0001144204-12-043328.txt : 20120807 0001144204-12-043328.hdr.sgml : 20120807 20120807153557 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-043328 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120807 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120807 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MILLER LLOYD I III CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000949119 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMERSON RADIO CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000032621 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOUSEHOLD AUDIO & VIDEO EQUIPMENT [3651] IRS NUMBER: 223285224 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-17958 FILM NUMBER: 121013090 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 OXFORD DRIVE CITY: MOONACHIE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07074 BUSINESS PHONE: 9738845800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 OXFORD DRIVE CITY: MOONACHIE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07074 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MAJOR ELECTRONICS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19770921 SC 13D/A 1 v320608_sc13da.htm SC 13D/A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

(Rule 13d-101)

 

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. 2)1,2

 

 

 

 

Emerson Radio Corp.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)

  291087203  
  (CUSIP Number)  

 

Lloyd I. Miller, III, 222 Lakeview Avenue, Suite 160-365, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401 (Tel.) (561) 832-3490

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

  July 26, 2012  
  (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 x.

 

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.

 

(Continued on following pages)

 

Page 1 of 7 pages

 

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1 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).

 

2 This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D is being filed solely to attach the Letter, dated August 6, 2012, by Lloyd I. Miller, III to the Board of Directors of the Company, which was inadvertently not attached to Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed on August 6, 2012. The information set forth herein is otherwise identical to the information disclosed in Amendment No. 1. Consequently, the information set forth herein does not reflect shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased by the Reporting Person on August 6, 2012.

 

 
 

 

 

CUSIP No.

291087203

 

13D/A2 

 

Page 2 of 7

 

 

 

1

 

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Lloyd I. Miller, III  

 

2

 

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                    (a) ¨

                                                                                                                                             (b) ¨

 

3

 

SEC USE ONLY

 

 

 

4

_______________

SOURCE OF FUNDS*

PF-AF-OO

 

5

 

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)   ¨

  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

6

 

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

7

 

SOLE VOTING POWER

1,420,196

 

8

 

SHARED VOTING POWER

260,671

 

9

 

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,420,196

 

10

 

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

260,671

 

11

 

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,680,867

 

12

 

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨

 

 

 

13

 

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

6.2%

 

14

 

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

IN-IA-OO

 

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

 
 

SCHEDULE 13D/A2

 

This constitutes Amendment No. 2 to the statement on Schedule 13D (the “Amendment No. 2”) filed on behalf of Lloyd I. Miller III (“Mr. Miller” or the “Reporting Person”), dated and filed May 22, 2012 (the “Statement”), relating to the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Emerson Radio Corp. (the “Company”). The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 3 University Plaza, Suite 405, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601. Unless specifically amended or modified hereby, the disclosure set forth in the Statement shall remain unchanged.

 

Item 3.    Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

 

Item 3 of the Statement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

Mr. Miller is the managing member of Milfam LLC (“Milfam LLC”), an Ohio limited liability company established pursuant to the Operating Agreement of Milfam LLC dated as of December 10, 1996, and Milfam LLC is the advisor to Trust A-3 (“Trust A-3”), Trust A-4 (“Trust A-4”) and Trust C (“Trust C” and, together with Trust A-3 and Trust A-4, the “Trusts”). The Trusts and Trust D were created pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated September 20, 1983 (the “Trust Agreement”). Mr. Miller is the investment advisor to the trustee of Trust D. Pursuant to a Declaratory Judgment Order, entered on November 20, 1992 in the Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, Hamilton County, Ohio, Trust A was split into four separate trusts, two of which are Trust A-3 and Trust A-4. The Trusts were further reformed by Order of the Delaware Chancery Court dated December 23, 2010 pursuant to which Milfam LLC was appointed advisor to the Trusts. All of the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust A-3 were purchased with funds generated and held by Trust A-3. The aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust A-3 was approximately $498,760.00. All of the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust A-4 were purchased with funds generated and held by Trust A-4. The aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust A-4 was approximately $658,396.00. All of the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust C were purchased with funds generated and held by Trust C. The aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust C was approximately $217,582.00. All of the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust D were purchased with funds generated and held by Trust D. The aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased by Trust D was approximately $13,069.00.

 

Milfam LLC is the general partner of Milfam II L.P. (“Milfam II”), a Georgia limited partnership established pursuant to the Partnership Agreement for Milfam II L.P., dated December 11, 1996. All of the Shares Mr. Miller is deemed to beneficially own as the manager of the general partner of Milfam II were purchased with money contributed to Milfam II by its partners or money generated and held by Milfam II. The aggregate purchase price for the Shares purchased by Milfam II was approximately $740,992.00.

