Edgar Filing: New York & Company, Inc.

Schedule 13G Amendment No. 1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 13G/A

(Rule 13d-102)

(Amendment No. 1)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO

RULES 13d-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED

PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

New York & Company, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

649295102

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2011

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

¨ Rule 13d-1(b)

x Rule 13d-1(c)

¨ Rule 13d-1(d)


CUSIP No. 649295102				13G/A				Page 2 of 11


1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS North Run Capital, LP
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 4,888,457**
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 4,888,457**
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,888,457**
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.9%**
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN

*	SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**	SEE ITEM 4.


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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS North Run GP, LP
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 4,888,457**
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 4,888,457**
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,888,457**
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.9%**
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN

*	SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**	SEE ITEM 4.


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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS North Run Advisors, LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 4,888,457**
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 4,888,457**
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,888,457**
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.9%**
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO

*	SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**	SEE ITEM 4.


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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Todd B. Hammer
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 4,888,457**
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 4,888,457**
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,888,457**
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.9%**
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN

*	SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**	SEE ITEM 4.


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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Thomas B. Ellis
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 4,888,457**
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 4,888,457**
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,888,457**
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 7.9%**
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN

*	SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

**	SEE ITEM 4.

SCHEDULE 13G/A

This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G (this “Schedule 13G”) is being filed on behalf of North Run Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“North Run”), North Run GP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “GP”), North Run Capital, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investment Manager”), Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”). Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis are the principals and sole members of North Run. North Run is the general partner of both the GP and the Investment Manager. The GP is the general partner of each of North Run Capital Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Fund”), North Run Qualified Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “QP Fund”), and North Run Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Master Fund”). The Fund, the QP Fund and North Run Offshore Partners, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Offshore Fund”), are also general partners of the Master Fund. This Schedule 13G relates to shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of New York & Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), held by the Master Fund.

Item 4 Ownership.

(a)

North Run, the GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis may be deemed the beneficial owners of 4,888,457 shares of Common Stock.

(b)

North Run, the GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis may be deemed the beneficial owners of 7.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. This percentage was determined by dividing 4,888,457 by 61,930,027, which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 25, 2011, according to the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed on December 8, 2011 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(c)

North Run, the GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis have the shared power to vote and dispose of the 4,888,457 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned.

Item 10 Certification.

By signing below, each Reporting Person certifies that, to the best of such Reporting Persons’ knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

Exhibits Exhibit

24-1

Power of Attorney of Thomas B. Ellis, dated December 11, 2009.

Exhibit 24-2

Power of Attorney of Todd B. Hammer, dated December 11, 2009.

Exhibit 99-1

Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 10, 2012, between North Run, GP, the Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis.

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.

Date: February 10, 2012


NORTH RUN CAPITAL, LP

By:		North Run Advisors, LLC
		its general partner


		By:		*
				Name: Thomas B. Ellis
				Title: Member


		and

		By:		*
				Name: Todd B. Hammer
				Title: Member


NORTH RUN GP, LP

By:		North Run Advisors, LLC
		its general partner


		By:		*
				Name: Thomas B. Ellis
				Title: Member


		and

		By:		*
				Name: Todd B. Hammer
				Title: Member


NORTH RUN ADVISORS, LLC

By:		*
		Name: Thomas B. Ellis
		Title: Member


and

By:		*
		Name: Todd B. Hammer
		Title: Member


*

Thomas B. Ellis


*
Todd B. Hammer


* By		/s/ SARAH L. FILION
		Sarah L. Filion, Attorney-in-Fact
		Pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed as exhibits hereto