SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(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)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
| BALLANTYNE STRONG INC. |
| (Name
of Issuer) |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
(Title of Class of Securities)
|
| 058516105 |
(CUSIP Number)
|
D. Kyle Cerminara Fundamental Global Investors, LLC 4201 Congress Street, Suite 140 Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 (704) 323-6851
|
With a copy to:
Derek D. Bork Thompson Hine LLP 3900 Key Center 127 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (216) 566-5500 (Name, Address
and Telephone Number of Person |
| March 13, 2015 |
| (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 § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
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* 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. 058516105 | 13D | Page 2 of 9 Pages |
1 |
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Fundamental Global Partners, LP |
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| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
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(a)
¨ (b) ¨ | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
|
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| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC |
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| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
|
¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware |
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| NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
694,925 | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
694,925 | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON
694,925 | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
|
¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.9% |
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| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN |
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| CUSIP No. 058516105 | 13D | Page 3 of 9 Pages |
1 |
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Fundamental Global Partners Master Fund, LP |
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| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
|
(a)
¨ (b) ¨ | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
|
|||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC |
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| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
|
¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Cayman Islands |
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| NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
1,290,823 | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,290,823 | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON
1,290,823 | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
|
¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
9.2% |
|||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN |
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| CUSIP No. 058516105 | 13D | Page 4 of 9 Pages |
1 |
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Fundamental Global Partners GP, LLC |
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| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
|
(a)
¨ (b) ¨ | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
|
|||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
AF |
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| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
|
¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
North Carolina |
|||
| NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
694,925 | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
694,925 | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON
694,925 | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
|
¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.9% |
|||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO |
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| CUSIP No. 058516105 | 13D | Page 5 of 9 Pages |
1 |
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
FG Partners GP, LLC |
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| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
|
(a)
¨ (b) ¨ | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
|
|||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
AF |
|||
| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
|
¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Florida |
|||
| NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
1,290,823 | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,290,823 | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON
1,290,823 | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
|
¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
9.2% |
|||
| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO |
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| CUSIP No. 058516105 | 13D | Page 6 of 9 Pages |
1 |
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Fundamental Global Investors, LLC |
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| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
|
(a)
¨ (b) ¨ | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
|
|||
| 4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS
AF |
|||
| 5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
|
¨ | ||
| 6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
North Carolina |
|||
| NUMBER
OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||
| 8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
1,985,748 | |||
| 9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||
| 10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,985,748 | |||
| 11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON
1,985,748 | |||
| 12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
|
¨ | ||
| 13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
14.1% |
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| 14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO |
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| CUSIP No. 058516105 | 13D | Page 7 of 9 Pages |
This Amendment No. 4 to Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 4”) amends the Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on September 3, 2014, as amended (as amended, this “Statement” or “Schedule 13D”), with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Ballantyne Strong, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 4 shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. Except as amended and supplemented by this Amendment No. 4, the Schedule 13D remains unchanged.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The total cost for purchasing the Common Stock reported as owned by Fundamental Global Partners, LP and Fundamental Global Partners Master Fund, LP in this Statement, including brokerage commissions, was approximately $8,494,138.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Fundamental Global has submitted to the Company notice of its intent to nominate seven director candidates at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to requirements contained in the Company’s by-laws. Each nominee has provided a consent to Fundamental Global to be nominated as a director of the Company, to being named as a director nominee in any proxy and/or consent solicitation materials of Fundamental Global, and to serve on the board of the Company if elected or appointed.
None of the Reporting Persons has any present plan or proposal that would result in any of the actions described in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D, except as may be proposed by the Reporting Persons’ nominees in their capacity as directors of the Company or by such Board of Directors with the participation of the Reporting Persons’ nominees. The Reporting Persons reserve the right in the future to formulate any such plans or proposals, and to take any actions with respect to their investments in the Company, including any or all of the actions described in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a) The Reporting Persons beneficially own in the aggregate 1,985,748 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 14.1% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Each of Fundamental Global Partners, LP and Fundamental Global Partners Master Fund, LP directly holds the number and percentage of shares of Common Stock disclosed as beneficially owned by it in the applicable table set forth on the cover page to this Statement. None of the other Reporting Persons directly hold any of the shares of Common Stock disclosed in this Statement.
In addition, CWA Asset Management Group, LLC (doing business as “Capital Wealth Advisors”) holds 88,936 shares of Common Stock for the accounts of individual investors, which represents approximately 0.6% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. CWA Asset Management Group, LLC provides wealth management, estate planning and family office services to individual investors. The Investment Manager owns 50% of CWA Asset Management Group, LLC.
Each percentage ownership of shares of Common Stock set forth in this Statement is based on the 14,092,129 shares of common stock of the Company reported by the Company as being outstanding as of March 3, 2015 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2015.
| CUSIP No. 058516105 | 13D | Page 8 of 9 Pages |
(c) The transactions effected by the Reporting Persons in the Common Stock since the filing of the last amendment to the Schedule 13D, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2015, are set forth on Schedule A to this Statement. Each of these transactions was effected through the open market.
Item 6. Contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships with respect to securities of the issuer.
Information set forth under Item 4 hereof is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant to rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Reporting Persons have entered into an agreement with respect to the joint filing of this Amendment No. 4, which agreement is set forth on the signature page to this Statement.
| CUSIP No. 058516105 | 13D | Page 9 of 9 Pages |
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.
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of this Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the Common Stock of the Company.
| Dated: March 16, 2015 | |
| FUNDAMENTAL GLOBAL PARTNERS, LP, | |
| by Fundamental Global Partners GP, LLC, its general partner | |
| /s/ D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| Partner and Manager | |
| FUNDAMENTAL GLOBAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LP, | |
| by FG Partners GP, LLC, its general partner | |
| /s/ D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| Manager | |
| FUNDAMENTAL GLOBAL PARTNERS GP, LLC | |
| /s/ D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| Partner and Manager | |
| FG PARTNERS GP, LLC | |
| /s/ D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| Manager | |
| FUNDAMENTAL GLOBAL INVESTORS, LLC | |
| /s/ D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| Chief Executive Officer, Partner and Manager | |
| /s/ D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| D. Kyle Cerminara | |
| /s/ Lewis M. Johnson | |
| Lewis M. Johnson | |
| /s/ Joseph H. Moglia | |
| Joseph H. Moglia |
Schedule A
Transactions by Fundamental Global Partners Master Fund, LP in the Common Stock since the last amendment to the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the Securities Exchange Commission on February 26, 2015:
Fundamental Global Partners Master Fund, LP:
| Transaction Date | Number
of Shares Bought/(Sold) | Price
Per Share ($) | ||||||
| 03/10/15 | 9,500 | 4.90 | ||||||
| 03/11/15 | 6,830 | 4.91 | ||||||
| 03/12/15 | 12,378 | 4.87 | ||||||