Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
(a) | Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock |
(b) | Name of Issuer:
Intrepid Potash, Inc. |
(c) | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
707 17TH STREET, SUITE 4200, DENVER,
COLORADO
, 80202. |
Item 1 Comment:
This Statement relates to the Common Stock of Intrepid Potash Inc. having its principal executive offices at 707 17th Street, Suite 4200, Denver, CO 80202. |
Item 2. | Identity and Background |
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(a) | The names of the persons jointly filing this statement on Schedule 13D (the "Reporting Persons") are Gate City Capital Management, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company and Michael Melby, Managing Member of Gate City Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Melby is the controlling member of Gate City Capital Management, LLC. |
(b) | The address of each of the Reporting Persons is 8725 W. Higgins Road, Suite 530, Chicago, IL 60631. |
(c) | The principal business of Gate City Capital Management, LLC is to serve as an adviser to certain private investment funds and managed accounts. Mr. Melby's principal occupation is serving as the Portfolio Manager of Gate City Capital Management, LLC. |
(d) | During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons have been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
(e) | During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons have been a 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. |
(f) | Gate City Capital Management, LLC is an Illinois limited liability company. Mr. Melby is a United States citizen. |
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
| The source and amount of funds used by the Reporting Persons in making their purchase of the shares of Common Stock owned by each of them in the aggregate was $16,424,765 using the working capital of each of the Funds. |
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
| This Amendment No. 2 amends the Schedule 13D initially filed on December 19, 2024 and amended on January 6, 2025, and is filed to include the shareholder proposal letter sent by the Reporting Person to the Corporate Secretary and Board of Directors of the Issuer on February 6, 2025. The letter proposes that the Board of Directors of the Issuer take all necessary steps to eliminate the classified structure of the Board and to transition to annual elections of all directors. A copy of the full text of the letter is filed as Exhibit A to this amended Schedule 13D. |
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
(a) | The Reporting Person beneficially owns in the aggregate 785,642 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 5.97% of the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock. The percentage ownership of shares of Common Stock set forth in this Statement is based on 13,163,221 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of October 31, 2024 as reported in the Company's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 5, 2024. |
(b) | The Reporting Person has the sole power to vote or to direct the voting of all such shares described in Item 5(a) above. The Reporting Person has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of all such shares described in Item 5(a) above. The Reporting Person does not have shared power to vote or to direct the vote of any such shares described in Item 5(a) above, and does not have shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of any such shares described in Item 5(a) above. |
(c) | Schedule 1 hereto sets forth all transactions in the Common Stock by any Reporting Person during the past sixty days. Except for the transactions set forth on Schedule A, none of the Reporting Persons effected any transaction during the past sixty days. |
(d) | Not applicable. |
(e) | Not applicable. |
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer |
| Other than described herein, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships among the Reporting Person and any other person with respect to the securities of the Issuer. |