The following constitutes Amendment No. 3 (“Amendment No. 3”) to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned. This Amendment No. 3 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth.
Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
Item 2 is hereby amended to add the following:
Telecom Global, Inc. (“TGI”) is added as a Reporting Person.
(b) The address of the principal office of TGI is 4800 Westfields Blvd., Chantilly, VA 20151. The address for the officers and directors of TGI listed on Schedule A is c/o Telecom Global Inc., 4800 Westfields Blvd., Chantilly, VA 20151.
(c) TGI is a wireless telecommunication engineering and consulting company.
(d) Neither TGI, nor any person listed on Schedule A annexed hereto, has, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) Neither TGI, nor any person listed on Schedule A annexed hereto, has, during the last five years, been party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. The citizenship of the persons listed on Schedule A, who are not Reporting Persons, is set forth therein.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 is amended to add the following:
On August 27, 2010, the Reporting Persons delivered a letter to the independent members of the Issuer’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) expressing their interest in seeking a potential business combination between the Issuer and TGI, an entity controlled by certain of the Reporting Persons. In the letter, the Reporting Persons set forth their willingness to negotiate the terms of a cash-and-stock merger whereby the Reporting Persons would acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer that they do not already own, through an appropriate acquisition entity, by tender offer and/or merger or otherwise (the “Transaction”), for $3.50 per share (the “Purchase Price”). The Purchase Price represents a premium of approximately 40% over the Issuer’s closin g price of $2.51 on August 26, 2010, the day before the Reporting Persons delivered this letter. The Reporting Persons believe that the strategic and business logic of a combination with the Issuer is compelling, but stated that if the Issuer is unwilling to negotiate a cash-and-stock merger, the Reporting Persons are prepared to move forward with an all-cash offer to acquire the Issuer.
The Reporting Persons further said they question whether Chairman and CEO Andrew Hidalgo’s interests are aligned with the best interests of the Issuer’s shareholders, noting that Mr. Hidalgo’s five-year evergreen employment agreement and a poison pill were adopted within days of the Reporting Persons’ initial Schedule 13D filing back in February.
A copy of the 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 amended to read as follows:
The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by each person named herein is based upon 6,954,766 Shares outstanding as of July 20, 2010, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2010.
TGI does not directly own any shares of the Issuer as of the date hereof. Each of the Reporting Persons, as a member of a “group” with the other Reporting Persons, for the purposes of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Exchange Act, may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by the other Reporting Persons. The filing of this Schedule 13D shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owners of any Shares he does not directly own. Each of the Reporting Persons specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares reported herein that he does not directly own, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
To the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge, none of the persons listed on Schedule B, Schedule C, Schedule D or Schedule E, who are not also Reporting Persons, beneficially owns any securities of the Issuer.
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following:
On August 27, 2010, the Reporting Persons entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Joint Filing Agreement in which TGI was added as a paarty to the Joint Fling Agreement. A copy of this agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. |
Item 7 is hereby amended to add the following exhibits:
99.1 Letter to the Independent Members of the Issuer’s Board, dated August 27, 2010.
99.2 Amendment No. 1 to Joint Filing Agreement dated August 27, 2010.
SIGNATURES
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: August 27, 2010
| RILEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Bryant R. Riley |
| | Name: | Bryant R. Riley |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
| RILEY INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P. |
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| By: | Riley Investment Management LLC, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Bryant R. Riley |
| | Name: | Bryant R. Riley |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
| B. RILEY & CO, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Bryant R. Riley |
| | Name: | Bryant R. Riley |
| | Title: | Chairman |
| /s/ Bryant R. Riley |
| BRYANT R. RILEY |
| /s/ Lloyd I. Miller, III |
| LLOYD I. MILLER, III |
| TELECOM GLOBAL INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Kenneth Young |
| | Name: | Kenneth Young |
| | Title: | President |
SCHEDULE A
Directors and Officers of Telecom Global Inc.
Name and Position | | Citizenship |
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Kenneth Young President & Director | | United States |
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Brian Dunn Secretary | | United States |
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Alan Howe Director | | United States |
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Bryan Riley Director | | United States |