0001104659-21-020467.txt : 20210211 0001104659-21-020467.hdr.sgml : 20210211 20210211121141 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-020467 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210211 GROUP MEMBERS: HAYDEH DAVOUDI SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNIVERSAL SECURITY INSTRUMENTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000102109 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-ELECTRONIC PARTS & EQUIPMENT, NEC [5065] IRS NUMBER: 520898545 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-15872 FILM NUMBER: 21617944 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11407 CRONHILL DRIVE, SUITES A-D CITY: OWINGS MILLS STATE: MD ZIP: 21117-3586 BUSINESS PHONE: 4103633000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11407 CRONHILL DRIVE, SUITES A-D CITY: OWINGS MILLS STATE: MD ZIP: 21117-3586 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Davoudi Ali CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001844916 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7555 IPSWITCH RD CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77061 SC 13D 1 tm216183d1_sc13d.htm SCHEDULE 13D

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )*

  

UNIVERSAL SECURITY INSTRUMENTS, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

913821302

(CUSIP Number)

  

Ali Davoudi

7555 Ipswitch Rd.

Houston, TX 77061

713-640-4000

 

Copies to:

Ralph S. Janvey, Esq.

Krage & Janvey, L.L.P.

2100 Ross Avenue

Suite 2600

Dallas, TX 75201

(214) 397-1912

(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

  

February 1, 2021

(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. ¨

 

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 in 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. 913821302

 

(1)

 

Names of Reporting Persons

Ali Davoudi

 

(2)

 

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

  (a) ¨
  (b) þ

 

(3)

 

SEC use only

 

(4)

 

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

PF

 

(5)

 

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) Or 2(e) ¨

 

(6)

 

Citizenship or Place of Organization

USA

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With:

 

(7)

 

Sole Voting Power

14,700

 

(8)

 

Shared Voting Power

129,000

 

(9)

 

Sole Dispositive Power

14,700

 

(10)

 

Shared Dispositive Power

129,000

 

(11)

 

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

143,700

 

(12)

 

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ¨

 

(13)

 

Percent Of Class Represented By Amount In Row (11)

6.2%*

 

(14)

 

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

IN

 

* This percentage was calculated based upon a total of 2,312,887 shares outstanding as of February 9, 2021 according to representations made by the Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2020 filed on February 9, 2021.

 

 

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CUSIP NO. 913821302

 

(1)

 

Names of Reporting Persons

Haydeh Davoudi

 

(2)

 

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

  (a) ¨
  (b) þ

 

(3)

 

SEC use only

 

(4)

 

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

PF

 

(5)

 

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) Or 2(e) ¨

 

(6)

 

Citizenship or Place of Organization

USA

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With:

 

(7)

 

Sole Voting Power

0

 

(8)

 

Shared Voting Power

129,000

 

(9)

 

Sole Dispositive Power

0

 

(10)

 

Shared Dispositive Power

129,000

 

(11)

 

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

129,000

 

(12)

 

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ¨

 

(13)

 

Percent Of Class Represented By Amount In Row (11)

5.6%*

 

(14)

 

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

IN

 

* This percentage was calculated based upon a total of 2,312,887 shares outstanding as of February 9, 2021 according to representations made by the Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2020 filed on February 9, 2021.

  

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Item 1. Security and Issuer.

 

This Schedule 13D (the “Schedule”) relates to shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Universal Security Instruments, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive office of the Issuer is 11407 Cronhill Drive, Suite A; Owings Mills, Maryland 21117.

 

Item 2. Identity and Background.

 

(a)       This Schedule is being filed by Ali Davoudi and Haydeh Davoudi (together, the “Reporting Persons”). The Reporting Persons are husband and wife.

 

(b)       The address of each of the Reporting Persons is 7555 Ipswitch Rd., Houston, Texas 77061, ATTN: Mr. Ali Davoudi.

 

(c)       The principal occupation of Mr. Ali Davoudi is serving as Vice Chairman of Million Air, a company engaged in aviation services. Ms. Haydeh Davoudi’s principal occupation is owner of Epic Sporthorses, a company engaged in the sale of horses. The mailing address for both Reporting Persons is set forth in paragraph (b) above.