 

All of the Shares purchased by Mr. Miller on his own behalf were purchased with personal funds generated and held by Mr. Miller. The purchase price for the Shares purchased by Mr. Miller on his own behalf was approximately $3,748.00.

 

Pursuant to an Irrevocable Trust Agreement MILGRAT (S8) (“MILGRAT (S8)”), dated as of October 24, 2011, Mr. Miller was named as the trustee to MILGRAT (S8). All of the shares of Common Stock Mr. Miller is deemed to beneficially own as trustee of MILGRAT (S8) were contributed to MILGRAT (S8) by its grantor, Catherine C. Miller.


 

 
 

 

 

Mr. Miller is the co-member and co-manager of Milfam NG LLC (“Milfam NG”). All of the shares of Common Stock Mr. Miller is deemed to beneficially own as the co-member and co-manager for Milfam NG were purchased with funds generated and held by Milfam NG. The aggregate purchase price for the shares of Common Stock Mr. Miller is deemed to beneficially own as co-member and co-manager of Milfam NG was $431,972.00.

 

Mr. Miller is the settlor of an individual retirement trust account (the “IRA”). All of the Shares held by the IRA were purchased with personal funds generated and contributed to the IRA by Mr. Miller. The purchase price for the Shares held by the IRA was approximately $1,029.00.

 

The aggregate purchase prices set forth in this Item 3 include brokerage commissions and reflect certain cost basis adjustments.

 

Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction

 

Item 4 of the Statement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

The Shares covered by this Schedule 13D were acquired by Mr. Miller for investment purposes in the ordinary course of his business as an investor.

On July 26, 2012, a material change occurred in the percentage of Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Miller resulting from a 1.2% increase in his ownership of Emerson Common Stock.

 

In addition, on August 6, 2012, Mr. Miller sent a letter to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company suggesting that the Board consider a merger or sale of the Company to resolve uncertainties over the bankruptcy of The Grande Holdings Limited (Provisional Liquidators Appointed) and control and strategic direction of the Company. Mr. Miller continues to believe that such actions by the Company would enhance shareholder value and that a merger or a sale of the Company would be in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders. A copy of Mr. Miller’s letter to the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

 

Mr. Miller previously disclosed the following information in the Statement:

 

As set forth in the Statement originally filed on May 22, 2012, on November 3, 2011, Mr. Miller sent a letter to the Company urging the Company to declare a special cash dividend as an indication that the Board of Directors is considering the interests of public shareholders and suggesting that strategic alternatives be reviewed. Mr. Miller stated that he continued to believe that such actions by the Company would enhance shareholder value, and that he believed that a sale of the company may have been in the best interest of public shareholders. He stated that he shared the concerns regarding the independence of Emerson’s directors expressed by other shareholders in the Schedule 13D filed on January 23, 2012. A copy of Mr. Miller’s November 3, 2011 letter to the Company is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to the Statement.

 

 
 

 

Except as described above in this Item 4 and herein, Mr. Miller does not currently have any specific plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the actions or events specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Mr. Miller reserves the right to change plans and take any and all actions that the Mr. Miller may deem appropriate to maximize the value of his investments, including, among other things, purchasing or otherwise acquiring additional securities of the Company, selling or otherwise disposing of any securities of the Company beneficially owned by him, in each case in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions or formulating other plans or proposals regarding the Company or its securities to the extent deemed advisable by Mr. Miller in light of his general investment policies, market conditions, subsequent developments affecting the Company and the general business and future prospects of the Company. Mr. Miller may take any other action with respect to the Company or any of the Company’s debt or equity securities in any manner permitted by applicable law.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

Item 5 of the Statement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

(a) Mr. Miller may be deemed to beneficially own 1,680,867 shares of Common Stock, which is equal to approximately 6.2% of the outstanding shares, based on 27,129,832 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-K/A filed on July 30, 2012. As of the date hereof, 309,789 of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Miller are owned of record by Trust A-3, 382,858 of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Miller are owned of record by Trust A-4, 135,000 of such beneficially owned shares of Common Stock are owned of record by Trust C, 23,400 of such beneficially owned shares of Common Stock are owned of record by Trust D, 200,534 of such beneficially owned shares of Common Stock are owned of record by MILGRAT (S8), 382,181 of such beneficially owned shares of Common Stock are owned of record by Milfam II, 237,271 of such beneficially owned shares of Common Stock are owned of record by Milfam NG, 1,194 of such beneficially owned shares of Common Stock are owned by the IRA, and 8,640 of such beneficially owned shares of Common Stock are owned by Mr. Miller directly.

