-----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, GTiUQPTOL6Hp9aPqtV+bWHkA1Hw0ph6r5Atm0P7711RDS6kFN4tBwvuccLr9Mkay XJcR1hlFQdV7H7q2G54T6g== 0000911420-04-000210.txt : 20040622 0000911420-04-000210.hdr.sgml : 20040622 20040622150048 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000911420-04-000210 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040622 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NOBEL LEARNING COMMUNITIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000721237 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 222465204 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-45470 FILM NUMBER: 04874682 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1615 WEST CHESTER PIKE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: WEST CHESTER STATE: PA ZIP: 19382-7956 BUSINESS PHONE: 484-947-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1615 W CHESTER PIKE STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: WEST CHESTER STATE: PA ZIP: 19382-7956 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOBEL EDUCATION DYNAMICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931222 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ROCKING HORSE CHILD CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931222 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PETRIE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19851031 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899083 IRS NUMBER: 133688497 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PENN PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 4720 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10119 BUSINESS PHONE: 2127600814 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PENN PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 4720 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10119 SC 13G 1 d973613.txt SCHEDULE 13G SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $.001 Par Value Per Share ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 654889104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) March 2, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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) [X] RULE 13d-1(c) [ ] RULE 13d-1(d) CUSIP NO. 654889104 Page 2 of 11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Name And I.R.S. Identification No. Of Reporting Person Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. 13-3688497 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Check The Appropriate Box If A Member Of A Group (See Instructions) (a) (b)[X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC Use Only - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Citizenship Or Place Of Organization: Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Sole Voting Power: NUMBER OF SHARES 166,550 Shares BENEFICIALLY OWNED -------------------------------------------------- BY EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------- 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 166,550 Shares -------------------------------------------------- 8) Shared Dispositive Power - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person : 166,550 Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Check Box If The Aggregate Amount In Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_| (See Instructions) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 2.4 % of Common Stock - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) PN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP NO. 654889104 Page 3 of 11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only) Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I 13-3953291 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) [X] Reporting Person is affiliated with other persons - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Sole Voting Power: NUMBER OF SHARES 207,330 Shares BENEFICIALLY OWNED -------------------------------------------------- BY EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------- 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 207,330 Shares -------------------------------------------------- 8 Shared Dispositive Power - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 207,330 Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_| (See Instructions) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 3.0 % of Common Stock - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Type of Reporting Person: PN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP NO. 654889104 Page 4 of 11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only) Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. (No IRS Identification No.) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Cayman Islands - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Sole Voting Power: NUMBER OF SHARES 95,100 Shares BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------- EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------- 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 95,100 Shares -------------------------------------------------- 8) Shared Dispositive Power - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 95,100 Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_| (See Instructions) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 1.4 % of Common Stock - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) CO - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP NO. 654889104 Page 5 of 11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only) Channel Partnership II, L.P. 22-3215653 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) [X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: New York - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Sole Voting Power: NUMBER OF SHARES 10,200 Shares BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------- EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------- 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 10,200 Shares -------------------------------------------------- 8) Shared Dispositive Power - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 10,200 Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_| (See Instructions) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 0.1 % of Common Stock - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Type of Reporting Person: PN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP NO. 654889104 Page 6 of 11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only) Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC 13-4018186 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b)[X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: New York - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Sole Voting Power: NUMBER OF SHARES 373,880 Shares (1) BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------- EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------- 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 373,880 Shares (1) -------------------------------------------------- 8) Shared Dispositive Power - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 373,880 Shares (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_| (See Instructions) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 5.5 % of Common Stock (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) 0O - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC holds an indirect beneficial interest in these shares which are directly beneficially owned by Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. and Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P.I. CUSIP NO. 654889104 Page 7 of 11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only) Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (No IRS Identification No.) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b)[X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Cayman Islands - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Sole Voting Power: NUMBER OF SHARES 95,100 Shares (1) BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------- EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------- 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 95,100 Shares (1) -------------------------------------------------- 8) Shared Dispositive Power - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 95,100 Shares (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_| (See Instructions) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 1.4 % of Common Stock (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) CO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Wynnefield Capital, Inc. holds an indirect beneficial interest in these shares which are directly beneficially owned by Wynnefield Small Cap Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. CUSIP NO. 654889104 Page 8 of 11 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person (entities only) Nelson Obus - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b)[X] Reporting person is affiliated with other persons - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States of America - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Sole Voting Power: NUMBER OF SHARES 10,200 Shares (1) BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------- EACH REPORTING 6) Shared Voting Power PERSON WITH -------------------------------------------------- 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 10,200 Shares (1) -------------------------------------------------- 8) Shared Dispositive Power - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 10,200 Shares (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares |_| (See Instructions) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 1.5 % of Common Stock (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Nelson Obus, a general partner of Channel Partnership II, L.P. holds an indirect beneficial interest in these shares which are directly beneficially owned by Channel Partnership II, L.P. ITEM 1(a). Name of Issuer: Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. ITEM 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 1615 West Chester Pike, West Chester, PA 19382 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(a). Names of Persons Filing: Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. ("Partners") -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. I ("Partners I") -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Offshore Fund, Ltd. ("Fund") -------------------------------------------------------------------- Channel Partnership II, L.P. ("Channel") Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC ("WCM") -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynnefield Capital, Inc. ("WCI") -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus ("Obus") -------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office Or, If None, Residence: 450 Seventh Avenue, Suite 509, New York, NY 10123 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(c). Citizenship: Partners and Partners I are Delaware Limited Partnerships -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fund and WCI are Cayman Islands Companies -------------------------------------------------------------------- WCM is a New York Limited Liability Company -------------------------------------------------------------------- Channel is a New York Limited Partnership -------------------------------------------------------------------- Obus is a citizen of the United States of America -------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, $.001 Par Value -------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2(e). CUSIP Number: 654889104 --------- ITEM 3. If this Statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is: None of the reporting persons is an entity specified in Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii). ITEM 4. Ownership: (a) Amount beneficially owned by all reporting persons: 479,180 Shares (b) Percent of class: 7.0 % of Common Stock (c) Number of shares as to which the reporting persons have: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 479,180 Shares (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 479,180 Shares (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition - ---- ITEM 5. Ownership of five percent or less of a class. Not applicable. 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. Not applicable. ITEM 8. Identification and classification of members of the group. None of the reporting persons who have filed this schedule is a person, as defined in Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii), promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ITEM 9. Notice of dissolution of group. Not applicable. ITEM 10. Certifications. 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 or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. Dated: June 22, 2004 WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner By:/s/ Nelson Obus ------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. I By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner By: /s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD. By: Wynnefield Capital, Inc. By: /s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, President CHANNEL PARTNERSHIP II, L.P. By: /s/ Nelson Obus ----------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, General Partner WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ Nelson Obus ----------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC. By: /s/ Nelson Obus ----------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, President EX-1 2 e973613.txt AGREEMENT OF JOINT FILING Exhibit 1 AGREEMENT OF JOINT FILING Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby consent to the joint filing on their behalf of a single Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, with respect to the beneficial ownership by each of the undersigned of shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The undersigned hereby further agree that this statement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Dated: as of June 22, 2004 WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner By:/s/ Nelson Obus ------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. I By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner By: /s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD. By: Wynnefield Capital, Inc. By: /s/ Nelson Obus -------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, President CHANNEL PARTNERSHIP II, L.P. By: /s/ Nelson Obus ----------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, General Partner /s/ Nelson Obus ----------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Individually WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ Nelson Obus ----------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, Managing Member WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC. By: /s/ Nelson Obus ----------------------------------------------- Nelson Obus, President -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----