-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UOjg478mCd9A7rl6WNyl2nkno1xMPrichEgfkwqzCK3I5r3NL6OIm06cqkLNz9Sk A1e9VNvq6wT3RBVmdI0Gog== 0001012975-99-000178.txt : 19991118 0001012975-99-000178.hdr.sgml : 19991118 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001012975-99-000178 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19991117 GROUP MEMBERS: JEFFREY T. STEVENSON GROUP MEMBERS: JOHN J. VERONIS GROUP MEMBERS: JOHN S. SUHLER GROUP MEMBERS: MARTIN I. VISCONTI GROUP MEMBERS: S. GERARD BENFORD GROUP MEMBERS: VS&A COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS III LP GROUP MEMBERS: VS&A EQUITIES III, L.L.C. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GP STRATEGIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000070415 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 131926739 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-38329 FILM NUMBER: 99759369 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9 W 57TH ST STREET 2: STE 4170 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122309500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9 WEST 57TH STREET STREET 2: STE 4107 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL PATENT DEVELOPMENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VS&A COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS III LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001074579 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 134403629 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129354990 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 SC 13D/A 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 3 )* GP Strategies Corporation - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 36225V104 -------------------- (CUSIP Number) Jeffrey T. Stevenson c/o VS&A Communications Partners III, L.P. 350 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 935-4990 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) Copy to: Bertram A. Abrams, Esq. Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 (212) 969-3000 November 15, 1999 ---------------------- (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 which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of ss.ss. 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 ss. 240.13d-7(b) 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 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). Page 2 of 4 Pages Amendment No. 3 to Statement on Schedule 13D Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended The undersigned hereby amend Item 4 of the Statement on Schedule 13D filed on their behalf for the event dated August 31, 1999, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended by Amendment No. 1 for the event dated September 21, 1999 and by Amendment No. 2 for the event dated October 6, 1999. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such previously filed Statement on Schedule 13D. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction. ---------------------- Item 4 is amended by adding the following information: Based on information furnished to VS&A by the Company's management, VS&A has informed the Company that it believes that the Company has suffered a material adverse change and that the conditions to VS&A's obligation to consummate the merger contemplated by the merger agreement therefore may not be fulfilled. VS&A is investigating the matter, but it does not intend to waive the conditions to its obligation. On November 15, 1999 the Company informed VS&A that the Company had reactivated the special negotiating committee with which VS&A had negotiated the merger. Page 3 of 4 Pages SIGNATURES After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of each of the undersigned, the undersigned each certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Signature Date --------- ---- VS&A COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS, III L.P. By: VS&A Equities III, L.L.C, its general partner By: * ----------------------------------- Jeffrey T. Stevenson, President and November 17, 1999 Senior Managing Member VS&A EQUITIES III, L.L.C. By: * ----------------------------------- Jeffrey T. Stevenson, President and November 17, 1999 Senior Managing Member * November 17, 1999 - ------------------------------------- John J. Veronis * November 17, 1999 - ------------------------------------- John S. Suhler /s/ S. Gerard Benford - ------------------------------------- November 17, 1999 S. Gerard Benford * - ------------------------------------- November 17, 1999 Jeffrey T. Stevenson * - ------------------------------------- November 17, 1999 Martin I. Visconti *By: /s/ S. Gerard Benford ------------------------------------------- November 17, 1999 S. Gerard Benford, Attorney-in-Fact
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