-----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, GG4L5tOvzYWH5ibn8dgZsZzZIWHgB6SxdDRUIMcHbNl+8Mj3OnubVWFg/3JmjYMz oWWB3F1gEd4VnHRxQneMdw== 0000780200-98-000190.txt : 19980911 0000780200-98-000190.hdr.sgml : 19980911 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000780200-98-000190 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980910 SROS: NASD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROWN TOM INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000014803 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 951949781 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-33402 FILM NUMBER: 98707385 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 508 W WALL STREET 2: STE 500 CITY: MIDLAND STATE: TX ZIP: 79701 BUSINESS PHONE: 9156829715 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BROWN TOM DRILLING CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710915 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMPRESSION INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001015363 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 731424038 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OK FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SAMSPN PLAZA STREET 2: TWO WEST SECOND STREET CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74103 BUSINESS PHONE: 9185911006 SC 13D 1 SCHEDULE 13/D SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Tom Brown, Inc. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 11566020 (CUSIP Number) Annabel M. Jones Assistant General Counsel - Corporate Affairs Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (918) 591-1006 (918) 591-1718 (facsimile) (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) August 31, 1998 (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 Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240,13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ] CUSIP No. 11566020 1 1) Name of Reporting Persons I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons (entities only) Compression, Inc.; 73-1424038 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) X 3) SEC Use Only 4) Source of Funds (See Instructions) AF 5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) 6) Citizenship or Place or Organization - Oklahoma 7) Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person with Sole Voting Power - 1,706,000 8) Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person with Shared Voting Power - -0- 9) Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person with Sole Dispositive Power - 1,706,000 10) Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person with Shared Dispositive Power - -0- 11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person - 1,706,000 12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) [ ] 13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)- 5.83% 14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) CO 2 Item 1. Security and Issuer This statement relates to the common stock, par value $.10 per share, (the "Common Stock") of Tom Brown, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 500 Empire Plaza Building, Midland, Texas 79701. Item 2. Identity and Background (1) General. Samson Investment Company ("Samson") owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Compression, Inc. ("Compression"). Charles Schusterman ("Schusterman"), through a partnership known as CS Holding Associates, beneficially owns 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Samson. (2) Samson. Samson is a Nevada corporation, whose principal business is a holding company. The address of the principal business and principal office of Samson is Two West Second Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103. With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Item 2, none. (3) Compression. Compression, an Oklahoma corporation, was originally formed for the purpose of leasing gas compression equipment to oil and gas exploration and production companies. In 1995 Compression sold these operations to a third party, and, subsequent thereto, it has been engaged in the investment, through the purchase of stock, in several publicly-traded oil and gas exploration, production and service companies. The address of the principal business and principal office of Compression is Two West Second Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103. With respect to paragraphs (d) and (e), none. (4) The executive officers, directors and each person who may be deemed to be controlling Samson and Compression are as follows: Samson: President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Board of Directors, Director: Charles Schusterman Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Director: C. Philip Tholen Executive Vice President, Director: Stacy Schusterman 3 Senior Vice President: D. Sentell Fox Senior Vice President- General Counsel and Secretary: Jack A. Canon Senior Vice President: Dennis R. Neill Senior Vice President- Controller: Patrick M. Hall Senior Vice President- Project Development: Douglas J. Jacobson Vice President-Production Marketing: Ron Gober Vice President-Operations and Planning: Scott Longan Vice President-Financial and Tax Accounting: Drew S. Phillips Director: Alan W. Carlton Director: Gregg E. Fairbrothers Director: Sam D. Parker Compression: President: Dennis R. Neill (5) (a) Charles Schusterman (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America 4 (6) (a) C. Philip Tholen (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Director Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (7) (a) Stacy Schusterman (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Executive Vice President, Director Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (8) (a) D. Sentell Fox (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Senior Vice President Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (9) (a) Jack A. Canon (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America 5 (10) (a) Dennis R. Neill (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Senior Vice President Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 President and Director Compression, Inc. Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (11) (a) Patrick M. Hall (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Senior Vice President-Controller Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (12) (a) Douglas J. Jacobson (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Senior Vice President-Project Development Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (13) (a) Ron Gober (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Vice President-Production Marketing Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America 6 (14) (a) Scott Longan (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Vice President-Operations and Planning Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (15) (a) Drew S. Phillips (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Vice President-Financial and Tax Accounting Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (16) (a) Alan W. Carlton (b) 10770 S. 77th E. Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133 (c) Director Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America (17) (a) Gregg E. Fairbrothers (b) Two West Second Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Director Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 Co-President - Exploration Samson Resources Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America 7 (18) (a) Sam D. Parker (b) Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (c) Director Samson Investment Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 Co-President - Operations Samson Resources Company Two West Second Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 (d) No (e) No (f) United States of America Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration Compression, through an advance from its parent, Samson, has paid $24,265,400.00 for its shares of Common Stock of Issuer. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction Compression has acquired its shares of Issuer's Common Stock primarily to hold for investment. Compression believes that the Common Stock represents an attractive investment opportunity at this time. Compression may make additional purchases of Common Stock either in the open market or in private transactions depending on Compression's evaluation of the Issuer's business, prospects and financial condition, the market for the Common Stock, other opportunities available to Compression, general economic conditions, money and stock market conditions and other future developments. Depending on the same factors, Compression may decide to sell all or part of its investment in the Common Stock, although it has no current intention to do so. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer (a) See Line 11 on cover page of this Form 13D. (b) See Lines 7 through 10 on cover page of this Form 13D. 8 (c) The following chart sets forth the purchases of Common Stock in Issuer made by Compression during the 60 days immediately preceding the filing date of this Schedule 13D. All of such purchases were made in brokerage transactions through the open market. The percentage of ownership disclosed below is based on 29,259,989 outstanding shares, the number of outstanding shares in Issuer as reported in Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998. Total Shares % No. of Shares Price Per Share Date Owned Owned 1,000 $16 3/8 7/27/98 see below see below 4,000 16 1/2 7/27/98 5,000 .017% 5,000 16 1/4 7/28/98 see below see below 5,000 16 7/28/98 see below see below 1,000 15 7/8 7/28/98 see below see below 1,000 16 7/28/98 see below see below 5,000 16 1/4 7/28/98 see below see below 5,000 16 1/2 7/28/98 27,000 .092% 5,000 16 5/8 7/29/98 see below see below 5,000 16 5/8 7/29/98 see below see below 5,000 16 1/2 7/29/98 see below see below 5,000 16 9/16 7/29/98 see below see below 5,000 16 3/8 7/29/98 52,000 .178% 10,000 16 1/2 7/30/98 see below see below 10,000 16 1/2 7/30/98 see below see below 5,000 16 7/16 7/30/98 see below see below 5,000 16 3/8 7/30/98 see below see below 10,000 16 9/16 7/30/98 92,000 .314% 15,000 16 9/16 7/31/98 see below see below 5,000 16 5/8 7/31/98 see below see below 5,000 16 5/8 7/31/98 see below see below 3,000 16 9/16 7/31/98 120,000 .410% 5,000 16 5/8 8/3/98 see below see below 5,000 16 9/16 8/3/98 see below see below 10,000 16 1/2 8/3/98 see below see below 10,000 16 7/16 8/3/98 see below see below 1,000 16 1/4 8/3/98 151,000 .516% 9 5,000 16 7/16 8/4/98 see below see below 4,500 16 9/16 8/4/98 see below see below 500 16 1/2 8/4/98 see below see below 10,000 16 9/16 8/4/98 see below see below 10,000 16 7/16 8/4/98 see below see below 3,500 16 1/4 8/4/98 see below see below 6,500 16 1/4 8/4/98 see below see below 10,000 16 1/4 8/4/98 see below see below 10,000 16 3/16 8/4/98 see below see below 10,000 15 7/8 8/4/98 see below see below 1,000 15 7/8 8/4/98 see below see below 1,000 15 15/16 8/4/98 see below see below 9,000 15 15/16 8/4/98 see below see below 9,000 15 15/16 8/4/98 see below see below 6,000 15 3/4 8/4/98 247,000 .844% 6,000 15 3/8 8/5/98 see below see below 1,000 15 7/16 8/5/98 see below see below 9,000 15 9/16 8/5/98 see below see below 2,000 15 1/2 8/5/98 see below see below 2,000 15 9/16 8/5/98 see below see below 10,000 15 7/16 8/5/98 see below see below 10,000 15 3/8 8/5/98 see below see below 5,000 15 1/4 8/5/98 see below see below 10,000 15 3/8 8/5/98 see below see below 5,000 15 1/4 8/5/98 see below see below 1,000 15 3/16 8/5/98 see below see below 10,000 15 1/4 8/5/98 see below see below 10,000 15 1/4 8/5/98 see below see below 10,000 15 3/8 8/5/98 338,000 1.155% 5,000 15 1/4 8/6/98 see below see below 10,000 15 1/2 8/6/98 see below see below 10,000 15 1/2 8/6/98 see below see below 10,000 15 1/2 