 31,884.13 * None
Promutual.................................. 1,381,000 0.17 13,548.30 * None
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds -
Balanced Portfolio...................... 1,596,000 0.20 15,657.56 * None
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds -
Conservative Portfolio.................. 1,213,000 0.15 11,900.14 * None
Putnam Convertible Income - Growth
Trust................................... 14,140,000 1.75 138,367.29 * None
Putnam Convertible Opportunities and
Income Trust............................ 412,000 0.05 4,041.93 * None
Putnam Variable Trust - Putnam VT
Global Asset Allocation Fund............ 414,000 0.05 4,061.55 * None
Radian Guaranty Inc........................ 4,500,000 0.56 44,147.25 * None
Ramius Capital Group(11)................... 3,400,000 0.42 33,355.70 * None
Raytheon Master Pension Trust.............. 1,236,000 0.15 12,125.78 * None
RCG Latitude Master Fund(11) .............. 1,200,000 0.15 11,772.60 * None
Rhapsody Fund, LP.......................... 5,600,000 0.70 54,938,80 * None
RJR Reynolds............................... 213,000 0.03 2,089.64 * None
Salomon Smith Barney Inc................... 2,250,000 0.28 22,073.63 * (9)
San Diego County Employees Retirement
Association............................. 4,000,000 0.50 39,242.00 * None
SCI Endowment Care Common Trust
Fund - Suntrust......................... 180,000 0.02 1,765.89 * None
Scudder Dividend & Growth Fund............. 780,000 0.10 7,652.19 * None
SG Cowen Securities Corp................... 42,500,000 5.28 416,946.25 * None
Shell Pension Trust........................ 972,000 0.12 9,535.81 * None
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Company................................. 2,750,000 0.34 26,978.88 * None
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg..................... 5,000,000 0.62 49,052.00 * None
SPT........................................ 4,480,000 0.56 43,951.04 * None
State of Florida, Office of the Treasurer.. 4,500,000 0.56 44,147.25 * None
State of Maryland Retirement Agency........ 5,843,000 0.73 57,322.75 * None
The Cockrell Foundation.................... 150,000 0.02 1,471.58 * None
The Dow Chemical Company Employees'
Retirement Plan......................... 11,000,000 1.37 107,915.50 * None
The Fondren Foundation..................... 355,000 0.04 3,482.73 * None
The Greble Foundation...................... 213,000 0.03 2,089.64 * None
The Reciprocal of America.................. 725,000 0.10 7,112.61 * None
Tokai Asia Limited......................... 39,500,000 4.90 387,514.75 * None
Total Fina Elf Finance U.S.A. Inc.......... 625,000 0.08 6,131.56 * None
Triborough Partners QP, LLC................ 3,000,000 0.37 29,431.50 * None
UBS O'Connor LLC F/B/O UBS Global
Equity Arbitrage Master Limited......... 19,000,000 2.36 186,399.50 * None
UBS Warburg LLC............................ 9,000,000 1.12 88,294.50 * None
UBKAM Arbitrage Fund....................... 1,750,000 0.22 17,168.38 * None
UBKAM Global High Yield Fund............... 1,750,000 0.22 17,168.38 * None
Unifi, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.. 545,000 0.07 5,346.72 * None
United Food and Commercial Workers
Local 1262 and Empoyees' Pension
Fund.................................... 2,435,000 0.30 23,888.57 * None
University of Rochester.................... 163,000 0.02 1,599.11 * None
Value Line Convertible Fund, Inc........... 2,000,000 0.25 19,621.00 * None
Van Kampen Harbor Fund..................... 14,000,000 1.74 137,347.00 * None
Vopak USA, Inc. Retirement Plan............ 1,545,000 0.19 15,157.22 * None
White River Securities L.L.C............... 7,500,000 0.93 73,578.75 * None
Worldwide Transactions, Ltd................ 766,000 0.10 7,514.84 * None
Zurich Institutional Benchmarks Master
Fund LTD................................ 2,000,000 0.25 19,621.00 * None
*Less than 1%.
(1) Assumes conversion of all of the holder's notes at a conversion
price of 9.8105 shares of Jones Apparel Group common stock per
$1,000 principal amount at maturity of the notes. This
conversion price, however, will be subject to adjustment as
described under "Description of the Notes--Conversion
Rights." As a result, the number of shares of Jones Apparel
Group common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes may
increase or decrease in the future.
(2) Calculated based on Rule 13d-3(d)(i) of the Exchange Act using
119,840,155 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 2,
2001. In calculating this amount, we treated as outstanding the
number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of
all of that particular holder's notes. However, we did not
assume the conversion of any other holder's notes.
(3) Banc of America Corporation, the parent company of Banc of
America Securities LLC, is a lender under the Senior Credit
Facilities.
(4) Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. was an initial purchaser of the notes.
The notes being sold by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. pursuant to
this prospectus were purchased in secondary market trading. In
1999, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. served as financial advisor to
Nine West in connection with Jones Apparel Group's acquisition
of Nine West. In that capacity, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
rendered an opinion that, among other things, the consideration
to be received in the transaction by the stockholders of Nine
West was fair, from a financial point of view, to the
stockholders of Nine West. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. was an
initial purchaser of the 6 1/4% Notes in 1998 and was an
initial purchaser of the 7 1/2% Notes and the 77/8% Notes in
1999.
(5) Citibank, N.A., an affiliate of CitiSAM Fund Ltd., is a
co-syndication agent for, and a lender under, the Senior
Credit facilities and provides financial accommodations for
some of our international operations. In addition, Citibank,
N.A. supplies us with certain cash management and foreign
exchange services and, from time to time, enters into
interest rate swaps with us. Citibank, N.A. is the parent
company of Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
(6) J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the parent company of J.P. Morgan
Securities, Inc., is a lender under the Senior Credit
Facilities.
(7) Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, the parent company of Morgan
Stanley & Co. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Convertible
Securities Trust, served as our financial advisor in
connection with the Merger. For its services as such, Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter received a fee of $4,500,000.
(8) Palladin Capital Group, Inc., the parent company of Palladin
Securities LLC, served as our investment advisor in 1999 in
connection with our acquisition of Nine West. For its services
as such, Palladin Capital Group, Inc. received a fee of $9.6
million, plus reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. Palladin
Capital Group, Inc. also served as our investment advisor in
1998 in connection with our acquisition of Sun Apparel, Inc.
For its services as such, Palladin Capital Group, Inc. received
a fee of $2.3 million, plus reimbursement of out-of-pocket
expenses. In addition, as part of its fee for services in the
Sun Apparel, Inc. acquisition, Palladin Capital Group, Inc.
received $178,370 in April 1999, $227,930 in April 2000 and
$5,150 in April 2001 and will receive 0.5% of the
additional consideration which may become payable to the former
Sun Apparel, Inc. stockholders based on Sun Apparel, Inc.'s
performance for the year 2001. From June 15, 1999 until
February 6, 2000, Mark J. Schwartz, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Palladin Capital Group, Inc., served as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nine West.
(9) Salomon Smith Barney Inc. was an initial purchaser of the
notes. The notes being sold by Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
pursuant to this prospectus were purchased in secondary market
trading. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. is also a co-arranger for
the Senior Credit Facilities.
(10) Selling securityholder as of June 28, 2001.
(11) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, an affiliate
of Merrill Lynch Insurance Group, Inc., served as McNaughton's
financial advisor in connection with the Merger. For its
services as such, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated received a fee of $5,288,297.