Edgar Filing: CHARLOTTE RUSSE HOLDING INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â Advent CR, Inc.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/29/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CHARLOTTE RUSSE HOLDING INC [CHIC]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,Â 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	18,001,964	D ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Advent CR, Inc. C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
Advent CR Cayman Limited Partnership C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL GPE VI LP C/O ADVENT INTERNTAIONAL CORP 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP/MA C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL GPE VI-A LP C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL GPE VI-B LP C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL GPE VI-C LP C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL GPE VI-D LP C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL GPE VI-E LP C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL GPE VI-F LP C/O ADVENT INTERNATIONAL CORP 75 STATE STREET, 29TH FLOOR BOSTON,Â MAÂ 02109	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

SEE EXHIBIT 99.1		10/14/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	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 the shares of Common Stock of Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. directly owned by Advent CR, Inc. ("Purchaser"). All other entities or persons are included within this report due to their affiliation with Purchaser.
(2)	The shares of Common Stock of Charlotte Russe may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by the following, all of which are Reporting Persons: (a) Advent CR Holdings, Inc., the sole stockholder of Purchaser ("Parent"), (ii) Advent CR Cayman Limited Partnership, the controlling stockholder of Parent ("Advent Cayman"), (iii) Advent International GPE VI Limited Partnership ("GPE VI"), Advent International GPE VI-A Limited Partnership ("GPE VI-A"), Advent International GPE VI-B Limited Partnership ("GPE VI-B"), Advent International GPE VI-C Limited Partnership ("GPE VI-C"), Advent International GPE VI-D Limited Partnership ("GPE VI-D"), Advent International GPE VI-E Limited Partnership ("GPE VI-E"), Advent International GPE VI-F Limited Partnership ("GPE VI-F"), Advent International GPE VI-G Limited Partnership ("GPE VI-G"),
(3)	[Continuation of Footnote 2] Advent Partners GPE VI 2008 Limited Partnership ("AP GPE VI 2008"), Advent Partners GPE VI 2009 Limited Partnership ("AP GPE VI 2009") and Advent Partners GPE VI-A Limited Partnership ("AP GPE VI-A," collectively, the "Advent Funds"), which are the interest holders of Advent Cayman, (iv) Advent CR GP Limited, which is the general partner of Advent Cayman, (v) GPE VI GP Limited Partnership, a Cayman Islands limited partnership ("GPE VI GP"), which is the general partner of GPE VI, GPE VI-A, GPE VI-B, GPE VI-F and GPE VI-G, (vi) GPE VI GP (Delaware) Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership ("GPE VI GP Delaware"), which is the general partner of GPE VI-C, GPE VI-D and GPE VI-E,
(4)	[Continuation of Footnote 2] (vii) Advent International LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company ("Advent LLC," and collectively with GPE VI GP and GPE VI GP Delaware, the "Advent General Partners"), which is the general partner of AP GPE VI-A, AP GPE VI 2008, AP GPE VI 2009, GPE VI GP, and GPE VI GP (Delaware) and (viii) Advent International Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the manager of Advent LLC. The Reporting Persons listed in this footnote disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported Common Stock, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons listed in this footnote are the beneficial owners of the reported Common Stock for the purpose of Section 16 or any other purpose, except, in each case, to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
Â Remarks: DueÂ toÂ technicalÂ limitationsÂ inÂ theÂ numberÂ ofÂ reportingÂ personsÂ thatÂ canÂ beÂ includedÂ inÂ aÂ singleÂ filing,Â thisÂ FormÂ 3Â isÂ the Â firstÂ ofÂ twoÂ filingsÂ referencingÂ identicalÂ transactionsÂ enteredÂ intoÂ byÂ theÂ filingÂ group. SeeÂ ExhibitÂ 99.1Â -Â Signatures.

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