schedule13ga2810.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
13G
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No. 7)*
International
Shipholding
Corporation
(Name of
Issuer)
Common
Stock, $1.00 par
value
(Title of
Class of Securities)
460321
20
1
(CUSIP
Number)
December
31,
2009
(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)
Potential
persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this
form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
CUSIP
No. 460321 20
1
______________________________________________________________________________
1. Names
of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above
persons (entities only).
Niels Mercer Johnsen
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Check
the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
______________________________________________________________________________
3. SEC Use
Only
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Citizenship or Place or
Organization United
States
________________________________________________________________________
Number
of 5. Sole
Voting Power 233,763
Shares
Bene-
ficially 6. Shared
Voting Power 224,622
Owned by
Each
Reporting
7. Sole Dispositive Power 153,763
Person
With:
8. Shared Dispositive Power 224,622
______________________________________________________________________________
9. Aggregate
Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
Person 458,385
______________________________________________________________________________
10. Check
if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See
Instructions) N/A
______________________________________________________________________________
11. Percent
of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) 6.19%
______________________________________________________________________________
12. Type
of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
Item
1.
(a) Name of
Issuer International
Shipholding Corporation
(b) Address of Issuer’s
Principal Executive
Offices 11
North Water Street
Suite 18290
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Item
2.
(a) Name of Person
Filing Niels
Mercer Johnsen
(b) Address of Principal
Business Office or, if none,
Residence One
Whitehall Street
New York, New
York 10004
(c) Citizenship United
States of America
(d) Title of Class of
Securities Common Stock, $1.00 par
value
(e) CUSIP
Number 460321
20 1
Item
3. If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or
240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
Not applicable
Item
4. Ownership.
(a) Amount beneficially owned:
458,385 .
(b) Percent of
class: 6.19% .
(c) Number of shares as to
which the person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to
direct the vote 233,763 .
(ii) Shared power to vote or
to direct the vote 224,622 .
(iii) Sole
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 153,763 .
(iv) Shared
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 224,622 .
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Item
5.
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Ownership
of Five Percent or Less of a Class
|
Not applicable
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Item
6.
|
Ownership
of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.
|
Of the securities reported in
response to Item 4 are shares held by a corporation of which the reporting
person is a director and a vice president. The corporation has the sole right to
receive dividends from and the proceeds from the sale of 224,622 shares which is
less than five percent of the class of subject securities.
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Item
7.
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Identification
and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
Security
|
|
|
Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company
|
Not applicable
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Item
8.
|
Identification
and Classification of Members of the
Group
|
Not applicable
|
Item
9.
|
Notice
of Dissolution of Group
|
Not applicable
By signing
below I certify that, to the best of my 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.
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.
2/08/2010
Date
/s/
Niels Mercer
Johnsen
Signature
Niels
Mercer
Johnsen
Name
Attention
Intentional
misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal violations (see
18 U.S.C. 1001).