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CUSIP No. G81276100 | | Schedule 13D | | Page 13 of 18 Pages |
ITEM 1. | SECURITY AND ISSUER |
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment”) relates to shares of Series A Convertible Preference Shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preference Shares”) of Signet Jewelers Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (the “Issuer”), which are convertible into Common Shares, par value $0.18 per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Issuer.
The address of the Issuer’s principal executive offices is Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11 Bermuda.
ITEM 2. | IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND |
The disclosure provided in Item 2 of Schedule 13D amended hereby is updated to include the following additional disclosure:
| (a) | This Schedule 13D is being filed by Green Equity Investors VI, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“GEI VI”), Green Equity Investors Side VI, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“GEI Side VI”), LGP AssociatesVI-A LLC (“AssociatesVI-A”), LGP AssociatesVI-B LLC (“AssociatesVI-B,” and, together with GEI VI, GEI Side VI and AssociatesVI-A, the “Investors”), GEI Capital VI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Capital”), Green VI Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“LGP”), LGP Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LGPM”), Peridot Coinvest Manager LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Peridot”), Jonathan D. Sokoloff, and Jonathan A. Seiffer (the foregoing entities and persons collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) pursuant to their agreement to the joint filing of this Schedule 13D, attached hereto as Exhibit 7.6 (the “Joint Filing Agreement”) and Amendment No. 1 to the Joint Filing Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 7.8. |
As of the date of this statement, (i) GEI VI is the record owner of 387,522 Series A Preference Shares which are convertible into 4,475,608 Common Shares, (ii) GEI Side VI is the record owner of 230,963 Series A Preference Shares which are convertible into 2,667,461 Common Shares, (iii) AssociatesVI-A is the record owner of 470 Series A Preference Shares which are convertible into 5,428 Common Shares, and (iv) AssociatesVI-B is the record owner of 6,045 Series A Preference Shares which are convertible into 69,816 Common Shares.
Jonathan A. Seiffer directly (whether through ownership interest or position) or indirectly through one or more intermediaries may be deemed to control GEI VI, GEI Side VI, AssociatesVI-A, AssociatesVI-B, Capital, Holdings, LGP, LGPM and/or Peridot. Mr. Seiffer has been appointed as a director of the Issuer and may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power with respect to the Common Shares beneficially owned by GEI VI, GEI Side VI, AssociatesVI-A, and AssociatesVI-B. As such, Mr. Seiffer may be deemed to have shared beneficial ownership over such Common Shares. Mr. Seiffer, however, disclaims beneficial ownership of such Common Shares.
| (c) | Mr. Seiffer is a partner of LGP and a member of the board of directors of the Issuer |
| (d) | Mr. Seiffer has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding during the last five years. |
| (e) | Mr. Seiffer has not been party to any 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 during the last five years. |
| (f) | Mr. Seiffer is a United States citizen. |