-----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, M7jPzMbIPyy9R/NhlR5T1dcOMyqVP3GyutV3rZjemznCRnQQ+m4WYuUsM71hxiMF lh6s+xvrljxlDaZmkNa5Gg== 0001362310-07-003401.txt : 20071217 0001362310-07-003401.hdr.sgml : 20071217 20071217154804 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001362310-07-003401 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071217 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071217 GROUP MEMBERS: CHARLES M. GILLMAN GROUP MEMBERS: VALUE FUND ADVISORS, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: YORKTOWN AVENUE CAPITAL, LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PEERLESS SYSTEMS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000897893 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 953732595 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-48579 FILM NUMBER: 071310096 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2381 ROSECRANS AVE CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 BUSINESS PHONE: 3105360908 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2381 ROSECRANS AVE CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Boston Avenue Capital CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001297972 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 918-585-5775 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 EAST 5TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2660 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74103 SC 13D/A 1 c71799sc13dza.htm SCHEDULE 13D/A Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
 

     
 
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1 )*

PEERLESS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK, $.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
705536100
(CUSIP Number)
Paula L. Skidmore
15 E. 5th Street, Suite 3200
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
(918) 583-3333
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
November 15, 2007
(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 §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-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 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 (“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.
 
705536100 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Value Fund Advisors, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  See Item 3
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Oklahoma
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   1,195,982
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   -0-
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   1,195,982
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    -0-
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,195,982
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  6.9%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO (Limited Liability Company)


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
705536100 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Boston Avenue Capital, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  See Item 3
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Oklahoma
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   1,195,982
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   -0-
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   1,195,982
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    -0-
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,195,982
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  6.9%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO (Limited Liability Company)


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
705536100 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Yorktown Avenue Capital, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  See Item 3
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Oklahoma
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   1,195,982
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   -0-
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   1,195,982
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    -0-
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,195,982
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  6.9%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO (Limited Liability Company)


 

                     
CUSIP No.
 
705536100 
 

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Charles M. Gillman
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)

  (a)   o 
  (b)   o 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  See Item 3
     
5   CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  United States of America
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   1,195,982
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   -0-
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   1,195,982
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    -0-
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,195,982
     
12   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
  6.9%
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  IN


 

CUSIP NO. 705536100   SCHEDULE 13D    
This Schedule 13D/A Amendment #1 amends the initial Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on September 24, 2007. The initial Schedule 13D was inadvertently filed as Schedule 13D/A.
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Schedule 13D relates to shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value (the “Common Stock”) of Peerless Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The principal executive office and mailing address of the Issuer is 2381 Rosecrans Avenue, El Segundo, California 90245.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This Schedule 13D is jointly filed by Value Fund Advisors, LLC (“VFA”), Boston Avenue Capital, LLC (“Boston”), Yorktown Avenue Capital, LLC (“Yorktown”), and Charles M. Gillman (“Gillman”) (the “Reporting Persons”). VFA is the general manager of Boston and Yorktown. Gillman is the manager of VFA.
The principal business office address for each of the Reporting Persons is 15 E. 5th Street, Suite 2660, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103.
The principal business of Boston and Yorktown is business investment. The principal business of VFA is investment management. The principal occupation of Gillman is managing various investment entities.
None of the entities or persons identified in this Item 2 has, during the past five years, been convicted of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), nor 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.
VFA, Boston and Yorktown are organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Gillman is a U.S. citizen.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
As of December 17, 2007, Boston and Yorktown had invested $2,860,405* (including commissions and fees) in the Common Stock. The source of these funds was the working capital of Boston and Yorktown.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The purpose of the acquisition of the Common Stock is for investment, and the acquisitions of the Common Stock were made in the ordinary course of business and were not made for the purpose of acquiring control of the Issuer.
 
This item contained a typographical error in the initial Schedule 13D filed September 24, 2007, and should have reported the total investment for Boston and Yorktown as $2,495,284.

 

 


 

CUSIP NO. 705536100   SCHEDULE 13D    
Although no Reporting Person has any specific plan or proposal to acquire or dispose of the Common Stock, consistent with its investment purpose, each Reporting Person at any time and from time to time may acquire additional Common Stock or dispose of any or all of its Common Stock depending upon an ongoing evaluation of the investment in the Common Stock, prevailing market conditions, other investment opportunities, liquidity requirements of the Reporting Persons, and/or other investment considerations.
Also, consistent with the investment purpose, the Reporting Persons may engage in communications with one or more shareholders of the Issuer, one or more officers of the Issuer and/or one or more members of the board of directors of the Issuer and/or one or more representatives of the Issuer regarding the Issuer, including but not limited to its operations. The Reporting Persons may discuss ideas that, if effected may result in any of the following: the acquisition by persons of additional Common Stock of the Issuer, an extraordinary corporate transaction involving the Issuer, and/or changes in the board of directors or management of the Issuer.
Except to the extent the foregoing may be deemed a plan or proposal, none of the Reporting Persons has any plans or proposals which relate to, or could result in, any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j), inclusive, of the instructions to Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, review or reconsider their position and/or change their purpose and/or formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a) and (b) According to the Issuer’s most recent Form 10Q filed December 10, 2007, there were 17,456,164 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of December 5, 2007. Based on such information, Boston directly owns 625,332 shares of Common Stock (approximately 3.6%) and Yorktown directly owns 570,650 shares of Common Stock (approximately 3.3%) of the Issuer. VFA, as general manager of Boston and Yorktown, and Gillman, as manager of VFA, may also be deemed to beneficially own the 1,195,982 shares of Common Stock (approximately 6.9%) of the Issuer held by Boston and Yorktown.
As the manager of VFA, which serves as general manager to Boston and Yorktown, Gillman has sole voting and investment power of the Common Stock held by Boston and Yorktown.
Although VFA and Gillman are joining in this Schedule as Reporting Persons, the filing of this Schedule shall not be construed as an admission that either of them is, for any purpose, the beneficial owner of the Common Stock held by Boston and Yorktown. Similarly, Boston and Yorktown disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held directly by the other.
c) During the last 60 days, Yorktown purchased the following shares of Common Stock in the open market:
                 
Trade Date   Quantity   Price Per Share
 
               
11/14/2007
    35,300     $ 1.87  
11/15/2007
    164,700     $ 1.79  
(d) and (e) Not applicable.

 

 


 

CUSIP NO. 705536100   SCHEDULE 13D    
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
None of the Reporting Persons is a party to any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with respect to any securities of the Issuer.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit A Joint Filing Undertaking.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: December 17, 2007
         
  Value Fund Advisors, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
    Charles M. Gillman, Manager   
       
 
  Boston Avenue Capital, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
    Charles M. Gillman, Manager   
       
 
  Yorktown Avenue Capital, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
    Charles M. Gillman, Manager   
       
 
     
  /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
  Charles M. Gillman   
     
 

 

 


 

CUSIP NO. 705536100   SCHEDULE 13D    
Exhibit A
JOINT FILING UNDERTAKING
The undersigned, being duly authorized thereunto, hereby execute this agreement as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D to evidence the agreement of the below-named parties, in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to file this Schedule jointly on behalf of each such party.
Dated: December 17, 2007
         
  Value Fund Advisors, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
    Charles M. Gillman, Manager   
       
 
  Boston Avenue Capital, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
    Charles M. Gillman, Manager   
       
 
  Yorktown Avenue Capital, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
    Charles M. Gillman, Manager   
       
 
     
  /s/ Charles M. Gillman    
  Charles M. Gillman   
     
 

 

 

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