-----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, GrtGANLSmBvJA9f14IpFwUYxXxYd4eWcYR7GP/+w5doA73MHw3I4hf+fKp3vLzQ5 7y6bbd4+to7gbUkwbO27gQ== /in/edgar/work/0001089999-00-000018/0001089999-00-000018.txt : 20001110 0001089999-00-000018.hdr.sgml : 20001110 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001089999-00-000018 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20001001 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001109 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VISKASE COMPANIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000033073 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [3089 ] IRS NUMBER: 952677354 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-05485 FILM NUMBER: 756627 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6855 W. 65TH ST. CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60638 BUSINESS PHONE: 7084964200 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ENVIRODYNE INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MGN INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19790425 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KATANA FUND LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001126112 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [ ]OWNER IRS NUMBER: 770493842 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1859 SAN LEANDRO LN CITY: SANTA BARBARA STATE: CA ZIP: 93018 BUSINESS PHONE: 8055652232 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1859 SAN LEANDRO LN CITY: SANTA BARBARA STATE: CA ZIP: 93018 4 1 0001.txt FORM-4 FILING U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Katana Fund LLC (see listing of additional reporting person below Table II) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1859 San Leandro Lane - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Santa Barbara, California 93108 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Viskase Companies, Inc. (VCIC) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year October/2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) ___________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [ ] Form filed by one Reporting Person [X] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 08/02/00 P 2,000 A 2.0625 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 08/02/00 P 2,000 A 2.0625 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 10/03/00 P 300,000 A 2.1250 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 10/06/00 P 39,000 A 2.3125 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 10/10/00 P 50,000 A 2.5625 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 10/10/00 P 15,000 A 2.5000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 10/10/00 P 46,600 A 2.6049 2,450,652 * ** D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
*All trade activity was conducted for the benefit of Katana Fund LLC and all of the shares reported on this Form 4 are owned by Katana Fund LLC. **Although Katana Capital Advisors, LLC is a ten percent owner pursuant to Rule 13(d), Katana Capital Advisors, LLC does not have any pecuniary interest in the shares reported on this Form 4 and as such does not beneficially own any of the shares. If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) (Form 4-07/99) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: Listing of Additional Reporting Person Katana Capital Advisors, LLC 1859 San Leandro Lane Santa Barbara, California 93108 KATANA FUND LLC By: Katana Capital Advisors, LLC, Manager By:--------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Steven L. Gevirtz, President Date KATANA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC By:--------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Steven L. Gevirtz, President Date Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----