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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001039470-05-000016
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20050208
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050208
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: 99 CENTS ONLY STORES
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001011290
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331]
IRS NUMBER: 952411605
STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-51069
FILM NUMBER: 05583191
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 4000 EAST UNION PACIFIC AVE
CITY: CITY OF COMMERCE
STATE: CA
ZIP: 90023
BUSINESS PHONE: 3239808145
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 4000 EAST UNION PACIFIC AVENUE
CITY: CITY OF COMMERCE
STATE: CA
ZIP: 90023
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KAPLAN MYRON M
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001039470
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
BUSINESS PHONE: 2015674161
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: PO BOX 385
CITY: LEONIA
STATE: NJ
ZIP: 07605
SC 13G
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nine13g5.txt
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 5)*
99 CENTS ONLY STORES
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
65440K106
(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2004
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant
to which this Schedule is filed:
[ ] Rule 13d-1(b)
[ X ] 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. 65440K106
1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos.
of above persons (entities only).
MYRON M. KAPLAN
2. Check Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ X]
3. SEC Use Only
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization:
UNITED STATES
5. Sole Voting Power
Number of 2,721,311
Shares Bene- 6. Shared Voting Power
ficially by 130,999
Owned by 7. Sole Dispositive Power
Each Report- 2,721,311
ing Person 8. Shared Dispositive Power
With: 130,999
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
2,852,310
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
Certain Shares [ ]
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
4.1%
12. Type of Reporting Person
IN
Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
99 Cents Only Stores (the "Issuer").
Item 1(b) Address of the Issuer=s Principal Executive
Offices:
4000 Union Pacific Avenue
City of Commerce, California 90023
Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:
This statement is filed on behalf of Myron M. Kaplan
("Mr. Kaplan"). Mr. Kaplan is a private investor.
Myron M. Kaplan is a Member of Kaplan Nathan & Co.,
L.L.C. ("LLC"), a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware. LLC is a
private investment firm formed to invest in and act as
general partner of an investment partnership organized
under the laws of New York known as Kaplan Nathan & Co.,
L.P. ("Kaplan Nathan"). Kaplan Nathan is a private
investment firm engaged in the purchase and sale of
securities for investment for its own account.
As to Kaplan Nathan, Mr. Kaplan has shared power to
dispose or to direct the disposition of such Shares and
to vote such Shares.
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:
The address of the principal business office of Mr.
Kaplan is P.O. Box 385, Leonia, New Jersey 07605.
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
Mr. Kaplan is a United States citizen;
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock (the "Shares")
Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 65440K106
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Sections
240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c):
This Item 3 is not applicable.
Item 4. Ownership:
Item 4(a) (b) Amount Beneficially Owned and Percent of Class:
Mr. Kaplan may be deemed the beneficial owner of
2,852,310 Shares which constitutes approximately 4.1%
of the total number of Shares outstanding. This is
based on the Issuer's Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended September 30, 2004 which reflected 69,505,718 Shares
outstanding as of November 15, 2004. The total of 2,852,310
Shares consists of 2,721,311 Shares owned by Mr. Kaplan
and 130,999 Shares owned by Kaplan Nathan.
Item 4(c) Number of Shares as to which such person has:
(1) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
2,721,311
(2) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
130,999
(iii)Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
2,721,311
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
130,999
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that
as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to
be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the
class of securities, check the following [X].
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person:
This Item 6 is not applicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the
Parent Holding Company:
This Item 7 is not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members
of the Group:
This Item 8 is not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:
This item 9 is not applicable.
Item 10. Certification:
By signing below the undersigned certifies that, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above 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.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
DATED: February 8, 2005 as of December 31, 2004
MYRON M. KAPLAN
By /s/ ALAN M. STARK
Alan M. Stark
Attorney-in-Fact
Power of Attorney attached
ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACT CONSTITUTE
FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, MYRON M. KAPLAN, hereby make,
constitute and appoint ALAN M. STARK, as my agent and attorney-in-fact
for the purpose of executing in my name, (a) in my personal capacity or
(b) in my capacity as a Member of or in other capacities with Kaplan
Nathan & Co., L.L.C., all documents, certificates, instruments,
statements, filings and agreements ("documents") to be filed with or
delivered to any foreign or domestic governmental or regulatory body or
required or requested by any other person or entity pursuant to any
legal or regulatory requirement relating to the acquisition, ownership,
management or disposition of securities or other investments, and any
other documents relating to ancillary thereto, including but not limited
to, all documents relating to filings with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, including: (1) all documents
relating to the beneficial ownership of securities required to be filed
with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(d) or Section 16(a) of the Act
including, without limitation: (A) any acquisition statements on Schedule
13D or Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, (b) any joint filing
agreements pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f) and (c) any initial statements of,
or statements of changes in, beneficial ownership of securities on Form 3,
Form 4 or Form 5 and (2) any information statements on Form 13F required
to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(f) of the Act.
All past acts of the attorney-in-fact in furtherance of the foregoing
are hereby ratified and confirmed.
This Power of Attorney shall be valid from the date hereof until revoked
by me.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the 7th
day of January, 2000.
/s/ Myron M. Kaplan
MYRON M. KAPLAN