SC 13G 1 0001.txt SCHEDULE 13G ------------------------------- / OMB APPROVAL / ------------------------------- / OMB Number: 3235-0145 / / Expires: October 31, 2002 / / Estimated average burden / / hours per response....14.90 / ------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No._____)* SUPREMA SPECIALITIES, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 86859F107 ------------------------------ (CUSIP Number) December 31, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [X] Rule 13d-1(b) [_] Rule 13d-1(c) [_] Rule 13d-1(d) *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 the 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. 86859F107 13G Page 2 of 7 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS. 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [_] Not Applicable (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 4 Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 5 NUMBER OF None SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 6 316,100 OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 7 REPORTING None PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 8 316,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9 316,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 10 [_] Not Applicable ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 11 5.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 12 IA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP NO. 86859F107 13G Page 3 of 7 ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS. 1 I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY). James D. Oberweis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [_] Not Applicable (b) [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 4 U.S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 5 NUMBER OF None SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 6 316,100 OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 7 REPORTING None PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 8 316,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9 316,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 10 [_] Not Applicable ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 11 5.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 12 IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! Item 1 (a) Name of Issuer: Suprema Specialities, Inc. (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 510 East 35th Street Paterson, NJ 07543 Item 2 (a) Name of Person Filing Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. ("OAM") James D. Oberweis ("Mr. Oberweis") (b) Address of Principal Business Office: OAM and Mr. Oberweis are both located at: 951 Ice Cream Drive, Suite 200 North Aurora, IL 60542 (c) Citizenship: OAM is an Illinois Corporation. Mr. Oberweis is a U.S. citizen. (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock (e) CUSIP Number: 86859F107 Item 3. Type of Person: (e) OAM is an Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 or the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Mr. Oberweis is the principal stockholder of OAM. Item 4. Ownership (at December 31, 2000): (a) Amount owned "beneficially" within the meaning of rule 13d-3: 316,100 shares (b) Percent of class: 5.6% (based on 5,622,193 shares outstanding on January 3, 2001) Page 4 of 7 (c) Number of shares as to which the person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: none (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 316,100 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: none (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 316,100 OAM serves as investment advisor to The Oberweis Funds (the "Fund"). Various of OAM's shareholders and employees are also officers and trustees of the Fund, but OAM does not consider the Fund to be controlled by such persons. Although the Fund is not controlled by OAM, pursuant to Rule 16d- 3(a) the 316,100 shares beneficially owned by the Fund, with respect to which the Fund has delegated to OAM shared voting power and shared dispositive power, are considered to be shares beneficially owned by OAM by reason of such delegated powers. In addition to the shares beneficially owned by the Fund, other clients of OAM may own shares which are not included in the aggregate number of shares reported herein because OAM does not have or share voting or investment power over those shares. 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: The shares reported herein have been acquired on behalf of discretionary clients of OAM. Persons other than OAM are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, those shares. 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. Not Applicable Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of a Group Not Applicable Page 5 of 7 Item 10. Certification By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and 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 with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. Page 6 of 7 SIGNATURE 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. Date: February 14, 2001 The undersigned corporation, on the date above written, agrees and consents to the joint filing on its behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with its beneficial ownership of the security reported herein. OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. By: /s/ Patrick B. Joyce ---------------------------------- Patrick B. Joyce Executive Vice President The undersigned individual, on the date above written, agrees and consents to the joint filing on its behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with its beneficial ownership of the security reported herein. By: /s/ James D. Oberwies ---------------------------------- James D. Oberwies Page 7 of 7