0001019056-11-001181.txt : 20111214 0001019056-11-001181.hdr.sgml : 20111214 20111214171356 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019056-11-001181 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111214 GROUP MEMBERS: LANE FIVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC GROUP MEMBERS: LANE FIVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP GROUP MEMBERS: LANE FIVE PARTNERS GP LLC GROUP MEMBERS: LANE FIVE PARTNERS LP GROUP MEMBERS: LISA O DELL RAPUANO SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMBASSADORS GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001162315 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 911957010 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-78137 FILM NUMBER: 111261697 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2001 SOUTH FLINT CITY: SPOKANE STATE: WA ZIP: 99224 BUSINESS PHONE: 5095687000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2001 SOUTH FLINT CITY: SPOKANE STATE: WA ZIP: 99224 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lane Five Capital Management, LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001410352 IRS NUMBER: 205705332 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1122 KENILWORTH DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 313 CITY: TOWSEN STATE: MD ZIP: 21204 BUSINESS PHONE: 443-921-2060 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1122 KENILWORTH DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 313 CITY: TOWSEN STATE: MD ZIP: 21204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Lone Five Capital Management, LP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070821 SC 13D/A 1 ambassadors_13da.htm SCHEDULE 13D/A Unassociated Document
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
RULE 13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 1)*

Ambassadors Group, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

023177108
(CUSIP Number)

Lane Five Capital Management LP
1122 Kenilworth Drive, Suite 313
Towson, MD 21204
Attention: Scott Liotta
Telephone: (443) 921-2060
 
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

December 12, 2011
(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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box o.

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 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.)

 
Page 1 of 12 pages

 

CUSIP No.: 023177108
   
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   
1.
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
   
 
Lisa O’Dell Rapuano
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
 
(a) o
 
(b) o
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
 
AF
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) o
   
6.
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
 
United States

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7           SOLE VOTING POWER - 0
 
8           SHARED VOTING POWER - 1,189,000
 
9           SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER - 0
 
10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER - 1,189,000

11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
 
1,189,000
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
 
6.8%
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
 
IN
   
*
Beneficial ownership information above is as of December 14, 2011, the filing date of this Schedule 13D.

 
Page 2 of 12 pages

 
 
CUSIP No.: 023177108
   
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
   
 
Lane Five Partners LP
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
 
(a) o
 
(b) o
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
 
WC
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) o
   
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
 
Delaware
 
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7           SOLE VOTING POWER - 0
 
8           SHARED VOTING POWER - 796,898
 
9           SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER - 0
 
10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER - 796,898
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
 
796,898
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
 
4.6%
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
 
PN
   
*
Beneficial ownership information above is as of December 14, 2011, the filing date of this Schedule 13D.
 
 
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CUSIP No.: 023177108
   
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
   
 
Lane Five Capital Management LP
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
 
(a) o
 
(b) o
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
 
AF
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) o
   
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
 
Delaware

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7           SOLE VOTING POWER - 0
 
8           SHARED VOTING POWER - 1,189,000
 
9           SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER - 0
 
10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER - 1,189,000
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
 
1,189,000
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
 
6.8%
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
 
PN
   
*
Beneficial ownership information above is as of December 14, 2011, the filing date of this Schedule 13D.
 
 
Page 4 of 12 pages

 
 
CUSIP No.: 023177108
   
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
   
 
Lane Five Capital Management, LLC
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
 
(a) o
 
(b) o
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
 
AF
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) o
   
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
 
Maryland

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7           SOLE VOTING POWER - 0
 
8           SHARED VOTING POWER - 1,189,000
 
9           SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER - 0
 
10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER - 1,189,000

11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
 
1,189,000
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
 
6.8%
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
 
OO
   
*
Beneficial ownership information above is as of December 14, 2011, the filing date of this Schedule 13D.
 
