-----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, UZUZN9vBWmw6qRRnf8/Y+8EycMLTYaD/JNy567t4hE42h0fj+pGEtdP2Tr00x0i9 zH6q98OPgqIS0UWAKlceVg== 0001144204-11-007400.txt : 20110210 0001144204-11-007400.hdr.sgml : 20110210 20110210170413 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-11-007400 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110210 GROUP MEMBERS: ANDREW SHPIZ GROUP MEMBERS: GREGORY BYLINSKY GROUP MEMBERS: JEFFERSON GRAMM SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STAR GAS PARTNERS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001002590 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990] IRS NUMBER: 061437793 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-56075 FILM NUMBER: 11593422 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2187 ATLANTIC ST CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 BUSINESS PHONE: 2033287300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2187 ATLANTIC STREET CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bandera Partners LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001399386 IRS NUMBER: 205269850 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26 BROADWAY, SUITE 1607 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122324582 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26 BROADWAY, SUITE 1607 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 SC 13G/A 1 v210613_sc13ga.htm SC 13G/A

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 5)*


Star Gas Partners, L.P.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Units
(Title of Class of Securities)

85512C105
(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2010
(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)

xRule 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. 85512C105                                                             Schedule 13G
 
     
1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Bandera Partners LLC
     
2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  
   
(a) ¨
   
(b) x
3) SEC USE ONLY
  
   
4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
     
NUMBER OF
5)  SOLE VOTING POWER
8,573,509
SHARES
    
BENEFICIALLY
6)  SHARED VOTING POWER
0
OWNED BY
    
EACH
7)  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
8,573,509
REPORTING
    
PERSON WITH
8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
     
9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
8,573,509
     
10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
¨
     
11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
12.8%
     
12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
OO
   
 
 
Page 2 of 14 Pages
 

CUSIP No. 85512C105                                                             Schedule 13G
 
     
1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Gregory Bylinsky
     
2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  
   
(a) ¨
   
(b) x
3) SEC USE ONLY
  
     
4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
     
NUMBER OF
5)  SOLE VOTING POWER
0
SHARES
    
BENEFICIALLY
6)  SHARED VOTING POWER
8,573,509
OWNED BY
    
EACH
7)  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
REPORTING
    
PERSON WITH
8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
8,573,509
     
9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
8,573,509
   
10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
¨
   
11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
12.8%
   
12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN
   

 
Page 3 of 14 Pages
 

CUSIP No. 85512C105                                                             Schedule 13G
 
   
1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Jefferson Gramm
     
2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  
   
(a) ¨
   
(b) x
3) SEC USE ONLY
  
     
4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
     
NUMBER OF
5)  SOLE VOTING POWER
0
SHARES
    
BENEFICIALLY
6)  SHARED VOTING POWER
8,573,509
OWNED BY
    
EACH
7)  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
REPORTING
    
PERSON WITH
8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
8,573,509
     
9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
8,573,509
   
10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
¨
   
11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
12.8%
   
12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN
   

 
Page 4 of 14 Pages
 

CUSIP No. 85512C105                                                             Schedule 13G
 
     
1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Andrew Shpiz
     
2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  
   
(a) ¨
   
(b) x
3) SEC USE ONLY
  
     
4) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
     
NUMBER OF
5)  SOLE VOTING POWER
4,000
SHARES
    
BENEFICIALLY
6)  SHARED VOTING POWER
8,573,509
OWNED BY
    
EACH
7)  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
4,000
REPORTING
    
PERSON WITH
8) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
8,573,509
   
9) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
8,577,509
   
10) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
¨
   
11) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
12.8%
   
12) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN
   

 
Page 5 of 14 Pages
 
 
         
         
Item 1(a).
  
Name of Issuer:
  
Star Gas Partners, L.P.
         
         
Item 1(b).
  
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
    
         
   
2187 Atlantic Street
    
   
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
    
         
         
Item 2(a).
  
Name of Person Filing:
    
         
   
This Schedule is being filed jointly by the following reporting persons (hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Reporting Persons”) pursuant to an Agreement of Joint Filing attached as Exhibit A to the Amendment to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2010:
         
   
(i)      Bandera Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Bandera Partners”);
         
   
(ii)     Gregory Bylinsky;
         
   
(iii)    Jefferson Gramm; and
         
   
(iv)    Andrew Shpiz.
         
   
Bandera Partners, Mr. Bylinsky, Mr. Gramm and Mr. Shpiz are filing this Schedule with respect to 8,573,509 Common Units (the “Master Fund’s Shares”) directly owned by Bandera Master Fund L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Bandera Master Fund”).  In addition, Mr. Shpiz is filing this Schedule with respect to 4,000 Common Units directly owned by Mr. Shpiz.
         
