0001137439-24-001415.txt : 20241003 0001137439-24-001415.hdr.sgml : 20241003 20241003104723 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001137439-24-001415 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 ITEM INFORMATION: 06b ITEM INFORMATION: Investment Company Act Section 3(c) ITEM INFORMATION: Section 3(c)(7) FILED AS OF DATE: 20241003 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20241003 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20241003 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MacKay Shields Defensive Bond Arbitrage Fund Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001502133 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: D/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 021-149370 FILM NUMBER: 241350282 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 11 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-230-3893 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 11 D/A 1 primary_doc.xml X0708 D/A LIVE 0001502133 MacKay Shields Defensive Bond Arbitrage Fund Ltd. Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton D0 BERMUDA HM 11 212-758-5400 BERMUDA None None Other Bermuda Open-Ended Exempt Company true N/A MacKay Shields LLC 1345 Avenue of the Americas 43rd Floor New York NY NEW YORK 10105 Promoter Investment Manager of the Issuer Dawn C. Griffiths Conyers Dill & Pearman Clarendon House, 2 Church Street Hamilton D0 BERMUDA HM 11 Director Rene A. Bustamante 155 Village Boulevard Suite 305 Princeton NJ NEW JERSEY 08540 Director Executive Managing Director of MacKay Shields LLC Young Lee 1345 Avenue of the Americas 43rd Floor New York NY NEW YORK 10105 Director Pooled Investment Fund Hedge Fund false Decline to Disclose 06b 3C 3C.7 true 0001567619-23-007336 2004-11-01 true true true false 5000000 NYLIFE Distributors LLC 35350 None None 30 Hudson Street Jersey City NJ NEW JERSEY 07302 All States false Indefinite 607539950 Indefinite false 39 0 0 The Investment Manager of the Issuer shares a portion of its management fee received from the Issuer with one or more of the Issuer's placement agents. Such placement agents may receive other fees (e.g., sales loads) payable directly 0 [cont'd from Item 15] to the placement agent (outside the Issuer) in addition to (and not deducted from) investment amounts; the amount of such fees are unknown to the Issuer and the Investment Manager. false MacKay Shields Defensive Bond Arbitrage Fund Ltd. /s/Rene Bustamante Rene A. Bustamante Executive Managing Director of Investment Manager 2024-10-01