 
Page 5 of 12 pages

 
 
CUSIP No.: 023177108
   
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
   
 
Lane Five Partners GP LLC
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
 
(a) o
 
(b) o
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
 
AF
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
2(d) or 2(e) o
   
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
 
Delaware

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7           SOLE VOTING POWER - 0
 
8           SHARED VOTING POWER - 796,898
 
9           SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER - 0
 
10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER - 796,898
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
 
796,898
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES o
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
 
4.6%
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
 
OO
   
*
Beneficial ownership information above is as of December 14, 2011, the filing date of this Schedule 13D.

 
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This statement is filed with respect to the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Ambassadors Group, Inc. (the “Issuer”) beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons (as defined below) as of December 14, 2011 and amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed on November 7, 2011 (collectively, as amended and supplemented, the “Schedule 13D”). Except as set forth herein, the Schedule 13D is unmodified.

ITEM 2. Identity and Background.

(a)-(c) and (f) The names of the persons filing this Statement (the “Reporting Persons”) are: (1) Lane Five Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Fund”); (2) Lane Five Capital Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investment Manager”); (3) Lane Five Capital Management, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company, the general partner of the Investment Manager (“IM GP”); (4) Lane Five Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”); and (5) Lisa O’Dell Rapuano, a United States Citizen (“Ms. Rapuano”). The Investment Manager serves as the investment manager of the Fund and also manages accounts on a discretionary basis (the “Accounts”). The General Partner serves as the general partner of the Fund. The IM GP serves as the general partner of the Investment Manager.

The principal business of the Fund is that of a private investment vehicle engaged in investing and trading in a wide variety of securities and financial instruments for its own account. The principal business of the Investment Manager is providing investment management services to the Fund and the Accounts. The principal business of the General Partner is acting as general partner to the Fund. The principal business of the IM GP is acting as general partner to the Investment Manager. Ms. Rapuano’s principal occupation is serving as the Managing Member of the General Partner and the IM GP.

The business address of each of the Reporting Persons is 1122 Kenilworth Drive, Suite 313 Towson, Maryland 21204.

ITEM 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

The source and amount of funds including commissions used by the Fund and the Accounts in making their purchase of the shares of Common Stock owned by them are set forth below:

SOURCE OF FUNDS        AMOUNT OF FUNDS
Working Capital                                    $8,844,580

One or more of the Reporting Persons may affect purchases of securities through margin accounts which may extend margin credit to the Reporting Persons as and when required to open or carry positions in the margin accounts, subject to applicable federal margin regulations, stock exchange rules and brokers’ credit policies. In such instances, the positions held in the margin accounts are pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the accounts.

ITEM 4. Purpose of Transaction.

Item 4 of this Schedule 13D is supplemented by the following:

On December 12, 2011, the Fund submitted a stockholder proposal under Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requesting that the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the “Board”) promptly take all necessary actions under applicable state law to amend the Issuer’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the Issuer’s By-laws to reorganize the Board into one class subject to election each year and to institute annual elections for all directors beginning with the Issuer’s next annual meeting of stockholders (the “Stockholder Proposal”). A copy of the Stockholder Proposal, as revised on December 13, 2011, is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
 
 
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ITEM 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 
(a)
As of December 14, 2011 (the filing date of this Statement), the Reporting Persons beneficially own:
       
   
(i)
The Fund directly owns 796,898 shares of Common Stock representing 4.6% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
       
   
(ii)
The Investment Manager, as the investment manager of the Fund and the investment manager of the Accounts, and the IM GP, as the general partner of the Investment Manager, may each be deemed to beneficially own the 1,189,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund and the Accounts, representing 6.8% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
       
   
(iii)
The General Partner, as the general partner of the Fund, may be deemed to beneficially own the 796,898 shares of Common Stock held by the Fund, representing 4.6% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
       
   
(iv)
Ms. Rapuano may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investment Manager.
       
   
(v)
Collectively, the Reporting Persons beneficially own 1,189,000 shares of Common Stock representing 6.8% of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
       
   
Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to any shares of Common Stock other than the shares owned directly and of record by such Reporting Person.
       
