dfan14a09571007_05232014.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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ZALE CORPORATION
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
TIG ADVISORS, LLC
TFI PARTNERS, LLC
TIG ARBITRAGE ASSOCIATES MASTER FUND, L.P.
TIG ARBITRAGE ENHANCED MASTER FUND, L.P.
CARL TIEDEMANN
MICHAEL TIEDEMANN
(Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)

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TIG Advisors, LLC, together with the other participants named herein (the “TIG Advisors Group”), has made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a proxy statement and accompanying BLUE proxy card to be used to solicit votes against the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 19, 2014, by and among Zale Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Signet Jewelers Limited, a Bermuda corporation (“Signet”) and Carat Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Signet and certain related proposals, at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company scheduled to be held on May 29, 2014 (the “Special Meeting”).
 
On May 23, 2014, the TIG Advisors Group issued an Investor Presentation in response to ISS’ recommendation in favor of the Merger. The Investor Presentation is attached as Exhibit 1.