   
Bandera Partners is the investment manager of Bandera Master Fund and may be deemed to have beneficial ownership over the Master Fund’s Shares by virtue of the sole and exclusive authority granted to Bandera Partners by Bandera Master Fund to vote and dispose of the Master Fund’s Shares.
         
 
  
Mr. Bylinsky, Mr. Gramm and Mr. Shpiz are Managing Partners, Managing Directors and Portfolio Managers of Bandera Partners.
     
     
 
 
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Item 2(b).
  
Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
     
   
The principal business office address of each of Bandera Partners, Gregory Bylinsky, Jefferson Gramm and Andrew Shpiz is:
     
   
50 Broad Street, Suite 1820
   
New York, New York 10004
     
     
Item 2(c).
  
Citizenship:
     
 
  
The place of organization or citizenship of each of the Reporting Persons is as follows:

Name of Reporting Person
  
Place of Organization/Citizenship
Bandera Partners LLC
  
Delaware
Gregory Bylinsky
  
United States
Jefferson Gramm
  
United States
Andrew Shpiz
  
United States
 
         
Item 2(d).
  
Title of Class of Securities:
  
Common Units
Item 2(e).
  
CUSIP Number:
  
85512C105
Item 3.
  
If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
     
   
Not Applicable.
 
 
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Item 4.
  
Ownership.
     
   
Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

(i)  Bandera Partners LLC

(a) Amount beneficially owned:
     8,573,509  
         
(b) Percent of class:
     12.8 %
         
(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:
        
         
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
     8,573,509  
         
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote
     0  
         
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     8,573,509  
         
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     0  

(ii)  Gregory Bylinsky

(a) Amount beneficially owned:
     8,573,509  
         
(b) Percent of class:
     12.8 %
         
(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:
        
         
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
     0  
         
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote
     8,573,509  
         
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     0  
         
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     8,573,509  
 
(iii)  Jefferson Gramm

(a) Amount beneficially owned:
     8,573,509  
         
(b) Percent of class:
     12.8 %
         
(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:
        

 
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(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
     0  
         
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote
     8,573,509  
         
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     0  
         
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     8,573,509  

 
(iv)  Andrew Shpiz

(a) Amount beneficially owned:
     8,577,509  
         
(b) Percent of class:
     12.8 %
         
(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:
        
         
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
     4,000  
         
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote
     8,573,509  
         
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     4,000  
         
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
     8,573,509  

 
The number of shares (i.e., Common Units) beneficially owned and the percentage of outstanding shares represented thereby for each Reporting Person have been computed in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The percentages of ownership described above are based on 67,077,553 Common Units issued and outstanding as of November 30, 2010, as reported in the issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2010.
     
     
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.
 
o    
 
Item 6.
  
Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
     
   
The right to receive dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Master Fund’s Shares is held by Bandera Master Fund, a private investment fund for which Bandera Partners serves as investment manager.  Bandera Partners, Mr. Bylinsky, Mr. Gramm and Mr. Shpiz disclaim beneficial ownership of the Master Fund’s Shares reported in this statement pursuant to   Rule 13d-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 
Page 9 of 14 Pages
 
 
     
     
Item 7.
  
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
     
Item 8.
  
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
     
Item 9.
  
Notice of Dissolution of Group.
     
   
Not Applicable.
     
 
 
Page 10 of 14 Pages
 
  
     
     
Item 10.
  
  Certification.
     
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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.
 

 
SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned Reporting Person, the undersigned Reporting Person certifies that the information set forth in this statement with respect to it is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  February 10, 2011

BANDERA PARTNERS LLC
 
By:
/s/ Gregory Bylinsky
 
Gregory Bylinsky
 
Managing Director
 
 
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Item 10.
  
  Certification.
     
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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.
 

 
SIGNATURE

 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned Reporting Person, the undersigned Reporting Person certifies that the information set forth in this statement with respect to him is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  February 10, 2011

/s/ Gregory Bylinsky
Gregory Bylinsky

 
Page 12 of 14 Pages
 
 
     
     
Item 10.
  
  Certification.
     
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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.
 

 
SIGNATURE

 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned Reporting Person, the undersigned Reporting Person certifies that the information set forth in this statement with respect to him is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  February 10, 2011

/s/ Jefferson Gramm
Jefferson Gramm

 
Page 13 of 14 Pages
 
 
     
     
Item 10.
  
  Certification.
     
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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.
 

 
SIGNATURE

 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned Reporting Person, the undersigned Reporting Person certifies that the information set forth in this statement with respect to him is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  February 10, 2011

/s/ Andrew Shpiz
Andrew Shpiz
 
 
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