   
The foregoing percentages set forth in this response are based on the 17,492,719 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 2, 2011, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011 and filed with the SEC on November 7, 2011.
       
 
(b)
The Investment Manager, the IM GP and Ms. Rapuano (and the General Partner with respect to the shares of Common Stock owned by Fund) may be deemed to share with Fund and the Accounts (and not with any third party) the power to vote or direct the vote of and to dispose or direct the disposition of the 796,898 and 392,102 shares of Common Stock reported herein, respectively.
       
 
(c)
The following Reporting Persons engaged in the following transactions on the open market with respect to the Issuer’s Common Stock:
 

 

Lane Five Partners LP          
               
Transaction
Date
 
Number of Shares
   
Price per Share
 
Type of Transaction
11/09/2011
    117,250     $ 4.54  
Purchase
12/12/2011
    919     $ 4.4971  
Purchase
 
Accounts              
               
Transaction
Date
 
Number of Shares
   
Price per Share
 
Type of Transaction
11/09/2011
    57,750     $ 4.54  
Purchase
12/12/2011
    451     $ 4.4971  
Purchase
 
 
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Other than the foregoing, no transactions in the securities of the Issuer have been effected by the Reporting Persons in the last sixty (60) days other than those previously disclosed in this Schedule 13D.

ITEM 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Document
   
1.
Joint Filing Agreement (previously filed)
   
2.
Stockholder Proposal
 
 
Page 9 of 12 pages

 
 
SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned each certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: December 14, 2011

 
LISA O’DELL RAPUANO
LANE FIVE PARTNERS LP
LANE FIVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
LANE FIVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
LANE FIVE PARTNERS GP LLC
 
     
 
By:
/s/ Lisa O’Dell Rapuano
 
 
Lisa O’Dell Rapuano, for herself, as Managing Member of the IM GP (for itself and the Investment Manager) and as Managing Member of the General Partner (for itself and the Fund)
 

 
Page 10 of 12 pages

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Document
   
1.
Joint Filing Agreement (previously filed)
   
2.
Stockholder Proposal

 
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EX-2 2 ex2.htm EXHIBIT 2 Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 2

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the stockholders of Ambassadors Group, Inc. (the “Company”) request that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) promptly take all necessary actions under applicable state law to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the Company’s By-laws to reorganize the Board into one class subject to election each year and to institute annual elections for all directors beginning with the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders.

Supporting Statement

The election of directors is a fundamental stockholder right and an essential component of corporate governance. Directors should be accountable for their performance each and every year, and if stockholders are not satisfied with such performance, they should have the right to communicate their dissatisfaction annually through the election process.

The Board is divided into three classes, with approximately one-third of all directors elected annually to three-year terms. Eliminating this classification system will require each director to stand for election annually and will give stockholders an opportunity to register their views on the performance of the collective Board, as well as the right to vote for and against each individual director, on an annual basis. We believe that electing directors in this way is one of the best methods available to stockholders to ensure that a company will be managed in a manner that is in the best interests of stockholders. Classified boards artificially insulate underperforming directors from the judgment of stockholders, the true owners of a company. Having directors stand for elections annually makes directors more accountable to shareholders, and could thereby contribute to improving performance and increasing firm value.

The evidence indicates that stockholders at other companies increasingly favor declassified boards. According to Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., as of September 29, 2011, board declassification resolutions submitted by investors have averaged 73.5% support at 38 U.S. companies in 2011, up from 61.1% in 2010.

We believe that good corporate governance procedures and practices have a positive effect on the financial performance of companies. We also believe that stockholders are willing to pay a premium for companies with good corporate governance. If the Company were to take the steps necessary to reorganize the Board into one class subject to annual elections, it would be a strong statement to the market that this Company is committed to good corporate governance and its long-term financial performance.

We believe that this reform is needed. WE URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION.