The following constitutes Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 3”). This Amendment No. 3 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.
Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
Item 2 is hereby amended to add the following:
In connection with the Settlement Agreement defined and described in Item 4 below, the Issuer has appointed Peter H. Woodward to the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the “Board”). Accordingly, MHW Partners, MHW Capital, MHW Management and Mr. Woodward are no longer members of a Section 13(d) group with Norman H. Pessin and Sandra F. Pessin and shall cease to be Reporting Persons immediately after the filing of this Amendment No. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Pessin will continue filing as a group statements on Schedule 13D with respect to their beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following:
On January 25, 2012, the Reporting Persons and the Issuer entered into a Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) relating to Norman H. Pessin’s nomination of Peter H. Woodward for election as a director of the Issuer at the Issuer’s 2012 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2012 Annual Meeting”). The following description of the Settlement Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Settlement Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Issuer agreed, among other things, to amend the Bylaws of the Issuer to increase the size of the Board from six (6) members to seven (7) members and to appoint Mr. Woodward to fill the newly created director position as a Class II director whose term of office expires at the Issuer’s 2013 annual meeting of stockholders.
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Reporting Persons withdrew the nomination of Mr. Woodward for election at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The Reporting Persons further agreed, among other things, that they will not, and they will cause each of their Affiliates and Associates (as such terms are defined in the Settlement Agreement) not to, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, take any of the following actions (other than actions taken by Mr. Woodward as a director of the Issuer) with respect to the 2012 Annual Meeting: (a) propose any matter (including any nominee for director) for submission to a vote of stockholders of the Issuer; (b) engage in any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC) with respect to the Issuer or any action resulting in such person or entity becoming a “participant” in any “election contest” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC) with respect to the Issuer; (c) grant any proxy with respect to the Shares to any person or entity not designated by the Issuer; (d) subject any Shares to any arrangement, agreement or understanding with respect to the voting of such stock or other agreement having similar effect or (e) vote for any nominee for director other than the Issuer nominees.
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following:
On January 27, 2012, Norman H. Pessin and Sandra F. Pessin entered into a Joint Filing Agreement pursuant to which they agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law. A copy of this agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Reporting Persons have terminated the Joint Filing and Solicitation Agreement dated December 9, 2011.
Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. |
Item 7 is hereby amended to add the following exhibits:
| 99.1 | Settlement Agreement, dated January 25, 2012, by and among The Management Network Group, Inc., Norman H. Pessin, Sandra F. Pessin, MHW Partners, L.P., MHW Capital, LLC, MHW Capital Management, LLC and Peter H. Woodward. |
| 99.2 | Joint Filing Agreement, dated January 27, 2012, by and between Norman H. Pessin and Sandra F. Pessin. |