UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
Meade Instruments Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
583062203
(CUSIP Number)
Wapiti Capital Partners, L.P.
1 Stirrup Drive
Old Brookville, NY 11545
(646) 734-6657
(Name, address and telephone number of person
authorized to receive notices and communications)
- with a copy to -
Jeffrey L. Wasserman, Esq.
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, New Jersey 07102
(973) 643-7000
July 20, 2012
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), (f) or (g), check the following box.
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
SCHEDULE 13D/A
| CUSIP NO 583062203 | Page 2 of 8 | |
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Wapiti Capital Partners, L.P. | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)¨ (b)x
| |||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC | |||
| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)¨
| |||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware | |||
NUMBER OF | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
112,566 | ||
REPORTING PERSON WITH | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | ||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
112,566 | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
112,566 | |||
| 12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES¨
| |||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
9.2% ** | |||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN | |||
| ** | This percentage is based on an aggregate of 1,229,767 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of July 13, 2012 as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012. |
SCHEDULE 13D/A
| CUSIP NO 583062203 | Page 3 of 8 | |
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Wapiti Capital Investment Management, LLC | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)¨ (b)x
| |||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC (Wapiti Capital Partners, L.P.) | |||
| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)¨
| |||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware | |||
NUMBER OF | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
112,566 * | ||
REPORTING PERSON WITH | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | ||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
112,566 * | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
112,566 * | |||
| 12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES¨
| |||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
9.2% ** | |||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO | |||
| * | Pursuant to Rule 13d-4, Wapiti Capital Investment Management disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. |
| ** | This percentage is based on an aggregate of 1,229,767 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of July 13, 2012 as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012. |
SCHEDULE 13D/A
| CUSIP NO 583062203 | Page 4 of 8 | |
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Lance Laifer | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)¨ (b)x
| |||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC (Wapiti Capital Partners, L.P.) | |||
| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)¨
| |||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States of America | |||
NUMBER OF | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY | 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
112,566 * | ||
REPORTING PERSON WITH | 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | ||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
112,566 * | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
112,566 * | |||
| 12 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES¨
| |||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
9.2% ** | |||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN | |||
| * | Pursuant to Rule 13d-4, Mr. Laifer disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. |
| ** | This percentage is based on an aggregate of 1,229,767 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of July 13, 2012 as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012. |
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D is being filed to amend the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned on June 13, 2011, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned on August 5, 2011, with respect to the common stock, $.01 par value per share (the“Common Stock”) of Meade Instruments Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 27 Hubble, Irvine, California 92618. All other information in the Schedule 13D not otherwise amended hereby remains unchanged.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Wapiti purchased the 112,566 shares of Common Stock in the open market for the aggregate net purchase price of approximately $484,915. An itemized breakdown of the daily transactions during the past sixty days is more fully set forth in Item 5 below. The source of funds for the payment by Wapiti for such Common Stock was the working capital of Wapiti.”
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
“(a) Wapiti is the record owner of 112,566 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, representing approximately 9.2% of the Issuer’s outstanding Common Stock based on an aggregate of 1,229,767 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of July 13, 2012 as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2012. The General Partner, which is responsible for the management of Wapiti, and Mr. Laifer, as the managing member of the General Partner, in which capacity he has voting and/or investment power over the shares of Common Stock held by Wapiti, may each be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock held by Wapiti. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4, the General Partner and Mr. Laifer each disclaims beneficial ownership of the 112,566 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer held by Wapiti.
(b) Wapiti, as the record owner of the 112,566 shares of Common Stock, has the power to vote, or direct the vote, and the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such shares of Common Stock. Each of the General Partner and Mr. Laifer, however, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the 112,566 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer held directly by Wapiti.
(c) Information regarding the purchases of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, which were effected by Wapiti on the open market during the past sixty days, is set forth onSchedule 1 attached hereto.
(d) Other than as described in this Schedule 13D, as amended, no other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such securities.
(e) Not applicable.”
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
The Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2011, by and among Wapiti, the General Partner and Mr. Laifer (incorporated by reference toExhibit A to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned on June 13, 2011).
[Signature Page Follows.]
Signatures
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: July 31, 2012
Wapiti CAPITAL Partners, L.P.
By: Wapiti Capital Investment Management, LLC,
its General Partner
By: _____________________________________________
Lance Laifer, Managing Member
WAPITI CAPITAL INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: _____________________________________________
Lance Laifer, Managing Member
_________________________________________________
Lance Laifer
Schedule 1
| Date | Quantity | Price per Share ($) |
| 7/20/2012 | 2000 | $3.59 |
| 7/20/2012 | 2000 | $3.54 |
| 7/19/2012 | 425 | $3.51 |
| 7/19/2012 | 3000 | $3.59 |
| 7/19/2012 | 1000 | $3.52 |
| 7/19/2012 | 1000 | $3.59 |
| 7/19/2012 | 200 | $3.50 |
| 7/18/2012 | 100 | $3.58 |
| 7/17/2012 | 1000 | $3.51 |
| 7/16/2012 | 1500 | $3.57 |
| 7/10/2012 | 100 | $3.77 |
| 6/29/2012 | 100 | $3.53 |