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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*

Cambrex Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.10 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
132011107
(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2008
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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

     o Rule 13d-1(b)

     þ Rule 13d-1(c)

     o Rule 13d-1(d)

* 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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in 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 (“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).

 
 


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
132011107 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Kenmare Capital Partners, L.L.C.
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   362,809
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   362,809
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  362,809
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  1.3%**
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
**SEE ITEM 4(b).

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CUSIP No.
 
132011107 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Kenmare Select Management, L.L.C.
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  0
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  0.0%**
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
**SEE ITEM 4(b).

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CUSIP No.
 
132011107 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Kenmare Offshore Management, L.L.C.
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   202,142
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   202,142
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  202,142
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  0.7%**
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO
**SEE ITEM 4(b).

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CUSIP No.
 
132011107 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Mark McGrath
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o
  (b)   þ
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  U.S. Citizen
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   564,951
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   0
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   564,951
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    0
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  564,951
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  1.9%**
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  IN
**SEE ITEM 4(b).

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SCHEDULE 13G
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G (the “Amendment”) is being filed on behalf of Kenmare Capital Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Kenmare Capital Partners”), Kenmare Select Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Kenmare Select Management”) and Kenmare Offshore Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Kenmare Offshore Management,” and together with Kenmare Capital Partners and Kenmare Select Management, “Kenmare”), and Mr. Mark McGrath, principal of Kenmare (together with Kenmare, the “Reporting Persons”).
This Amendment relates to the shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value (the “Common Stock”), of Cambrex Corporation, a Delaware corporation, purchased by Kenmare for the account of (i) Kenmare Fund I, L.P. (“Kenmare I”), of which Kenmare Capital Partners is the general partner, (ii) Kenmare Select Fund, L.P. (“Kenmare Select”), of which Kenmare Select Management is the general partner, and (iii) Kenmare Offshore Fund, Ltd. (“Kenmare Offshore”), for which Kenmare Offshore Management acts as investment manager.
This Amendment is being filed to report the Reporting Persons no longer beneficially own more than 5% of the Issuer’s Common Stock.
Item 1(a) 
 
Name of Issuer.
 
   
Cambrex Corporation
 
Item 1(b)   
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices.
 
   
One Meadowlands Plaza
East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073
 
Item 2(a)   
Name of Person Filing.
 
   
Kenmare Capital Partners, L.L.C., Kenmare Select Management, L.L.C., Kenmare Offshore Management, L.L.C. and Mark McGrath
 
Item 2(b)   
Address of Principal Business Office, or, if none, Residence.
 
   
712 5th Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10019
 
Item 2(c)   
Citizenship or Place of Organization.
 
   
Kenmare Capital Partners, Kenmare Select Management and Kenmare Offshore Management are each a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mark McGrath is the principal of Kenmare and a United States citizen.
 
Item 2(d)   
Title of Class of Securities.
 
   
Common Stock, $.10 par value

 

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Item 2(e)   
CUSIP Number.
 
   
132011107
 
Item 3   
Reporting Person.
 
   
Inapplicable.
 
Item 4   
Ownership.
  (a)  
Collectively, the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of 564,951 Common Stocks.
 
  (b)  
Collectively, the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of 1.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. This percentage is determined by dividing 564,951 by 29,174,075, the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of October 31, 2008, as reported in the Issuer’s most recent Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
  (c)  
Kenmare Capital Partners, as the general partner of Kenmare I, has the sole power to vote and dispose of the 362,809 shares of Common Stock held by Kenmare I. Kenmare Offshore Management, as the investment manager of Kenmare Offshore, has the sole power to vote and dispose of the 202,142 shares of Common Stock held by Kenmare Offshore. Kenmare Select Management, as the general partner of Kenmare Select, does not have the power to vote and dispose of any shares of Common Stock. As the principal of Kenmare, Mr. McGrath may direct the vote and disposition of the 564,951 Common Stocks beneficially owned by Kenmare.
The filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of any of the 652,651 shares of Common Stocks owned by Kenmare I, Kenmare Select or Kenmare Offshore. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4, each of the Reporting Persons disclaims all such beneficial ownership.
Item 5   
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
 
   
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the Reporting Persons have ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following þ.
 
Item 6   
Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
 
   
Inapplicable.

 

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Item 7   
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported On by the Parent Holding Company.
 
   
Inapplicable.
 
Item 8   
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
 
   
Inapplicable.
 
Item 9   
Notice of Dissolution of Group.
 
   
Inapplicable.
 
Item 10   
Certification.
 
   
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.
 
Exhibits   
Exhibit 1
 
   
Joint Filing Agreement dated February 17, 2009, between the Reporting Persons.

 

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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.
Date: February 17, 2009
         
  Kenmare Capital Partners, L.L.C.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark McGrath    
    Mark McGrath, Principal   
       
     
  Kenmare Select Management, L.L.C.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark McGrath    
    Mark McGrath, Principal   
       
     
  Kenmare Offshore Management, L.L.C.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark McGrath    
    Mark McGrath, Principal   
       
     
  /s/ Mark McGrath    
  Mark McGrath   

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit 1
  Joint Filing Agreement dated February 17, 2009, between the Reporting Persons.

 

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