 

(d)       Neither of the Reporting Persons has been convicted in a criminal proceeding in the last five years (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

 

(e)       During the last five years, neither of the Reporting Persons has 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.

 

(f)       Both Reporting Persons are citizens of the United States of America.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

The Reporting Persons purchased the shares of the Issuer in a series of open-market transactions and funded the purchases with the personal funds. The total amount of funds used by the Reporting Persons to acquire the shares was $1,406,572.

 

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

 

The Reporting Persons acquired shares of the Issuer for investment purposes. However, as of the date of this filing, the Reporting Persons intend to have discussions and communications with the Issuer regarding the Issuer’s operations which may inform plans which could include an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as an acquisition or merger. No such discussion has occurred and no commitment, binding or non-binding, has been made. Moreover, no due diligence has commenced other than brief communications with Issuer’s management regarding publicly available information.

 

In the course of negotiations and discussions with the Issuer, the Reporting Persons may suggest actions that could result in, among other things: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; (f) any other material change in the Issuer’s business or corporate structure; (g) changes in the Issuer’s charter, bylaws, or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

 

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The Reporting Persons also intend to review their investment in the Issuer on a continuing basis. Depending on various factors, including ongoing evaluation of their investment, prevailing market conditions, other investment opportunities, and/or other investment considerations, and subject to applicable laws, the Reporting Persons may in the future take such actions and/or pursue such options with respect to their investment in the Issuer as they deem appropriate under the circumstances from time to time, and reserve the right to dispose of securities of the Issuer, or to formulate other purposes, plans or proposals in the future depending on market conditions and/or other factors.

 

Except as set forth in this Item 4, neither of the Reporting Persons currently have any other present plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the actions specified in Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, formulate other purposes, plans or proposals regarding the Issuer or the shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, or any other actions that could involve one or more of the types of transactions or have one or more of the results described in Item 4 of Schedule 13D. The foregoing is subject to change at any time, and there can be no assurance that any of the Reporting Persons will take any of the actions set forth above.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

(a) and (b)

 

Reporting Person  Number of Shares
with Sole Voting
and Dispositive
Power
   Number of Shares
with Shared
Voting and
Dispositive Power
   Aggregate
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
   Percentage of
Class
Beneficially
Owned(1)
 
Ali Davoudi(2)   14,700    129,000    143,700    6.2%
                     
Haydeh Davoudi(3)   0    129,000    129,000    5.6%

 

(1)This percentage was calculated based upon a total of 2,312,887 shares outstanding as of February 9, 2021 according to representations made by the Issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2020 filed on February 9, 2021.

 

(2)Ali Davoudi has sole power to vote or dispose of the Issuer’s shares in accounts: held in his name (3,800 shares); held in a Rollover IRA in his name (8,800 shares); and in UTMA accounts for the benefit of each of his three minor children (2,100 shares in the aggregate). Mr. Davoudi has shared voting and dispositive power in a joint account held with his spouse, Haydeh Davoudi, (129,000 shares).

 

(3)Haydeh Davoudi has shared power to vote or dispose of the Issuer’s shares in accounts held jointly with her spouse, Ali Davoudi (129,000 shares). Ali Davoudi has the right to vote and dispose her interest in the joint account as set forth in Exhibit 99.2.

 

(c)       All transactions effected during the past sixty days are set forth on Exhibit 99.1. All transactions were open market purchases.

 

(d)       The minor children of Ali and Haydeh Davoudi are beneficiaries of dividends or dispositions of stock held in the UTMA accounts for their benefit.

 

(e)       Not applicable.

 

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

 

Neither of the Reporting Persons is a party to any third-party contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including, but not limited to, the transfer or voting of any of the securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies. Ali Davoudi has dispositive and voting power over all securities held in the joint account with his wife, as set forth in the Power of Attorney attached as Exhibit 99.2.

