-----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, T1A4Y2vaAwnuJ1zIu+ls/5y709KW2bYwd7UqNcNyrroGKh3vSjZthk0svkziuXzv kKM3MPaNMW7uI0un7vqoVA== 0000898382-97-000020.txt : 19970401 0000898382-97-000020.hdr.sgml : 19970401 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898382-97-000020 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970331 SROS: NASD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SAMSONITE CORP/FL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000914478 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LEATHER & LEATHER PRODUCTS [3100] IRS NUMBER: 363511556 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-47327 FILM NUMBER: 97571016 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40301 FISHER ISLAND DR CITY: FISHER ISLAND STATE: FL ZIP: 33109 BUSINESS PHONE: 3055322426 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11200 EAST 45TH AVENUE CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80239-3018 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ASTRUM INTERNATIONAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931105 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COOPERMAN LEON G CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000898382 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 128321905 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 88 PINE STREET STREET 2: WALL STREET PLAZA 31ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10005 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-3258660 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 88 PINE STREET STREET 2: WALL ST PLAZA 31ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10005 SC 13D/A 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 5 )* SAMSONITE CORPORATION (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $.01 par value (Title of Class of Securities) 79604V105 (CUSIP Number) Alan M. Stark 80 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 (201)325-8660 (Name Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) March 21, 1997 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If this filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4) check the following box [ ]. Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with the Commission. See Rule 13d-1(a) 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). SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP No. 79604V105 __________________________________________________________________ 1) Names of Reporting Person S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person LEON G. COOPERMAN S.S. No. ###-##-#### _________________________________________________________________ 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) [ ] (b) [X] _________________________________________________________________ 3) SEC Use Only _________________________________________________________________ 4) Source of Funds: WC _________________________________________________________________ 5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . NOT APPLICABLE _________________________________________________________________ 6) Citizenship or place of Organization: UNITED STATES _________________________________________________________________ (7) Sole voting Power Number of 818,112 Shares Bene- ____________________________________________________ ficially (8) Shared Voting Power owned by 210,300 Each Report- ____________________________________________________ ing Person (9) Sole Dispositive Power With 818,112 _________________________________________________________________ (10) Shared Dispositive Power 210,300 _________________________________________________________________ 11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 1,028,412 _________________________________________________________________ 12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares: N/A _________________________________________________________________ 13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Box (11): 5.1% _________________________________________________________________ 14) Type of Reporting Person I N Item 2. Identity and Background. This statement is being filed by Leon G. Cooperman, ("Cooperman"). Cooperman is the Managing Member of Omega Associates, L.L.C. ("Associates"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Associates is a private investment firm formed to invest in and act as general partner of investment partnerships or similar investment vehicles.Associates is the general partner of three limited partnerships organized under the laws of Delaware known as Omega Capital Partners, L.P., Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., and Omega Equity Partners, L.P. They are private investment firms engaged in the purchase and sale of securities for investment for their own accounts. The business address of Cooperman and the principal business and office of Associates, Omega Capital Partners, L.P., Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., and Omega Equity Partners, L.P. is c/o Omega Advisors, Inc., 88 Pine Street, Wall Street Plaza - 31st Floor, New York, New York 10005. Cooperman is a citizen of the United States. Cooperman is also the President and majority stockholder of Omega Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, engaged in providing investment management. The address of the principal business and office of Omega Advisors, Inc. is 88 Pine Street, Wall Street Plaza - 31st Floor, New York, New York 10005. Omega Advisors, Inc. serves as investment manager to Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd., and Omega Overseas Partners II, Ltd., and Cooperman is deemed to control said entities. Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd., is a Cayman Island corporation, with a business address at British American Tower, Third Floor, Jennrett Street, Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. Omega Overseas Partners II, Ltd. is a Cayman Island corporation, with a business address c/o Hemisphere House, 9 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda. Omega Advisors, Inc. also serves with discretionary power as investment manager to unrelated third parties (herein referred to as the "Managed Account"). Neither Cooperman nor any of the investment entities controlled by him have, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), nor has any such person, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which any such person 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. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. Cooperman beneficially owns 1,028,412 Shares. Of this amount, 317,712 Shares were purchased by Omega Capital Partners, L.P., at a cost of $5,229,716; 21,100 Shares were purchased by Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., at a cost of $369,250; 25,600 Shares were purchased by Omega Equity Partners, L.P., at a cost of $357,425; 453,700 Shares were purchased by Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd., at a cost of $15,404,353; and 210,300 Shares were purchased by the Managed Account at a cost of $3,118,155. The source of funds for the purchase of all such Shares was investment capital. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. Based upon the information contained in the Company's Registration Statement dated February 5, 1997 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, there were 20,298,051 Shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. Omega Capital Partners, L.P. owns 317,712 Shares, or 1.6% of those outstanding; Omega Institutional Partners, L.P. owns 21,100 Shares, or 0.1% of those outstanding; Omega Equity Partners, L.P. owns 25,600 Shares, or 0.1% of those outstanding; Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd. owns 453,700 Shares, or 2.2% of those outstanding; and the Managed Account owns 210,300 Shares, or 1.1% of those outstanding. The following table details the transactions by each of Omega Capital Partners, L.P., Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., Omega Equity Partners, L.P., Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd., and the Managed Account in shares of Common Stock within the 60 day period prior to March 21, 1997 and through this filing. All such transactions were open market transactions. SALES: Omega Capital Partners, L.P. Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 03/21/97 20,400 $50.02 03/24/97 6,600 48.78 03/25/97 4,900 48.00 03/26/97 12,500 48.67 03/26/97 16,100 48.66 03/27/97 2,700 49.00 Omega Institutional Partners, L.P. Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 02/07/97 8,000 $48.00 Omega Equity Partners, L.P. Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 03/24/97 800 $48.78 03/25/97 600 48.00 03/26/97 1,400 48.67 03/26/97 2,000 48.66 03/27/97 200 49.00 Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd. Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 03/21/97 22,200 $50.02 03/24/97 9,200 48.78 03/25/97 6,900 48.00 03/26/97 19,000 48.67 03/26/97 23,400 48.66 03/27/97 3,300 49.00 The Managed Account Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 03/21/97 12,400 $50.02 03/24/97 3,400 48.78 03/25/97 2,600 48.00 03/26/97 7,100 48.67 03/26/97 8,500 48.66 03/27/97 1,200 49.00 PURCHASES: Omega Capital Partners, L.P. Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 02/05/97 113,700 $42.00 Omega Equity Partners, L.P. Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 02/05/97 4,000 $42.00 Omega Overseas Partners, L.P. Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 02/05/97 10,400 $42.00 The Managed Account Date of Amount of Price Per Transaction Shares Share 02/05/97 21,900 $42.00 Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, the undersigned hereby certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: March 31, 1997 /s/ Alan M. Stark ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G. COOPERMAN, pursuant to Power of Attorney on file. /s/ Alan M. Stark ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G. COOPERMAN, as Managing Member of Omega Associates, L.L.C. on behalf of Omega Capital Partners, L.P., pursuant to Power of Attorney on file. /s/ Alan M. Stark ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G. COOPERMAN, as Managing Member of Omega Associates, L.L.C. on behalf of Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., pursuant to Power of Attorney on file. /s/ Alan M. Stark ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G. COOPERMAN, as Managing Member of Omega Associates, L.L.C. on behalf of Omega Equity Partners, L.P., pursuant to Power of Attorney on file. /s/ Alan M. Stark ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G. COOPERMAN, as President of Omega Advisors, Inc., pursuant to Power of Attorney on file. ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACT CONSTITUTE FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001). -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----