8/6/98 see below see below 10,000 15 7/16 8/6/98 see below see below 10,000 15 7/16 8/6/98 see below see below 10,000 15 7/16 8/6/98 see below see below 1,000 15 7/16 8/6/98 see below see below 1,000 15 1/2 8/6/98 see below see below 5,000 15 1/2 8/6/98 see below see below 10,000 15 1/2 8/6/98 see below see below 1,000 15 7/16 8/6/98 see below see below 9,000 15 9/16 8/6/98 430,000 1.470% 10 10,000 15 5/8 8/7/98 see below see below 40,000 15 5/8 8/7/98 see below see below 10,000 15 5/8 8/7/98 see below see below 10,000 15 11/16 8/7/98 see below see below 10,000 15 11/16 8/7/98 see below see below 10,000 15 5/8 8/7/98 see below see below 10,000 15 11/16 8/7/98 see below see below 10,000 15 11/16 8/7/98 see below see below 10,000 15 11/16 8/7/98 see below see below 3,000 15 9/16 8/7/98 553,000 1.890% 10,000 15 5/8 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 5/8 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 5/8 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 9/16 8/10/98 see below see below 5,000 15 9/16 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 9/16 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 9/16 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 1/2 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 7/16 8/10/98 see below see below 15,000 15 7/16 8/10/98 see below see below 2,000 15 5/16 8/10/98 see below see below 25,000 15 3/8 8/10/98 see below see below 10,000 15 9/16 8/10/98 see below see below 3,000 15 1/2 8/10/98 see below see below 5,000 15 1/2 8/10/98 698,000 2.386% 5,000 14 7/8 8/11/98 see below see below 10,000 14 7/8 8/11/98 see below see below 5,000 15 8/11/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/11/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/11/98 see below see below 5,000 14 7/8 8/11/98 see below see below 5,000 15 8/11/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/11/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/11/98 see below see below 2,500 14 15/16 8/11/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/11/98 780,500 2.667% 11 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/12/98 see below see below 1,000 14 15/16 8/12/98 991,500 3.389% 10,000 14 15/16 8/13/98 see below see below 5,000 15 8/13/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/13/98 see below see below 2,000 14 15/16 8/13/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/13/98 see below see below 10,000 15 8/13/98 1,038,500 3.549% 10,000 14 3/4 8/14/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/14/98 see below see below 10,000 14 7/8 8/14/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/14/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/14/98 see below see below 10,000 14 15/16 8/14/98 see below see below 10,000 14 7/8 8/14/98 see below see below 10,000 14 7/8 8/14/98 see below see below 1,000 14 7/8 8/14/98 1,119,500 3.826% 10,000 14 3/4 8/17/98 see below see below 10,000 14 13/16 8/17/98 1,139,500 3.894% 10,000 14 13/16 8/19/98 1,149,500 3.929% 10,000 14 5/8 8/20/98 see below see below 10,000 14 11/16 8/20/98 see below see below 10,000 14 9/16 8/20/98 1,179,500 4.031% 12 5,000 14 3/16 8/21/98 see below see below 3,000 14 1/4 8/21/98 1,187,500 4.058% 10,000 14 3/16 8/24/98 see below see below 4,000 14 8/24/98 see below see below 10,000 13 3/4 8/24/98 1,211,500 4.140% 7,500 13 9/16 8/26/98 see below see below 2,500 13 1/2 8/26/98 see below see below 5,000 12 7/8 8/26/98 see below see below 100 12 3/4 8/26/98 see below see below 4,900 12 13/16 8/26/98 see below see below 1,000 12 3/4 8/26/98 1,232,500 4.212% 5,000 11 9/16 8/27/98 see below see below 5,000 11 5/8 8/27/98 1,242,500 4.246% 7,500 11 5/8 8/28/98 see below see below 2,500 11 9/16 8/28/98 see below see below 5,000 11 3/16 8/28/98 see below see below 5,000 11 3/16 8/28/98 see below see below 4,000 11 1/8 8/28/98 see below see below 11,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 12,500 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 15,000 11 3/8 8/28/98 see below see below 10,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 7,500 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 20,000 11 3/8 8/28/98 see below see below 5,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 5,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 10,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 10,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 20,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 10,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 see below see below 2,000 11 5/16 8/28/98 1,404,500 4.80% 30,000 11 1/8 8/31/98 see below see below 20,000 11 1/8 8/31/98 see below see below 20,000 11 1/8 8/31/98 see below see below 5,000 11 1/16 8/31/98 see below see below 10,000 11 1/16 8/31/98 see below see below 20,000 11 1/16 8/31/98 see below see below 25,000 11 1/16 8/31/98 1,534,500 5.244% 13 5,000 11 9/1/98 see below see below 7,500 10 15/16 9/1/98 see below see below 2,500 11 9/1/98 see below see below 10,000 11 1/16 9/1/98 see below see below 30,000 11 1/16 9/1/98 see below see below 5,000 11 1/16 9/1/98 see below see below 5,000 11 1/16 9/1/98 see below see below 1,500 11 1/8 9/1/98 1,601,000 5.472% 2,000 11 1/4 9/2/98 1,603,000 5.478% 15,000 11 1/4 9/3/98 see below see below 35,000 11 1/4 9/3/98 see below see below 20,000 11 1/4 9/3/98 see below see below 7,000 11 1/4 9/3/98 1,680,000 5.742% 20,000 11 5/16 9/4/98 see below see below 5,000 11 3/8 9/4/98 1,705,000 5.827% 1,000 11 11/16 9/9/98 1,706,000 5.83% (d) 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, the Common Stock. (e) Not applicable. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer. None Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits None 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: September 10, 1998 Signature /s/ Dennis R. Neill ---------------- Name/Title: Dennis R. Neill President Compression, Inc. 14 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----