 

Item 7. Material To Be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. 99.1 Schedule of Transactions in Last Sixty Days

 

Exhibit No. 99.2 Power of Attorney

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

  

DATE: February 11, 2021 ALI AND HAYDEH DAVOUDI
     
  BY: /s/ Ali Davoudi
    Ali Davoudi, individually, and as attorney-in-fact for Haydeh Davoudi

  

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EX-99.1 2 tm216183d1_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

SCHEDULE OF TRANSACTIONS IN LAST SIXTY DAYS

 

Person Effecting Transaction Date of
Transaction
Number of Shares
Acquired (Disposed)
Weighted
Average Price
Per Share
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS January 27, 2021 (11,000) 10.29
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS January 27, 2021 11,000 9.03
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS January 28, 2021 (3,000) 10.18
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS January 28, 2021 3,000 10.99
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS January 29, 2021 (2,000) 13.79
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS January 29, 2021 97,887 10.56
Ali R. Davoudi (Rollover IRA) January 29, 2021 6,413 9.95
Ali R. Davoudi Custodian for [minor child] UTMA TX January 29, 2021 600 9.72
Ali R. Davoudi Custodian for [minor child] UTMA TX January 29, 2021 300 9.75
Ali R. Davoudi Custodian for [minor child] UTMA TX January 29, 2021 150 9.72
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS February 1, 2021 16,713 8.02
Ali R. Davoudi (Rollover IRA) February 1, 2021 587 8.06
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS February 2, 2021 12,410 8.40
Ali R. Davoudi (Rollover IRA) February 2, 2021 300 8.38
Ali Davoudi February 2, 2021 22 8.06
Ali R. Davoudi (Rollover IRA) February 3, 2021 1,500 8.68
Ali Davoudi February 3, 2021 1,378 8.21
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS February 4, 2021 990 8.97
Ali Davoudi February 4, 2021 2,044 8.98
Ali R. Davoudi Custodian for [minor child] UTMA TX February 4, 2021 200 8.83
Ali R. Davoudi Custodian for [minor child] UTMA TX February 4, 2021 500 8.82
Ali R. Davoudi Custodian for [minor child] UTMA TX February 4, 2021 350 8.84
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS February 5, 2021 384 8.95
Ali Davoudi February 5, 2021 16 9.07
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS February 8, 2021 60 9.10
Ali R. Davoudi February 8, 2021 58 8.99
Ali R. Davoudi February 9, 2021 282 9.40
Haydeh Davoudi and Ali R. Davoudi WROS February 9, 2021 2,556 9.40

 

 

 

EX-99.2 3 tm216183d1_ex99-2.htm EXHIBIT 99.2

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that, by executing this Power of Attorney (this “Limited Power of Attorney”), the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Ali Davoudi (the “Attorney-in-Fact”) as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described, on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned:

 

(1)                to prepare, execute and deliver, and to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and with any securities exchange or similar authority, for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a beneficial owner of public company securities, (i) any Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (and any amendment or exhibit thereto), (ii) any Form 3, 4, or 5 (and any amendment or exhibit thereto) and (iii) any other form, schedule or report relating to securities, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended from time to time, and together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”);

 

(2)                to seek or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf, information regarding transactions in, or with respect to, the Company’s securities from any third party, the release of which information by any such person to the Attorney-in-Fact is hereby authorized, approved and ratified by the undersigned;

 

(3)                to acquire or dispose of securities on my behalf;

 

(4)                to exercise my right to vote or enter into any voting agreement, grant any proxy, or otherwise give instructions regarding the voting of securities; and

 

(5)                to do and perform and authorize any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned, and to take any other action of any type whatsoever, in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of the Attorney-in-Fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned.

 

The undersigned hereby gives and grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or appropriate to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or the Attorney-in-Fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)                 the Attorney-in-Fact is serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned;

 

(b)                this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact to act in his discretion on information provided to the Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

 

(c)                 any document prepared and/or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as the Attorney-in-Fact, in her sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable;

 

(d)                the Attorney-in-Fact does not assume (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

 

(e)                 this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent applicable.

 

 

 

 

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file forms, schedules or reports under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by a public company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as of January 27, 2021.

  

/s/ Haydeh Davoudi
HAYDEH DAVOUDI

  

[notary public acknowledgement]