| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
|
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC [ HALL ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year)
11/10/2008 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
|
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 11/10/2008 | J ( 3 ) | 629,353 | D | $9.09 ( 4 ) | 13,971,259 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) | D ( 1 ) ( 2 ) | |||
|
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
|||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Newcastle Capital Management, L.P. ("NCM") is the general partner of each of Newcastle Partners, L.P. ("NP"), Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund I, L.P. (NSOFI"), Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund II, L.P. ("NSOFII") and Newcastle Focus Fund II, L.P. ("NFF"). Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. ("NCG") is the general partner of NCM and Mark E. Schwarz ("Schwarz") is the managing member of NCG. Accordingly, each of NCM, NCG and Schwarz may be deemed to beneficially own the shares directly owned by any of NP, NSOFI, NSOFII and NFF. Mr. Schwarz is also the executive chairman and director of the Issuer. |
| 2. Includes (1) 9,108,890 shares of common stock of the Issuer owned by NP, (2) 50,821 shares of common stock and 19,167 options exercisable into shares of common stock owned by Mr. Schwarz, (3) a total of 3,274,830 shares of common stock owned by NSOFI and NSOFII, (4) 2,400 shares of common stock owned by NFF and (5) 1,515,151 shares of common stock controlled by NCM pursuant to an account management agreement under which NCM holds the power to vote and dispose of such shares. |
| 3. Transaction constitutes a distribution of shares to withdrawing partners of NP as of September 30, 2008. |
| 4. Closing price as of September 30, 2008. |
| Newcastle Partners, L.P., By: Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., its general partner, By: Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. its general partner, by:/s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member | 11/12/2008 | |
| Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund I, L.P., By: Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., its general partner, By: Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. its general partner, by:/s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member | 11/12/2008 | |
| Newcastle Special Opportunity Fund II, L.P., By: Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., its general partner, By: Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. its general partner, by:/s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member | 11/12/2008 | |
| Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., By: Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. its general partner, By: /s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member | 11/12/2008 | |
| Newcastle Focus Fund II, L.P., By: Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., its general partner, By: Newcastle Capital Group, L.L.C. its general partner, by:/s/ Mark E. Schwarz, its managing member | 11/12/2008 | |
| /s/ Mark E. Schwarz | 11/12/2008 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||