-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Thmvhhrkq57kq7f2PCVXI8HZUeR7NSHrZAhEgNOSro+TMAJjptI5WkHru5eCN5rD ALiQyTouK2/YQrInYuZ6TA== 0001193125-06-016780.txt : 20060201 0001193125-06-016780.hdr.sgml : 20060201 20060201082949 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-016780 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060201 GROUP MEMBERS: ALEXANDER S. MCGRATH GROUP MEMBERS: CRP PARTNERS IV, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: ROBERT C. AMMERMAN GROUP MEMBERS: STEPHEN M. JENKS FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CAPITAL RESOURCE PARTNERS IV L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001075723 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 MERRIMAC STREET SUITE 200 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 BUSINESS PHONE: 6177239000 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SoftBrands, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001311926 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 412021446 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-80954 FILM NUMBER: 06567846 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO MERIDIAN CROSSING, SUITE 800 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55423 BUSINESS PHONE: 612-851-1900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO MERIDIAN CROSSING, SUITE 800 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55423 SC 13G 1 dsc13g.htm SCHEDULE 13-G SCHEDULE 13-G

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

 

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED

PURSUANT TO 13d-2(b)

(Amendment No.     )1

 

 

 

SOFTBRANDS, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

83402A107

                                    (CUSIP Number)                                    

 

December 31, 2005

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

 

¨ Rule 13d-1(b)

 

¨ Rule 13d-1(c)

 

x Rule 13d-1(d)

 

1   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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required in 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).

CUSIP NO. 83402A107   13G   Page 2 of 12 Pages

 

  1  

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            Capital Resource Partners IV, L.P.

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Delaware limited partnership

    

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

  

  5    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 

  6    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                10,216,354

 

  7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                10,216,354

  9  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            10,216,354

    
10  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

 

¨

    
11  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

            20.33%

    
12  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

 

            PN

    

 

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

CUSIP NO. 83402A107   13G   Page 3 of 12 Pages

 

  1  

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            CRP Partners IV, L.L.C.

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Delaware limited liability company

    

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

  

  5    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 

  6    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                10,216,354

 

  7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                10,216,354

  9  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            10,216,354

    
10  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

 

¨

    
11  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

            20.33%

    
12  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

 

            CO

    

 

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

CUSIP NO. 83402A107   13G   Page 4 of 12 Pages

 

  1  

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            Robert C. Ammerman

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            United States

    

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

  

  5    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 

  6    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                10,216,354

 

  7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                10,216,354

  9  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            10,216,354

    
10  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

 

¨

    
11  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

            20.33%

    
12  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

 

            IN

    

 

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

CUSIP NO. 83402A107   13G   Page 5 of 12 Pages

 

  1  

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            Stephen M. Jenks

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            United States

    

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

  

  5    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 

  6    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                10,216,354

 

  7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                10,216,354

  9  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            10,216,354

    
10  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

 

¨

    
11  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

            20.33%

    
12  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

 

            IN

    

 

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

CUSIP NO. 83402A107   13G   Page 6 of 12 Pages

 

  1  

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

            Alexander S. McGrath

    
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨

(b)  ¨

    
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

    
  4  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            United States

    

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

  

  5    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

 

  6    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                10,216,354

 

  7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

 

  8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                10,216,354

  9  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            10,216,354

    
10  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

 

¨

    
11  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

 

            20.33%

    
12  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

 

            IN

    

 

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

Item 1 (a).   

Name of Issuer:

 

Softbrands, Inc.

          
Item 1 (b).   

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

 

Two Meridian Crossings, Suite 800

Minneapolis, MN 55423

          
Item 2 (a).   

Name of Person Filing:

 

Capital Resource Partners IV, L.P. (“CRP IV”), CRP Partners IV, L.L.C. (“CRP-GP IV”), Robert C. Ammerman (“Ammerman”), Stephen M. Jenks (“Jenks”) and Alexander S. McGrath (“McGrath”). The persons named in this paragraph are referred to individually as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons”.

          
Item 2 (b).   

Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

 

The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is Capital Resource Partners, 200 State Street, Boston, MA 02109.

          
Item 2 (c).   

Citizenship:

 

CRP IV is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. CRP-GP IV is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of Ammerman, Jenks and McGrath is a United States citizen.

          
Item 2 (d).   

Title of Class of Securities:

 

Common Stock, $.01 Par Value Per Share

          
Item 2 (e).   

CUSIP Number

 

83402A107

          
Item 3. If This Statement is Filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Filing Person is a:     
     (a)    ¨ Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
     (b)    ¨ Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act.
     (c)    ¨ Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act.
     (d)    ¨ Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.
     (e)    ¨ An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

     (f)    ¨ An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
     (g)    ¨ A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
     (h)    ¨ A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act;
     (i)   

¨ A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act;

     (j)    ¨ Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
Item 4.    Ownership:          
     (a)   

Amount Beneficially Owned:

 

CRP IV is the beneficial owner of 10,216,354 shares (the “CRP Shares”). As the general partner of CRP IV, CRP-GP IV may be deemed to own beneficially the CRP Shares. As a member of CRP-GP IV, each of Ammerman, Jenks and McGrath may be deemed to own beneficially the CRP Shares.

          
     (b)   

Percent of Class:

 

20.33%. The foregoing percentages are calculated based on the 40,036,000 shares of Common Stock reported to be outstanding in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Softbrands, Inc. for the year ended September 30, 2005.

          
     (c)    Number of shares as to which such person has:          
          (i)    Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0          
          (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 10,216,354          
          (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of : 0          
          (iv)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 10,216,354          
Item 5.   

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

 

  Inapplicable.

     
Item 6.   

Ownership of More than Five Percent On Behalf of Another Person:

 

  Inapplicable.

          
Item 7.   

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:

 

  Inapplicable.

Item 8.   

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

 

  Inapplicable. Each of CRP IV, CRP-GP IV, Ammerman, Jenks and McGrath expressly disclaim membership in a “group” as defined in Rule 13d-1(b)(ii)(H).

          
Item 9.   

Notice of Dissolution of Group:

 

  Inapplicable.

          
Item 10.   

Certification:

 

  Inapplicable. This statement on Schedule 13G is not filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b).

          

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: February 1, 2006
CAPITAL RESOURCE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By:   CRP PARTNERS IV, L.L.C.
    Its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Name:   Robert C. Ammerman
Title:   Managing Member
CRP PARTNERS IV, L.L.C.
By:  

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Name:   Robert C. Ammerman
Title:   Managing Member

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Robert C. Ammerman

/s/ Stephen M. Jenks

Stephen M. Jenks

/s/ Alexander S. McGrath

Alexander S. McGrath

Exhibit 1

 

AGREEMENT

 

Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the undersigned hereby agree that only one statement containing the information required by Schedule 13G need be filed with respect to the ownership by each of the undersigned of shares of Common Stock of Softbrands, Inc.

 

EXECUTED this 1st day of February, 2006.

 

CAPITAL RESOURCE PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By:   CRP PARTNERS IV, L.L.C.
    Its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Name:   Robert C. Ammerman
Title:   Managing Member
CRP PARTNERS IV, L.L.C.
By:  

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Name:   Robert C. Ammerman
Title:   Managing Member

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Robert C. Ammerman

/s/ Stephen M. Jenks

Stephen M. Jenks

/s/ Alexander S. McGrath

Alexander S. McGrath

Exhibit 2

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey Potter and Robert C. Ammerman, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all instruments, certificates and documents that may be necessary, desirable or appropriate to be executed on behalf of himself as an individual or in his capacity as a general partner of any partnership, pursuant to section 13 or 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when and if such is mandated by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary, desirable or appropriate, fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of this 1st day of February, 2006.

 

CAPITAL RESOURCE PARTNERS IV, L.P.

By:

  

CRP PARTNERS IV, L.L.C.

   

Its General Partner

By:

  

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Name:

  

Robert C. Ammerman

Title:

  

Managing Member

CRP PARTNERS IV, L.L.C.

By:

  

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Name:

  

Robert C. Ammerman

Title:

  

Managing Member

/s/ Robert C. Ammerman

Robert C. Ammerman

/s/ Stephen M. Jenks

Stephen M. Jenks

/s/ Alexander S. McGrath

Alexander S. McGrath

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