SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14A-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. )
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/ / Preliminary Proxy Statement
/ / Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
/ / Definitive Proxy Statement
/X/ Definitive Additional Materials
/ / Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12
WHITEHALL JEWELLERS, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
NEWCASTLE PARTNERS, L.P.
NEWCASTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
NEWCASTLE CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C.
JWL ACQUISITION CORP.
MARK E. SCHWARZ
STEVEN J. PULLY
JOHN P. MURRAY
MARK A. FORMAN
CLINTON J. COLEMAN
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(Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)
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Newcastle Partners, L.P. ("Newcastle"), together with the other
participants named herein, is filing materials contained in this Schedule 14A
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the
definitive filing with the SEC of a proxy statement and accompanying proxy card
to be used to solicit votes against proposals of Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. (the
"Company") relating to a pending financing transaction between the Company and
investment funds managed by Prentice Capital Management, L.P. and Holtzman
Opportunity Fund, L.P. and for the election of its slate of director nominees at
a special meeting of stockholders scheduled for January 25, 2006.
Item 1: On January 17, 2006, Newcastle Partners, L.P. and Whitehall
Jewellers, Inc. ("Whitehall") entered into an agreement to postpone Whitehall's
special meeting of stockholders, originally scheduled for Thursday, January 19,
2006 (the "Postponement Agreement"). Under the terms of the Postponement
Agreement, the special meeting will be postponed to Wednesday, January 25, 2006,
at 10:00 a.m. (local time) at a location in Chicago, Illinois to be determined
by Whitehall and publicly announced on or about January 18, 2006.
