Item 1(a). | Name of Issuer: |
ParkerVision, Inc.
Item 1(b). | Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: |
7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite 400, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
Item 2(a). | Name of Person Filing: |
This statement is filed jointly by:
| (i) | Gem Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Gem Partners”); |
| (ii) | Flat Rock Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Flat Rock”); |
| (iii) | Gem Investment Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Advisors”), who serves as the general partner of Gem Partners and Flat Rock; and |
| (iv) | Daniel M. Lewis, who serves as the managing member of Advisors. |
Each of the foregoing is referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.”
Item 2(b). | Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence: |
The principal business address of each of the Reporting Persons is 100 State Street, Suite 2B, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666.
Each of Gem Partners, Flat Rock and Advisors is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mr. Lewis is a citizen of the United States of America.
Item 2(d). | Title of Class of Securities: |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”).
701354102
Item 3. | If this statement is filed pursuant to Section 240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a: |
| (a) | / / | Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o). |
| (b) | / / | Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c). |
| (c) | / / | Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c). |
| (d) | / / | Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8). |
| (e) | / / | Investment adviser in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E). |
| (f) | / / | Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F). |
| (g) | / / | Parent holding company or control person in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). |
| (h) | / / | Savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813). |
| (i) | / / | Church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-3). |
| (j) | / / | Non-U.S. institution in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J). |
| (k) | / / | Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J). |
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: |
As of the close of business on July 15, 2013, (i) Gem Partners beneficially owned 6,714,863 Shares, including 40,000 Shares underlying currently exercisable warrants and (ii) Flat Rock beneficially owned 67,999 Shares. Advisors, as the general partner of each of Gem Partners and Flat Rock, may be deemed to beneficially own the 6,782,862 Shares owned by Gem Partners and Flat Rock.
As of the close of business on July 15, 2013, 66,000 Shares were held in Mr. Lewis’ IRA Account. Mr. Lewis, as the managing member of Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 6,848,862 Shares, consisting of 6,782,862 Shares beneficially owned by Gem Partners and Flat Rock and 66,000 Shares held in Mr. Lewis’ IRA Account.
Collectively, the Reporting Persons beneficially own an aggregate of 6,848,862 Shares, including 40,000 Shares underlying currently exercisable warrants.
The following percentages are based upon 88,526,269 Shares outstanding as of May 21, 2013, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2013.
As of the close of business on July 15, 2013, (i) Gem Partners beneficially owned approximately 7.6% of the Shares outstanding and (ii) Flat Rock beneficially owned less than 1% of the Shares outstanding.
Advisors, as the general partner of each of Gem Partners and Flat Rock, may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 7.7% of the Shares outstanding. Mr. Lewis, as the managing member of Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 7.7% of the Shares outstanding.
Collectively, the Reporting Persons beneficially own approximately 7.7% of the Shares outstanding.
| (c) | Number of shares as to which such person has: |
| (i) | Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: |
See the responses to Item 5 on the cover pages.
| (ii) | Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: |
See the responses to Item 6 on the cover pages.
| (iii) | Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: |
See the responses to Item 7 on the cover pages.
| (iv) | Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: |
See the responses to Item 8 on the attached cover pages.
Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. |
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ].
Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. |
Not Applicable.
Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person. |
Not Applicable.
Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. |
See Exhibit 99.1
Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of Group. |
Not Applicable.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
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: July 16, 2013
| Gem Partners, LP |
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| By: | Gem Investment Advisors, LLC General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Daniel M. Lewis |
| | Name: | Daniel M. Lewis |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
| Flat Rock Partners LP |
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| By: | Gem Investment Advisors, LLC General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Daniel M. Lewis |
| | Name: | Daniel M. Lewis |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
| Gem Investment Advisors, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Daniel M. Lewis |
| | Name: | Daniel M. Lewis |
| | Title: | Managing Member |
| /s/ Daniel M. Lewis |
| Daniel M. Lewis |