SC 13D/A 1 dsc13da.htm AMENDMENT NO.1 TO SCHEDULE 13D Amendment No.1 to Schedule 13D

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND

AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 12d-2(a)

 

(Amendment No. 1)

 

Korea Equity Fund, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

50063B104

(CUSIP Number)

 

Jeffrey B. Larson

Sowood Capital Management LP

500 Boylston Street, 17th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(617) 603-3400

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

August 31, 2005

(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 §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box: ¨.

 

 

 

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CUSIP No. 105884100   13D   Page 2 of 7 Pages

 

 

  1.  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS. I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS

 

Sowood Capital Management LP

    
  2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

  3.  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4.  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO

    
  5.  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

   ¨
  6.  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Delaware

    

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

  

  7.    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

         –

 

  8.    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

         –

 

  9.    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

         0

 

10.    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

         –

11.  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

0

    
12.  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  

¨

 

13.  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

0.0%

    
14.  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

IA

    

 

 

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Item 1. Security and Issuer

 

This statement on Schedule 13D relates to the shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Korea Equity Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”), which has its principal executive offices at 2 World Financial Center, Building B, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10281.

 

Item 2. Identity and Background

 

This statement is filed by Sowood Capital Management LP (“Sowood”), a Delaware limited partnership. The principal executive offices of Sowood are located at 500 Boylston Street, 17th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. Sowood is an investment manager.

 

Information relating to each of the directors, executive officers and controlling persons of Sowood is contained in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Each of the directors, executive officers and controlling persons of Sowood is a citizen of the United States of America.

 

None of Sowood or, to the best of Sowood’s knowledge and belief, any of the persons listed in Exhibit A has, during the past five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and similar misdemeanors). None of Sowood or, to the best of Sowood’s knowledge and belief, any of the persons listed in Exhibit A has, during the past five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

 

This Statement is being filed to report the disposition of all securities of the Issuer owned by Harvard.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

(a) Sowood does not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock.

 

 

 

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(b) Not applicable.

 

(c) On August 31, 2005, President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard”) sold 2,441,200 shares of Common Stock in a block trade effected over the New York Stock Exchange at a price of $7.02 per share. Sowood had sole dispositive power with respect to shares of Common Stock owned by Harvard pursuant to an investment management agreement dated as of July 1, 2004 between Harvard and Sowood.

 

(d) Not applicable.

 

(e) On August 31, 2005, Sowood ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Common Stock.

 

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits

 

Exhibit A — Information concerning the directors, executive officers and controlling persons of Sowood.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

 

SOWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP

Dated: September 2, 2005

 

 

By:    /s/    Megan Kelleher                            

          Name: Megan Kelleher

          Title: Principal

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Exhibit
Number
   

Description

   

Page Number In

Sequentially

Numbered Copy

A    Information Concerning the Directors, Executive Officers and Controlling Persons of Sowood    7

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CONTROLLING PERSONS OF

SOWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP

 

The names of the directors and executive officers of Sowood and their business addresses and present principal occupation or employment are set forth below. If no business address is given, the business address of such director, executive officer or controlling person is c/o Sowood Capital Management LP, 500 Boylston Street, 17th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.

 

Name

   

Office/Position

Jeffrey B. Larson

   

Principal and Portfolio Manager of Sowood

Stuart Porter

   

Principal and Portfolio Manager of Sowood

Richard Dowd

   

Principal and Chief Financial Officer of Sowood

Megan Kelleher

   

Principal and General Counsel of Sowood

 

CONTROLLING PERSON OF SOWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP

 

Sowood Capital Management LLC is the general partner of Sowood. The managing member of Sowood Capital Management LLC is Jeffrey B. Larson.

 

 

 

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