The following constitutes Amendment No. 6 (“Amendment No. 6”) to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (the “Schedule 13D”). This Amendment No. 6 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. |
Item 3 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
The Shares purchased by WIHP, WITRP and WILLC were purchased with working capital and the Shares purchased by Mr. Lipson were purchased with personal funds (each of which may, at any given time, include margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business) in open market purchases, except as otherwise noted. The aggregate purchase price of the 532,121 Shares owned directly by WIHP is approximately $3,978,317, including brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 362,900 Shares owned directly by WITRP is approximately $2,760,059, including brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 900 Shares owned directly by WILLC is approximately $6,867, including brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 9,713 Shares owned directly by Mr. Lipson is approximately $79,401, including brokerage commissions.
The Shares purchased by BPIP were purchased with working capital (which may, at any given time, include margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business) in open market purchases, except as otherwise noted. The aggregate purchase price of the 238,900 Shares owned directly by BPIP is approximately $1,782,311, including brokerage commissions.
The 100 Shares owned by Ms. Schultz were a gift from WILLC.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following information:
On September 27, 2016, a shareholder demand (the “Demand Letter”) on behalf of WILLC was sent to the Board of Trustees of the Issuer (the “Board”) pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156D § 7.42, demanding that the Board take action to remedy the corporate governance issues described in the Demand Letter, including without limitation that the “majority of outstanding” vote requirement in the Issuer’s Bylaws for the election of trustees will not be applied at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and that should there be a quorum of shareholders represented at the 2016 Annual Meeting and should the Reporting Persons’ nominees for the Board get more votes than the incumbents, that the Reporting Persons’ nominees will be recognized as duly elected to the Board. The Demand Letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 5 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by each person named herein is based upon 22,393,261.76 Shares outstanding, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as of July 20, 2016, as reported in the Issuer’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2016.
| (a) | As of the close of business on September 27, 2016, WIHP beneficially owned 532,121 Shares. |
Percentage: Approximately 2.4%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 532,121 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 532,121 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | The transactions in the Shares by WIHP since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference. |
| (a) | As of the close of business on September 27, 2016, WITRP beneficially owned 362,900 Shares. |
Percentage: Approximately 1.6%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 362,900 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 362,900 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | The transactions in the Shares by WITRP since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference. |
| (a) | As of the close of business on September 27, 2016, WILLC directly owned 900 Shares. WILLC, as the general partner of WIHP and WITRP, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the (i) 532,121 Shares owned by WIHP and (ii) 362,900 Shares owned by WITRP. |
Percentage: Approximately 4.0%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 895,921 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 895,921 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | WILLC has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares by WIHP and WITRP since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference. |
| (a) | As of the close of business of September 27, 2016, Mr. Lipson directly owned 9,713 Shares. As the managing member of WILLC, Mr. Lipson may be deemed the beneficial owner of the (i) 900 Shares owned by WILLC, (ii) 532,121 Shares owned by WIHP and (iii) 362,900 Shares owned by WITRP. |
Percentage: Approximately 4.0%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 905,634 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 905,634 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | Mr. Lipson has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares by WIHP and WITRP since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference. |
| (a) | As of the close of business on September 27, 2016, BPIP beneficially owned 238,922 Shares. |
Percentage: Approximately 1.1%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 238,922 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 238,922 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | The transactions in the Shares by BPIP since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference. |
| (a) | BPM, as the managing member of BPIP, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 238,922 Shares owned by BPIP. |
Percentage: Approximately 1.1%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 238,922 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 238,922 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | BPM has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares by BPIP since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference. |
| (a) | Mr. Ferguson, as a managing member of BPM, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 238,922 Shares owned by BPIP. |
Percentage: Approximately 1.1%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 238,922 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 238,922 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | Mr. Ferguson has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D. The transactions in the Shares by BPIP since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D are set forth in Schedule A and are incorporated herein by reference. |
| (a) | As of the close of business on September 27, 2016, Ms. Schultz beneficially owned 100 Shares. |
Percentage: Less than 1%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 100 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 100 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | Ms. Schultz has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D. |
| (a) | As of the close of business on September 27, 2016, Mr. Chelo, did not beneficially own any Shares. |
Percentage: 0%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | Mr. Chelo has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D. |
| (a) | As of the close of business on September 27, 2016, Mr. Crouse, did not beneficially own any Shares. |
Percentage: 0%
| (b) | 1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 0 |
| 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 |
| (c) | Mr. Crouse has not entered into any transactions in the Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D. |
The Reporting Persons, as members of a “group” for the purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Shares directly owned by the other Reporting Persons. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following information:
On September 27, 2016, the Demand Letter was sent to the Board on behalf of WILLC. The Demand Letter is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. |
Item 7 is hereby amended to add the following:
| 99.1 | Demand Letter, dated September 27, 2016 |
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: September 28, 2016 | WESTERN INVESTMENT HEDGED PARTNERS L.P. |
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| By: | Western Investment LLC |
| | General Partner |
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| By: | |
| | Name: | Arthur D. Lipson |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
| WESTERN INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN PARTNERS L.P. |
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| By: | Western Investment LLC |
| | General Partner |
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| By: | |
| | Name: | Arthur D. Lipson |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
| WESTERN INVESTMENT LLC |
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| By: | |
| | Name: | Arthur D. Lipson |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
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| ARTHUR D. LIPSON, Individually and as attorney-in-fact for Matthew S. Crouse and Lynn D. Schultz |
| BENCHMARK PLUS INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.L.C. |
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| By: | Benchmark Plus Management, L.L.C. |
| | Managing Member |
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| By: | |
| | Name: | Robert Ferguson |
| | Title: | Manager |
| BENCHMARK PLUS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. |
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| By: | |
| | Name: | Robert Ferguson |
| | Title: | Manager |
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| ROBERT FERGUSON, Individually and as attorney-in-fact for Neil R. Chelo |
SCHEDULE A
Transactions in the Shares Since the Filing of Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D
Date of Purchase/Sale | Shares of Common Stock Purchased/(Sold) | Price Per Share($) |
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WESTERN INVESTMENT HEDGED PARTNERS L.P. |
8/5/2016 | (100) | 8.6313 |
8/10/2016 | (3,100) | 8.6108 |
8/11/2016 | (800) | 8.6613 |
8/12/2016 | (7,500) | 8.6623 |
8/23/2016 | (388) | 8.6413 |
9/12/2016 | 1,400 | 8.5135 |
9/16/2016 | 400 | 8.3793 |
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WESTERN INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN PARTNERS L.P. |
8/5/2016 | (80) | 8.6313 |
8/10/2016 | (2,100) | 8.6108 |
8/11/2016 | (500) | 8.6613 |
8/12/2016 | (5,100) | 8.6623 |
8/23/2016 | (200) | 8.6413 |
9/12/2016 | 600 | 8.5135 |
9/16/2016 | 200 | 8.3793 |
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BENCHMARK PLUS INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.L.C. |
8/10/2016 | (1,514) | 8.6042 |
8/11/2016 | (409) | 8.6368 |
8/12/2016 | (3,400) | 8.6594 |