SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
RULE 13d-2(a)
(Amendment No. 8)(1)
ALICO, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
016230 10-4
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(CUSIP Number)
JD Alexander
Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc.
122 East Tillman Avenue
Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Telephone: (863) 679-9595
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
Copy to:
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Charles W. Mulaney, Jr., Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Telephone: (312) 407-0700
October 3, 2006
(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 Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box. [ ]
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original
and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for
other parties to whom copies are sent.
(Continued on following pages)
(Page 1 of 8 Pages)
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(1)The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject
class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other
provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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|CUSIP No. 016230 10-4 | 13D | Page 2 of 8 Pages |
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| 1 |NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
| |I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY) |
| |ATLANTIC BLUE TRUST, INC. (I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. 57-1149984) |
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| 2 |CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |X| |
| | (b) |_| |
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| 3 |SEC USE ONLY |
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| 4 |SOURCE OF FUNDS |
| |OO, BK, WC |
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| | |
| 5 |CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS |_| |
| |REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) |
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| 6 |CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION |
| | |
| |FL |
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| | | | |
| NUMBER OF | | 7 |SOLE VOTING POWER |
| SHARES | | |0 |
|BENEFICIALLY| |-----------|--------------------------------------------|
| OWNED BY | | | |
| EACH | | 8 |SHARED VOTING POWER |
| REPORTING | | |3,725,457 (See Item 5) |
| PERSON | |-----------|--------------------------------------------|
| WITH | | | |
| | | 9 |SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| | | |0 |
| | |-----------|--------------------------------------------|
| | | | |
| | | 10 |SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| | | |3,725,457 (See Item 5) |
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| 11 |AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
| | |
| |3,725,457 (See Item 5) |
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| 12 |CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES |
| |CERTAIN SHARES |_| |
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| 13 |PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
| |50.5% (See Item 5) |
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| 14 |TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON |
| |CO |
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|CUSIP No. 016230 10-4 | 13D | Page 3 of 8 Pages |
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| 1 |NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
| |I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
| |ALICO HOLDING, LLC (I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. 47-0906752)
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| 2 |CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) |X|
| | (b) |_|
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| 3 |SEC USE ONLY
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| 4 |SOURCE OF FUNDS
| |OO, BK, WC
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| 5 |CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS |_|
| |REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)
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| 6 |CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
| |
| |NV
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| NUMBER OF | | 7 |SOLE VOTING POWER
| SHARES | | |0
|BENEFICIALLY| |----------| ----------------------------------------------
| OWNED BY | | |
| EACH | | 8 |SHARED VOTING POWER
| REPORTING | | |3,725,457 (See Item 5)
| PERSON | |----------|-----------------------------------------------
| WITH | | |
| | | 9 |SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
| | | |0
| | |----------|-----------------------------------------------
| | | |
| | | 10 |SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
| | | |3,725,457 (See Item 5)
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| |
| 11 |AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
| |
| |3,725,457 (See Item 5)
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| |
| 12 |CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
| |CERTAIN SHARES |_|
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| 13 |PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
| |50.5% (See Item 5)
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| |TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
| 14 |OO
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|CUSIP No. 016230 10-4 | 13D | Page 4 of 8 Pages |
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This Amendment No. 8 (this "Amendment No. 8") amends and supplements
the Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 2, 2004, by Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc., a Florida corporation, and
Alico Holding, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, as such original filing
was amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1, filed on August 26, 2004,
Amendment No. 2, filed on October 15, 2004, Amendment No. 3, filed on December
22, 2004, Amendment No. 4, filed on February 3, 2005, Amendment No. 5, filed on
March 22, 2005, Amendment No. 6 filed on May 4, 2006 and Amendment No. 7 filed
on May 18, 2006 (as amended, the "Schedule 13D"). Except as indicated in this
Amendment No. 8, all other information set forth in the Schedule 13D remains
unchanged and capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein have
the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D.