  

(b) Mr. Miller may be deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power for all such shares held of record by Trust A-3, Trust A-4, Trust C, MILGRAT (S8), the IRA, Milfam II and Mr. Miller directly. Mr. Miller may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power for all such shares held of record by Milfam NG and Trust D.

 

(c) The following table details the transactions effected by Mr. Miller in the past 60 days.

  

  Milfam II  
Date of Transaction Number of Shares Purchased Price Per Share
June 7, 2012 5,543 $1.9484
June 7, 2012 9,975 $1.90
June 8, 2012 2,215 $1.95
June 12, 2012 100 $1.95
June 14, 2012 604 $1.95
June 15, 2012 5,975 $1.95
June 18, 2012 2,288 $1.95
June 19, 2012 21,399 $1.948

 

 
 

 

June 20, 2012 5,681 $1.95
July 2, 2012 9,544 $1.95
July 6, 2012 3,844 $2.00
July 9, 2012 4,600 $2.00
July 10, 2012 6,023 $2.0578
July 12, 2012 8,400 $2.0743
July 13, 2012 2,000 $2.04
July 16, 2012 133,650 $2.0138
July 24, 2012 16,466 $2.00
July 25, 2012 4,000 $2.00
July 26, 2012 29,601 $2.00
July 27, 2012 27,843 $2.00
July 30, 2012 1,000 $2.00
July 31, 2012 2,412 $2.00
August 1, 2012 10,467 $2.00
August 2, 2012 2,310 $2.00
August 3, 2012 225 $2.00

 

(d) Persons other than Mr. Miller have the right to receive and the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the reported securities.

 

(e) Not Applicable.

 

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 4 of this Schedule 13D/A is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

  Exhibit 99.1 Letter, dated November 3, 2011, by Lloyd I. Miller, III to the Board of Directors of the Company (incorporated by reference from the Statement)
     
  Exhibit 99.2  Letter, dated August 6, 2012, by Lloyd I. Miller, III to the Board of Directors of the Company 

 

 
 

 

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.

 

Dated: August 7, 2012

 

 

  By: /s/ Lloyd I. Miller, III             
    Lloyd I. Miller, III  

 

 
 

 

EX-99.2 2 v320608_ex99-2.htm EXHIBIT 99.2

 

 

Lloyd I. Miller, III

222 Lakeview Avenue, Suite 160-365

West Palm Beach, Florida 33401

 

August 6, 2012

 

 

Via Federal Express

 

Board of Directors

Emerson Radio Corp.

9 Entin Road

Parsippany, New Jersey 07075

 

Gentlemen:

I am a long-term investor with current holdings of approximately 1,680,867 shares of common stock of Emerson Radio Corp. (the “Company”). As reflected in my prior letters to the Board, I have a strong and continuing interest in the Company’s business strategies and maximizing shareholder value.

 

I note adverse developments in the governance of the Company, notably the following:

 

·Grande Holdings Limited (Provisional Liquidators Appointed) (“Grande”), the Company’s largest shareholder, filed for bankruptcy. Mr. Fok Hei Yu, a provisional liquidator of Grande, now serves on the Board of Directors, and Grande’s filing on Schedule 13D reports that Mr. Fok has influence over the corporate activities of Emerson
   
·A dispute is continuing between Grande and Deutsche Bank over a block of pledged shares of the Company’s common stock. As described in the Company’s recent Form 10-K, the beneficial ownership of the pledged shares remains unclear, creating uncertainty among public shareholders regarding control, equity value and future prospects of the Company.

 

Because of uncertainties regarding the control of the company and the potential adverse impacts of the Grande bankruptcy, I urge the Board and senior management to pursue the sale of all of the Company to a third party purchaser at a fair price. A whole company sale would allow the Company’s shareholders to realize value from a change of control, and would be in the interest of the liquidators of Grande as well as Deutsche Bank.

 

A sale of the company would also reduce certain risks, including, among others:

 

·conflicts of interest of directors who may have fiduciary duties to both Grande and the Company, and the potential for further shareholder litigation,
   
·potential financial harm to Emerson in light of Grande’s pending liquidation and
   
·an overhang over the Company’s stock price, due to Grande’s significant control over the Company.

 

Urgently, in light of these risks and conflicts of interest, I ask that you pursue the sale of the entire Company, not only those shares held by Grande. Specifically, I urge the Board of Directors to establish an independent special committee that will be mindful of its fiduciary duties to the public minority shareholders and will exercise independent judgment in its review of financial terms of a transaction.

 

 

Sincerely,

/s/ Lloyd I. Miller, III


Lloyd I. Miller, III