UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | SEC 1473 (7-02) | ||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) |
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
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Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
AMARANTH LLC ONE AMERICAN LANE GREENWICH, CT 06831 |
 |  X |  |  |
AMARANTH GLOBAL EQUITIES MASTER FUND LTD Â |
 |  X |  |  |
Nicholas M. Maounis, Managing Member of Amaranth Advisors, L.L.C., Trading Advisor for Amaranth LLC | 04/24/2006 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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). |
(1) | Represents shares directly owned by Amaranth LLC, a Caymans Islands exempted company ("Amaranth"). |
(2) | Represents shares directly owned by Amaranth Global Equities Master Fund Limited, a Caymans Islands exempted company ("Global"). |
(3) | Amaranth Advisors L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Advisors") is the trading advisor of Amaranth and Global. Nicholas M. Maounis ("Maounis") is the Managing Member of Advisors and therefore may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by Amaranth and Global. Amaranth, Global, Advisors and Maounis each disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities with respect to which indirect beneficial ownership is reported in this Form 3, except to the extent of its or his respective pecuniary interest therein. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(4) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the Reporting Persons herein states that the filing of this Form 3 and the statements made herein shall not be deemed an admission that he or it is the beneficial owner of any of the securities covered by this Form. |