Item 2. Identity and Background
The second paragraph of Item 2 is amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
(a) - (c), (f) The name and place of organization of each Reporting
Person is herein incorporated by reference to the responses to Items 1 and 6 on
the cover page provided for each respective Reporting Person. The name, address
and principal occupation, as applicable, of each director or executive officer
of each Reporting Person (each, a "Disclosed Party" and collectively, the
"Disclosed Parties") is set forth on Schedules 2-A and 2-B hereto. To the
knowledge of the Reporting Persons, each of the Disclosed Parties is a citizen
of the United States of America.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding the following paragraph at the end of Item 4:
ABT and the Issuer have entered into a letter agreement, dated
September 29, 2006, which sets forth certain commitments ABT has made with
respect to certain corporate governance standards and practices. A copy of the
agreement is attached hereto as exhibit 99.9 and incorporated herein by
reference.
In accordance with the letter agreement, on September 29, 2006, Robert
J. Viguet, Jr., a member of the board of directors of ABT, was appointed to the
board of directors of the Issuer.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
The information with respect to the beneficial ownership of Common
Stock by the Reporting Person set forth in subsection (a) Item 5 of the
Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a) According to the Issuer's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended May 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 10, 2006, there were 7,371,582 shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding as of June 19, 2006. The Reporting Persons beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, an aggregate of 3,725,457 shares of Common Stock
(representing approximately 50.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock),
all of which are directly owned by Holding.
The information with respect to the beneficial ownership of Common
Stock by Flagler set forth in subsection (a) Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is
hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
Based on information provided by Flagler, as of September 30, 2006,
Flagler does not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect
to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding the following paragraph at the end of Item 6:
On July 7, 2006, the loans secured by the Pledge Agreement were
repaid, and the liens on the Pledged Shares were released.
The information set forth in the second paragraph of Item 4 of the
this Amendment No. 8 is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by
adding the following items at the end of Item 7:
99.9 Letter Agreement, dated September 29, 2006.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: October 3, 2006
ATLANTIC BLUE TRUST, INC.
By: /s/ JD Alexander
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Name: JD Alexander
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
ALICO HOLDING, LLC
By: /s/ JD Alexander
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Name: JD Alexander
Title: Manager
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SCHEDULE 2-A
ATLANTIC BLUE TRUST, INC.
Directors and Executive Officers
The name, present principal occupation, and business address of each director
and executive officer of Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc. are set forth below.
Name Principal Occupation Business Address
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JD Alexander* President and Chief Executive Officer, 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc.
Laura Grace Educator 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Alexander*
John Doxsie* President, United Sugars Corporation 7401 Metro Blvd, Suite 350
Edina, MN 55439
Cliff Hinkle* Chairman of the Board and CEO, Flager 111 S. Monroe Street, Suite 2000B
Holdings, Inc. Tallahassee, FL 32301
Nancy Linnan* Managing Shareholder, Carlton Fields, 215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 500
P.A. Tallahassee, FL 32301-1866
Byron G. Manager of Employee Staffing Services 205 North Scenic Highway, Suite 100
Matteson* Company Frostproof, Florida 33843
Cynthia Matteson* Director, Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc. 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Rebecca Milligan* Student 116 St. Lawrence Avenue,
Worthing, West Sussex BN14 7JL ENGLAND
James Seneff* Chairman of the Board and CEO, CNL 450 S. Orange Avenue
Financial Group, Inc. Orlando, FL 32801
Robert Viguet* Partner, Thompson Knight LLP 333 Clay Street, Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002
Yvonne Bunce Corporate Secretary, Atlantic Blue 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Trust, Inc.
Eric Dana Chief Financial Officer, Atlantic Blue 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Trust, Inc.
Kevin O'Leary Treasurer, Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc. 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Lisa Jensen Chief Operating Officer, Atlantic Blue 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Trust, Inc.
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* Director of Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc.
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SCHEDULE 2-B
ALICO HOLDING, LLC
Managers
The name, present principal occupation, and business address of each manager of
Alico Holding, LLC are set forth below.
Name Principal Occupation Business Address
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Kristine Eppes Office Manager 2215-B Renaissance Drive
Suite 5
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
JD Alexander President, Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc. 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Yvonne Bunce Corporate Secretary, Atlantic Blue 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Trust, Inc.
Kevin O'Leary Controller, Atlantic Blue Trust, Inc. 122 East Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 33853